Hi all, just wondering what vegging times have worked best for yous?
I am a coco grower and my normal timescale is (cuts) 10-14 days 24/0 in 2L pots to develop roots. I sometimes start the veg 18/6 after the first week, and feed half strength nutes (dutch pro).
Roots are usually well developed after 10-14 days and I repot then into 22L pots, feed full strength, and the norm is 3 weeks before flip. This usually gives me enough time to top and create the profile I want.
I would say I am primarily a yeild grower, so every decision I make is with an attempt to maximise yeild. I have read and heard from other growers that veg time directly impacts the end results, but I have seen a friend veg for 2 months and still end up with average results when it comes to yeild.
On my last grow I unintentionally vegged for 6 weeks due to working through some issues before flipping. The leaves across the room all went kinda crinkled, and I wasnt sure if they were too cold or too hot or something else. I asked the question on here but people said they couldn't see anything wrong, so probably just me over thinking things. I was curious to know what had caused this though, and a mate suggested that they looked like they needed to be flipped, as sometimes they'll tell you when its time. This is a new one on me and the main reason for this post...
With regards to veg time; do you follow a specific time long/short, or do you do like my mate says and veg until the plants tell you its time to flip? And if so, what are the general signs?
My other reason for looking into this is I am wanting to try and shorten my grow cycles, as this last one has taken 5 months approx. I was thinking of trying to drastically shorten my start to flip time to 20 days e.g.
5 days 24/0 2L pots
5 days 18/6 2L pots, half strength feed, top
10 days 18/6 22L pots, full strength feed, top all shoots
Flip 12/12, top all shoots again, and let majority of growth come from the 3 week stretch.
Do this, including additional time for tricomes to turn cloudy and do a 14 day flush, start to harvest should be 16 weeks (4 months), but still enough time to finish off properly to get that quality result.
Thats the theory... but Im just curious to know if such a short veg time is going to be counter intuitive to my main goal, which is maximum yield.
All info and opinions appreciated. Thanks.
P.s. i dont know if its yield or yeild!! Lol
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