Which is more important, Veg Phase or Flowering?

89ers

89ers

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Hi,

I know both phases play an important role in achieving a great harvest, but which do you guys think is MORE important?

This question came up after watching one of @Growmau5 videos when he mentioned something about flowering was the time when your hard work has paid off and you get to see it grow. I'm not sure if he's inferring that the flowering phase is less difficult than the vegging phase or if he was including the setup of the grow (cleaning pots, making lights, etc.)

From my understanding vegging is the process in which the plant puts on foliage, roots, etc and provides a backbone for a successful flowering. However, could you have a messed up plant during 2 weeks of veg and make a comeback with a great flowering regime?

Is one process more important than the other?
 
89ers

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sharptater said:
Imo. Flowering is more important. If you make a mistake in veg. Fix it and veg until healthy and flip. Flowering has less room for error.
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Say you have someone like me, who's a noob and experienced nutrient deficiencies/lockout during the middle stages of veg. If fixed, before flowering, would there still be a difference in harvest vs a completely healthy plant from seed?
 
Uberknot

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89ers said:
Say you have someone like me, who's a noob and experienced nutrient deficiencies/lockout during the middle stages of veg. If fixed, before flowering, would there still be a difference in harvest vs a completely healthy plant from seed?
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Anytime you have set backs it can effect overall yield I think it would depend if you allowed more veg time to make up for the slow start. But a healthy plant through the whole grow would more than likely yield more if both were flowered at the same time.
 
bgmike8

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89ers said:
Say you have someone like me, who's a noob and experienced nutrient deficiencies/lockout during the middle stages of veg. If fixed, before flowering, would there still be a difference in harvest vs a completely healthy plant from seed?
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Assuming you flower when the plant is the same size and root structure as it would have been then you will only lose time and not bud.

Veg is important . you want healthy strong plants. so if you don't veg right and you have weaker plants and /or poor root structure, then as you said , the backbone is not good.

Now say you start some plants and you fuck up in the beginning, plants are slow to grow, they have mag deficiency . ... whatever.. you fix it and get them strong. Mayne top them. maybe train them .. whatever. and 2 months later you have big strong plants and flip to flower then your shit will be good.
 
Rasta Roy

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89ers said:
Say you have someone like me, who's a noob and experienced nutrient deficiencies/lockout during the middle stages of veg. If fixed, before flowering, would there still be a difference in harvest vs a completely healthy plant from seed?
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Yes absolutely. Without question.
 
Rasta Roy

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Veg is more important...if you want to be a professional...or want your garden to be productive... veg is your everything.

You could have everything go perfect and do everything perfect in flower...but that doesn't really mean shit if you never did any topping or training in veg, or if you only vegged for one week.

Veg is especially important for organic gardeners who need to have their soil built up before they get to flower or they will find themselves adding fertilizer in flower that won't even be ready for the plant to uptake right away.

Flower seems more important...because it's a more important time for the plant...but as gardeners, veg is when we have to do the most work to make the plant the most it could be. By the time you reach flower, you shouldn't have to do much beyond watering and making sure your environment is stable. Maybe clean out your underbrush a touch.
 
Uberknot

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Rasta Roy said:
Veg is more important...if you want to be a professional...or want your garden to be productive... veg is your everything.

You could have everything go perfect and do everything perfect in flower...but that doesn't really mean shit if you never did any topping or training in veg, or if you only vegged for one week.

Veg is especially important for organic gardeners who need to have their soil built up before they get to flower or they will find themselves adding fertilizer in flower that won't even be ready for the plant to uptake right away.

Flower seems more important...because it's a more important time for the plant...but as gardeners, veg is when we have to do the most work to make the plant the most it could be. By the time you reach flower, you shouldn't have to do much beyond watering and making sure your environment is stable. Maybe clean out your underbrush a touch.
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See to me veg is the easy part...the part you can do almost anything and end up ok if you didnt just kill your plant.

The main thing is to get healthy and ready to flower.

If you have a problem in flowering.....oh dear.
 
sharptater

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I had ph problem in veg this grow. Caused nutrient lock. Caught it fairly quick. Vegged almost 5 weeks. Here's a pic of my plants from yesterday 3 weeks flower. Both over 3 feet. WP_20161201_001.jpg
 
Nugachino

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Here's a shot of my first indoor run. My current run at that too. Notice how newbishly yellow it is down below. You don't want to see any of that til much later in the flowering stage. That means you dun fucked up again.

It's not that I'll get nothing from this run. But, due to it having issues through most of its life. Especially when in flowering. I'm now likely to see a bit less than if I'd managed to keep it a healthy green hue throughout its entire life.
 

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Nugachino said:
Here's a shot of my first indoor run. My current run at that too. Notice how newbishly yellow it is down below. You don't want to see any of that til much later in the flowering stage. That means you dun fucked up again.

It's not that I'll get nothing from this run. But, due to it having issues through most of its life. Especially when in flowering. I'm now likely to see a bit less than if I'd managed to keep it a healthy green hue throughout its entire life.
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dude increase your nutes...why are you all ready giving up on her.......bad parent!
 
Nugachino

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I'm not giving up. Giving up would be drop kicking it out the backdoor for my dog to eat. I'm still trying to get to harvest.
 
Blue brother

Blue brother

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good veg = efficiency
good bloom = quality
both play an important part in yield and overall plant health, stop trying to justify half assing something, do it all right and do it all right all the time and you will be rewarded tenfold. Or at least try and get it all right, the second you tell yourself "ah its all right I can get away with it because of the stage it's at" you just made a mistake and refused to learn from it, trust me I've made every single one lol.

I now pay total attention and respect to my plant and growth plan from seed to sucking on the bong. And now my plants respect me :)
 
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73T_M3_!N_M@$T3R_W00

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Nugachino said:
I'm not giving up. Giving up would be drop kicking it out the backdoor for my dog to eat. I'm still trying to get to harvest.
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That's the right spirit. Make it through to harvest, then test your end product when it's ready. Also, be certain to learn from any mistakes made along the way.
 
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