how tall can u veg??

hi, how tall approx should a veged plant be ? or how tall can a veged plant get if just keeping it under 24 hr light.. ??

Depends on how tall you can grow it.. a plant can veg for twelve years if you want it to.

steeZz said:

Depends on how tall you can grow it.. a plant can veg for twelve years if you want it to.

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But I wouldn't put it under 24 hour light. That really messes with them, they need at least 4-6 hours most of the time of dark. It'll put a lot of strain on the plant. I mean you can do it, I just think that esp. with a photo plant you need at least a minimal amount of darkness to make the transition easier and to give the plant a little time to stop pumping out chlorophyl and have a beer, go see the kids, w/e. As for how tall a lot of it(well most of it) will depend on the strain. A Sativa would go through most ceilings given enough time, where as indicas are gonna stop growing upward around ~4-6 feet in veg for hybrids and ~3-4 in heavy indica. Unless you're planning on making it a mother, vegging it for a few extra weeks trying to get another few inches is also giving it that much more time to develop problems, plus you're still feeding it, and a lot of those times the biggest thing you'll notice is space between where the buds are developing.

thats an amazing amount of time... was not expecting that.. but do u mean on when u say on how tall i can grow it .. if hight was no issue 4 agurments sake.. how tall ?

Literally as tall as you want to grow it then, you can veg a plant as long as you physically want until you are comfortable and ready to flower it, but like he said you're also allowing a lot more things to go wrong with the plant.

Even that said, it's not always a good idea to go for growing a 'tall plant'... some people say it's good to LST and do other things to control height and actually produce more bud because the plant is more exposed therefor the top part of the plant isn't blocking all the light to the lower half of the canopy.

thanx .. it was just another random ? floating around in my strange warped mind. cheers 1 and all..

djpipster said:

thanx .. it was just another random ? floating around in my strange warped mind. cheers 1 and all..

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There is also the inverse square law of light to consider if you were asking about vegging indoors.

Each artificial light has a maximum penetration distance depending on its wattage, aircooled or open etc.



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cranker said:

But I wouldn't put it under 24 hour light. That really messes with them, they need at least 4-6 hours most of the time of dark. It'll put a lot of strain on the plant. I mean you can do it, I just think that esp. with a photo plant you need at least a minimal amount of darkness to make the transition easier and to give the plant a little time to stop pumping out chlorophyl and have a beer, go see the kids, w/e. As for how tall a lot of it(well most of it) will depend on the strain. A Sativa would go through most ceilings given enough time, where as indicas are gonna stop growing upward around ~4-6 feet in veg for hybrids and ~3-4 in heavy indica. Unless you're planning on making it a mother, vegging it for a few extra weeks trying to get another few inches is also giving it that much more time to develop problems, plus you're still feeding it, and a lot of those times the biggest thing you'll notice is space between where the buds are developing.

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I have grown a bit and the only reason I would go less than 24/0 is to save money on the hydro, I went 18/6 this veg and will never again, I found they stretched more than other years, it looked like they were growing like mad until I counted the nodes.. I don't get the reference to developing problems?

so have i hit a sore point here ?? coz as u can see from my point of view its not overly helpful when 1 person will say 24hr sum say 18/6 sum ppl do 12/12... i went for 18/6 its my 1st time and all seems ok enuff.. but it does get very confusing .