Not much room to grow

[Underground]

Got a question. I got my girls in the budding room, and I got the sun on...but, there is one problem. After I've looked at everything...I'm starting to realize that I may not have enough room for the girls to grow. After I raise the SUN...the girls may grow into it. I got them in an aeroflo..and things seem really crowded as is...I was wondering if I should top them as soon as possible? This is my first time working with clones..and only my second grow, the clones are bout 12 inches tall..if I top them, and bud them for 2 months...(I know every strain is different, and I should of prepared for this ahead of time) what is the average height of budding clones? The strains are White Widow, Crystal, and Ice. I guess I'm hoping that since they are clones, and have only vegged enough to get to 12 inches...that they sorta grow slower while budding. I'm hoping they concentrate on flowers instead of height. Please give me some feedback..

 

[AceOfSpades]

Post up a picture of your grow space..

 

[oks226]

They are going to double or triple their height in flowering. You can buy a product called bushmaster that stops their upward growth. If I were you I would supercrop the plants or LST them.

 

[Underground]

I can tuck the lights a little into the ceiling, but I see trouble coming...

I will look into Bushmaster...ty.

 

[oks226]

You look like it will be fine, your plants can get really close to your lights if they are properly aircooled, as it looks they are, if your using a 6 inch or 8 inch fan, and you have a heat issue below your lights still just upgrade to the next size fan and CFM rating, this would be an easy way to keep it cooler.

 

[Underground]

thank you oks226, I actually never thought of upgrading my fan to cool the lights and reduce the heat......GREAT IDEA !!

 

[PeterDaily]

youtube 'supercropping'.
helped me "save space" but your plants, havent been 'trained' at all, it looks. may have no light penetration for lower branches. i strip all lower branches/veg during flowering cycle for this reason exactly. Near the mid to end flowering cycle, the plants get too big, so i either veg shorter or 'supercrop' the Leads of the plants. with no lower branches to work on, the plants can focus its energy on the tops.

 

[Underground]

ty alex, I will check out the youtube vids for supercropping