Flip

hi guys, as I’m new to the great indoors, hoping for some advice: can I flip when just calyx are showing or do I definitely need to wait for preflowers to appear
Is it too early to flip now (can it lead to hermies)?

A photo plant will only flower when it is mature enough
Flip away but the moment you do your hopes for large yields are frozen

Rainbow Warrior said:

... can I flip when just calyx are showing or do I definitely need to wait for preflowers to appear ...

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General guideline - the plant is sexually mature to flower once the 4th node fully opens. But I agree with Suds - forget any good sized yields if you flip when only the 4th node opened.

Soz for being thick; this is my plant at the moment :
I know i should fill the net more and then flip; a fella on riu suggests to fill the net 2/3, but I’m a bit worried about the stretch as I’m growing an almost pure Sativa in a 3x3x 5ft high growroom, and I keep hearing stories of people’s jungles, that’s why I’m thinking of starting to flower now.

Stupid idea?

Rainbow Warrior said:

Soz for being thick; this is my plant at the moment :View attachment 4372086
I know i should fill the net more and then flip; a fella on riu suggests to fill the net 2/3, but I’m a bit worried about the stretch as I’m growing an almost pure Sativa in a 3x3x 5ft high growroom, and I keep hearing stories of people’s jungles, that’s why I’m thinking of starting to flower now.

Stupid idea?

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Yes... Fill it up bro... It will pay off in the end...

Those fan leaves look a little to wide to be pure sativa.

Good netting ... and a very similar mesh. Using 2 1/2" squares with 1x1 frames.

As you can see, I am also one who believes you should fill the net to 2/3 (minimum...) before you flip. Here they are just woven into the net:


... and 13 days later:


I'll do one final weave just prior to flip in two days (Aug 1). I get about 18" to 20" flower stretch with these strains. Fill thy netting, sir! You'll be glad you did.

Frank Nitty said:

Yes... Fill it up bro... It will pay off in the end...

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It’s what it said on the tin....

I agree that the plant isnt pure sativa... sure it's going to stretch more then a indica dom but not enough to flip now. Fill up the screen way more and keep bending for a couple weeks after the flip and all should be good

cheers for the advice everyone!

Big Hippie Hugs to all of you

RW

StareCase said:

Good netting ... and a very similar mesh. Using 2 1/2" squares with 1x1 frames.

As you can see, I am also one who believes you should fill the net to 2/3 (minimum...) before you flip. Here they are just woven into the net:
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... and 13 days later:
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I'll do one final weave just prior to flip in two days (Aug 1). I get about 18" to 20" flower stretch with these strains. Fill thy netting, sir! You'll be glad you did.

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When u fill the screen, do u weave each shoot coming through or just the main ones?

Rainbow Warrior said:

When u fill the screen, do u weave each shoot coming through or just the main ones?

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I weave each shoot that's poking 3" above the netting. It needs to be at least 3" since the spacing in my mesh it 2.5". And interestingly, a shoot that you weave through today might produce another shoot that you will end up weave through later.

Just keep weaving ... just keep weaving ... weaving ... weaving ... weaving ...



When the net is almost completely covered with woven plant shoots - flip. After flower stretch, I go and look for any little branches that are going to be light squeezed as the buds from the bigger branches fill out. I snip them weak siblings right off - why prolong the inevitable, as it were.

Nice 1, thanks for that!

• StareCase said:

  I weave each shoot that's poking 3" above the netting. It needs to be at least 3" since the spacing in my mesh it 2.5". And interestingly, a shoot that you weave through today might produce another shoot that you will end up weave through later.

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StareCase said:

Just keep weaving ... just keep weaving ... weaving ... weaving ... weaving ...

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When the net is almost completely covered with woven plant shoots - flip. After flower stretch, I go and look for any little branches that are going to be light squeezed as the buds from the bigger branches fill out. I snip them weak siblings right off - why prolong the inevitable, as it were.

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Hi again, Screen is about 50% full. Do u cut off the shade leaves below the shoots?
I started to, but wasn’t 100% sure...

I lollipop after flip and I flip when the net is about 75 - 80 % filled.

You could leave them alone as you will find that the plant starts to kill off leaves below the net since those leaves get dick-all light

Thanks for ur advice