CANNABIS VEGETATIVE GROWTH
Once the cutting or seedling has sprouted a root through the jiffy bag or rockwool block the plant starts vegetative growth. This means the plant will be photosynthesizing as much as it can to grow tall and start many grow tips at each pair of leaves. These are located at the top of the plant and at every major internode. If you “TOP” the plant it then has two grow tips at the top, If you top each of these you will have 4 grow tips at the top of the plant. Since it takes time for the plant to heal from the trauma of being pruned it is faster to grow 4 smaller plants and not top them at all or grow 2 plants and “TRAIN” them to fill the same space. It is possible to grow plants with no dark period at all and increase the speed at which they grow. Plants can be grown vegetatively indefinitely. It is up to the gardener to decide when to force the plant to flower.
CANNABIS FLOWERING PERIOD
The the plant will be forced to flower by changing the light cycle to (11-13) hours that simulate the oncoming winter. As a consequence it works out well indoors to have two separate areas, one that is used for the vegetative state and one that is used for flowering. There is no other requirement other than to keep the dark cycle for flowering very dark with no light interruptions as this can stall flowering by days or weeks or even i some cases turn the plant into an imafridite. (Produces seeds in with the bud not good when somking). Once a plant is big enough to mature dark periods are required for most plants to flower. This will require putting the lamp on a timer to create regular and strict dark periods of uninterrupted light.