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Now here is my question.
When you guys start out from seeds, how long is veg time before you switch to flowering? Especially when all 6 slots are taken?

Can one consider doing say 2 weeks of Veg time and then turn to 12/12? Thats if growing Indica dominants.

Ty.

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I started 6 Ak48 seeds in my stealth hydro set up. They all sprouted within a few days and are now about 6" tall and doing fine . I had lights off till they sprouted and have put up 6 6500K 75 watt cfls on them, will switch to my 400 watt hps after about 4 or 5 more wks Than go to 12 on 12 off for another 5 or 6 wks. Can't wait till new years !! Good luck and have fun with this !!

Yes, you can VEG two weeks and start 12/12. You can start 12/12 the day after they sprout, but when 12/12 is started determines how big they will get and how much you will yield.

I like the BIG grow, the big plants, and I start 6 unfeminized seeds, I average 3 or 4 females every time, I VEG to maturity of the plants, (5 weeks on average) then I start 12/12, and I have a 8 ft tall Height Space.
my platns get up to 48 inches tall, becuase I VEG for 5 weeks and I get anywhere between 2 ounces minimum and 7 ounces maximum per plant of dried manicured buds.

WHEN DO I START 12/12 FLOWERING CYCLE?

The longer the VEG cycle, the more the yield.
Consider this, in nature, outdoors, we plant a seed in mid to late April. It grows through April, May, June, July, and in mid to late July, as the sun's rays change, the plant naturally changes from VEG to FLOWER, with the diminishing sun's rays. That is nature's way. The plant grows and matures to an adult plant for about 3 to 4 months. THEN, it makes flowers. That is nature's way.
Indoors, in HYDRO with feeder tubes, we cut that time in half, by using 24/7 LIGHT. instead of 3 months, or 13 weeks, it takes about 5 to 6 weeks to become a mature plant in HYDRO, with 24/7 LIGHT. Pot plants growing as young plants, make what we call nodes, or a set of two leaves, one directly across form the other. When a pot plant is mature, it will make new leaves one at a time, not directly across from an other leaf, but staggered instead of opposing leaves.

OK, also in nature, in addition to plants, we see animals and humans reproduce at maturity or adulthood. If a human, (or dog or any animal) is forced to make babies before maturity, like getting a 12 yr old girl pregnant, or a dog in her very first heat, then the babies are weak, or runts, or deformed, and just not at their best.
A dude here, a most experienced, knowledgable grower named fdd2blk (and a MOD here too) taught me a long time ago, that it does not make sense, it is not wise, it is not logical, to make a child have a child, and it is not wise or smart or logical to make an immature baby plant, have babies. LET THE BABIES GROW AND LET THE ADULTS MAKE BABIES.
If you will VEG for 5 weeks, to 6 weeks, you will have more time for proper TOPPING, PRUNING, AND FIMMING, and you'll get bigger plants, a much larger yield, and you will also have a mature adult plant, ready to make healthy, stronger babies (flowers) .

If you begin Indica Flowering, after VEGGING 3 or 4 weeks, you will harvest about 60% to 75% of what you would have harvested, IF you had waited and VEGGED for 5 or 6 full weeks.

This info applies to rapid growing in Hydro, and to Indica strains. NOT slowly in SOIL, and NOT Sativa.

I average 3 to 4 ounces per plant, VEGGING 5 to 6 weeks, and I have gotten 7 ounces from one plant. (I have pics) I got that with a long VEG Cycle, planned, proper Topping and Pruning and Fimming, and creating more tops or cola sites.

I have seen grows done where 12/12 was started the very first day, and they got 24 to 30 inches tall by harvest time, and yielded an ounce to two ounces per plant of dried manicured buds. That can be done in 8 weeks and there is nothing wrong with that. But I want more.



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