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Not seeing growth

Hello folks, So I have my three babies in the ground from left to right is Bubblicous, Gorilla Glue and Zkittlez.

It seems like the Bubble and Zkittlez have stopped growing vertically,  I planted the GG ( one in middle) three weeks after and she had caught up to the other two..  The plants are very healthy and getting bushy but not taller.  Should i be worried about their stunted growth?  I have been topping them and doing LST.  I have not added any more nutrients to the soil since I planted them in March because I used a real nice super soil I mixed up full of great stuff all around them plus the soil all around is good also.  Was planning to start adding additional nutrients to watering next month thru right before harvest 

 

Am i over reacting ?? should I be worried ?? 

 

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    • No and no lol . they look great and they'll pick back up in growth too after lst and topping. watch and enjoy now !

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      • Yes ! These girls are fine, as a matter of fact, they're better than fine !! The pruning that you've done is excellent ! What you're seeing in "slow growth" is a direct result of the development of the new growth sites (apical meristem) from prunning. The plant is using all it's energy to grow at the new growth/bud sites ! THAT'S A GOOD THING ...he,he,he  So it looks like the plant has slowed down. It hasn't ! Be careful with ferts ! Do you have a plan for fert apps ? Throw some compost tea at them. Happy growin    Oh yeah, aerate that little one with a stake or whatever, to open it up a bit.

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        • Naw, .I wouldn't worry..  they look green ass hell..  healthy.....    They'll have a nice squat stature....  YoullY have a nice yield of ganja.....

          Peace.....

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          • They look very healthy. I wouldnt worry. 

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            • as others mentioned those look awesome..really healthy...some strains arent tall and stay on shorter bushier shape...let them do there thing..ur gonna get tons of Nugz off those bushes the way ya have em trained..dont ever feed em tryna get em to get taller...GL

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              • i have grown bubblicious a couple times it is a short plant .....

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                • I think no and no also...sometimes I think they go through a period or certain periods of  root growing thus the top doesn't do as much growing. Topping will slow things down a bit. They look sweet to me!

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                  • Many times I've seen in posts that "roots grow during the dark.". If this were true, the 24/0 photoperiod would result in a plant with a tiny root structure, if one at all! We know this is not the case - so how does it actually work?

                    To simplify things, lets use an analogy. Try to think of a plant as a building... one constantly under construction. The plant needs raw materials, (fertilizers and water), and energy (light) in order to "build itself". The raw materials are the "bricks and mortar" of the building. The energy is the workers, vehicles and power tools used to assemble the building.

                    The Plant is capable of storing some raw materials and some energy for use later, but the amount is limited...think of a warehouse and a battery.

                    * During the day, (Lights ON) the plant is collecting and storing light energy, and is using and storing raw materials. The plant is stockpiling raw material, and is charging it's batteries... it is ALSO using raw materials and using the energy it is collecting. It's building itself, literally putting itself together.

                    During the day however, the plant is not as efficient at building itself, as it is at night (lights OFF.) It can build itself, but not as quickly.

                    * While the lights are OFF, the plant is using energy and raw materials to build itself.... the plant is more efficiently using the raw materials that it stored during the day. The plant is better at transporting and assembling the raw materials.

                    The bad news: since there is no light energy, the plant must rely on energy it stored while the lights were ON (its stored energy). (Essentially, the plant is running on batteries, and using raw material from the warehouse.)

                    There is no light energy to collect. Since the plant needs energy to absorb more raw materials, it is easier for the plant to use raw materials that it stored during the day than it is to absorb raw materials through its roots.

                    * Although the plant IS capable of "doing it all" with the lights on, (Collect, store and use energy & raw materials) it does a better job of actually doing the work (using the energy and raw material) while the lights are out. During the dark however, it relies solely on its limited supply of stored energy and stored raw material.

                    One last thing to remember is the fact that a plant will always strive to maintain a balance between the size of its roots and the size of its canopy (Leaf mass.) The roots must be big enough to supply as much raw materials as the canopy can use, and the canopy must be big enough to provide the energy required to store those raw materials....

                    * Trim the roots on a healthy plant, and canopy growth will slow to a crawl until the roots have grown big enough to again support the canopy.

                    * Trim the TOP of a healthy plant, and root growth will slow similarly, until the canopy has grown big enough to again support the roots.

                    * If the plant is already in balance, the canopy and the roots will grow at the same rate.

                    If you actually measured them several times daily over several days, you'd notice that they actually DO get bigger at night, but roots and canopy at the same rate, unless either has been trimmed, and as long as the "batteries" hold out. Happy growin

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                    • Wow Chubby I enjoyed that analogy!

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                    • thank u master ...  undecided 

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                      • Justme will now have to surrender his longest typed comment crown. lol. But I agree, its easy to test too, put one seedling under 16/8 light and one under 24/0 light and watch. Even freaks of nature need some sleep.

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                        • These are the plants we never saw at the end . I'd still like to see the results when harvested !!

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