Indoor Several strains and need help (pros only)

[Deez Blanks]

Okay, so I don't know who is following my grows but y'all are the pros and this is my first grow. (didn't rhyme that on purpose) Anyway, I am @ week 6.5 with my northern lights blue auto, Mazar kush (not auto) and fruity chronic juice (not auto). I started with a 1000w MH light and veg nutes for the first 5 week. Because I have only the one grow room and light I had no choice but to put them all on a 19/5 schedule. Last week I started them on flowering nutes (all of them) and switched to a HPS bulb. The Mazar and fruity chronic haven't started to flower because they are not autos. I paid for the autos, and received the other 2 as free gifts, so I really want the NLB to do well.
My issues is I do want Mazar and fruity to Finish but because I have the one light, I haven't switched from 19/5 to the 12/12 schedule they need to finish because the NLB is under the light. Also because I switched them all to Flowering nutes, the Mazar and fruity have stopped there upward growth.
Questions
1) Do I switch to the 12/12 schedule even though the NLB is under the light
2) Can I switch Mazar and Fruity back to Veg nutes to make them taller
This is my grow so any helps appreciated.

 

[Deez Blanks]

Still waiting for suggestions

 

[low_and_slow]

You could feed them veg nutes until the NLB finishes, then flip to 12/12 but they'll get HUGE that way...they'll probably triple in size as-is, so I'd be leary of that.

You could flip the whole tent to 12/12, but that'd reduce yield on your NLB a bit and you might crowd your plants out...I'm in the same boat, I have autos and photos growing together in 12/12 and my autos are stretched and a bit light-weight and my photo is starting to muscle them around in my space because she's getting so big.

You could also keep everyone in 19/5 until the NLB finishes, then take some cuttings off the FCJ and MK and try to get 6-8 clones growing. Veg them for a few weeks then flip the whole thing to 12/12 and decide if you want to just throw the mothers away because they would get too huge flowering from that point.

 

[Deez Blanks]

Thanks. Great suggestion

 

[Truu]

If you don't want to sacrifice any NLB yield then keep the lighting at 19/5 and keep feeding your photos veg nutes. Keep them pruned to an appropriate size until the auto is done if you don't want to do any cloning.

Honestly I would just do 12/12. The photos will yield more anyways. Just my opinion.

 

[Muddy]

In either situation you're going to sacrifice on one or the other. If you keep you lights on 19/5 your autos will do better but your photo will stay in veg and could get too big. If you cut back to 12/12 your photo will flower but you will lose yield on your autos. IMO it's never a good idea to grow autos and photos under the same light. Another option is keeping your lights on 19/5 and removing the photo to a totally dark area after 12 hours, then put it back under the light the next day. Obviously, you would have to do this daily. If you switch your autos back to veg nutes they will not continue to veg. Autos are genetically predisposed to flower under any light conditions. All you will end up doing is depriving them of needed bloom nutrients and end up with smaller yields from them.

 

[SmokeyT]

Yeh personally i would also just switch the whole room to 12/12. Although you will lose out on some yield from the auto it wouldn't be that significant. If anything i would just get rid of the photos(or move them into a seperate space) and fill the rest of the room up with more autos. Just my 2 cents

 

[Deez Blanks]

thanks for all the good advice. I knew yall were the pros. I think i wll take muddys advice and bring the photos to a dark area. to get the 12/12 cycle going.

 

[Muddy]

Just make sure it's totally dark, no light leaks. A constant light leak can cause some photo strains to go hermie.