Hello Kush , I should be pinching/topping them at least once, I wouldn't mind trying twice but I'll wait and see how they go first.
I've always fancied trying multiple pinching like you're plant, I think it transforms a single plant from being "just a plant" into being basiclly a "bush"

By the way Kush I always have a tendancy to call it "pinching" more so than "topping" because that's what it really is, I always use my fingernails to just "pinch" off the new growth



Hello JunkYard , well most will say that a MH/HPS conversion is the best combination and I do agree with that .
I've always started seedlings off under the MH bulb as soon as they poke their sprouts out of the compost.
The thing is just don't get the lamp in to close or else you may risk "frazzling" them with the heat from the bulb. The use of fan is a very good idea, it allows the lamp to be bought in quite close and therefore helps to prevent "overstreching", also it helps to promote strong stem growth.
Altough I'm a bit awkward when it comes to using a fan, I really do try to keep everything down to the bare minimum on a grow..................... it's just "my way"
I will use a fan if it gets too hot in the growroom or if there is a problem with humidity, other than that I don't bother because if the weather is ok then I will leave the growroom door open.

Anyway JunkYard, you can see from the pics that at first I will leave the lamp fairly high up over the seedlings and there is a little streching for the first few days, I honestly don't worry about this at all because after the first intial few days the streching stops and the plants begin to fill out.
Oh and as for watering them, I just use one of the little plastic spray gun thingys, I don't use the watering can untill they are transplated into their bigger pots ............................... I find this the best way of getting the amount of water just right


Hello Mobay , Ah you won't be able to keep away from it for long love,..................... you've been bitten by the growing bug, so I'm affraid theres no stopping now for you


Hello gin4dub Ah I just wish that I could give up the "fags" though love
I started when I was at at school, must have been about 13 at the time. The thing is smoking wasn't classed so "anti social" back then and it really was the "done thing" to sneak behind the toilets or the bike shed at dinner and break times for a quick smoke

Honestly Gin, I have given up so many times but after about 3/4 months I kinda just have one and then drift back into the dammed things again



Hello alchemiser Oh there's quite a few from the UK on here love

Well it's my first time ever growing Widows, but I have to admit I kinda feel a bit like I'm just following everyone else with them ................. it seems that everyone is growing them
Also I must admit I have a few niggling concerns about only growing nine plants, I usaully grow Sensi seeds and they come in packs of sixteen, so I always grow a full pack.

Anyway it's nice to hear from you alchemiser




love mand xxx