Veg.......

[Ben Curley]

Trying a couple of photos for the first time. How long do you usually veg for before turning the lights?

 

[Arthur]

Kinda depends on the size area that I'm growing in, and the type of training. Depending on genetics, (some really stretch) I'm looking for about 60% coverage of the area I'm running before I flip the lights.

I've run photos 12/12 from seed, and kept moms for years, so there is no "correct" answer here. Really depends on your space, and what your trying to do with it.

 

[Trichome farmer]

Trying a couple of photos for the first time. How long do you usually veg for before turning the lights?

like arthur says there no correct answer to this all depends on strain space and pot size a rough guide would be 4-5 weeks veg then flip to flower myself at the moment i veg in 1.6 liter pots for 4-6 weeks in a 70 x 70cm space then transplant into 10 liter pots and veg for 1 more week in a 120x120cm space before flipping to flower like arthur says i like to get decent coverage before flipping here a few pics for example
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[Ben Curley]

Perfect! Thanks for the pictorial! Helps a ton being able to see exactly what you're preaching!

 

[Death The Cultivator]

What size space are you trying to fill?

 

[Ben Curley]

I have a 2x4 with a new SP3000. Had to buy a new tent for the new light. Its a long sucker but bright as all get out.....Only have 2 photos in it now. Never messed with photos before. Had a GSC and a Kalashnikova photoperiods I wanted to try. They are doing great but I do love the auto flowers because thats all I have tried. After these two I'm gonna load up the 2x4 with four autos at a time. Found it to be a VERY rewarding hobby! Cannot afford the dispensaries in NY for my meds. After much research, this site was a huge help, have decided to grow my own meds! Peace............

 

[Death The Cultivator]

I have a 2x4 with a new SP3000. Had to buy a new tent for the new light. Its a long sucker but bright as all get out.....Only have 2 photos in it now. Never messed with photos before. Had a GSC and a Kalashnikova photoperiods I wanted to try. They are doing great but I do love the auto flowers because thats all I have tried. After these two I'm gonna load up the 2x4 with four autos at a time. Found it to be a VERY rewarding hobby! Cannot afford the dispensaries in NY for my meds. After much research, this site was a huge help, have decided to grow my own meds! Peace............

You'll probably need 3-4 weeks of veg like the others have said. Good luck though

 

[Proph]

I have a 2x4 with a new SP3000. Had to buy a new tent for the new light. Its a long sucker but bright as all get out.....Only have 2 photos in it now. Never messed with photos before. Had a GSC and a Kalashnikova photoperiods I wanted to try. They are doing great but I do love the auto flowers because thats all I have tried. After these two I'm gonna load up the 2x4 with four autos at a time. Found it to be a VERY rewarding hobby! Cannot afford the dispensaries in NY for my meds. After much research, this site was a huge help, have decided to grow my own meds! Peace............

Most decent breeders have growing notes on the packaging or online somewhere that says how much stretch to expect. It's important info to know. I have the true GSC clone and she's got a 2-3x stretch easy. In a 2x4 I wouldn't even go a month of veg unless I knew the morphology. I use a 2x4x5 tent to veg photos and grow out autos. Say the pot is 12in tall.. And that your light hangs 12in from the top.. Now you need 12in min between the plant and light.. That means your plant has 26in of max height available. That's not much. Photo period plants usually stretch to twice (2x) the height at flip. So if your tent is 5ft tall, you'd want to flip at 13in of plant height or you risk running out of vertical space.
I have 3 mac1 cuts vegging in the 2x4.. They are about a month old or so. About 15 inches tall.. If I flipped them today, they would out grow the 2x4 tent. I have an auto in the same tent that I had to bend a few times because it's grown past the light. Maybe do some Google searches of the breeder and strains to find out what to expect. It's tough to say how long you should go. Better safe than sorry. If your trying to take clones, you'll definitely need to go more than a month though.. That's something else to consider.

 

[nizmoKush]

My last photo run I went by size and I scrogged them in a 32inx32in tent.. once they filled a certain amount of the scrog I flipped to 12.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I have a rule of 3 weeks or 16" tall whichever comes first. Well It did not work on my most recent just finished Photo run. The Panama Red would have been almost 8 feet tall in my maximum 68 inch space. I had to super crop it 3 times.

So man plans and nature laughs.

Just have fun!