flower now ok? (pic incl.)

Dinky73

Dinky73

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hey people,

first of all, many kind thanks to the countless users of this site who have helped me in so many ways with my first grow. I done a lot of reading on this great site.

Here's my question: can i switch to flowering right now?

I have 6 plants in my little grow room and they have been in vegi for 2 weeks. Since I only have 1 grow area, I have to use that area for vegi AND flowering. And to be honest I just wanna get this harvest finished so I can start with the next harvest - I have some feminised seeds who are just desperate to get in the tent and start partying.

My current plants have low grade soil but they are doing ok - but they are NOT feminised so really I just wanna get this crop finished up asap, get what I can out of it and start with the next one, now that I have gained a bit of experience. Use better soil and better seeds.

What u guys think? Could I switch out my MH lamp for my HPS lamp and switch to 12/12 tonight? I know and understand it will be a lesser crop than if i wait for say, 2 more weeks of vegi but like I said, this is my first grow in bad soil with mediocre seeds and I want to get it finished and move on. Take a look at the pic and tell me what u reckon.

appreciate some feedback
peace,
dink
 

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Dinky73

Dinky73

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ok, thanks a lot cruzer. 2ft tall you say? The strain is NLxBB, mostly indica I think.

I read that this kind of strain will about double its height in the flowering stage. Sativas apparently go even higher. Where can i get some more info on this subject, ie. growth changes when u flip to flowering? It's important for me because my tent is quite small (160cm height) and with the carbon filter + lamp + space to plants, I can't let the plants get taller than 1meter by harvest time or else they'll get burnt. For future reference, I hope to flip when the plants are about 45-50cm tall so that they are 1meter by harvest time. Is that a sound plan?

peace,
dink
 
IgrowUgrow

IgrowUgrow

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If your plants can grow to 1 meter and they are like 10 in now I would waint at least antil one month of veg to max you yeild. If you start flower now your plants wont grow to full potential. Good Luck Happy Harvest.
 
Dinky73

Dinky73

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hey Ugrow, yeah thats what I was thinking - well I'll never get REAL full potential with my tiny little beginner tent, but max. potential (ie. maximising yield) is something I wanna think about for the NEXT crop when I use fem. seeds. That's why it's so important for me to find out about what kind of extra growth you can predict when you flip to flowering. For example I read somewhere you can continue using the MH lamp for the 1st week or 2 of the 12/12 cycle and then switch to HPS in order to control stretching a bit. But it's all just theory for me at the moment, little experience.

thanks :)
 
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cruzer101

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Dinky73 said:
ok, thanks a lot cruzer. 2ft tall you say? The strain is NLxBB, mostly indica I think.

I read that this kind of strain will about double its height in the flowering stage. Sativas apparently go even higher. Where can i get some more info on this subject, ie. growth changes when u flip to flowering? It's important for me because my tent is quite small (160cm height) and with the carbon filter + lamp + space to plants, I can't let the plants get taller than 1meter by harvest time or else they'll get burnt. For future reference, I hope to flip when the plants are about 45-50cm tall so that they are 1meter by harvest time. Is that a sound plan?

peace,
dink
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Thats true, depends on the strain. Is this Dr Atomics?

By the way you may want to look at my journals, I do a lot of grows in limited spaces.



(Thats a funny sig dude)
 
IgrowUgrow

IgrowUgrow

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Also you can LST if you really want to make those babies big you can train your plants to grow spiral, sideway, have curves any way you want really so maybe you should try this it may be the best thing you ever did also you can prune the plants to keep short or you can use the method of pinching. Pinching is where a branch that you want to stunt growth on you roll between you fingers antil you feel it get limp then carefully bend it over it will stunt the growth for a few days then straiten right back out.
 
Dinky73

Dinky73

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hey Ugrow, yeah I've stumbled across a few sites explaining the things u mentioned - all a bit advanced for me at the moment but I will try it in future with a view to making optimal use of the limited space i got. Don't you think it would be better to do that with fem. seeds? I would be seriously p'eed off if i train a plant into a bonsai-like masterpiece and then it turns into a male ! This is partly the reason I wanna get my current crop finished with asap, so I can move onto bigger, more adventurous things.
 
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cruzer101

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Nirvana has some pretty good genetics, I have grown a few of theres. Only bad luck I had was with Snow White. Anyway, look at it this way. The flower period is where the time is gonna be. An extra 2 weeks now and you get a harvest.

Or you flip now and wait the two months for squat. You might as well just pull these and toss them if you need the space.

These are not sexed right? So you flip now, go a couple weeks and pull the males, you end up with 3 females maybe four. they finish to be maybe 1/2 oz per plant.

Your choice.
 
Dinky73

Dinky73

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Yeah cruzer, you pretty much summed up the choice i gotta make right now. Correct, these are "regular" non-feminised seeds.

1 - flip now and get a minimal harvest, like u say possibly somewhere between 1-2 ozs. enabling me to start earlier with the next crop.
2 - get in another 2-3 weeks of vegi and then flip (how much bigger will the harvest be, assuming i get 3 fems.?)
3 - pull crop now and start fresh with fem. seeds and decent soil.

REALLY don't wanna pull the crop now, have put in too much effort already and I could do with the experience of seeing a crop through until the end.
So it's down to 1 or 2...
what u guys think ?
 
grow4joe

grow4joe

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Dinky73 said:
1 - flip now and get a minimal harvest, like u say possibly somewhere between 1-2 ozs. enabling me to start earlier with the next crop.
2 - get in another 2-3 weeks of vegi and then flip (how much bigger will the harvest be, assuming i get 3 fems.?)
3 - pull crop now and start fresh with fem. seeds and decent soil.QUOTE]

Im in sorta the same boat as you man, im thinking about switching to 12/12 tonight just to speed tings up, still gonna flower the full amount of time but hant got time to veg....

Id say switch that s**t man, if you got better seeds to pop den switch...:bigjoint:

:peace:

.G4J.
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Dinky73

Dinky73

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right well i can't make up my mind lol - might as well let them sit and veg for a day or 2 more while i make up my mind.

thanks for your help guys.

anyone else care to chuck in a vote ?

peace
 
Dinky73

Dinky73

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hey guys time for an update - see my journal for pics from last night.

I gonna flip the lights tonight. There's really no more space in the grow room and the plants are some 15inches tall now so i gonna do it !

Wish me luck and think FEMALES for me dudes :)
 
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