Chapter 2: The Little Sprout That Could (2nd grow)

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Update 2:
Autos are doing ok I think. Definitely 100% positive next time I plant an auto seedling , its going in a 4 gallon pot vs the 2 gallons I been using. The one that I topped too early and also messed up when topping is doing pretty good. Buds starting to thicken up a bit. The other one Seems to be taking its time and all the bud sites are wispy looking, but starting to bulk up a tiny bit. But man , those pistils are long, mutant-looking things!

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Based on other threads I'm reading, I'm a bit concerned. Seems like a "good" concerned tho. Here is an updated pic of one of my photoperiod white widow.
I dunno what to do. I topped it twice and bound it down to grow flat, but its acting like, "OK Budlofsky, game on bitch."
My problem, I got autos that haven't finished yet. I was hoping I could keep her as is till the autos are done in a few weeks so I can keep the light schedule as is, but she seems ready to flip to flower time.
Let it go? Flip to flowering schedule?

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This one guy I know says, "dude, we need to eat that whole thing right now."

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There's potentially 20-22 "tops" on this thing. My big concern is there is only so much headroom in my tent to raise lights. How much will it stretch in flower? Seems like a thank you and curse you GWE for this problem!

[bobsakamoto]

i have read/heard that *on average* a plant will double in size during stretch, but that is almost always followed by the reminder that that is of course strain and environment dependent. i've also read that a lot of pure sativas or sativa dominant plants will get 2.5-3 times bigger in stretch.

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The autos I tried topping are kinda meh. One I chopped down early( forgot to take pics first). It was really short and small. The other I'm going to try and let it go another 2 weeks to see if the buds fatten up a bit.
I think what I learned with topping them is that they will need to be in bigger pots when topping early and often.

Photos are doing well. I just switched to 12/12 to start flowering since I might run out of vertical space. One of the photoperiod white widows got pretty huge quickly and I did not expect that.

Heres a pic before switch to 12/12.

[bobsakamoto]

but what does that one guy you know say?

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Once he snuck into the basement and saw what was down there, his main mission has been to get back there by any means necessary in order to eat it all.

[bobsakamoto]

...LOL!...

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White Widow #1 aprox a week after 12/12 flip.

[Tika]

Very nice indeed!!!

[Xaliuz]

She's gonna make you a happy widower hehe