the top of my plant is growing great but the leaves are droppy and the stem is so wavy and bends every where is there any advice the plants is maybe 3 ft tall with 11 or 12 fan leaves
how often do you water it, do you have a fan to have stronger stem and what light do you use. naomi -xx-
stick y finger maybe an inch and go by htat for watering 400 watt metal halide and no fan bc when i did it looked like it was going to snap in half and it still sways everywhere
well you need a tutor for your plant so it wont snap when the fan blows at it. and you do need a fan to straighten your stem the way you talk about it. MH is a good lamp for the vegging so idont really know why it stretches like that. how old is it and do you fert? naomi -xx-
heat can cause streach, if ur venting isnt good enough with the 400 in there than that is a big part of ur problem. also put the fan on it, chop the top of the plant off if u gotta so it dont snap near the base as that wud b a shame. it will grow back and more bushy with it. if u dont sort the streach and bendy stem it will never grow any buds worth havin.
If the fan seems to blow the plant over then it seem like it definitly needs some strenghtening...Try using indirect wind at first (bounce the air from the fan off a wall first) or place it so it blows up directly upwars (moving the heat away from the plant). Also if thats not possible a few times a day get in there and just gentily bend the plant back and forth (not enough to break it but a little more than a breeze would). That should start to thicken it up enough that u can get the fan on it. Though like Wydle said with a 400 watt MH you need some good ventalation in there. Vokal