When to switch to flower

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Jojo420420

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I am growing a single bubblegum in a 5 gallon pot and plan to scrog. The questions is when to switch to flower? Do I wait until scrog is completely full or do I switch when it gets to net and train for first two weeks in flower. Attached is current picture/height.
 
MustGro

MustGro

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I'd get the net partially full then switch, but you can add a second net up higher if she gets too big for the first net in flower. With just one plant you should have some room for a nice canopy. I try for 24-36 hours of dark at the flip. Blurples will work for flower but they're usually weak on watts. My friends 600 watt blurple draws 60 watts at the plug.
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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It's going to be tough to scrog with that net. Those squares are enormous. You want to fill up about 70% of the net before you flip them. You could probably lower the net and start to scrog instead of waiting for the plants to reach it. You really should get a new net though. That one would work for an upper scrog to keep the colas from falling over.
 
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Jojo420420

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lusidghost said:
It's going to be tough to scrog with that net. Those squares are enormous. You want to fill up about 70% of the net before you flip them. You could probably lower the net and start to scrog instead of waiting for the plants to reach it. You really should get a new net though. That one would work for an upper scrog to keep the colas from falling over.
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So I should get 2x2 squares?
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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Mine are 4”, but I wouldn’t mind if they were a little bigger. I would look into getting the stretchy kind too. I’m probably going to upgrade mine after this cycle.
 
Hook Daddy

Hook Daddy

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Mine are 2” x 2” and I used hooks on a wooden frame so each one can be removed individually if needed. I can take the net down one at a time and put it back up in about 10 minutes. I used cotton butchers twine pulled tight, it is I fairly heavy and has just enough stretch you can move it if needed but will still stay in place. I’m still on the fence if I would have preferred 3”x3” spacing but it seems to be working well for now. Off the subject, but I also gave the girls a nice tiki room to grow in so they feel at home in a tropical environment.
 

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Hook Daddy said:
Mine are 2” x 2” and I used hooks on a wooden frame so each one can be removed individually if needed. I can take the net down one at a time and put it back up in about 10 minutes. I used cotton butchers twine pulled tight, it is I fairly heavy and has just enough stretch you can move it if needed but will still stay in place. I’m still on the fence if I would have preferred 3”x3” spacing but it seems to be working well for now. Off the subject, but I also gave the girls a nice tiki room to grow in so they feel at home in a tropical environment.
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I've used 2" squares before, but I found it made harvesting a lot more work and I ended up snipping a bunch of the strings. But if it works for you then that's cool. That's a really well built frame.
 
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