Need help from experienced indoor grower.

[ChaoticMetal]

Hello ganja growers, I am in need of some help only an experienced indoor grower can answer. I have a setup thats about 4.5 ft x 6ft x 5.5ft . I am running a dual spectrum 400w HPS / 400w MH for a total of 800w. I want to bud my plants at he perfect height to harvest them at 5-5.5ft. At the moment they are about 2.5ft. I know I'm getting close to 12-12, but I dont want to do it to early and lose out on yield, nor do I want the plants to get to large for the room. They have been growing about 1/2 to 3/4 an inch a day, so I am assuming they will not grow in height more than 2ft during budding. But I am afraid to wait till they get to 3ft to bud, and have them get to big by harvest. I would love some advise from any experienced growers.


Thanks, Chaotic

 

[TheGardenMan]

How many days along are you and whats the height of the plants now?

 

[the widowman]

what strain are they ?

 

[ChaoticMetal]

The strain I'm working with mostly is Warlock, all cloned from same mother. They are about 2.5 ft right now.

Chaotic

 

[ChaoticMetal]

Someone else respond lol, they are getting big haha

 

[pandabear]

dude i dont know they are way too big already, i think warlock is a huge plant too,

i flowered my white widow which is mostly indica at about 12 inches. now they are 4 feet tall and im half way through with flowering. i dont want them even that tall i think best hight using indoor lights is prolly 4ft tops no reason to make them so tall cuz your light cant reach that farr.

so you got 2.5' your plants will atleast get 5 ft but I say they will get 6 - 7 foot buddy.

lets see what others say. i think you may need advice from somone about topping which will solve your problem, but i never tryed topping.

 

[ChaoticMetal]

I have been topping them to keep them short and bushy, thats why im not too worried about it, i can top one more time before budding if need be. im going to post some pics i took today in my gallery if anyone wants to see. Last time i did these guys outdoor they about doubled, but indoor can be completely diff, soo still lookin for as many opinions as possible. I can always start tying shit down and whatnot too. it will be fun experiment either way.

-Chaotic

 

[t0k3s]

I have been topping them to keep them short and bushy, thats why im not too worried about it, i can top one more time before budding if need be. im going to post some pics i took today in my gallery if anyone wants to see. Last time i did these guys outdoor they about doubled, but indoor can be completely diff, soo still lookin for as many opinions as possible. I can always start tying shit down and whatnot too. it will be fun experiment either way.

-Chaotic

if they are 2.5 feet now think about what double or triple that would be.But you said you topped so that will reduce size but they could still get huge and you also need room for your lights and stuff. when growing indoors its better to grow small and alot like s.o.g then big and few or at least from my experience its more productive. but if you flower now you should be ok

 

[ChaoticMetal]

Thanx man, i think Im going to bud them really soon, mind u ther are2.5 ft in the pots, so the plant is really like 1.7ft right now. i posted some pics, i have from 5-8 ft of space for them to grow up in, just wanna time it perfect.

 

[bonghits4all]

how many plants? You are going to need alot more lumens to bud out several 5 ft plants one 400 hps and 1 400 mh is not going to cover it ,I mean they will bud but you wont have tight dense nuggs.Some strains grow up to 250 x their size in flower.?that means a 2 ft plant becomes a 6.5 ft plant

 

[calibud]

a freind of mine has some (6) that hes just put into flower at 3 ft is it ok to top them at this late stage or best to leave them hae's only using a 400w dual spec

 

[panhead]

The way i see it you only have 2 choices if you want to run out massive plants,you can top them one last time & you can tie them down.

Another option is to chop them up into a bunch of clones,let them root for 10 days or so & run a little sog grow.

 

[pinkus]

It's not to late to top them if you mean he just PUT them in flower, but if you mean it just started to flower you might loose some bud sites topping. the penetration of the 400w is not going to go deep in that bush though.... OK, here the part where you'll say i'm nuts...You might want to Severely top it, like maybe cut a quarter to half the height, and LST it so the lower bud sites get enough light to produce heavy buds...other wise the bottom of these girls will be struggling to produce, taking away "juice" from the top sites. (there is a slight risk of stress hermis here)

Sog would probably be more efficient, except in your initial turn around time. I know that's important for me....I would hate to have to BUY weed.

 

[doniawon]

bushmaster fim'ing

 

[Willis]

You have limited head room and limited light penetration...you say you've already topped...flip now.
Or you can top again now and flip in 5-7days.

 

[GrowinBomb707]

5' warlocks under a 400?? are you out of ur mind? i just finished some 2' warlocks under 1000w not nearly enough light to get under the main canopy... i got tons of beautifual tops and a million little popcorn nugs not worth trimming.. keep them short or your just wasting ur time