Growing Part 5 - The Vegetative Growth Stage

**Administrator** · 11-09-2009, 10:59 AM

Part 5 - The Vegetative Growth Stage

This section looks at the issues surrounding vegetative growth and growing those plants big and strong.

o What is vegetative growth?
- [Link Unavailable] - OG FAQ entry explaining what the vegetative growth part of the Cannabis life cycle is

o What light cycle should I use for vegetative growth?
- [Link Unavailable] - OG FAQ entry regarding veg lighting

Growth Styles

o What is ScrOG?
- ScrOG - Some ScrOG links

o What is a good ScrOG strain?
- ScrOG Strain - Well...

o What is SOG?
- [Link Unavailable] - A SOG definition

o Any SOG examples?
- [Link Unavailable] #1 - A So Quick Production
- [Link Unavailable] #1 - Dual 600s

o Any pictures to compare the two [ScrOG & SOG]?
- ScrOG and SOG - A short pictorial comparison of the two techniques

o What is Low Stress Training?
- LST - A short pictorial showing a method of training your plants

o What is topping or pruning?
- Topping - Where should I cut?

o Why do people pinch stems?
- [Link Unavailable] - Some light stem abuse

What is vegetative growth?

This is the period of growth between germination and the beginning of sexual maturity characterized by flowering.

Growers generally use either 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness or 24 hours of light during this period.

Most strains can be grown indefinitely (within reason) in vegetative growth as mother plants. However, Cannabis IS an annual and many plants will try and flower or at least degrade after a year or so of growth so be aware.

What lighting cycle should I use for vegetative growth?

Most growers use either 18 hours on / 6 hours off, 20 hours on / 4 hours off or 24 hours on and 0 hours off.

Many growers prefer to give an off period to increase the service lights of their lamps and decrease the electricity bill, however there may be more scientific reasons why a night period is beneficial, starch may build up in the plants chloroplasts making them unable to effectively photosynthesis until the starch is able to be broken down during a night period. There is a lot to be said generally for a night period. The garden and it's components can cool off, plants can recover under less stressful conditions, a lot of root growth occurs at night as well as top growth, oh, and mother nature gives her plants one.

toastedkat · 02-10-2010, 07:23 PM

You said:

"Most strains can be grown indefinitely (within reason) in vegetative growth as mother plants."

Does that mean that clones taken from any plant in vegetative growth stage will be female?? Or do you still have to grow out and clone after the sex of the mother plant is determined to be female to clone girls?

I have so many questions I'm dizzy.

You guys are amazing. When I "grow" up, I wanna be just like youse~!

electricg · 03-16-2010, 12:54 AM

First, you don't want to clone a plant until you know it is female.
To do this, force flowering after the plant has developed 4 to 5 internodes.
That is to say, 12 hours light, 12 hours dark usually within 2 weeks the plant will show male or female. The first clone can be had by topping the plant.
Clones from a female plant will be female, however, sometimes they can turn hemorphrodite and produce seeds also. I have one plant that I harvested then regreened it, it produced some seeds( which i saved), I cloned a small bud and harvested it and am now regreening it again. WOW this is an amazing PLANT!
~g

toastedkat · 03-22-2010, 11:18 PM

Makes sense. What do you mean by 're-greening'? Multiple harvests??

Bless you, appreciate the response.

Xil · 03-22-2010, 11:23 PM

IF anyone has copies of the original overgrow pages (not sure if theres an archive somewhere), we could mirror/post 'em here to keep the good info alive.

electricg · 03-23-2010, 10:58 PM

If you have a strong healthy plant, leave some leaves growing on the bottom, harvest the top and put the plant back under 24hr light. after a couple of weeks, it should start to show new growth. In warm weather, this is a good plant to move outdoors because of the size and sometimes it doesn't look like an M plant at all, single leafs and small size make it look like a lot of plants in your flower garden.

