What would 8 weeks in veg yield

jamie497

jamie497

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For my next grow im gunna grow some lovely AK-48 by nirvana. I'm planning on vegging for 8 weeks but i just want to know if its worth the extra 2 or 4 weeks. Will it make it yield more?

Ill be using several CFL's in case that is a factor as well.

Also, have any of you guys had experience with this strain, whats it like?
 
growin big

growin big

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i grew in coco and had veged for 4 weeks instead of 6 and they where 2x bigger than soil and the fruits wher bigger
 
MomaPug

MomaPug

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CFL's cant give you the penetration of HPS. When using CFL lights, the bottom branches usually don't get enough light...in my experience anyway.
Keep that in mind when thinking about height, the taller the plant the less penetration.

That being said, the bigger the plant the bigger the bud.....but, the age of the plant (as long as it is old enough to bud) doesn't really make any difference.
You will get the same quality bud off a one month old plant as a two month old plant grown the same way. In other words, the plant being older doesn't make it "better" just bigger.
 
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wiseguy316

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the only way this might work for you is if you could put the plant outside to get some sunlight at times, it will just be too big for cfls, lst would help fi you have the space.
 
LIBERTY MEDICAL

LIBERTY MEDICAL

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keep in mind that he is veggin w/cfls as well i would bloom them at 10to12"s youll get better nugs if you keep em smaller w/dem cfls
 
growin big

growin big

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i have a friend that got led work lights from a home improvement store and they did prety well. using cfl's they wont grow as fast so i would recomend 4-6 weeks
 
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smkeking

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8-9 weeks of flowering will guarantee the full range of cannabinoids.

The bigger the range of cannabinoids that develop over 8-9 weeks will make your buds more potent and sticky and juicy...you get the idea.
I wouldn't harvest any earlier than 8 weeks. The yield all depends on your growing skills to give the plants perfect growing conditions. Trust me, i'm a botanist, thats a plant scientist for those that don't know. GL with the grow.

EDIT; Heh I came back to check this thread after passing into a ganja coma, I thought you said flowering but you didn't, you said extra veg time. I shouldn't post when I'm high man.
 
doowmd

doowmd

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4 weeks veg.-8 to 10 weeks flower (depending on strain, and type of high ur lookin for) the extra 2-4 weeks veg your talking about will make little to no difference in yield!
 
phyzix

phyzix

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jamie497 said:
For my next grow im gunna grow some lovely AK-48 by nirvana. I'm planning on vegging for 8 weeks but i just want to know if its worth the extra 2 or 4 weeks. Will it make it yield more?

Ill be using several CFL's in case that is a factor as well.

Also, have any of you guys had experience with this strain, whats it like?
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Longer veg = better yield if you're doing everything else right.

These are around 7 weeks into veg. You wont be able to use CFLs with plants like this when they go into flowering.

 
phyzix

phyzix

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doowmd said:
4 weeks veg.-8 to 10 weeks flower (depending on strain, and type of high ur lookin for) the extra 2-4 weeks veg your talking about will make little to no difference in yield! just be more smaller flowers, instead of fewer, larger flowers.
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First picture - 11/4 - Fifteen plants
Second picture - 11/18 - Four plants (the rest are moved because of size - imagine 9 more)

Two weeks of veg absolutely makes a difference on yield.


 
skunky33

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using cfl's there's no reason to veg for 8 weeks. Cfl's don't have the proper light penetration needed to flower a bush unless you have several cfl's surrounding 1 plant. What will happen is that they'll grow tall and all the under growth and branches will start to die, and/or be budless, and you'll be left with a palm tree in which nutes will have to travel farther to feed the buds. CFL's work best vegged for 3 weeks while topped and lst'd on indica's. You can have a lot bud sights on the first 4 inches anything below that isn't going to be quality.
 
theoryan117

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RawBudzski said:
Vegging more will ONLY make you need a BETTER LIGHT (400-600HPS) to cover more LEAFS and such. Get it?
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Not necessarily. I'm planning on a THREE month veg with NO HPS. Only LED and CFL. Every inch of every plant is covered. I have 20 16 watt/1500 lumen LED bulbs/reflectors. I have 3 standalone 25 watt 2,000 lumen LED lights. I have 6 20 watt 1500 lumen blue and red spectrum LED grow lights. 2 32 watt 4000 lumen CFL 4 foot lights and a 4 foot 40 watt 4000 lumen LED.
I also have an additional 6 LED bulbs that I need reflector fixtures for and about 8 halogen bulbs in an emergency squeeze. My plants are growing fantastically. Just a newb though
 
theoryan117

theoryan117

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theoryan117 said:
Not necessarily. I'm planning on a THREE month veg with NO HPS. Only LED and CFL. Every inch of every plant is covered. I have 20 16 watt/1500 lumen LED bulbs/reflectors. I have 3 standalone 25 watt 2,000 lumen LED lights. I have 6 20 watt 1500 lumen blue and red spectrum LED grow lights. 2 32 watt 4000 lumen CFL 4 foot lights and a 4 foot 40 watt 4000 lumen LED.
I also have an additional 6 LED bulbs that I need reflector fixtures for and about 8 halogen bulbs in an emergency squeeze. My plants are growing fantastically. Just a newb though
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I'm also extensively topping, FIM'ing and LST'ing so they will be about three or four times as wide in diameter as they are in height when I flip to flower. Veg and flower in space that's 5 ft long by 4.5 feet wide by 6 ft tall
 
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