Hi, Iâ??m surprised that no-one mentioned pruning. Whenever Iâ??ve been in that situation (vegging â??em too long), Iâ??ve used Ed Rosenthalâ??s pruning technique. Basicallyyou prune them so that
a) you only have a manageable number of branches per plant (3 â?? 4 for plants in a 3-gallon pot, 5 â?? 6 if a 5-gallon pot).

b) then along those branches, prune away their side-shoots until there is only foliage about 1 foot down from the top/tip of the branch. Looks a bit extreme at first, but if you do it at the point youâ??re at now (just before going 12/12) theyâ??ll grow back plenty. Later youâ??ll wish youâ??d pruned â??em even more.

That way all the development will go to a few good-sized branches, theyâ??ll grow noticeably faster because the remaining plant is opened up to light (you can see the light hitting most of the plantâ??s surfaces afterward). And later not much will be growing beneath the level of light-penetration, once the canopy fills in in a few weeks. Also gives great air circulation at the lower levels, and mites seem to get started on the leaves closest to the pots, where the humidity is highest (from the potâ??s moisture).

Where youâ??re at now youâ??re going to end up with mass quantities of tiny underdeveloped trim/budlets as the plant divides itâ??s energy among a zillion tiny bud-sites, most of which arenâ??t getting any decent light.

Old Ed gives a lot of 'highly questionable' advice, IMHO, but this one seems to work well.