Mixed ages

Hi all, first post. I'm enjoying my first grow attempt, bought a tent w/HLG LED light, bought seeds (Girl Scout Cookies), 3 germinated but 2 withered - so I was left with ONE healthy, fast-growing plant. Bought more seeds and was 3-for-3 germinating and the newbies are off to a great start. My issue is that the first plant is ready to flower, so I'm moving it out of the tent for its 12/12 light schedule.

Now for the question: Once plant #1 is well into flowering, can I stop moving it into and out of the tent (which is on an 18/6 light schedule for the little girls), or once I start the 12/12 schedule do I need to remain there? Seems like once I've convinced the plant it's time to flower that the extra light shouldn't be a problem. Or is it?

Moving it twice a day is risking some kind of accidental damage, so I'd prefer to stop at some point. The 3 little ones are about 5-6 weeks behind the first one, so about a month from now they'll ALL be back on the same schedule anyway...

It definitely will need to stay in the 12/12 lighting or it will stop flowering and begin to reveg.

I would put the tent on 12/12 and pull the little ones for extra light hours.

Get another tent to flower or veg in.

lime73 said:

Get another tent to flower or veg in.

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That is always the best solution if the growers budget allows. You can keep good cuts in veg as mothers, have plants vegging and ready to go into flower as soon as you harvest.

Remember that it is critical to prevent any pests from getting in your veg, thats like your sanctuary or fort knox, protect it at all costs. If running a perpetual (multiple stages of flowering plants in the same tent) you really don't want bugs as you can't ever have an empty flower tent to clean and you can't use many products on flowering plants.

I'm pulling a single plant to flower daily right now. I have different reasons.

If I was you, I'd just flower the younger ones early and put the whole crop on 12/12. You won't herm them. But the big one... oh you're risking things. As you already implied. If you forget for even 45 minutes to move her back... you may not be getting anything good from her.

Besides buying a second tent/light, putting them all on 12/12 is the safest bet. I assure you.

Thundercat said:

It definitely will need to stay in the 12/12 lighting or it will stop flowering and begin to reveg.

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Thanks. Wouldn't have thought it would reverse itself - glad I asked!!

lime73 said:

Get another tent to flower or veg in.

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Thanks for the reply. I would if I had the space. Thinking of getting another LED unit and putting it in a small closet - and then I'll do as you suggest. Thanks again

Renfro said:

I would put the tent on 12/12 and pull the little ones for extra light hours.

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Only 1 good light source now. Maybe I'll buy another LED array and mount it in the closet I'm using to segregate the flowering plant. Then I can follow your suggestion. Thanks!!

Renfro said:

That is always the best solution if the growers budget allows. You can keep good cuts in veg as mothers, have plants vegging and ready to go into flower as soon as you harvest.

Remember that it is critical to prevent any pests from getting in your veg, thats like your sanctuary or fort knox, protect it at all costs. If running a perpetual (multiple stages of flowering plants in the same tent) you really don't want bugs as you can't ever have an empty flower tent to clean and you can't use many products on flowering plants.

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About 8 weeks in and no bugs (yet). Think I'll get another LED array mounted in a little closet so I can veg there and flower in the tent when the plants get bigger. Thanks for the reply!

KingQuazy said:

I'm pulling a single plant to flower daily right now. I have different reasons.

If I was you, I'd just flower the younger ones early and put the whole crop on 12/12. You won't herm them. But the big one... oh you're risking things. As you already implied. If you forget for even 45 minutes to move her back... you may not be getting anything good from her.

Besides buying a second tent/light, putting them all on 12/12 is the safest bet. I assure you.

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I guess I'll buy & mount another LED unit in my "dark" closet, veg there and flower in the tent. Would like to end up with 2 plants to harvest every other month. Thanks for your idea!

Once you get a two room setup dialed in you can't beat it. Maybe even add another flowering space down the road lol. Thats what I did, one veg and two flowering rooms. I even stuck a flowering tent in my veg room so I can experiment in there.

This seems too good to be true, but I just found an outlet for the HLD LED unit that came with my tent for $54.00 including shipping. I'm suspicious, but it's a Paypal-affiliated site, so I went ahead. Site is "https://www.mishaplay.com/". We shall see...