Oh my god my 1st photo indoor grow is killing me

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

The wait!!! I flipped them to flower at 8 weeks. Now I have 8-12 more frigging weeks. I must sound spoiled. But I've yet found a photo that's worth double the grow time of an auto. They're beautiful just now flowering but dam!!!

Lizard0420 · Jul 5, 2022

Hahahaha that's awesome

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

I've actually put lights on another room to start another auto grow

MickFoster · Jul 5, 2022

I finish my photos in around 13 weeks from sprout on average.
I could never wait 8 weeks to flower.........they would be outgrowing my tent.........I switch at 3-4 weeks from sprout.

NanoGadget · Jul 5, 2022

RonnieB2 said:
The wait!!! I flipped them to flower at 8 weeks. Now I have 8-12 more frigging weeks. I must sound spoiled. But I've yet found a photo that's worth double the grow time of an auto. They're beautiful just now flowering but dam!!!

I've never found an 8 week veg necessary unless I'm doing an indoor start for some outdoor monsters. 4 week veg with 4 plants and my 4x4 space is packed to the edges. why such a long veg?

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

NanoGadget said:
I've never found an 8 week veg necessary unless I'm doing an indoor start for some outdoor monsters. 4 week veg with 4 plants and my 4x4 space is packed to the edges. why such a long veg?

I figured that was the best way to have thick sturdy branches and stems. I have 2 plants I had to super crop and tie down. The other 2 are more squat indica. So I figured 4 week veg under really good lights would really get them going but I learned a valuable lesson

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

MickFoster said:
I finish my photos in around 13 weeks from sprout on average.
I could never wait 8 weeks to flower.........they would be outgrowing my tent.........I switch at 3-4 weeks from sprout.

I don't have a tent. Just grow room 1500 true watts led. American made high-end lights. I vegged them around 30% intensity and took it to 40 before flipping

odessa · Jul 5, 2022

This is why I have two tents. I have photos in one and autos in the other. Hopefully, I can develop a rhythm where I grow an auto while the photos are vegging and another while they flower. Just gotta find the right strains.

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

I'm no noob but this is a first. My grows are usually like this. I think that's respectable growing effort. I think I screwed up with low intensity lighting.

Jcue81 · Jul 5, 2022

you will learn patience gardening, that’s for sure. Enjoy the whole process. Once you have full jars its easier to relax a bit.

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

odessa said:
This is why I have two tents. I have photos in one and autos in the other. Hopefully, I can develop a rhythm where I grow an auto while the photos are vegging and another while they flower. Just gotta find the right strains.

I have 2 gorilla tents buy my house can't handle all the amps from the air conditioners needed. We're gonna run dedicated lines so i can have multiple grows I need 3 ac units dehumidifier 1500 watts of lights plus the rest of the house on 20 amp breakers. The ac units pull 15amps alone

MickFoster · Jul 5, 2022

I still don't understand the 8 week veg.........what do your plants look like at 8 weeks of veg?

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

At 8 weeks 2 we're around 5 feet after super cropping but I had 3 that grew a lot shorter I was hoping the sativa traits would show up like the other 2. My lights were at at 40 degree angle trying to keep them close enough to the shorties

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

I'm flipping the next set at 4 weeks

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

The tall ones are tied down. Now. I have 9x4 coverage with all led bars fired up. Growcraft ChilLed Tech commercial leds have served me very well in the past

waterproof808 · Jul 5, 2022

I dont know why you are complaining about photoperiods when you decided to impose the long veg time on yourself. That was a personal decision. You can run photos 12/12 from seed if you want or veg for any number of weeks you want with photos.

Billy the Mountain · Jul 5, 2022

My tent is only 6' tall and usually flip to 12/12 at 25-30 days.

Even with a scrog, vertical space is always tight.

Vegging another 30 days would be a waste of resources without any increase in yield.

RonnieB2 · Jul 5, 2022

Billy the Mountain said:
My tent is only 6' tall and usually flip to 12/12 at 25-30 days.

Even with a scrog, vertical space is always tight.

Vegging another 30 days would be a waste of resources without any increase in yield.

Good point. I have 8 feet of vertical space. With lights 7 plus. But I see your point. So my mistake was way too long veg

twentyeight.threefive · Jul 5, 2022

Billy the Mountain said:
My tent is only 6' tall and usually flip to 12/12 at 25-30 days.

Even with a scrog, vertical space is always tight.

Vegging another 30 days would be a waste of resources without any increase in yield.

I flipped my last run after 8 weeks but I had plenty of space because I’m a shitty grower.

NotTheRobot · Jul 5, 2022

RonnieB2 said:
At 8 weeks 2 we're around 5 feet after super cropping but I had 3 that grew a lot shorter I was hoping the sativa traits would show up like the other 2. My lights were at at 40 degree angle trying to keep them close enough to the shorties

I run different strains every run. Shorties get set on paint cans to even things out.

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