Opinions on veg time

It has been almost 5 weeks since I transplanted my girls from their solo cups to 5gal smartpots and after a couple weeks of growing in to the new pots they have really started taking off in my inexperienced opinion. Averaging about an inch of vertical growth a day at this point, responding well to being topped 2 weeks ago and I don't plan on topping any more or doing any lst. From what I've read they should end up around 3 feet tall indoors (AK47 in coco) and I have enough room for them to get 6' but probably not enough light for that height (1 600w hps) so how much longer should I veg them for in your opinion?
I'm under the impression that the more I veg the greater capacity for buds I'll have up to the point where I exceed my light and or space.

It may also be of note that the roots are at the surface of the coco now and there is very little "loose" coco anymore, mostly a mass now.

look ready for flower too me?

Ive done the ak47. Love it. Looks like you have all 4 the same indica dom pheno, which is good because she wont stretch as much in flower as the sativa don pheno. I had two of both phenos when i flowered and man did the sativa dom go crazy. Doubled in size at least.

Anyway... from the looks of yours i would flip now.

Actually, by the colour of you light it looks like you already flipped...

Gquebed said:

Ive done the ak47. Love it. Looks like you have all 4 the same indica dom pheno, which is good because she wont stretch as much in flower as the sativa don pheno. I had two of both phenos when i flowered and man did the sativa dom go crazy. Doubled in size at least.

Anyway... from the looks of yours i would flip now.

Actually, by the colour of you light it looks like you already flipped...

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I have no experience with the pheno so that is good to know about the height. Not sure what you meant by the color of my light but it's my first grow and I figured if I could only afford 1 light it should be a hps. I'll probably get another ballast and a mh for vegging on my next grow.

nomoresnow said:

I have no experience with the pheno so that is good to know about the height. Not sure what you meant by the color of my light but it's my first grow and I figured if I could only afford 1 light it should be a hps. I'll probably get another ballast and a mh for vegging on my next grow.

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Well... a person says indica dominant or sativa dominant you know that the strain is a cross between both varities. But two seeds from the same plant can produce to very different plants. Say one turns out short and bushy and the other turns out tall and sparse. Those are each different phenos of the same strain. One shows the indica dominance quite clearly while the tall one, in spite of being from an indica dominant strain shows its sativa side. ...

So youre vegging with hps then. Thats fine. It would be interesting to see how that spectrum effects the plant through veg. Ive never seenit but i know lots of people have done it.....

Anybody else have any opinions and why?

Hmm,,,,,flipping is done when you feel it's time.....There's no "set" time, only height limits if you have them....

If you have a six foot limit, you must remember that you need 18-24 inch's of open space from the light hood to your canopy top...That would mean you should flip at 2ft......Some pure Indica's don't stretch much at all, and some do but, no where near as much as Sativa's and some Sativa cross's.

This is really a "learning" game when you start this hobby.
Looking at your pics,,,,,I would flip now.....

Here's a GOOD tip!
DO NOT start feeding bloom foods for at least 2 weeks! The plant needs the higher N for the "stretch" period.
Once the flowers "set" or begin....Start bloom foods then......For now, don't be temped to try any P&K "boosters"....Get to be comfortable with what your doing and your results....Then, and only then. You could "experiment" a little with that stuff...

Doc

Dr. Who said:

Hmm,,,,,flipping is done when you feel it's time.....There's no "set" time, only height limits if you have them....

If you have a six foot limit, you must remember that you need 18-24 inch's of open space from the light hood to your canopy top...That would mean you should flip at 2ft......Some pure Indica's don't stretch much at all, and some do but, no where near as much as Sativa's and some Sativa cross's.

This is really a "learning" game when you start this hobby.
Looking at your pics,,,,,I would flip now.....

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Thanks for the input. My room is actually just over 8' so the 6' is with the light and 20" of space.

flip the switch kiddo, those babies look good