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My plants are now ten days into the 12/12 cycle and buds are beginning to appear. I don't want the plants to get too tall. Is it ok to cut plants during the flowering stage if plants get too tall? If I cut back on the nitrogen feed-Biobizz, currently at 4ml per litre, will I slow down height...

Nice one Eimer. Is that the plant you were asking questions about a few weeks back? Would this screen business, like you used, improve my situation? How do you go about it and what's the purpose of it?

So, I had four plants in this closet (see previous thread on overcrowding), put one into a mother box I made myself and fostered one out to my friend down the road. The two remaining plants are Grapefruit, about 2 foot tall, vegged for eight weeks and now just started in 12/12 cycle. I'm...

Ok Mogie, thanks. I'll seal up those cracks asap. I should have some pics posted tomorrow too, had a camera today but the battery went dead.

If I close my eyes I can't see my hand! Only messing, I guess I'll have to do some extensive light sealing work then. Is it really that critical? I mean in nature what about a full moon or something?

I'll probably put a shoe box or something over the vent. That way air can still get through but the light won't. Thanks!

I have my plants in 12/12 in a closet. How sealed does the closet have to be for flowering to be successful? Is it ok for some light to leak in, through the vent low down and through cracks in the door etc? There isn't much getting in, just a tiny bit.

I have a similar sized set up in a closet mox, and a bathroom fan shifting 250 m3/h. You need that much to keep temp regular. I had to buy an inline as well, will have to install it soon because I can't connect carbon filter to bathroom fan. I tried, wasted money trying, and failed. So...

From my limited experience, 2 grows, they look fine for 4 day olds. Next they'll get taller and you'll get small fingered leaves. Then they start to look like miniature palm trees, then finally the characteristic weed leaves appear. It's all plain sailing after that.

Thanks for that friend. I'll keep a close eye on it and see what happens. It was one today for three hours and the house hasn't burnt down yet. Hopefully it'll stay that way.

So I finally got my mother box up and running. There's a 220 watt CFL Nurturlite, Blue, in there keeping the mother alive under 18/6 while I change over to 12/12 on the other plants. I'm worried about heat though. I thought CFLs gave out little heat but this seems to be creating a lot. The...

Thanks for the advice guys. All things come to those who wait I suppose. You're right though, first grow is nerve wreaking, nice to have some support from people who know what they're talking about. Thanks again!

One of my plants, was 7 weeks vegging, grown from seed was put under 12/12 one week ago. There are still no buds forming, a few pre-flowering hairs, but no buds. Is this normal? How long before buds appear? It's a grapefruit strain in soil, appears healthy now about 8 weeks old.

What's a power washer? Is it some sort of high-pressure hose? It sounds a bit drastic. Surely this would damage the delicate root system.

Thanks Bob, what should be looking out when I check the roots? And what do I need to clean?