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Ironmaiden171

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I was wondering how big this plantwould get if i flowered right now, im using a 400w metal halide from 1pm till 8pm, then i give the plant darkness till 12am, then i have 3 13w cfls and 1 23watt that i turn on during the night until 1pm the next day. Its about 15cm at the tallest point. Wondering how much it would stretch too. It seems indica dominant and its very bush. The smaller growth had been effected by nutrient burn but the bigger growth dosent seem to be effected at all. Its 66 days old rn too and showing female preflowers
 

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Bareback said:
Why do you use that light schedule. If it was me I would use the 400 18/6
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I was doing 24/0 but it was really bushy and wanted to give the plant rest and so it can stretch a little, so i just do 20/4, its easier because im always home before 8pm, i manually turn the lights on and off
 
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If I was you I would go 18/6 with your MH. Your plant is not short and bushy because of the light schedule, it is that way due to its genetics. It really doesn’t mater a short fatty can produces as much as a tall skinny lol. If you really want it to stretch which I don’t recommend you can pull your light farther away from the plant but like I said this is a dumb idea, let her be her fat self. As far as when to flower it really depends on your enclosure and how much it can handle. Remember your plant will nearly double in size the first few weeks of flower. All that being said with a 400 watt light I would probably want her to finish right around 3ft tall. So let her get to about 18 to 20in and then flip to 12/12. Do not flower with your MH light, I’m sure you know that but here in the noob area anything is possible, so when you go to flower changer your bulb to an HPS. Your plant looks pretty healthy but you need to back off on your nutes a bit that is why the tips of your leaves are brown, this may also slow the growth of your plant. Over all nice plant man good luck!
 
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Nummingtons said:
If I was you I would go 18/6 with your MH. Your plant is not short and bushy because of the light schedule, it is that way due to its genetics. It really doesn’t mater a short fatty can produces as much as a tall skinny lol. If you really want it to stretch which I don’t recommend you can pull your light farther away from the plant but like I said this is a dumb idea, let her be her fat self. As far as when to flower it really depends on your enclosure and how much it can handle. Remember your plant will nearly double in size the first few weeks of flower. All that being said with a 400 watt light I would probably want her to finish right around 3ft tall. So let her get to about 18 to 20in and then flip to 12/12. Do not flower with your MH light, I’m sure you know that but here in the noob area anything is possible, so when you go to flower changer your bulb to an HPS. Your plant looks pretty healthy but you need to back off on your nutes a bit that is why the tips of your leaves are brown, this may also slow the growth of your plant. Over all nice plant man good luck!
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Yea i stopped using nutrients, and i only have a metal halide for budding, i know an hps would yeild more, but ive read alot and people say they use metal halides for flower, its not the right spectrum of light but its all i have and it should work
 
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You are correct it will work but it will affect the yield and your bud structure. That being said a lot of the old school guys used to use MH to flower. A buddy of mine did it recently and the buds were a bit loose but they still smoked nice, so who cares, as I am assuming you are growing this for personal use. You can get an HPS bulb for like 20 bucks, granted it isn’t a bad mother fucker but they work fine for a grow or two. I used a cheapy as an experiment not to long ago and it did well. But you got what you got and if you take good care of her she will be good to ya.

What kind of soil are you using does it already have nutes in it? If not I would not back off the nutes completely. Even if the soil does have nutes in it you will eventually need to feed the plant or you are going to run into a whole other mess of problems.
 
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