To Flower Or Not To Flower (PICS)

Here are my two White Widow ladies which have been in veg for just over a month. I have topped them already and I am only LSTing one of them. The one I am LSTing is growing slower than the other. Could you guys please give me some input on when to veg? I have a lot height and these ladies are short as it is so I'm not worried about that.

Something I take into account when considering flower time on and indoor grow. Over all plant height. Most of the strains I've grown hit a growth spurt when going into flower. Some will just gain a few inches, others tripled in size. So if you got the room to let em go, let em go in that regard.
Also, how soon do you want to harvest, flowering time?
Is giving it more weeks of veg going to give you root bound issues, pot size?
Just a few things to think about. Hope that helps.

dgthumb said:

Something I take into account when considering flower time on and indoor grow. Over all plant height. Most of the strains I've grown hit a growth spurt when going into flower. Some will just gain a few inches, others tripled in size. So if you got the room to let em go, let em go in that regard.
Also, how soon do you want to harvest, flowering time?
Is giving it more weeks of veg going to give you root bound issues, pot size?
Just a few things to think about. Hope that helps.

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I should have mentioned that, they are in 3 gallon fabric pots. I think they 'air trim' so the roots just go inward when they reach the edge of the pot. I have quite a pit of vertical room so that shouldn't be an issue. I sorta want the smaller one to catch up to the bigger one but I don't see that happening. I was thinking about switching to 12/12 in a week.

What's your light schedule at now?
Something I do when I transition from my 16/8 veg cycle to flowering is a gradual change, not just one night 16/8 to 12/12.
Example end of veg 16/8
3 days at 15/9
3 days at 14/10
3 days at 13/11
then switch to 12/12
I read some where that a gradual change is less stressful to the plant. I used to just cut from 16/8 to 12/12 can't really say there's a difference but eh just a habit I got into.

dgthumb said:

What's your light schedule at now?
Something I do when I transition from my 16/8 veg cycle to flowering is a gradual change, not just one night 16/8 to 12/12.
Example end of veg 16/8
3 days at 15/9
3 days at 14/10
3 days at 13/11
then switch to 12/12
I read some where that a gradual change is less stressful to the plant. I used to just cut from 16/8 to 12/12 can't really say there's a difference but eh just a habit I got into.

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I'm on 18/6 now. Do you think being only a little over 30 days into veg is too short of a time to switch em? They are definitely still growing, I see new growth almost daily.

tokm said:

I'm on 18/6 now. Do you think being only a little over 30 days into veg is too short of a time to switch em? They are definitely still growing, I see new growth almost daily.

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Naaa, 30 days should be fine.
I've swapped mine in as little as 3 weeks. Mostly due to the space I'm working with. I've got one auto that started flowering, on her own with lights at 16/8 in her 2nd week of life. Here's a link to that strain: https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/green-label-seeds-automatic-mary/prod_3433.html
She'll probably be ready to harvest at the end of the month and a few buds should be ready for April 20th

dgthumb said:

Naaa, 30 days should be fine.
I've swapped mine in as little as 3 weeks. Mostly due to the space I'm working with. I've got one auto that started flowering, on her own with lights at 16/8 in her 2nd week of life. Here's a link to that strain: https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/green-label-seeds-automatic-mary/prod_3433.html
She'll probably be ready to harvest at the end of the month and a few buds should be ready for April 20th

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Thanks for the advise, i'll let the one recover a little bit from the last topping and then switch em to 12/12.

tokm said:

Thanks for the advise, i'll let the one recover a little bit from the last topping and then switch em to 12/12.

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Yea, if you've recently topped, I'd wait a bit for her to recover too. I don't top mine, I like that all natural look.