When to flip?

[sahdgrower]

Hello IC,

Currently running my first indoor grow in 20 years. I remembered less than I thought and I am more ambitious than I oughta be but.... I'm a man so that's how its gotta be. Anywho, I am currently running TGA Subcools Vortex strain. I started from seed and the seeds popped dec. 16, so they are now just over 5 weeks old. They're under a Gavita 600 HPS and a 6 lamp T5 with 65k bulbs. They are in DWC buckets using the GH Flora series bloom and micro.

My question! When should I flip? I am going to scrog them and I would like to get the most out of my lighting situation. I have 10 Plants they are about 5" to 8" tall. Half have been fimmed. None have been sexed


Took this pic yesterday.

 

[newtothiscoco]

hey man nice plant's they are looking great

when to switch is a personal opinion, depending on how big you want them to be
they will stretch 2-4 times bigger then they are now when you switch the light in dwc that's what i have got told from my friend's that grow dwc
but i would look at the root's and then make my opinion, when you are in dwc you can just look at the root's that is a great thing

 

[sahdgrower]

Size Matters

Size Matters

Well to answer your question I would like them to completely fill a scrog. I believe 3.5'x3.5' is as large as I should go with only a 600watt hps light supplemented by T5. Also since these are from seed and I have not sexed them I can't really say how many will be female. I was hoping for 4. I figure with a longer veg I could get by with just 2 but I am not sure if that is correct. 2 of the plants are indicating female today! These are also my best 2 I think. They are about 9" now and I LST them today.


My plan based on what I have read is to setup the screen at 10" from bucket top. So before I LST the plants would just now be touching the screens, but growth has also been steadily .5-.75" daily for the last few days. I was anticipating flipping on jan. 31st.

 

[grassott's dad]

It's a bit tricky to say when to flip at this stage coz we don't know how many fems you got yet.

Once you get your sexing done, then I'd keep lst'ing/scrogging them until they're touching each other and you got a few inches (about 3 or 4 inches) gap around the sides of the canopy. Then flip.

 

[sahdgrower]

I figure 4 with luck

I figure 4 with luck

I figure on growing only 4 plants if that many are female. Here is one that I think is male. What do you guys think?

 

[Warped1]

Generally you'd start your SCROG in veg and flip when the screen was 75 or 80% filled. Looks like a boy to me

 

[peacebrother]

male, how old are the plants now?

 

[peacebrother]

never mind

They seem a little small for 5 weeks, but look healthy.

 

[sahdgrower]

never mind

They seem a little small for 5 weeks, but look healthy.

Yeah they were a little small I think. I had some problems in the beginning that slowed em up a bit. Here is picture from tonight. You can see growth has really picked up and they are much bigger than the first post.



So how much longer do you think I should let that male go before culling him? I feel 80% that it is male and a couple others that look the same.

 

[otis33]

once confirmed, kill em

 

[theHIGHlander]

I would kill that male now dude..
Get ya screen on, give them another week in veg so you can work them into the screen, then flip,,remember the stretch in the first few weeks of flower..these few weeks will give you the time to fill your screen out....that's if your happy with the hight there at ..


Keep it green
Highlander