Should I switch my lights to flower?

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #1

Okay so I have three plants that are doing good and one small plant not doing so well...How do I know when its time to switch my lights to 12/12? I will be moving them to 5 gal pots tomorow...I can post pictures if it would help. I am currently about 3-3 1/2 weeks from sprout under a 400watt MH and I will be flowering under 400watt HPS. Also I have never trimmed anything off my plants because im not sure what im supposed to clip, should I be trimming my plants before I flower? Thanks guys!

 

fitzgib

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Oct 13, 2012

• #2

i usually switch from 5-6 weeks. depends on how big you want them to get.

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #3

How big do they usally end up for you when you switch at 5 or 6? I'm growing in a 3x3x6 box...

 

PuffinChronic

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Oct 13, 2012

• #4

It's week 7 for me (2 days until week 8 from seed) I was going to flip at week 8 but I dunno I might let my "ladies" go 10 weeks and wait for some pre-flowers.. I'm seeing signs of developing sex but still to early to tell. It's different for everyone, IMO I wouldn't flip before 8 weeks. but that depends on your needs... GL

Puffin.

 

fitzgib

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Oct 13, 2012

• #5

depends what your growing, expect anything up to x3 in size. i usually lst tho, as have same size box. going to use a scrog system on my current grow

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/570456-holygrail-kush-liberty-haze-orange.html

 

fitzgib

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Oct 13, 2012

• #6

this NL was flipped at 5 weeks and got 4oz dried off it.

 

mr2shim

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Oct 13, 2012

• #7

I flip at 4 weeks.... Grew a bit too close to the light...

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #8

Thanks for the replies, I think I'm going to wait another few weeks....ill take some pic and post in a min ....

 

mr2shim

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Oct 13, 2012

• #9

It depends on strain, and the amount of headroom you have. Meaning from the top of your growing medium to a few inches from the light. That is headroom. I don't have a whole lot so I don't veg more than 4 weeks usually. SCROG really helps with that as you can see from the picture.

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #10

I'm a newb as far as indoor growing, so my plants dont look near as beautiful as the other pics posted lol. Here are a few pics of what I have going right now...Is there any way to tell sex yet? and does anyone know why the one plant of mine is so small and droopy???

 

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garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #11

should I move to bigger pots?

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #12

Also im not sure how SCROG works, but do you think these are too young to do the lst?

 

mr2shim

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Oct 13, 2012

• #13

The small one looks overwatered. IMO I wouldn't worry about training techniques for your first grow. Best to understand the plant and what it's telling you. The close up pictures of the nodes. That's secondary growth. It's still too early to tell sex. Sex doesn't show in a veg plant until it's fully mature which is 6-8 weeks of veg. In flower it will show sex 5-10 days after flip to 12/12

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #14

Okay, Is there any way to tell sex yet? I grew my last for like 3 months outdoor only to find it was male, so im really hoping atleast 1 of these will be female for me haha Thanks for the help man

 

mr2shim

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Oct 13, 2012

• #15

No. Not unless you switch to flower early. That's why I grow only fem seeds.

 

garrett.burn

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Oct 13, 2012

• #16

Thanks for the info man, very helpful! Do you think I should move these to bigger pots or 5gal buckets?

 

mr2shim

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Oct 13, 2012

• #17

Can't really help you there. I haven't grown in soil in years. If I remember right every gallon = 1ft of growth... So if you want 5ft tall plants grow in 5 gal buckets.