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10.
VEGETATIVE GROWTH
Once
sprouted, the plant starts vegetative growth. This means
the plant will be photosynthesizing as much as possible
to grow tall and start many grow tips at each pair of
leaves. A grow tip is the part that can be cloned or
propagated asexually. They are located at the top of the
plant, and the top of every side branch.
A
plant grown out of a seed will be in a vegetative state
automatically for some time, whatever light regime is
used. On the other hand, a clone will respond to the
light regime right away. When put in a 12-12 regime
(twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness per
day) it will start blooming.
Plants
can be grown vegetative indefinitely. It is up to the
gardener to decide when to force the plant to flower. As
long as the plant is getting at least 14 hours of light
per day it will never flower. It can be grown from 10 centimeters
up to 2,5 meters before being forced to flower, so there
is a lot of latitude here for each gardener to manage
the garden based on goals and space available.
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