Im getting ready to experiment with a vertical grow inspired by heath.
My question is about vegging and the stretch after moving plants into the flower room and into the vertical system. I know its probably ideal to veg vertical, but is it absolutely necessary? My current veg plants that are scheduled to go into the vert system have been vegged normally under a t-5 florouescent. This strain (blackberry kush) isnt my first choice to run in this experiment. But excitement has gotten the better of me and the BB is what i have ready.
Ive grown the BB strain for about a year and know it quite well. I usually start them into flower at between 12-18 inches tall and they end up at about 28-35 inches at harvest.
Now.. whats got me stumped.. when i put these plants into the vert system with a bulb hung down the center .. are the plants still going to stretch upwards? therefore will i need to tie them back to the trellis as the continue to grow up and in? sounds pretty newb i know, but first time going vert.
Heres a couple pics to give you an idea of the plans.
The way it is going to be setup is the plants will be put in the outside holes.
10 plants, 3 on the left, 3 on the right, and 2 back 2 front surrounding a 600watt bulb hung down the center. A fan placed in the center blowing heat from the bulb up and out. Each side will have a trellis to tie the plants and train.
First pic shows the system run normally.
2nd pic shows how the trellis will be setup. one of 4 sides.
3rd pic is a crude rough draft
and 4th shows the perpetual grow as it is now.
any thoughts will be appreciated