Height restrictions in stealth grow. Should I flip???

Sup guys just wondering if I should flip my 2 girls to flower today.. I have 1 orange cookies x chocolate diesel & 1 bubba something I forgot lol, in fox farm ocean forest (3 gal pots).
They’re under the spider farm 2000 (20%) inside my old dresser drawer, grow space is 2x1.5x3ft.
First time using trellis net and Im worried about flipping to early not letting them fill canopy. They’re okay but not quite wall to wall yet.. I also have a lot of baby shoots right under trellis net. Idk if I should veg longer to let them catch up with the rest or just flip to flower and hope they mature during final stretch.. any suggestions would be love thanks.

I've heard 3/4 or 2/3 full net and flip.

Cool little setup, I think it is gonna really get packed in there though.

Dank Bongula said:

I've heard 3/4 or 2/3 full net and flip.

Cool little setup, I think it is gonna really get packed in there though.

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That’s what I’ve stuck to roughly with mine. I would say when I flipped I was around 60% full.


But the other thing to remember is that younger plants tend to stretch more than plants that are more mature.

Okay cool thanks fellas.... I’m going to flip today..

You got drainage holes punched in the bottom of those pots, right?

Need holes in your trash cans so your water can drain. Get the trash cans off the main ground or they’ll soak up runoff.
And you should’ve went with maybe like totes or something for pots. Something shorter but wider.

Moabfighter said:

Need holes in your trash cans so your water can drain. Get the trash cans off the main ground or they’ll soak up runoff.
And you should’ve went with maybe like totes or something for pots. Something shorter but wider.

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Agreed, short wide containers grow better plants than tall skinny ones, and they don't take up the vertical that you are losing fast.

You can totally transplant those into shorter wider pots before your flip...hell, you could even cut those in half and use the bottoms

Dank Bongula said:

You got drainage holes punched in the bottom of those pots, right?

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Yea they have good drainage

Moabfighter said:

Need holes in your trash cans so your water can drain. Get the trash cans off the main ground or they’ll soak up runoff.
And you should’ve went with maybe like totes or something for pots. Something shorter but wider.

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I have holes in the bottom... and I know I used these skinny tall containers I was gonna use for the whole grow before I found out I could’ve used wider pots. Tried putting them in short wider pots but root ball was too tall so this was my best option. Oh and I have holes draining run off outside box

Dank Bongula said:

You can totally transplant those into shorter wider pots before your flip...hell, you could even cut those in half and use the bottoms

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I tried, root ball was taller than all the pots I tried using. Maybe I could’ve cut root ball in half? Idk

Dking93420 said:

I tried, root ball was taller than all the pots I tried using. Maybe I could’ve cut root ball in half? Idk

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That might stunt them by damaging the tap root, but it would keep them shorter.

I've cut root balls in half to put mothers into smaller pots.

Dking93420 said:

I tried, root ball was taller than all the pots I tried using. Maybe I could’ve cut root ball in half? Idk

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You can just crush it without hitting a tap root
Besides clones don't even have one
I've cut a lot of roots