to post pics in a post you gotta use like photobucket or somethin then just copy paste the {img} code in your new post

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Thanks baked.

But if thats the case, i think i'll enjoy the attached thumbnails a little more. don't need to be spreading my grow all over the internet.

On with the nute chat...

so i mixed up a killer batch, flora series, silicon, and the seaweed. only to not be able to pH the damn solution in the end. the seaweed colored the water too heavily for me to read clearly what color it was. so after tossing an awesome batch out on my lawn (curious to see if it does anything crazy, i have dead bare spot...) i started anew... and here is the blend.

2 Gallons Distilled Water
25 mL Flora Grow
15 mL Flora Micro
5 mL Flora Bloom
1 tsp Dyna Gro Silicon

Will update in a day or so, once the roots have a chance to take a drink

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...alright so this wasn't really THAT urgent.

Just a quick update, the plants are LOVING the nute recipe for sure. Most of my shorties have shown new growth already since the res change just yesterday morning. ( i know i overuse that, but he's awesome )

What I'm trying to figure out now is what I should grow for.

Height OR Width????

A quick rundown of my situation..

The total grow area I have to work with is 2' x 2 1/2' x 5'

I plan on keeping whatever females I have in the single Water Farm unit, and I am not flexible about this. Its for personal use, I have no intention of keeping a mother and cloning. Possibly keeping one plant in the end that I may re-veg for a second harvest.

So with that said should I....

1- allow them to grow up, up and away, and hope for a few fat colas?

2- LST all 5 plants now and allow for a little more circulation between them, and more bud sites?

3- top them now and hope for double the colas?

I'm a total noob and looking for feedback and input from others that have been growing a little longer than me.

++rep for any help/posts
(i plan on posting photos later on after my camera is charged if photo references can help)

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Hey man, sounds like you have the right set of nutes pretty much set up now thats awesome, make sure you keep a note of the recipe so this time next grow you can use the same mix.

If i was you i would go with LST or Scrog. I am definitely gonna LST my plants. The best thing about lst is if you do it carefully you wont stunt your plants. Im not sure what would give you the most weight, but lst will let you use the most space.

Either way, looking forward to the pics!!!

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I would flower them small and grow them as lollipops...

Here is an example of 12/12 from seed on an ebb/flow set up... bottom third and anything that grew more than 1" was snipped off, as per Al B. Fuct's SOG lollipop trimming...

If I remember right it dried and cured @ 20g...

Oh and Nice grow! +rep

Cheers!

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as far as height or width...why not try both...thats what i did since it was my first time growing i wanted to try all the different methods and see which one suits me and my grow rooms...thats what i suggest jus tryin different things and see what happens

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newbie closet cfl grow http://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/...ml#post2286165 advice please. Everything that I write or post on these forums is completely fictional! Pictures from wikipedia.com

thanks for the rep gypsy. i was considering growing them short and taking a "lollipop approach. i saw a pc case grow where that idea was in mind. looked like he pulled off a pretty fat cola for it. i'm shooting for a max yield in a small space, i have only 5 bagseeds of truly unknown origin, possibly each from different bags, that i held onto over the years. i'm also really interested in scrog too...

i'm an indecisive one if you couldnt tell.

also if you notice from the first images the water farm is on a stand, that i plan to take out from under it, once the height is maxxed out, then the plan was to go straight into flower from that point, with about 1 - 1 1/2 feet of vertical growth.

basically what i need to clear up, is how much veg/leaf growth do i NEED/HAVE to have for a robust flowering cycle??
if i need a few branches and about a foot of growth, then i'd start flowering in a couple weeks, i'm just worried about jumping the gun, and not reaching the full potential of the plant. but i guess thats the game you play when you grow bagseed...

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Just keep in mind that they will keep growing for a while when you switch to 12/12...

Some Sativas may triple in size during flowering...

Plan ahead so you don't find yourself out of room...

And as to when to flower... height concerns apart, the plant will show pre-flowers when it has reached sexual maturity...

Any sooner and there is some stress involved... which some may scream "HERMIES", but I've never had one from that...

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awesome! that was my other concern, when do they show signs of sex...
i couldn't figure out if that didn't start to show until the 12/12 switch, or if you see it before that, and it just becomes more visible post 12/12 switch.

so then for sure i will see signs of sex before i switch the light schedule to 12/12

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You could keep topping them and throw a screen over it...

Veg for a long time and then flower...

Scrog set-ups are really good if you do not mind the long veg and the work involved...

Probably your best bet, from the sound of it...

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