13 days from flip, 56 days from sprout

[SleepyTibbs]

This has been my first grow with photoperiods after 2 auto flower grows before. I gotta say I like photoperiods a hell of a lot more. These have been so much less temperamental than my autos were and are about 3-4 times larger than the autos ever got. To be fair I have been much better at controlling environmental factors this grow though. I uploaded a picture of what they looked like on the day of the flip and 2 of what they look like today after watering. That poor cookiedawg (Animal Cookies x Chem 4) in the front left was the recipient of literally every mistake I made. She did not like training and lost some branches to me being a stubborn fool. The cookiedawg in the back left was allowed to grow naturally with very little intervention because it had some growth issues early in veg so I never wanted to stress it more. The 2 on the right are both ice cream punch (gelato #33 x purple punch) and were each topped twice and had LST done throughout veg. I wish I could keep the temperature lower, it gets up to about 81 Fahrenheit but they dont seem to mind for now. I had no idea they would stretch so much so for next grow ill probably flip a bit sooner if im in the same size grow tent. Overall though im pretty happy with my first attempt with photoperiods. I am certainly open to constructive criticism though.

EDIT: definitely not trying to say autos are worse lol I just suck at growing them

 

[golfnrl]

Those look like healthy marijuana plants to me, good job.

 

[SleepyTibbs]

Thanks i kinda hope they stop stretching real soon

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Love the different strains you got growing sounds like my cup of tea :smile: after about 3wks as the budlets form in many cases they quit growing taller and put energy into bud production ya know the stuff we want. Yep i'm a big fan of photos for all the reasons you said. Oh and if you really think your gonna run out of head space, take a moment and try looking up supercropping. I've done it for years without much issue harming the plant just saves the grow from hitting lights. Keep on doing what your doing they look really good.

 

[Bluey]

Another method to slow/stop stretch is to limit or turn off your far reds. If that's not enough pluck leaves from the tallest colas you need to slow down or stop the stretch on but you need to get in early

 

[SleepyTibbs]

So my tallest cola is now about 17inches from the lights, but they seem to have shifted energy to flowers now. Should I get some zipties so I can secure the light closer to the top and actually get that 20-24 inches of clearance?

 

[Bluey]

If your plants are showing signs of light stress, yes, get them up higher for sure. Better higher than ideal than lower than ideal also. I try and play it safe with mine but I still get some taco'ing of the leaves and a bit if praying to the sun which is the limit before you start harming them. That's my take on it.
Edit. I'm not seeing light stress in your photos..but depends when they were taken of course

 

[golfnrl]

You're running your lights at 80%? Does SF recommend the 20-24" above the canopy? Start with SF recommendations and adjust the height of your light to your plants preferences. Not sure if dimming your light changes the spectrum or not, (with HLG it does not) but if you run out of space you might have to dim the light a little bit. Some will also recommend super cropping to keep your plants out of the light. I have not used super cropping, but some on this forum do and can give you better guidance about it. Worst case scenario is your buds will grow into the light. That happened to me but it wasn't the end of the world. Still got fantastic buds from that grow.

 

[Bluey]

golfnrl you cannot use spiderfarmers height recommendations. I looked closely into that prior to buying these 2 SF-7000's. SF recommend a distance in flower that will kill your plants in a few days @ 100%. I'm at 35" on day 29 of flower and my nute deficient hybrid would be light stressed any closer..my healthy ones did start minor taco'ing at around 33" on day 14 of flower. I am running 2 lights and they are too close together so that does of course add to the height I need but SF recommend around 12 to 16" in flower from memory..way off..dead plants at that height.