Controling Plant Height
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mared juwan
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If you have proper lighting your plant will double to triple in size during flower. So switch it to flower when it is about 1/3 of the maximum height you want it to be. 1/2 the height if you want to live dangerously but remember to leave space for between the light and the top of the plant. At least 1 foot.
mared juwan
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Have you already started this 12/12 grow? Because I've heard it's better to veg for a couple weeks and then switch. A seedling will not be sexually mature enough to flower until it is at least 2 weeks old so all you are doing is depriving it of light if you are doing 12/12 before that. I've seen a couple 12/12 from seed grows and the grower would have been better off just vegging normally a couple weeks. Very important for developing the roots which are what ultimately creates big buds.
DND
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G'day guys.
How i can control plant height, if i start growing some plants how will i know if its going to fit into my box when its fully grown.
does the plant only grow to the height of the light or can the plant out grow the box.
Thank you.
Well I'm not sure what type of high you prefer, but if you grow a mostly indica strain it will stay shorter than a sativa strain. You can grow both, but the sativa would have to be vegged for a shorter period of time.
I would say as a rule of thumb that if you vegged a indica to 12" it would double in size and a sativa would probably quadruple in size. You could always tie them down and low stress train them too.
GRiMCreeper
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just as a reference for you, i changed the time over to 12/12 with my plant at 24 inches tall. Now, well shes just over 5 ft tall, thank god for friends growing same as me at the same time as me....wound up with ballast probs and had to relocate her to his place.
doogleef
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Mostly strain dependent. But.
Plant height can be better controlled if you can control heat well. During the forst 2-3 weeks of flower plants "stretch". If you can keep the day temps and night temps relatively close (within 5 degrees F if possible) Then you can minimize the stretch. After the 3 weeks has passed go back to the cooler night temps
Plant height can be better controlled if you can control heat well. During the forst 2-3 weeks of flower plants "stretch". If you can keep the day temps and night temps relatively close (within 5 degrees F if possible) Then you can minimize the stretch. After the 3 weeks has passed go back to the cooler night temps
for sativas
thanx
