when to flower

hello everyone. i've had all these little ones under an assortment of fluorescent lights (including daylight CFL's and higher wattage tubes) for about a month now, recently transplanted into 2gal pots. plant sizes vary from about 5" to 1.5' tall, and not badly stretched (at least i hope). should i start flowering any time soon. also, when and what type of fertilizer should i be using?

use a grow nutrient for the veg phase and a bloom nutrient for the flowering stage. you can instigate flowering at any time by switching the lighting schedule to 12/12, light/dark. 4 weeks - 8 weeks is the optimum amount of time for vegging, so youre good to flower anytime you want to! try another week and see how it goes, then get going!

good luck

thanks a bunch. 1 more week it is.

lynchburgball said:

thanks a bunch. 1 more week it is.

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how tall is your grow space

3 ft now that i moved the lights up a week ago. i had all the lights very very close to the plants so they wouldn't stretch. it's a closet assortment.

the plant in my profile pic is my smallest, at about 6 or 7 inches.

the closet is about 3 x 5'

lynchburgball said:

3 ft now that i moved the lights up a week ago. i had all the lights very very close to the plants so they wouldn't stretch. it's a closet assortment.

the plant in my profile pic is my smallest, at about 6 or 7 inches.

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how tall from the top of the plant pots to the highest point the lights can go

the lights can go up to about 7ft.

lynchburgball said:

the lights can go up to about 7ft.

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what strain are you growing

northern lights x haze, NL x Big Bud, & (insert generic Indica name)

There probably going to double in size when you have been flowering for a couple of weeks, I'd say your safe to flower any time from now, bigger plants does not always mean better yield and better quality

yea that's what i was thinking. i'm going to wait a week, continue to use blood meal, monitor the ph, and all that. any recommendations on a budding fertilizer? (lowe's availability is about how far i'm allowed financially right now.)

I gave mine about 2 months from my readings people seemed to wait for about that amount of time or until the plant was 1ft high and bushy before making it flower.

Patience is a virtue

from seedling, a month in, my largest is at 1ft. 9.5in. the smallest is now 9in. as far as bushiness goes, the diameter from leaf-tip to tip is at least 8" for any given plant. i figure in a week, no plant will be under a foot so it'll be time. the surprise to me was how quickly some of the plants have grown, because they all weren't planted on the same day (they vary along 5 days of planting). i also don't want them to get toooo large b/c of odor worries. i actually want a lower yield (i know that sounds dumb). i have semi-understanding landlords.

beyond that, any ideas on a specific blooming fert? liquid? organic?

new threads draw a lot of attention. Where do i get a high potassium (K) fertilizer for flowering. i found shultz w/ a 5-15-15 ratio. is that adequate?? it's certainly not organic. i'm scared.

The shultz will work.
You want to start out at 1/4 strentgh of the recomended dose of nutes.
Mix with water that has been setting out for atleast a day. (evaporating)

I think I might would use Miracle gro bloom before I would use shultz.

You should make sure the nute mix is thuroughly mixed.

hey, thanks everyone.

I found my first white hairs today!!! I've been flowering for a week total. I decided to go with the shultz. I was using blood meal before and finally got a ph meter (6.7-7.3). Now the ph is always right around 7.

This site is the only reason i can do this.