Transition between Veg and Flower

beancounter · Dec 30, 2010

motherlode said:
its all I use in my flower room

they make the best personal/med grade pot by far, if u do mersh i'd stick w/ hps, but since i grow 4 my med needs i dont care if my buds are a lil smaller and alot denser/frostier ;)

nightrampage · Dec 31, 2010

i already have a 600watt HPS just a pulserite ... and a 400watt MH lamp....

Was going to just move things straight under the HPS for flowering.. go to 12/12 ..

but i think adding the HPS lamp to the Veg room would be like using the Dual Arc bulbs.. except all in one bulb i'll have 2..

does that sound good.. just want to make things as good as possible.. i like my 18 hr veg .. really seems to florish... everything is getting so fat and dense.. every time i clone it seems to grow back over night.. these mothers are about 4feet..

think i got the veg down.. but i don't think it'll hurt anything to add my 600watt HPS light now at the same 18 hr for veg.. i'll do that a little while then maybe just go with the HPS...

or would it be ok to use the 2 bulbs the whole time and just switch the time? or should i take the MH lamp away?

Misterdirt · Dec 31, 2010

NR: I'm an advocate of hitting the plants with as many lumens as you can muster, without blowing the circuits or your bank account. If you can keep both lights going throughout flowering, I think the plants would reward you for it.

Dunge · Dec 31, 2010

I wish to grow outside next summer, but I am Northern latitude and need to do something to get the flowering started and keep going.
If I cover the plants in black plastic to limit the light to 12 hours will they start to flower. And will they go back to vedg if I stop covering them once they are fully flowering?
All THC farmers thoughts on this subject are appreciated.

beancounter · Jan 1, 2011

Misterdirt said:
NR: I'm an advocate of hitting the plants with as many lumens as you can muster, without blowing the circuits or your bank account. If you can keep both lights going throughout flowering, I think the plants would reward you for it.

i concur, sounds like u grow/veg em large. so hell yeah use yer 600w in there 2, i would do the 400 vertical and the 600 horizontal, you'd get crazy nice growth.

either way i would do one bulb vert (put a smallish fan [8"ish home depot $10-15 fan] right under the vert bulb [it will also cool your horizontal bulb], none of the heat will directly touch your plants [u can get your plants within 3-4" of a 400, probly 6-8" w/ a 600 depending on strain w/ vert lights and the right cooling], just find a pot or something to put the fan on so it has at least 4'' of space for intake, unless u have have a fan that swivels str8 up [my faves], and one bulb horizontal w/ reflector [600w prefferably].

That's just the way i would do it for maximum veg and super fast growth in your situation. make sure you prune the bottoms well [take off any budsite that doesnt get at least some light, if it's in the shade.... cut it. it will just suck energy from the rest of your plant, like suckers on tomatoes, i usually do it bfore i flip and 5-7 days in] when u flip em, pruning makes a big dif IMHO. Then training to get hidden tops into the light, lotsa methods i just do hurd crushing/pinching [in between nodes] to get the plant exactly how i want it so i never have to rotate the plant once.

kinzla34 · Jan 11, 2011

These are my current induction lamp grows that are moving right along.

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I have the best results with these fixtures on overhead layouts without using any side lights.

Drivela88 · Apr 17, 2018

This is about a week ago, she is a bit bigger now!! Gorilla Glue #4 i just switched her to bloom today!! :)

jumpincactus · Dec 27, 2018

Drivela88 said:
This is about a week ago, she is a bit bigger now!! Gorilla Glue #4 i just switched her to bloom today!! :)

you do realize this thread has been dormant for 7 years right?

1diesel1 · Dec 27, 2018

jumpincactus said:
you do realize this thread has been dormant for 7 years right?

Man he did some digging!

3 balls · Dec 27, 2018

He might have gotten a pee pee slap for posting in the wrong place before.;)

1diesel1 · Dec 27, 2018

Drivela88 said:
This is about a week ago, she is a bit bigger now!! Gorilla Glue #4 i just switched her to bloom today!! :)

Post some pics in white light so we can get a gander at her.

CaliRooted · Dec 27, 2018

Don't over think it. Flip to 12/12 and roll

1diesel1 · Dec 27, 2018

CaliRooted said:
Don't over think it. Flip to 12/12 and roll

See a lot of that spreading around these days.

Leelandgrow3 · Aug 1, 2019

See I hear same thing slowly switch so what go straight to 12/12 or progress what's up guys I did dig on this one I ain't gonna lie I ain't worried how old it is lol

1diesel1 · Aug 1, 2019

Leelandgrow3 said:
See I hear same thing slowly switch so what go straight to 12/12 or progress what's up guys I did dig on this one I ain't gonna lie I ain't worried how old it is lol

Flip it like a light switch:)

Leelandgrow3 · Aug 1, 2019

12/12 and go alright happy growing

MIMedGrower · Aug 1, 2019

Leelandgrow3 said:
12/12 and go alright happy growing

If you are using mh for veg it will help keep plants shorter and stockier if you keep it in 12/12 for a few weeks. If you desire more stretch switch to hps.

Aqua Man · Aug 1, 2019

Nothing is natural about growing indoors. Flip straight 12/12

Lots of good comments in here and I'm to lazy to like them all.

I skimmed so if I missed it another tip to keep compact growth during stretch is keep the same day/night temps.

Leelandgrow3 · Aug 1, 2019

Don't dog on me lol but I use LEDs they are coming up guys I have a feeling eventually hps and cmh will be extinct eventually as technology advances

Leelandgrow3 · Aug 1, 2019

Just kidding lol I can't say anything I owned one it just sat there and looked pretty

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