11-09-2009, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Administrator Administrator Join Date: Dec 1998 Location: YaHookaville Posts: 1,285 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 10 Posts	Growing Part 5 - The Vegetative Growth Stage Part 5 - The Vegetative Growth Stage This section looks at the issues surrounding vegetative growth and growing those plants big and strong. o What is vegetative growth? - [Link Unavailable] - OG FAQ entry explaining what the vegetative growth part of the Cannabis life cycle is o What light cycle should I use for vegetative growth? - [Link Unavailable] - OG FAQ entry regarding veg lighting Growth Styles o What is ScrOG? - ScrOG - Some ScrOG links o What is a good ScrOG strain? - ScrOG Strain - Well... o What is SOG? - [Link Unavailable] - A SOG definition o Any SOG examples? - [Link Unavailable] #1 - A So Quick Production - [Link Unavailable] #1 - Dual 600s o Any pictures to compare the two [ScrOG & SOG]? - ScrOG and SOG - A short pictorial comparison of the two techniques o What is Low Stress Training? - LST - A short pictorial showing a method of training your plants o What is topping or pruning? - Topping - Where should I cut? o Why do people pinch stems? - [Link Unavailable] - Some light stem abuse What is vegetative growth? This is the period of growth between germination and the beginning of sexual maturity characterized by flowering. Growers generally use either 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness or 24 hours of light during this period. Most strains can be grown indefinitely (within reason) in vegetative growth as mother plants. However, Cannabis IS an annual and many plants will try and flower or at least degrade after a year or so of growth so be aware. What lighting cycle should I use for vegetative growth? Most growers use either 18 hours on / 6 hours off, 20 hours on / 4 hours off or 24 hours on and 0 hours off. Many growers prefer to give an off period to increase the service lights of their lamps and decrease the electricity bill, however there may be more scientific reasons why a night period is beneficial, starch may build up in the plants chloroplasts making them unable to effectively photosynthesis until the starch is able to be broken down during a night period. There is a lot to be said generally for a night period. The garden and it's components can cool off, plants can recover under less stressful conditions, a lot of root growth occurs at night as well as top growth, oh, and mother nature gives her plants one. Last edited by ResidualEnvy; 11-20-2009 at 11:33 AM.

02-10-2010, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
toastedkat Dip Shit Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: hell if I know Posts: 29 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	You said: "Most strains can be grown indefinitely (within reason) in vegetative growth as mother plants." Does that mean that clones taken from any plant in vegetative growth stage will be female?? Or do you still have to grow out and clone after the sex of the mother plant is determined to be female to clone girls? I have so many questions I'm dizzy. You guys are amazing. When I "grow" up, I wanna be just like youse~! __________________ Take a giant step out of your mind. Taj Mahal

03-16-2010, 12:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
electricg YaHookan Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Cloning the Mother First, you don't want to clone a plant until you know it is female. To do this, force flowering after the plant has developed 4 to 5 internodes. That is to say, 12 hours light, 12 hours dark usually within 2 weeks the plant will show male or female. The first clone can be had by topping the plant. Clones from a female plant will be female, however, sometimes they can turn hemorphrodite and produce seeds also. I have one plant that I harvested then regreened it, it produced some seeds( which i saved), I cloned a small bud and harvested it and am now regreening it again. WOW this is an amazing PLANT! ~g

03-22-2010, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
toastedkat Dip Shit Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: hell if I know Posts: 29 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Makes sense. What do you mean by 're-greening'? Multiple harvests?? Bless you, appreciate the response. __________________ Take a giant step out of your mind. Taj Mahal

03-22-2010, 11:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,292 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 993 Thanked 1,108 Times in 687 Posts	IF anyone has copies of the original overgrow pages (not sure if theres an archive somewhere), we could mirror/post 'em here to keep the good info alive. __________________ Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time and have the time of your life

03-23-2010, 10:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
electricg YaHookan Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	re'greening If you have a strong healthy plant, leave some leaves growing on the bottom, harvest the top and put the plant back under 24hr light. after a couple of weeks, it should start to show new growth. In warm weather, this is a good plant to move outdoors because of the size and sometimes it doesn't look like an M plant at all, single leafs and small size make it look like a lot of plants in your flower garden.

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