These plants are on day 49 and I plan on flipping to 12/12 tomorrow. I'm wondering if I should wait a little longer. From what I've gathered, you should have about 90% coverage before flipping but I have a few concerns: I only have about 15-20" of vertical space above the screen before I would worry about heat from the lamp. Some shoots are already reaching the edge of my screen. The large top on the closest plant is pretty solid. It's not taking to bending very well. I think I can overcome this once it stretches a little, but it will have to be done slowly over time. I transplanted from 3 to 10 gallons 9 days ago. This is plenty of time for them to settle in, but not enough for them to really fill the pot. Any recommendations?
Haven't used this method yet but I have been getting ready for my next run and from what I have read for the first two weeks after flower you should still be tucking them under the edges so you really have a lot of open screen still I would keep vegging till it was at least 80% and then flip the timer and keep tucking away till that screen was just looking like the amazon forest from above while flying over can't see through the screen and then clean up the bottom. That stem is going to harden up fast after flipping the timer so I would get started on training that now rather then later to manage the height restrictions. Just my .02 Cents!
Yeah probably ratchet it down over a week or so I got in a hurry one grow trying to get some lst done and snapped that thing in half didn't notice for like three days it took a second to actually split it open! If you do that have a roll of tape ready to go and splint her up. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Hey hi I think the main question right now is, how much will they stretch from the flip? This is mainly a strain-dependent thing -- so, what strain are they? You can influence that a bit with the lights -- if you leave the MH in for the first week after flip, they will stretch less. But actually, my first impression of them was indica-ish, for which the stretch is less likely to be huge -- so, it depends!