Flower time

Alright, so this is my baby after about a month of being in my care. I got her at about 4 inches...she now stands 15 inches tall. (She averages about 2 inch. a day). I have very limited grow space and am concerned about when to flower. As this is my first grow, I'm both eager and frightened of the oncoming challenges... I know she can triple in size thru blossoming and that's about all the room I have. I just cloned her today, in case something goes wrong.
I'm gonna put her in 12/12...but I'm not quite sure how to block the light 100%. I'm doing this all in my closet and I have three other plants that are only about two weeks old. I was thinking just put her in a big cardboard box in my tub for the 12 in darkness, then moving her back into the closet for the other 12 in light.

Should I start flowering nutes before the time change? Should I give her 24 hours of dark before going 12/12? Thanks in advance for any input offered.

Just try putting it in another cupboard, but you'll have to do it religiously. Just find a cupboard that's big enough for it. Climb into the cupboard and see if it leaks any light. If is does, make a plan to seal it off. You'll have to do something for ventilation as well.

slutlust said:

Should I start flowering nutes before the time change? Should I give her 24 hours of dark before going 12/12? Thanks in advance for any input offered.

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No, start flowering nutes after you switch to 12/12. Dont do 24 h dark.

if your concerned about the height issue you can top now before flower or you could also try and tie it down. In my opinion 100% darkness is not needed, i have an outdoor plant that gets hit with patches of light throughout the night and she's in week 6 of flowering (very nice bud progression). good luck and i hope i have been of some help

Alright. And is it best to water her before going into darkness every night? Or will that keep the soil too moist?
Another question....
I want to know if my smaller plants are male or female. Was thinking of cloning and putting clones into 12/12 light. Do they need to be a certain size before I slice a leaf to do this?

i'd say top it and find a way to fasten hooks to the side of the planter, i used duck tape to hold them (i used a wire hanger and pliers to make the hooks) in place and a hot glue gun to secure them. my space is also very limited so i topped them and begun tying them down. i'm doing it slowly but my goal is to be able to get them be no more than 3 ft high. before tying it was about 10-11 inches, now it's about 6-7ish.... i'm just going to continue gently tying it down to keep it as low as possible, trying nt to overstress the poor thing.... and pray it works...

i fastened them to the side of the planter because I move my plants to a closet for the dark period, and back to the grow box... just like you...this was the way I figured to tie my plants and be able to move them at the same time... here are the pics, not the prettiest lookin thing but it works

slutlust said:

Alright. And is it best to water her before going into darkness every night? Or will that keep the soil too moist?
Another question....
I want to know if my smaller plants are male or female. Was thinking of cloning and putting clones into 12/12 light. Do they need to be a certain size before I slice a leaf to do this?

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Easy mate! Water when your soil is dry!

You need branches to create clones, not leaves!

Lol, fair enough. Looks like I got a week or two til then. But I think I'll keep the big un' going til this weekend. Maybe by then I can seal off a piece of my closet and create a make-shift BloomBox. I am concerned about ventilation now though. Ugh!