Quote Originally Posted by hybridlove420
most, if not really all, of the plants growth is created during the vegetative phase. id stake a bet on saying that a plant veged for 6 weeks will nearly double the yield of one grown in 3 weeks of veg. (assuming sufficient space/light for a much larger plant)
Well, most of the foliage growth and branching is usually done in veg, my plants grow huge in the first few weeks of flowering... but this still sounds better. I'll agree that plants vegged longer have the potential to be larger, but that isn't always a good thing for every grower. Especially to someone with limited head-space for their plants. Uniformity is important when you don't have much space to work with. And you're also right that flowering at three weeks (unless it's a clone) would be a mistake. If from seed, the plants most likely will not be mature enough to flower, and switching to 12/12 will cause them unneeded stress, and poor growth. After having shown preflowers, it's really up to the grower to decide when to flower.

I wasn't trying to be an ass... I just didn't want anyone getting any false expectations. :thumbsup: