I'd top them and grow till the tops form new stems. You'll get more yield that way. I'd also feed them at the same time to prepare them for the flip. They'll need flowering nutrients (with less N and more P & K) soon afterward.
I do a slow flip, too, except differently. I do it in 3 steps, 3 days apart, so it takes about 1 week.
Yes any plant over a month old can be put into flowering
I can’t see any bug damage can you point out why you think they have bugs ; only to add to my knowledge not being confrontational as said.
Or maybe gnats. The plants new leaf growth is looking Frankenstein.
Yeah I don’t think it’s bugs or gnats tbh
Good eye mind something not bang on unless it’s just genetic looks like food/ ph flux /light can’t pin it without more information
I've noticed there's less stretching when I slow flip. So, I use it to control the height of plants that tend to stretch a lot.
I’ll definitely keep an eye out thank you!
Thanks man!!
The leaves have always been a little weird when they first grow in. They tend to grow out of it as they get larger. Something I will be keeping an eye on thoGood eye mind something not bang on unless it’s just genetic looks like food/ ph flux /light can’t pin it without more information
Well spotted anyway
It should grow out of it if it’s not because your lights to close it should grow out of it keep your eye on the growth
How far away is your light is it dimmed & what wattage is it anyways & have you ph-ed your water ( as said with soil you shouldn’t need to as it will buffer itself ) just to wrap that one up
I currently have the light 15in away at 80% (it’s a 100w light) I have not PHed my water. That reminds me that I should go and check ph again lol. I think the leaves are also a bit wonky bc when I came home from school they had grown to 4- 6in from the light. (Might be why top leaves are curled/ discolored)Good eye mind something not bang on unless it’s just genetic looks like food/ ph flux /light can’t pin it without more information
Well spotted anyway
It should grow out of it if it’s not because your lights to close it should grow out of it keep your eye on the growth
How far away is your light is it dimmed & what wattage is it anyways & have you ph-ed your water ( as said with soil you shouldn’t need to as it will buffer itself ) just to wrap that one up
Thanks dude that was super informative. I can’t wait to apply the stuff I’ve learned on this page to my grow. I’m super excited for my 2nd grow as well. This has all been a blast.Looks like you could’ve really been given it a little bit of nitrogen sooner that being said, there’s no rule against when you can or can’t flip a plant. You can flip a plant from the moment that it breaks soil you can flip a plant in six months as long as it’s not an auto, then you are the master of your kingdom in terms of that there’s no set rule that says one way or the other one you have to flip one. the genetics are the genetics there’s no optimum moment to make that happen it’s just all about ensuring the plant can have healthy transition from growth stage to growth stage all the way through the harvest. and depending on what your medium is or the quality of it at the same time will only depend on how many nutrients you need to feed your plants at any given stage of growth. But I would go ahead and top those plants at least get two tops on each one of them, and then split those apart and stake down each individual top, exposing all of the side nodes to the light turning any of those side nodes into future top sites further boosting yield potential in a pinch. that’s gonna be the one way that you’ll be able to maximize your yield Since you want to flip soon, but I generally like to have a decent healing time after I do something drastic like topping a plant that late in the game, at least ten days for the plant to repair and propagate the new growth. Because flipping to flower is an incredibly stressful time for the plant through the physiology changes that it goes through to the nutrient changes and demands that it will have.
My point here is is that if you’re going to top wait before you flip at least 10 days that way you’re not compounding stressors on your plant possibly causing hermaphrodite ism in mid to late flower nanners or the rogue pollen sack. I generally top at the fourth node right as a plant is getting out of seedling and going into veg generally but like I said, you should definitely try to get those things Topped
Otherwise, you’re gonna have a pretty small yield there
So I would just say for future reference man get into topping/LST with your plants a lot sooner as well as feeding them a consistent and baseline nutrient regiment a day or two after it gets out of seedling stage and into vegetative growth low-dose cal mag and medium dose n.
Through to flower basically. I like to preload my soil with a little bit of potassium a week before I flip as well. That way there’s nutrient already available for the plant as it’s making the transition which is less stressful for it as well
