Paclobutrazol

[Skunkxxx]

growth retardants

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mefluidide

paclobutrazol

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[LoveMeBucket]

um excuse my ignorance but y would u want a growth retardant?

[Skunkxxx]

It makes thicker buds.

[Quad Damage]

You want a growth retardant to control strains which stretch too much during flowering and the paclo brings on flowering quicker..but to make truly bigger buds you need a combination of growth regulants and hormones

 

Or learn ta grow a bit better...aye bro

[Luke Skywalker]

Indeed, there's something to be said for growing plants without growth retardants at all. Many have used and will use these products again, but I'm not the biggest fan of them.

[dkone]

Used at the proper time one of the best,least insidious growth inhibitors is vitamin B-9.Used from just after pre-flower,up untill ripening it will signifigantly reduce stretching.Not to mention the other benifits of running B complex solutions in your plants,like stress relief etc.

[F420]

You can use growth retardants instead of tipping and get the same results as you would, but without tipping which causes undue stress.

instead of removing the growing tips, you can use growth retardants to shorten the plant, make the plant bushier, and can create more branches. This in turn should improve the yeild. Avoid tipping as use of this technique can remove the best parts of the plant and even stress it or allow infection.

 

info from-

http://www.hydrocentre.com.au/

[Luke Skywalker]

It also severely screws with normal plant processes, and makes for unnatural chemical by-products being left in the plants, and eventually in the smoke you toke.

 

Thats not my idea of "less stress".

 

And for christs sake, you don't have to tip at all, ever heard of bending branches?

[pipeman]

It also severely screws with normal plant processes, and makes for unnatural chemical by-products being left in the plants, and eventually in the smoke you toke.

how do you know that Luke? Is this another bit of advice based on sentiment rather than fact? Everyone uses chemicals on their plants, why would you say one chemical is worse than any of the others?