is now a good time to flower??? HELP...got pics

[Bibble]

Well I think my plants are at like week 8 of growing im going to get a 250 watt HPS but I don't know when to start flowering on my plants any advice? its 6 plants total

first time and don't wanna fuck this up put to much money into it

 

[Golden Ray]

Give them another week or 2 and clean up all the dead and any that is 50% dead (leaves) One week before flowering start giving them low dose's of Bloom food.

 

[desertrat]

the bottom line is you can veg for as long as you want - a mother plant for clones is kept in veg forever. 8 weeks is already longer than average from what this fellow noobie has seen on this site but the longer the veg the higher the yield. your call

 

[Golden Ray]

I myself veg until plant reaches 20" at least then I move to flower room if there is Room and if I have to wait 2 weeks or more for room I top so lowers will grow up.

 

[Bibble]

makes sense... well I am working with bag seed so I don't know how many females I will have... my closet is a 3'' L x 3'' W x 7'' H and I am accually gonna be getting a 400 Watt HPS bulb so for 3 or 4 (HOPEFULLY ) plants around 16 inches is that good?

 

[KINGOFTHEWEED]

dont forget your plants r gunna x2 when you flower so make sure you have enough room

 

[wozb529]

nice grow, similar to mine except i trimmed the top 2weeks ago. and now i have about ten bud sites

 

[smokertoker]

Need some bigger pots man...

 

[platypusmann]

and maybe a little closer on the lights...those are some fairly far spaced nodes on a couple of them.......I usually have 8 to 11 nodes at 12" tall........just my opinion

 

[Bibble]

yea I know Im just using 3 42w cfls but im trying to keep them as close as possible ok so imma start to give them a very low dose of some dyna grow 3-12-6 plant bloom I just got maybe 1/2 tsp per gallon right now. Yea imma get some bigger pots too I just need to know how many cause I don't know which of these will be females

 

[Bibble]

Ok so now I am 3 days into flowering and I got a 400 watt HPS about 2 feet from my plants how long does it take before I can tell which are male and which are female about a week or two? I don't know anything specific about it as it was some bagseed and of course as everyone else says... "it was some great weed tho".... ummmm right now I have some miracle grow bloom stuff but imma get some organic shit when I get some money cause I think MG has to many chemicals in it. I keep reading on here that people swear by foxfarm so imma try to get some the that open seseame and cha ching and shit. do I sound like im on the right path??? Any suggestions

 

[Atea]

Sounds good but def get bigger pots mate.
A friend of my had a plant in a small pot when putting in to flower i think it was a 10L pot.Told him to get another one , he got a 30L and BOOM the size it grew in to.
Bigger pot means more room for the roots, more room for the roots means bigger plants

Good luck with the grow.

 

[Bibble]

lol well thats the thing I ran out of money and all I have is 4 2G pots but I have 6 total plants so I was gonna wait to find out which was male and when I found out which are female I would transplant then because I know I won't get more than 4 females.... Or do you think I should just transplant what I can now and if they turn out to be males kick the males and just stick the female in the pot?

 

[Atea]

lol well thats the thing I ran out of money and all I have is 4 2G pots but I have 6 total plants so I was gonna wait to find out which was male and when I found out which are female I would transplant then because I know I won't get more than 4 females.... Or do you think I should just transplant what I can now and if they turn out to be males kick the males and just stick the female in the pot?

Yup id wait untill you know which R fems, and males untill transplant.

 

[Atea]

by the way good looking grow mate

 

[Bibble]

Thanks this my first time how do I know how much I should get at the end or per plant?

 

[desertrat]

yield is everyone;s favorite question that depends on way too many variables to give you a good estimate. experienced growers can get a couple of ounces per plant, really good ones a bit more. forget about lb grows unless you are growing 7 ft monsters

 

[Bibble]

Ok so I just came from the Hydro Store 2 minutes from my house and im convinced when i get the money imma get the fox farm Flowering nutes cause the guy said MG was NOT a good idea fo my plants... good thing I only used it for a few days

 

[KAOSOWNER]

if you are going to transplant do it now, you dont want to be far in flower during a transplant. it is actually best to get all transplanting done before flower. With a 400w you really dont want plants bigger than 3 1/2 feet tall ( this includes total height ), that is about how far the 400w light is effective. you could go bigger with some supplemental side lighting.

 

[Bibble]

ok right now I have them about 2 feet from my 400 watt HPS its been there about 4 days after 2 weeks can I move it up to 1 foot away from the light?