Start Flowering this Friday?

Corbett96

Member
Okay so it's almost 3 weeks now for since I planted my baby & I have another 2 which are 5 days old almost 2 weeks old.

I want the 2 to be small plants and the 3 week old one to be a Bigish plant

Would it be worth starting to Flower on Friday?

Soil: BioBizz All Mix
Nutrients: BioBizz
Strain: Trainwreck
Bulb: 600w MH / Flower: 600w HPS

SORRY LIGHTS ARE ON IN PICS

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Sour Wreck

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trainwreck is not a smallish plant. in fact, it grows wildly, part of the name, i guess. the ones i grew were lanky, multi- branching and has difficultly supporting the weight of the buds.

besides all that, plants will have to reach sexual maturity before they will flower. that means alternating nodes. until you get those, no flowers.

and with all of that said, the answer is, the sooner you flower the smaller they will stay
 

Corbett96

Member
trainwreck is not a smallish plant. in fact, it grows wildly, part of the name, i guess. the ones i grew were lanky, multi- branching and has difficultly supporting the weight of the buds.

besides all that, plants will have to reach sexual maturity before they will flower. that means alternating nodes. until you get those, no flowers.

and with all of that said, the answer is, the sooner you flower the smaller they will stay
I think I may aswell leave it till next Friday as will Be 4 weeks old and other 2 will be 3 weeks old.
 

chiqifella

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Yeah that's all I'm seeing online if I was to veg would it be like auto blooms?
that would depend on your environment and growing habit sir. even auto's growth/yields vary. Some plants will flower big planted in 12/12 some not so much. clone it, try it
 

ChefKimbo

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You'll be a happy camper if you'd mainline those trainwrecks. I would atleast top them a couple times before you flower. Aftter running this strain SOG, im going back to mainlining. 4 to 8 heads, trim the lowers, flip to flower. Just speaking from limited experience with that strain.
 

smokebros

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You'll be a happy camper if you'd mainline those trainwrecks. I would atleast top them a couple times before you flower. Aftter running this strain SOG, im going back to mainlining. 4 to 8 heads, trim the lowers, flip to flower. Just speaking from limited experience with that strain.
Listen to @ChefKimbo man, he's got some good points here.

I'l personally let them grow for another week, top em/train em, and threw them into flower a week after that. So two weeks from today.
 

smokebros

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Yeah - you can cut it off or pinch it off. It'll redistribute the hormones into the other shoots, creating more than one main cola. This technique will also keep your plants more squat and easier to manage canopy growth & height.
 

Cold$moke

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Look up manifold plants on google


Count up from the first true sereated single finger leaves to the 3rd node snip about a 1/4 above where the two branches intersect.

And let them grow and top again and again keeing it even on both sides :)
 

Sour Wreck

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There Trainwreck feminized, I'm not siren how to too them mate first grow
cut the middle stem first, which lets the two side shoots take off.

after they grow enough to have more side branching top them again.

you will end up with four grow shoots and it will help keep the plant more compact

these pictures show the results. btw, whoever trimmed in this pics have also cut off most of their side shoots and leaves


 

Corbett96

Member
Yeah - you can cut it off or pinch it off. It'll redistribute the hormones into the other shoots, creating more than one main cola. This technique will also keep your plants more squat and easier to manage canopy growth & height.
cut the middle stem first, which lets the two side shoots take off.

after they grow enough to have more side branching top them again.

you will end up with four grow shoots and it will help keep the plant more compact

these pictures show the results. btw, whoever trimmed in this pics have also cut off most of their side shoots and leaves


should i leave it for a few days and top ? Or top now and wait a week?
 

smokebros

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should i leave it for a few days and top ? Or top now and wait a week?
In my honest opinion I would wait until the largest of the three plants got a little bigger, couple days to one week. Once you top you should give it a little time before you top again, typically 7-10 days after topping the plant should be recovered enough if you needed to top again.

You want to ensure you have enough side branches before you do the first top. I typically wait until I have at least 4 nodes of growth before I top, others may do it differently.
 

Sour Wreck

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should i leave it for a few days and top ? Or top now and wait a week?
i was talking about the seedlings you had that were 6 inches tall. after the round shaped leaves will be the first set of pointed leaves. they will alternate the direction they face. each new set of leaves is a grow node. new branches will sprout there also. and eventually buds or balls.

so after you have 2 or 3 nodes cut the center stem.

 

Corbett96

Member
In my honest opinion I would wait until the largest of the three plants got a little bigger, couple days to one week. Once you top you should give it a little time before you top again, typically 7-10 days after topping the plant should be recovered enough if you needed to top again.

You want to ensure you have enough side branches before you do the first top. I typically wait until I have at least 4 nodes of growth before I top, others may do it differently.
Okay i get you man, I'll leave it for
i was talking about the seedlings you had that were 6 inches tall. after the round shaped leaves will be the first set of pointed leaves. they will alternate the direction they face. each new set of leaves is a grow node. new branches will sprout there also. and eventually buds or balls.

so after you have 2 or 3 nodes cut the center stem.

That's perfect okay I see what's you mean now.
 
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