should i have switched the lighting to flowering before or is now good?

[FirstTimeGrowin]

I have 8 plants that are standing to be about 2ft-3ft tall, there in a grow tent thats 9 feet long 4 feet in depth and about 7 feet in height, i read somewhere that duriing the flowering stage that the plants will grow almost double there size.....fuck me right?...did i fuck my self by waiting to long or is now a perfct time to do it?....please tell me i didnt fuck myself......

[Dutch Pimp]

1. are you still vegging?...you can do some trimming.

2. how far from; whatever kind of light you have, from floor to light source?

3. most strains won't go over 5 feet; except with weak lighting

[FirstTimeGrowin]

no i just started the flowering process a few days ago....right after i read the whole doubleing sometimes trippling in size post........im a little spooked to trim cuz i dont wanna over do it or anything its a 1000W light using HPS thats about 5.5 fet or so im not exactly sure here are some pics of them right now... im a little suprised that they dont stink as much as i thought they would....maybe that will change when i start getting the buds goin 296258296259296260296261

[thenewgrow]

looking so sweet man :) keep it up :) im gona folow this :D

[FirstTimeGrowin]

hey bro thanks! much appreciated!

[thenewgrow]

I wish I had a place like yours ;) how big is your room/tent ?

[GATXBUCK]

I have pretty much the same set up as you (6 1/2' cube tent w/ a 1000 watt hps & 2'x3' a/c reflector).One of my 2 plants well over 2' + the height of the bucket when I started flowering 23 days ago,almost 2 weeks later than the grower I bought them from said he would start them.It quikly shot up the foot or so to the hot glass of the reflector then I just turned the pot where it could grow past it.I did very little trimming but the grower had "bent" ? one of them where it grew a little sideways...instead of growing up its growing out more,with a little trimming I think it would have been about perfect.The two of em take up almost half the floor space of the tent,as far as doubling & tripling in size i'd say mine are close to triple what they where 3 weeks ago.And yes,they will start stinkin up the place in a few weeks.Ive got a pile of plants in veg (allowed 16 plants legally but only 4 in flower) and will start trying several different trimming styles within the next week.Can anyone recommend the names of a few of the most popular styles of trimming indoor plants to start with?...working on getting a digital camera soon to upload some pics.

[FirstTimeGrowin]

my growing tent is 4 feet in depth and about 9 feet long with a height of 6.5 feet, im looking to add another tent to go beside it to double my plants and yeild i cant wait until i start seeing buds ill add more pics in another few days....or maybe once the buds start to pop out, i need a better camera

[GATXBUCK]

If this is your first indoor grow you might want to get a mite preventitive like neem.I got mites early in flower phase and just had a bout w/powdery mildew...I read that the neem helps prevent that also.Luckily I caught both early and easily took care of both problems (Azamax for mites,3:1 water milk mix w/a drop of dishsoap in a spray bottle).I read in another forum yesterday that if you let your humidity get over 80% powdery mildew is almost a certainty and sure enough about 5 days before I found it I had plugged a humidifier into the wrong timer and it kicked on in the middle of the nite and I did'nt catch it till it was almost 90%. Anyway,it pays to keep a sharp eye on your leaves,especially the lower ones.

[FirstTimeGrowin]

if i get mites ima be some fuckin pissed off b'y

[GATXBUCK]

From what I understand (from diggin around the forums) spider mites are pretty common when growing indoors.I'm not sure if most experienced growers use a preventitive regularly but after dealing with them on my first grow I will be using the neem oil (its organic) for awhile and see how it goes.I used Azamax when I got em...sprayed,drenched the soil the next day w/it and then sprayed again 4 days after the first spray to get the unhatched eggs.Its been 5-6 days and I havent seen any sign of em.

[Shovelhandle]

I've had the spider mites indoors only once or twice in ten years. When I did have them the first time I used a concoction of pepper sauce, tobacco and simple dish detergent. The next outbreak I used Safer Insect Killing Soap. Both methods worked the trick. You need to spray everywhere, repeat a few days later.

[FirstTimeGrowin]

i see a few of these golden seed like things that when i break open its like a liquid kinda shit....is that some little fuckers ready to fuck my day up? or is that part of my soil?

[GATXBUCK]

About day 25 in flower I noticed about 25% of my top fan leaves were slightly less green than the rest so I upped the nitrogen but its now day 30 and theres no difference,no spots or anything,just a lighter shade of green.I'm thinking it could be iron deficiency but as I look @ you tube vids I notice the same in many of them toward the later stages of flowering.My question is,wether or not I have a nutrient deficiency now,is there a point in flowering where you will start to get discolored leaves etc. naturally and just quit worrying about nutrient deficiencies altogether?

[thenewgrow]

About day 25 in flower I noticed about 25% of my top fan leaves were slightly less green than the rest so I upped the nitrogen but its now day 30 and theres no difference,no spots or anything,just a lighter shade of green.I'm thinking it could be iron deficiency but as I look @ you tube vids I notice the same in many of them toward the later stages of flowering.My question is,wether or not I have a nutrient deficiency now,is there a point in flowering where you will start to get discolored leaves etc. naturally and just quit worrying about nutrient deficiencies altogether?

hey man this can just be a lack on call mag