how much longer til flower?

the heighth of the room is about 7 feet, so i got 5 feet to work with, they were clones put straight into soil and under the 400 watt hps(i know i wish i had MH, but its my roomates and its what i got for now) and have been 18/6 for... 3 weeks now. what do you think? i think theyre lookin small, im feeding grow big, and big bloom, with cal-mag. ph of water before water is around 5.9-6.5 which i recently have adjusted to 6.2-6.6. what are your thoughts? 1 of em looks A LOT healthier and growing faster than the other, but same are same strain and looked about the same when i got em, although the smaller 1 i did trim a few bad fan leaves from, which may have stunted growth? please let me know your thoughts.. Thanks

Step 1 would be stop fertilizeing. Step 2 get on a watering scedule. That one looks like it would be weekly or a few more days then a week.

ok thanks! i am watering every other feeding with nutes, the other feeding is just ph'd water. i water about once every 3-4 days.

BUMP!!! update.... so ive fed them twice now since i last posted, second time being this morning.... i think i may have been overwatering, but heres some more pics, any comments welcome please advice is always great!

p.s. i have been using just ph'd water.. question. im using cal-mag in my water even tho its not RO ( i was planning on using it but never did ). do i need to? is it bad for my plants?

bump! .... please?

Bump! Update!! Ok.... So i moved my plants up to about 20" and after a week i noticed they were looking burned even though i couldnt feel my hand burning when i put my hand over them, anyways i lowered them but here's an update on pics, please i need opinions. thanks

Less nutes. I would suggest switching to General Hydroponics flora series, they give you the most control of what you are feeding your plant. I think you are over watering too. when you water, put on all the soil making sure all of the top soil gets moist so that you dont have any roots underneath say in the corner not getting water. that back corner looked dry while the rest was wet. and hold off on the big bloom start feeding that to it when you switch to 12/12. If you switch to GH nutes, feed it kool bloom during the last three weeks of flower, but leave a week to flush. it makes a huge difference in yield and bud quality, smell, potency and sexiness

oh and to answer your question about when to switch to 12/12, i usually do it at around a foot and a half. but i grow hydro and the plant triples in size when i go into flower. when i did organic it didnt get as big but i think that was pot restrictions. a gallon of soil to each foot of plant is usually accurate... want a four foot plant get a 4 gallon bucket to grow it in. but less nutes let that thing recover a bit

thank you very much! today i watered with 1/2 gallon of ph'd water 6.4 and i got the whole bucket this time, last few times i havent, and ur theory makes sence. ive only been giving it grow big no big bloom anymore, im keeping these for mothers possible and cloning for a 5 gallon 12 bucket system under 2x1000w in the garage.

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p.s. i have been using just ph'd water.. question. im using cal-mag in my water even tho its not RO ( i was planning on using it but never did ). do i need to? is it bad for my plants?

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RO DI H2O only

ok... another question.. well one of the bitches died! but the 1 in the back survived! Yay but now... she's huge and i see a couple root tips startin to come out the bottom of the 3 gal pot.. im about to transplant it into a 5 gal tonight but just making sure.... can i put it directly back under my 400w hps? its really not that powerful =/ right? im hoping to see something good happen from this... so please if im gonna do something wrong by doing that... let me know! thank you !

You don't have enough light to grow a plant big enough to need 5 gallons. I don't even use a gallon size pot under 500w.

LMAO! thats what i fuckin thought.... but for real this bitch is huge, its veg'd for 2 and a half months now..... im bout to flip to flower but i think im gonna have to Transplant it first.

BUMP!!! TRANSPLANT GOES DOWN TONIGHT @ midnight so i can let her rest after with lights out. should i water right after TP'ing or when lights turn on 6hrs later? im gonna feed with grow big n superthrive to 6.0ph. Bump

well... transplanted it and now lights off... fed with superthrive and ph'd water of 6.2.... hopefully she takes well.... if so, flowering soon! !!!!!! buds!!!!!

update! she took fuckin great! she looks beautiful.... and gonna get bigger than ever maybe transplant into a 10-15 gal before flower? i have no idea how big she will be once done flowering.... pic soon and i will hope for any responses.... talkin to myself here goin kinda crazy blaze up!

so a lil update... been vegging ever since and got a dozen babies off her... shes prettty damn big right now in a 5.7 gal and today was her first day of tiger bloom and day 1 of 12/12.... lets see where she goes ;D sorry no pics yet but hopefully soon, i wanna show this bitch off haha

whats a good size pot to veggie.... so i can transplant right be4 i put them into flowering?

it's better to water them less during flowering and flush before flowering