Training and veg

[Austinpalm36]

Would anyone be able to explain to me how you can control the length of time you veg a plant for. From my understanding you can’t do it with autoflower. But with a feminized seed how do you control the time frame of its veg stage? I think it has to do with training the plant. I would like to do LST once they are ready but this is my first grow so I’d need guidance. On YouTube I always see different looking plants. Some closet grows look bushy. Some look tall and skinny. Some look tall and really bushy which is what I’d like to master. Although anything more than 3 branches and a couple nugs would be nice

 

[SamSmith]

Have a look at some of Ase's threads on training.

Ase's Perpetual Quadlining In Coco

My Indiana Bubblegum is a crazy grower too. Didn’t even sprout one of the fan leaves on node 4. So she’s got nodes 3,4 and 5 going. Lemme see if I can find a pic of her. She almost got culled but I think she will be fine now.

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With photo period plants the veg time can be as little as 4 weeks or as long as you want to get the plant the size and shape you want it before you flip them. Just keep in mind that a typical plant will triple in size during the stretch so keep that in mind.

 

[Canadadoes]

Light schedule, in veg you’ll be giving the plant 18+ hours a day. The plant is photoperiod so when you switch the light to 12 hours of light, plant thinks the season is coming to an end (shorter days) and will initiate flowering. As long as you keep it longer days it’ll stay in veg.

 

[Austinpalm36]

Have a look at some of Ase's threads on training.

Ase's Perpetual Quadlining In Coco

My Indiana Bubblegum is a crazy grower too. Didn’t even sprout one of the fan leaves on node 4. So she’s got nodes 3,4 and 5 going. Lemme see if I can find a pic of her. She almost got culled but I think she will be fine now.

www.420magazine.com

With photo period plants the veg time can be as little as 4 weeks or as long as you want to get the plant the size and shape you want it before you flip them. Just keep in mind that a typical plant will triple in size during the stretch so keep that in mind.

So you just keep the light on veg until their at the side you want them to flower in?

 

[SamSmith]

So you just keep the light on veg until their at the side you want them to flower in?

I run the lights on an 18 on 6 off schedule until they are ready to flip them to 12 on 12 off for photo period plants.

 

[SmokingWings]

So you just keep the light on veg until their at the side you want them to flower in?

Yes. Plan on being able to keep the plant in the vegetating stage for as long as you want. This allows for a lot of time to train, trim and take cuttings. There have been people who keep mother plants for years before finally putting them into the flowering cycle.

Keeping them vegetating can cause some plants to show a pre-flower at most of the nodes. Unless they receive 12 or more hours of complete dark they will not go into actually flowering unless they are an auto-flower.

Have a good day.

 

[Chris Scorpio]

Keep in mind

Once you flip to 12/12, your plants can double or triple in size and height

So plan for that extra height

 

[SmokingWings]

Keep in mind

Once you flip to 12/12, your plants can double or triple in size and height

So plan for that extra height

Good point. If the plant stretches to much then there might be a need to do more training about 2 weeks after the switch to flowering. Been there myself a couple of times and once again this week.