Lanky branches and stems white widow autoflower

[BlazeThatHaze]

I have a 53 day old white widow from dinafem and the whole main branch and all the branches and stems are all kinda thin and lanky but tall and long but lanky its 3 feet to be exact in height the plants but my problem is that NONE of the branches are fat. BUT tall and lanky the only kinda fat part is the bottom of the plant up to the middle then gets lanky and its still kinda in vegetive stage transitioning flower stage and not really that leafy either is it the strain or going from vegetive stage to flower stage or is there somehthing wrong with it????

 

[Bgrt]

sounds like you dont have enough light. but post a pic and explain your setup if you can could just be the strain/pheno.

 

[Shadowbuck]

Can't really say with any certainty without seeing some pics. And I've never grown that strain. But IMO, tall and spindly plants similar to what you have described is usually a result of some kind of nitrogen deficiency/nitrogen lockout. Someone more experienced will probably be here soon...if not already...to confirm or deny my theory. Without pics we may need more info such as your feeding regimen, grow setup, feed ph, and runoff ph to make a more confident diagnosis. But if I had to make good educated guess it would be the nitrogen deficiency/lockout.

 

[BlazeThatHaze]

nitrogen can do that what chemical does that i use the whole fox farms set up the powders and liquids what should i cut down on you think???

 

[Shadowbuck]

Bro without some pics and a lil more info on ur setup and lighting it would be really tough if not impossible to tell ya what to do. tall spindly plants is USUALLY from a LACK of nitrogen or not enough light (but not always). N deficiency will usually present itself as a symptom of yellowing or light green (rather than dark, lush green) leaves and stunted new growth along with the spindly stems. If your leaves are also yellowing then that would seem to point the N deficiency as well. But as you say you are using the whole fox farm line I wouldn't think that would be it (the lack of N idea). A lack of N could come from you not giving it enough N, OR from you feeding it too much (nutes). Let me explain...Adding more nitrogen may not fix your problem if it is N lockout and could in fact make the problem worse. For example if you have a ph issue from salt/nute buildup that may be causing some kind of nute lockout and u add more N you will just enhance the problem. Next time you water/feed your plant, test the ph of your feed water, AND the ph of the runoff that comes out the bottom of the pot. Ideally it should be around 6.5 from everything I have been told and experienced. between 6.2 and 6.8 is "ok". but once you get out of that range you get into the realm of potentially having problems. Too low and I would think that means ur feeding too much and some type of flushing is in order. Too high and you have too much alkalinaty which could be from any of several things but would also create a lockout situation.