What cultivar are you growing?
Can you find out how much they typically stretch?
If they don’t stretch much at all you can wait until you’re back.
If they double up or more in height you can switch now.
I have like 13 strains. Search my threads my adventure post has them all posted
Ok, then I’d just flip a coin or pull a card.
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I’d keep vegging them based on their current size.
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These work dope. Just test them as soon as you get them to ensure your plants are receiving water fine. I’ve left twice without doing this and both times the plants were fine, but definitely would recommend to test em’.
Your plants still small in size, they can hold until flip.
One thing most didn’t mentioned is pot size, your plants can grow healty until they start rootbound.
If they become rootbound you must uppot.
But I think yours can hold at least 3 weeks safely without troubles.
Good luck!
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I got similar ones from my grow shop, looks like these are labeled as 38inches or a little more than 3ft. Looks like it would work if you used a few reservoirs.
Yup my plan is to move 6 into another tent. Each tent will have a 5g reservoir with those dropped into. Should suffice for 5 nights
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I hope I don’t need to repot after flip. I’m in 3g and wanted to finish in 3g
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3 gallon is plenty of room, I used to use 1,5g buckets so no trouble with that.
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You want to avoid that, get them in their final pots before you flip them. So that influences how big you let them veg too.
And the question is “how do I know?”, and my answer would be you just got to try it and see what works, make notes, and adjust next time Bigger pots, bigger plants. And running 12 different cultivars does make it a bit tricky …
They are big enough now to be able to withstand a heavy dryback, I think you’d be fine with a day 0 and day 2.5 watering.
Installing a Blumat or automated watering system (for 12+ plants) and then immediately leaving them unattended for several days is not a wise move IMO.
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3 gallon is plenty big enough to flower in for that setup I’d say.
I have a higher tolerance for bind than most but I wouldn’t even worry about it.
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Even in coco ?
Which part? You never want to transplant after you flip to flower, regardless of the medium.
Even coco won’t dry out in 2.5 days? That I can’t guarantee.
But- here’s what I do. I’d pick a healthy looking plant (1 out of 13) and not water it for 2-3 days, since you have time before you leave. If it starts wilting in 3 days there’s your answer. And if it starts wilting (I mean really wilting, not just some droopy leaves) just water it back up, it’ll be fine.
If you go 3 days with no wilt, I’d just keep them in the 3g, have your buddy saturate them once while you are gone, and flip them as soon as you return.
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I love this idea! I’ll just let them go starting today no water see how long I can take them
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One hose connected to the pump-- can use a bigger bin of water and multiple outlets on the tubing!