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This is a journey of my 1st ever main-lining experience.

I'm going to abandon main-lining, since my plants are already so small for how old they are, due to me planting the seeds straight to their 5gal buckets.
 
Please look at the difference that 5 days of growth looks like for my girls.
 

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Can anyone tell me if I could benefit placing the light closer to the plants? It's a Viparspectra v450. Right now, the light is at ~26". Is that close enough already?
 

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Yes during all phases. When they are young i start with cfls. When they get bigger i start out at 30 inches under the led and lower it to 18 inches over a week or so. I let them grow to 15 inches away and then raise it to 18 inches. During flowering i let it sit at about 15 inches after the stretch.
 
Get a shop vac, a wet dry vacuum, and suck up all the water that is under them. Water under them can cause issues in the long run for many reasons.
 
I run at 21" during Veg. My target is 16" during flower. But I agree with Redwasp , once the plants are in Mid-Veg you should be able to run them at 18" no problem.

I have plants flowering happily at 13.5" . But, they are light burned at less than 13". Lack of space has led me to learn the real limits there. I wouldn't get them closer than 15" if I had the choice.
 
The game plan is to start my remaining 2 seeds in the proper pot sizes for their size. I'll also be incorporating some ratio of perlite(started a new thread on that topic) for the 1st time. I'm convinced this overlapping grow will grow much faster, and catch up to her older sisters(also same strain), then I'll let them all get bigger, together, before I start flower.

Weren't your plants much bigger before you started flowering them, Camp?
 
Holy crap, dude. 50"!? They were the same as my strain, right? Whatever happens, they all have to fit in the grow space you saw in that pic, above.
 
I would highly suggest you flipped now or in the next week. Looks like vertical space is limited for you. They don't call it a stretch for no reason. Finding that out first hand. I'm almost maxed for light height and I'm in a 7" tent
 
I'll restructure my grow space, if needed. I screwed up w/ the plants currently growing. I put seedlings straight into those 5 gal buckets. That's why they are so small at two months. Two seeds of the same strain are germinating at the moment. They will go into a Solo cup>1gal>5gal bucket, this time around. I'll also be using perlite to improve drainage and oxygenation. I'm convinced these seeds will quickly catch up to current grow. Then, I think I'll grow them all together for about 3 more weeks or so, before start of 12/12.
 
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