Helmut79
Well-Known Member
They are still vegging and I'm thinking of switching to 12/12 now.
(The smaller ones are 35-40cm high), but bigger ones are 60-70cm. Pots are about 30cm which makes them 90-100cm high, but I'm limited with 230cm of height. Reflector takes away about 20cm + the distance between the plants and 1000W (35cm?). This leaves me only 165cm for the plants that are taking 90-100cm in height already. If they stretch 2x their size with flowering, it's already 180-200cm which clearly exceeds 165cm.
Bottom line: I need to figure out how to lower the plants.
I have already topped 3 of them 3 weeks ago, because they were the tallest ones, but I don't think I want to throw away big parts of my plants anymore.. and taking little cuttings just won't change a thing.
I figured I should try to do some bending of the stems (training?) and maybe Screen of Green to block them from stretching too tall?
I figured I would have 4+4 plants under 2x 1000W.
.. but I have no experience with training and ScroG what so ever......
... so I'm pretty damn confused about my situation at the moment.
BIG QUESTION: Can I switch to 12/12 and then start reading about training? Is it okay to bend the stem when the plants are being flipped from vegetation to flowering? Isn't it too late yet?
(The smaller ones are 35-40cm high), but bigger ones are 60-70cm. Pots are about 30cm which makes them 90-100cm high, but I'm limited with 230cm of height. Reflector takes away about 20cm + the distance between the plants and 1000W (35cm?). This leaves me only 165cm for the plants that are taking 90-100cm in height already. If they stretch 2x their size with flowering, it's already 180-200cm which clearly exceeds 165cm.
Bottom line: I need to figure out how to lower the plants.
I have already topped 3 of them 3 weeks ago, because they were the tallest ones, but I don't think I want to throw away big parts of my plants anymore.. and taking little cuttings just won't change a thing.
I figured I should try to do some bending of the stems (training?) and maybe Screen of Green to block them from stretching too tall?
I figured I would have 4+4 plants under 2x 1000W.
.. but I have no experience with training and ScroG what so ever......
... so I'm pretty damn confused about my situation at the moment.
BIG QUESTION: Can I switch to 12/12 and then start reading about training? Is it okay to bend the stem when the plants are being flipped from vegetation to flowering? Isn't it too late yet?
