I read a lot about the "stretch" - but I have a "pause"

[billyboy]

Hey all. Is a "pause" a thing? Maybe before a stretch?

Trimmed and set up the screen for a ScrOG but it feels like the ladies just stopped growing.

Is that a thing?

[billyboy]

Sorry. I should add:

From Seed - 1/19/19
Very healthy plants
600 Watt MH lights for Veg
42 day Veg. (The answer to the Ultimate Question. )
FFOF soil
Feed - Water - Water (1/2 strength)
Bergman's Gold Leaf
High 77 Low 73 RH 30
600 W HPS Since Day 41

[billyboy]

My attempted ScrOG

[Weed Pharma]

Yup, A few of us know it as Pot (cannabis) puberty or cannabis adolescence.

Happen's on days #35-#42 for me and is so noticable that I have started additional plants -fearing they weren't going to make it and then end up with a crowded tent-

A result of the original crop taking hold and growing out of it.

[Toker1]

When you trim, they need time to recover. So yes...there is a pause for recovery. To lessen that time, some people say to trim a little bit over a longer period of time rather than all in one day. I can not really say which method is most effective in lessening that pause time though.

[SirSmksAlot]

I find that using b vitamins reduces stress after a trim.

[billyboy]

Thank You all for the help! Looks like we are back on track. The stretch was noticeable and now there are clusters starting where I expect the buds to grow. Getting some of that nice stink too.

[alltatup]

How many weeks of vegetation did you give them?

I found on my current grow that the strains needing another week or two in veg were stunted in their stretch (I mixed the wrong strains in the same grow box).

[Toker1]

The reds in HPS create a stretch itself. I use MH for the first two weeks of bloom. The stretch is much less with the blue light this way.

[Mr.furley]

I gave this a try a couple grows ago back and was wonderfully surprised at how short the plant stayed. Didn't even come close to topping out my light/tent.

[alltatup]

billyboy how long were they in vegetation? They do seem short to be budding. Was there any stretch at all?

[billyboy]

42 day Veg. I think they are really short. I was trying to for that because I was reading about putting the scree 8-10 inches over the lip of the pot and staking them down to get an even ScrOG.

(looks like come comments were deleted - weird)

[billyboy]

Some pics

[alltatup]

I don't understand why your plants are barely out of the pots: it looks like there was very little vertical growth in veg and no stretch at all in the first 3 weeks of flower. I don't understand why they are so short.