How does this happen? Is it a perlite mass that makes the stalk curved? I would prefer a straight stalk…
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It’s the weight of the buds causing them to lean. Congratulations on your heavy flowers.
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The buds do have some weight to them, but these stalks are curved at the ground level and have been like this for some time, definitely before buds developed.
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Question? At any time have you pulled the plant or a stem in that direction for training? I train everything in one direction and I use a counter wire and I still get a lean…
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It’s my first autoflower garden and just wanted to let plants grow naturally, so no LST of any kind this round.
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Ok let’s put a golf ball on your floor and see where it goes…
If that’s soil that you let get dry like you are supposed to do I try to not move my plants when dry. The media is very flimsy by week 3 of flower when dry and I know it gets fluffier and heavy with roots.
Or it’s the freaking boulders of THC on the end of the stems…
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Actually i severely overfed this garden and i am now getting new pistil growth during week 11 of flowering. I was told this is foxtailing. That purple plant is Super Skunk. Check out my other Super Skunk. A clear example of the ruderalis genetics in autoflowers.
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Wow those are monsters! I’d have trouble standing up straight if I was that top heavy too. 
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If they’re not directly under the light then they will naturally curl towards it.
If you rotate your pots 180 deg every few days you can minimize that.
But you do have some heavy looking buds tho. 
Congrats.
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I think your lean is just a ‘some do, some don’t’ thing. I’ve grown 2 or 3 at the same time of same strains and will get 1 here and there. But sometimes it doesn’t have to do with how deep or shallow you plant the seed, and which direction the root is facing when planting.
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Turns out it was mostly the weight of the buds. Chopped the purple plant tonight (12+ weeks if flowering) and apparently my Super Skunk hermed. I’m crushed. The buds are so weighted and beautiful, but i found sond seeds.
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it’s going towards the light , you have to spread out the lights
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How much did you get? I like autos b/c they are a quick turnaround, and harvest enough for my personal use, but in autos, they don’t grow much compared to photos, where I grew mine outdoors and waited over 4 months to harvest, but after harvest, I have enough for the whole year and some, ear and then some, this was a cross between the no 5 Northern Lights and super lemon haze I crossbred not long ago, rolled a spliff and 2 hits and it was couch time
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I got about 2.5 ounces. Thats all i want from a plant. Plus, i now have probably 10+ ounces of stuff that doesn’t meet my high expectations. Wish i had chopped those autos early and started over. I now have 11 photo plants in veg split between 2 tents. Hope they work out.
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Nope. It’s genetics.
depends on the strain you’re growing, NL has a good yield next to Whitewoidow and a few others I grew, the best to learn id to READ OTHERWISE YOU’LL FAIL
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I get bananas from time to time as well and here are a couple things to try that can help prevent them.
-strategically place a chop stick with a couple of guide lines to help keep the stalk straight during vegg
-rotate your plants daily, a 1/4 turn every day should do it
-ensure your lights are set to the right power for your growing phase
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Not for nothing grow bro but I follow the advice of some on here and read a bunch both on here and books and this is what I end up with. I’ve more than doubled my yields since being here. And just pointing out the obvious you said you stopped using forums while posting on a forum 
smoke a bowl, chill, and have an awesome day 
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