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Yes, that is when you should see obvious daily increases in bud size. Now you are full-fledged flowering so get your 12/12 plants as close to the light as possible. If you are concerned that she will continue to grow into the light you should monitor that daily. Plants can get about 14-16 inches...

Light = growth. What they need now is lots of light. Consider elevating the plants (or dropping the light) to keep them as close as possible to the light source. Light energy decreases 75% when you double the distance from plant to light. Good luck, BigSteve.

A lot of that is manufacturers' hype, eh? I use MiracleGro Potting Mix for my entire grows and those bags claim to have nutrients to support a plant for 3 months. Ignore that. I use the MG PM just like regular dirt. I water new seedlings with just plain water first 2 weeks in dirt then they get...

Yeah, that is a good way to help support a still weak main stem. Good luck, BigSteve.

Amateurs/beginners might name plants. Serious growers don't. BigSteve.

Most indicas are pretty predictable. I veg them from clone for about 4 weeks when they are 18-24 inches. Note -- most of my from-clone indicas get FIM'd or topped after 2 weeks or so vegging. That affects height. The 20 inchers or so go to flower room for 7 weeks to finish. If they go into the...

Whoever suggested using an egg carton for seedlings has done you no favors. The next logical question is how to transplant 3-4 inch toothpicks without having a fatal fall-over. I would take a large pair of shears, scissors and cut out the 2 cubicels with the sprouts. You can hold the individual...

You can also "top" at more than just the top, eh? If I want a plant to be real bushy at the top I will "top" the highest 4 or 5 growing spots all at the same time. If you plan it right you can use the trimmings as clones. Bonus! Good luck, BigSteve.

I use RootTech too. Get it via eBay, eh? When I first started cloning I experimented with various types of rooting gels and powders. I found that I was losing too many clones in the dome with the powders. An exam showed that rooting powders have a nasty tendency to harden and form a block at...

I've been relying on 2 main strains in my perpetual grow. Blueberry Gum from G13 Labs and High Priority from 710 genetics. I harvested 50-60 BG's last year and 25-30 of the HP so far this year. Clones make up 80% of my finishing plants as I average 100 plants a year. Good luck, BigSteve.

There are too many variables to predict plant size via age (days in dirt). Sex, strain, lighting, feeding and environmentals ( RH, temp., etc...) are just a few of the minor factors affecting early growth size. Single largest determinant to your question is the size and shape, along with timing...

You need to brace up new seedlings as soon as they get much over an inch or so. I use large toothpicks and pipecleaners. After setting the stake straight wrap the p'cleaner so that it encircles the main stem 3/4 of the way to the dirt. Another tip -- when first putting the new seedling into a...

I wondered about this too. Best evidence I can find is the weather in my area. Most of our rainfall occurs during the daylight hours. Even accounting for there being more daylight hours than non-daylight hours the vast majority of my rainfall is during the day. Based on that tidbit I water my...

I have a similar situation here with a Burmese Kush plant. I waited until the plant had been in dirt 5-6 weeks then topped her so that the top cola was now a beautiful 6-8 inch clone. You gotta wait until the donor mom is more than 5 weeks in dirt before her clones root better. Three weeks after...

If the seedling's main stem was not broken you should be ok. Even if tall skinny s'lings do fall over they can usually be saved. Most important thing at first is to support the plant. Is that some kind of golf tee? Anyway, that support is too big as it would surely interfere with future growth...

If a plant starts to look like a toothpick you may have to brace her up. I use 6 inch bamboo skewers with a pipecleaner wrapped around it. Try to make sure you place the brace so that it does not interfere with the next set of leaves. Good luck, BigSteve.

It is common to star seedlings in dirt then switch them to hydro when the roots can support the plant. My buddy grows them to 6-8 inches in dirt then moves them to his hydro set-up. He fills a 5 gallon bucket 2/3 full of warmish water and gently swirls the rootball in the water until the dirt is...

The longer you veg the shorter flower times. Reason is that the plant has a natural maturation process that flows from vegging to flowering to maturing. Our manipulations with the lights are to speed up the natural process. I usually veg about 5 weeks or until the plants are 20-24 inches. With...

Too early to start worrying. They look fine. Right after first going into dirt new seedlings spend almost all their energy building a root mass to support the plant. When the roots have grown enough to reach the inside of the cup the plant will switch gears and start growing more greenery...

Your plant is sativa-dominant (notice the narrowness of the larger leaves) and the hairs, pistils, are dark enough to harvest now, imo. Actually, we use the trichomes, the small bubbles under the sugar leaves, to determine when to chop. But pistils darken and change color as the tris do. It is...