Veg/flower recommendations

[turksteelman]

Okay, here is what is up. 1 plant chronic that is 24" 5 weeks old in 5 gal bucket, 4 Afghani that are 6 inches, 3 weeks old, that I will put in 5 gal buckets tomorrow. I have a 400w hps in a closet. About 4-5 ft max head room. How would you guys tackle this issue?

[rhizome]

Do you know the sex of the larger plant? If it's a known girl, take cuttings to get it's size back in line w/ the others, veg until about 12", and flower.

You should be able to top/train the larger plant until the others catch up- then flower before you run out of headroom.

Good luck!

[turksteelman]

It has not shown sex yet. I wish it did so this problem could perhaps go away. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing more I would want than for it to be a female. But boy it sucks growing a male and jumping thru all these hoops if I am going to just cut it down anyway. Question, does it matter how or where I top it? Can I go back from the top and go down 3 nodes?

[turksteelman]

Here is a picture so you can see what I am up against.

[davejohnwright]

I notice yourusing HPS, are you in flower, or using HPS all the way through?
If it's still in veg you can cut it back 3 nodes if you want to, if it's in flower it's not reccomended to chop any off.

[turksteelman]

The plants are still in veg. I have been using HPS for the complete grow. How early can one start flowering?