New Grower prolonging the vegetative state of autos

[mrmojo420]

is it possible to prolong vegging an auto? I have heard others on other forums say they can control it. If the plant is not photo sensitive how can you prolong it?

 

[Electroculture]

Switch pots from small to large halts vegative growth. Super cropping halts chosen stems to halt in growth for about 3 days. That's all I know of.

 

[Wienerwoods]

We have a funky uhh... Circadian rhythm says the dictionary. Anyway, last summer when my friend and I grew out out first ever cannabis plants (NL auto and AKR) outdoors, they showed sex at five weeks or so.

Now, they were horribly stunted anyway. Despite that I do believe increasing the amount of light tells the plants to hold up with the hormones. I'd try it out now that I grow indoors, but my space is really limited.

EDIT: I too would be extremely happy to get to the bottom of this. I've thought about it often.

 

[mrmojo420]

Thanks for responding so quickly. I dont want to stop vegetative growth I want to prolong it. I

 

[mrmojo420]

Im currently running my lights at 20/4 should I go to 24/0?

 

[Wienerwoods]

Again I believe that such drastic changes might stress out the plant. I'd add (half) an hour per week and see where it goes.

 

[Wienerwoods]

Oh and welcome to AFN!
:Sharing One:

 

[mrmojo420]

Thanks for the welcome. I will add 30 minutes to the light schedule and see what happens

 

[Waximus]

One of the most effective ways to "prolong" veg in an auto- its actually more like, delaying full flowering- is to keep feeding them veg nutes right up until they stop stretching, after flowers start to show. I learned that from Muddy, here on AFN, and... Well, it came from Muddy
Best to you, mrmojo! :Sharing One:

 

[mrmojo420]

cool thanks everyone for the info it is much appreciated