kryptoniteglo
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone,
You've all been wonderfully helpful in the past, and I have a BEAUTIFUL hydro grow going on because of it. Maybe it's too good? My plants are growing ridiculously fast now. At least an inch a day. I'm posting pix below and providing details, but my question is this: I assumed I was going to go to 8 weeks of vegetative growth (not counting the first two weeks of seedling life). But these plants are growing so fast, they're going to outgrow their space. So should 8 weeks still be the plan?
So here are the pix and the deets:
These TGA Subcool Jillybean plants are about 5.5 weeks from germination, 3.5 from veg. I topped about 8 or 9 days ago (Uncle Ben's topping above the 2nd node) when they were 5-6 nodes high. Growth has exploded since then. Plant on the right is about 15 inches high and the plant on the left is 17 inches high. All have tons of lateral branching and node growth. The lighting in these photos is odd and makes some of the upper leaves look like they have problems. They don't. They're all a lush green.
Initially I had some under-nuting deficiencies, but that's all been corrected now and all new leaf growth is SUPER healthy. Some of the lower fan leaves still have a little damage, but everything since then is beautiful. The roots, too, are a bright white. No problem maintaining 5.8 ph (range is 5.6 - 6.0). I do a full res change every two weeks. The "girls" are getting Advance Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom at full strength now (started at 1/4 and worked up to counteract the deficiencies) and also Cal Mag. They're drinking 3/4 to 1 gallon a day. And they're on a 24 hour light schedule under a 400W MH bulb.
Here's a pic of them in their tent:
So if I can expect them to double in size during flowering, I'm wondering if I'll be able to take them to the full 8 weeks. They're just over three weeks now. I read that vertical growth will slow, but when?
If 3.5 weeks = 17 inches, 8 weeks will put them at close to 40 inches. Add about 12 inches for the bucket, and they're going to be 52 inches (over 4 feet) before they start flowering. My tent is a little less than 5 and a half feet. Geesh!
Will vertical growth slow enough for them to go the full 8 weeks of veg without ultimately getting so big it causes a problem? I would like to do that if I can -- this strain is said to be a heavy producer, and I'd like to get the most of out them, assuming they're female.
Cheers!
KG
You've all been wonderfully helpful in the past, and I have a BEAUTIFUL hydro grow going on because of it. Maybe it's too good? My plants are growing ridiculously fast now. At least an inch a day. I'm posting pix below and providing details, but my question is this: I assumed I was going to go to 8 weeks of vegetative growth (not counting the first two weeks of seedling life). But these plants are growing so fast, they're going to outgrow their space. So should 8 weeks still be the plan?
So here are the pix and the deets:
These TGA Subcool Jillybean plants are about 5.5 weeks from germination, 3.5 from veg. I topped about 8 or 9 days ago (Uncle Ben's topping above the 2nd node) when they were 5-6 nodes high. Growth has exploded since then. Plant on the right is about 15 inches high and the plant on the left is 17 inches high. All have tons of lateral branching and node growth. The lighting in these photos is odd and makes some of the upper leaves look like they have problems. They don't. They're all a lush green.
Initially I had some under-nuting deficiencies, but that's all been corrected now and all new leaf growth is SUPER healthy. Some of the lower fan leaves still have a little damage, but everything since then is beautiful. The roots, too, are a bright white. No problem maintaining 5.8 ph (range is 5.6 - 6.0). I do a full res change every two weeks. The "girls" are getting Advance Nutrients Micro, Grow and Bloom at full strength now (started at 1/4 and worked up to counteract the deficiencies) and also Cal Mag. They're drinking 3/4 to 1 gallon a day. And they're on a 24 hour light schedule under a 400W MH bulb.
Here's a pic of them in their tent:
So if I can expect them to double in size during flowering, I'm wondering if I'll be able to take them to the full 8 weeks. They're just over three weeks now. I read that vertical growth will slow, but when?
If 3.5 weeks = 17 inches, 8 weeks will put them at close to 40 inches. Add about 12 inches for the bucket, and they're going to be 52 inches (over 4 feet) before they start flowering. My tent is a little less than 5 and a half feet. Geesh!
Will vertical growth slow enough for them to go the full 8 weeks of veg without ultimately getting so big it causes a problem? I would like to do that if I can -- this strain is said to be a heavy producer, and I'd like to get the most of out them, assuming they're female.
Cheers!
KG
(Also lousy harvest.)