Should I Flower?

Ok to start off these plants are 2 months old . I am a first time grower . For the first 2 weeks I used Cfl's and seemed like they were growing super slow , I ended up puting a 600 watt hps on it with the added spectrum's . They have gotten this far as you can see in the pictures that their are 4 bigger bushier ones. the rest are skinnier and tall compared to these 4 . I have read that put the light farther away for the bushier ones to stretch but if i do that then the ones that arent bushy i dont want them stretching , the stalks on these plants are thick , and already in the last 3 weeks ive had 3 males show me their seed pods . of course I took them out immediatly , Should I flower these now or Keep them in veg . As I said this is my first Grow and was wondering if youz can tell in pic if they are preflowering ? And if I flower these now will I still get Decent crop and Decent Potency ? Btw I have been using gh nutrients 3 step , well not the third step yet because not flowering yet and also seaweed every week . Sorry for quality of my camera

Two months old Yep flower any time you want, just watch your height restrictions. Figure they will triple in size. Also should still be using some bloom nutes in veg. w/GH JMO

wut light cycle are you using for veg? if they are showing pre-flowers then you must be growing on a 12/12 schedule otherwise they wouldnt flower so early. 18 hours on/6 hours off = veg cycle light schedule then its 12 hours on/12 hours off = flower cycle light schedule

keep vegging (18/6 or 24/0) until they fill up the place.
don't worry about height, if they are the same strain they will somehow even up. if you'r still concerned just tie a thread from the stem to the pot on the streched plants and bend em up to the height you want. it will only do good for them.

a rule of thump is to flower when they fill up the room, that way you maximize crops. but of course if height is an issue you might flower sooner.

anyhow, i don't think its smart to flower em up now with a 600w hps.

ftrfta said:

Ok to start off these plants are 2 months old . I am a first time grower . For the first 2 weeks I used Cfl's and seemed like they were growing super slow ,

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what color were the lights 6500K (Daylight) or 4100K (Cool White) (the first two weeks are the slowest ALWAYS BTW.

i have 4 plants that are 2 months old and 4 clones that have been veging with them for the 2 months and they are all between 2 and 2 and a half foot i am curious of when the best time to flower is but what do you mean fill up the room before flowering i read that plants double or triple in size during flowering so if i fill up my grow room during vegging how will i be able to keep my plants in there for the flowering period also

fill it up horizonticly meaning they grow wide enough just about to touch each other.

its best to get a plant to finish at about 80cm so the light can penetrate to most of it and let it grow good lower buds.
grow a 2 meter tree with one horizontical light and half of the tree is popcorn buds. and you waste time on vegging and a lot of money on nutes, soil etc. (bigger plants need bigger pots, and so requier more water and so you need to use more nutes)

after starting flowering at about 45cm and while they started to bash into each other I've learn that in my setup I rather flower them much sooner.

after all everyone have its own way, this is just the guildlines for newbies.

Ty to all that responded , I'm gonna wait a few weeks like most said and see if the others catch up . I will post new pics in week or 2 keep this grow up to date . Again ty

My question is why are they so small? Especially the clones that are vegging for 2 months..?

MaNgOsRoCkWiThMaRyJ said:

My question is why are they so small? Especially the clones that are vegging for 2 months..?

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clones they are from seed . Well couple posts ago guys said they will even out if i let em go , been a few days and they def starting to do so all of a sudden . I dont know why they going slower , maybe the strain ? It's g13 and butterscotch hawaain(free leonard) . Which I was told is potent and great for arthritus pain which will be nice , can't wait for my babies to get done, this smokin shwagg is getting old lol , well as I said , I will keep this grow up to date till finished here is latest pics , btw i moved the plants around some started touching.