That's just about normal.

A clone which has come from a mother in veg mode and which after cutting has been kept in a clonebox under veg cycle lighting, will itself be in full veg mode.

They don't switch modes overnight. When you chuck it in to flower, the vegetative habit will taper off and flowering habit (bud production) will begin in earnest. It will take 4 weeks for your clone to stop growing vegetatively and fully turn to flowering mode. Until wk 4, it will keep gaining vertical height and will TRY to send out branches (if you let it). Around wk 4 of flowering, it will totally stop gaining height and sending out branching and will begin to pack on the buds.

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all my questions anwsered, I will show you pics in 6 weeks!
Thanks =)

bewdy, looking forward to it.

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=( looks like i ran into another question,
Under each of those branches is a fan leaf, should i be cutting those as well?

Now

oops got cut off,

NOW after this ill post pics in 8 weeks hehe =)

Roots which escape pot drain holes usually get 'air-pruned', ie get too dry to keep growing and lose their tips, keeping themselves neat and short. If you're flooding often, the roots may escape the pots and survive to get long and knit with other plants' roots. Doesn't help your plant portability- you don't want to tear roots just to move a plant, They should not be allowed to escape and knit.

If that's happening for you, trim them back to the drain holes. Do this often when they're small shoots, and the plant won't miss them. It will just divert and make more rootmass inside the pot. If you let roots get long and form taproots, that becomes a big supply pipe, which if you break, may cause the plant to show signs similar to transplant shock (wilting, growth pause, etc).

Pellets can be flooded very frequently. If you have vigorously growing plants, you may flood 5x/lights on or more if they don't mind. More actually is better in this case as pellets are almost impossible to overwater due to the large airspaces. The more oxygenated nutes you can flow through the rootmass, the better.

There's a limit; plants in pellets would not like to have roots constantly submerged unless you were routing a freshly oxygenated solution through them all the time. Pumping aerated water from a rez tank into a constantly flooded tray wouldn't be enough oxygenation- even going through the water pump drives some oxygen from the solution. The Deep Water Culture (DWC, aka bubbler) method permits constant root submersion by providing an airstone for each plant. However, in DWC, if your air supply fails, your plants can die in a matter of hours. Redundant air pumps/stones and backup AC power for air pumps is a verrrrrry good idea in DWC ops. A power failure is a big deal in a DWC op. You can lose the lot in hours.

Post it in your gallery & I'll have a look. Thanks.

Yep, the leaf can go, along with the branch.

heh, OK

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Hey Al I was reading your reply on feeding using hydroton, and you were saying the more the watering the better, up to 5 times a day I believe you said. My question is how long is a good amount of time for each watering? The timer I have been using waters for about 20 min each time. Is this to long if I did the 5 times a day watering, should I run a digital timer and lower the time. Also as the plant grows does it make a difference feeding the girls more or less often?

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wow al i learn so dam much everytime you get on haha. i cant wait for a couple more weeks im going to have harvests every 2 weeeks =D


later

Just long enough to raise the flood level to the overflow. You're right, 20 mins flood is too long, should be closer to 3-5mins. Yes, use a digital timer. Digitals allow single minute increment programming.

coolio.

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before i start i want to say the this isn't a Al b. fuct ass kissing celebration, it's just a fellow smoker saying thanks.
hey what's going on dude?you don't know me cuz i'm new ot the sight,but i wanted to say that i am glad that you are ok and somewhat back in action. you know they say "you never miss your water until the well runs dry". i'm saying that to say you might not know it, but in my opinion you are a invaluable source of not just knowledge, but in my case inspiration. for the simple fact that when you are on you are always extremely helpful to the best of your ability, which to me is stellar,you may be a little sarcastic at times but never insulting, and always funny(to me), and no matter what you always make a person feel like "I can do it". Its just a good feeling to know that there are still people in this game that have not turned to cut-throat tactics, and ventured to the darkside of the weed game(thinking of themselves only)and are willing to be somewhat of a "MENTOR TO THE MASSES". because the more of us that there are out there,the stronger we become.I usually don't post alot of post,but i read EVERYTHING you post. So hey man stay up, keep bangin out that good shit, and thanks for being who you are.
Wow looks like I did kinda get my nose in there abit, huh?

P.S. i knew that the 2 wk harvest post might not last that long, because you would probably be overwhelmed by the barrage of questions from everyone that didn't read the post completly,so i added it to my favorites just in case, and for reference material.
AL B. FUCT you fucking rock dude!!!!!!!!!!!!
PEACE!!!!