Leave broke

[bibini]

Hi,
If the very first leave of a white widow plant (3 weeks old) is cut, does that have any effects afterwords?

 

[GanjaGuru]

It will retard growth until it recovers.
Leaves should NEVER be cut.

 

[bibini]

What do you mean retard growth? The leave was cut by accident

 

[Diseased Strain]

It'll be ok. Try to be carefull in the future. But I dont think it's going to hurt it any. It might slow the growth down a bit while the plant heals and you might have a deformed leaf. But that's all.

 

[bibini]

So it would not have any effects in the future, on the buds for ex?

I have 2 more questions.

1. If I wanted to stop the growth of a plant for 2 weeks (3weeks old), would I just need turn the lights off and place it by the window instead? (planning on moving)

2. How many weeks does a plant need to be for the first preflowers to show so it's sex can be determined?

thanks

 

[Diseased Strain]

The time for showing sex is diffrent from plant to plant. Mine showed sex at 10 weeks of age from the day planted with about 5 days of 12/12. You can force them to flower early though. Just turn the lights down to 12/12. As for trying to suspend the growing for a short time, I'm not sure. I havent had to do that before. I think taking the light away would just make it stretch. And might trigger flowering. But if turned back to full light after a while it should convert back. But I'm not sure about the rate of growth. I'm sure it whould slow down a bit though.

 

[GanjaGuru]

You can't "stop" the growth for 2 weeks.
You could slow it down but if would make for a sickly plant throughout the rest of it's life.
My suggestion: if you can't move them safely, toss 'em and start over after you move.