When to Flower?

Hi

I have a small cupboard grow with a 400w HPS with 5 plants. My 2 largest are an unknown strain and have been vegging for just over 6 weeks. I am not sure exactly when to put into flowering and am not sure if height is a good guide to use. Both plants are approx 15/16" from root to tip and are looking very heathly and starting to stink out my cupboard.

I have included pictures in my gallary and will and the link below. Any advice is appreciated on when I should flower. As I have a small cupboard I do not want to go to high but also didnt want to top them as its my first grow and didnt want to experiment too much.

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Thanks

You can flower whenever you want. Your plant will almost double in size during flowering, so start now if you dont want tall plants.

when do i start flowering?

R3nOt$465 said:

when do i start flowering?

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Is this a daft question I take it? As this is my first grow I am still learning the terminoligy.

I am going to put my 2 biggest into a blacked out room for 36hours and then start on a 12/12 cycle. They were on 18/6 for 6 weeks and a reasonable height so hopefully I will get a decent yeild.

How easy is it to tell the strain by looking at photos? I sont know what the 2 biggest are but would like to know. I was going to take cuttings but think I will just get some seeds for my next grow. I still have some white widow feminsed seeds growing but they are only about 3/4weeks old and at different stages of growth.

work around 4 weeks VEG and then each plant has a flowering time which is how long it takes in flowering but yh 4 weeks veg or more they say the longer you veg sometimes you get more bud

Cheers for that. I have put them in or 36hours of darkness and will put them back under the 400w HPS 12/12. I dont have a carbon filter currently but as the smell is gonna get stronger I better start thinking of one.

I have another 3 growing but if I get them to flower at 4 weeks i recon they would be quite small. I suppose I will see with the two in darkness as they will prob grow more that the space.

Do you definitely see pre flowers? If so, put it into 12/12 whenever you want. Putting a plant into 12/12 before you see pre flowers stresses the plant - so I've read.

Depending on pot size, it can grow anywhere from 1-2 feet bigger - genetics also plays a role. I have mine in 3.5 gallon pots and flowered when they were around 12 or 14 inches. Mine has grown 1.3 ft more since being in flower. Hope that helps any.

I can see some pre flowers, i think

I have had them in darkness for bout 12 hours now so will carry on with it until tomor night and give them 12/12. They will be sharing the cupboard with the other 3 plants so will have to move them out as they are still on 18/6.

when your plants were 12-14 inches how old were they?