Dwc beginner. Looking for advice/pointers

NrthrnMichigan

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and i mess with her all the time to strengthen her stem, and i WILL be doing LST
Seems like 3 plants in 5 gallon dwc buckets in the size you're stating won't take long to veg. couple of weeks max. Your stretch after flip is going to double their size...You will have a tent full. Id'e still start with 18" clearance and work it down to a foot as you go..
 

Nafydad420

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Seems like 3 plants in 5 gallon dwc buckets in the size you're stating won't take long to veg. couple of weeks max. Your stretch after flip is going to double their size...You will have a tent full. Id'e still start with 18" clearance and work it down to a foot as you go..
thats what i will do then! my 4 week old is only 4 inches right now.. but im guessing veg is only 6-8 weeks... so i gotta top now for the 2 week gap before flip right? also with 3 plants in that size tent, i shouldn't top them much i would imagine right?
 

NrthrnMichigan

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thats what i will do then! my 4 week old is only 4 inches right now.. but im guessing veg is only 6-8 weeks... so i gotta top now for the 2 week gap before flip right? also with 3 plants in that size tent, i shouldn't top them much i would imagine right?
I wouldn't top them I'd just LST them...
 

Tbudwilly

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When I scrog I use every element of training. I fim, top, super crop and LST, I get aggressive. The plant is not going to die from any training. I super cropped the base of the main stem one time to see what would happen and that plant lived, stressed to all hell I'm sure but it didn't hermie on me.
Point is I would develop a "feel" for what the plant wants to do and not limit yourself by setting up a guideline in advance of how you are going to grow and scrog.
To tell your self I'm only going to top twice or only LST I believe will do nothing but hold you back.
 
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I topped that plant no less than ten times, but I never counted so I can't give you an exact number, but I topped it allot. It was also super cropped in ten to fifteen different places and it's weaved into a bungee scrog. A hopeful harvest date before feb 25th, I hope it doesn't run into March lol. I've counted about 100 colas but even that's difficult, I loose count to easy. This particular tent is only a 2x4. If you guys can get a count on the colas then let me know because its too frustrating lol

I can't remember the brand name of the pump but I know it's 950 gal/hr
. Hey Tbud,

That’s the same tent I have for veg. What type and size LEDs are you running? How many? What’s the veg time on a big girl like this? Very nice
 

Tbudwilly

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. Hey Tbud,

That’s the same tent I have for veg. What type and size LEDs are you running? How many? What’s the veg time on a big girl like this? Very nice
Unfortunately I had to veg this one longer than my newer plant. The new plant with the water chiller is growing out of control. The one you're looking at here had a veg time of 6 weeks but I'm going to have one that is bigger than this one and only four weeks veg hopefully lol.

I just have 400 real watts of cheap viparspectra above this plant. About run-of-the-mill as you can go on lights.
 
Unfortunately I had to veg this one longer than my newer plant. The new plant with the water chiller is growing out of control. The one you're looking at here had a veg time of 6 weeks but I'm going to have one that is bigger than this one and only four weeks veg hopefully lol.

I just have 400 real watts of cheap viparspectra above this plant. About run-of-the-mill as you can go on lights.
Just one 450 viparspectra or two? I have two with a 600w mars hydro in between them
 
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