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Counting flower-budding weeks
- Thread starter Landmark1
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Hi Landmark1 
There is no final rule.
Some start counting when they go from 18/6 to 12/12 (I do).
Others take a closer look at the flowers, and only count when flowers have actually arrived.
The most important thing is to get good to see, when the flowers are ready for harvest
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There is no final rule.
Some start counting when they go from 18/6 to 12/12 (I do).
Others take a closer look at the flowers, and only count when flowers have actually arrived.
The most important thing is to get good to see, when the flowers are ready for harvest
P
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DNM1
Hi L.
Breeders are spot on with the flowering time they give us
Start counting from day one pistils shows(add a week of uncertainty)
Currently on a multi strain run,11 strains
Hi L.
Breeders are spot on with the flowering time they give us
Start counting from day one pistils shows(add a week of uncertainty)
Currently on a multi strain run,11 strains
Some breeders guesstimates are just that, some aren't, especially autos. General rule when you see pistils....now that's "spot on"! Depends on environment.
You start counting at flip. The beginning of 12/12 is the start of the flower cycle. That's the way it's always been. Why anybody would start counting at any other time makes no sense at all. The time between flip and "pistils showing" can vary by days or even a week or more between strains. When a pack of seeds says 65 days to flower what they mean is it takes 65 days from the time you flip the cycle, not 65 days from some arbitrary, subjective determination based on pistils. Even so, you don't go strictly by the numbers, they're just a guideline.
I'mback
Comfortably numb!
Well, dismissing the "transient week"? Interesting! I found that my girls are pretty much bang on, give or take a couple of days, by not counting it in the "flowering equation, which normally translate to what Aridbud stated his post. 5-6 days for 1st pistils. In MY environment
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DNM1
Autos,in the process of getting to know them, but yes A. agree with you Enviromental conditions!, most important
Maybe the term "spot on" applies to my current situation, where had to calculate when second wave of seeds was planted, space limits.Have three coming down soon, "on the spot"
I'mback
Comfortably numb!
I veg 6-8 weeks. I discount pistils in the crotch (showing early sexuality) even @ 7/8 weeks, in my climate, it takes 4 to 5 days to see a flower site. e.g more than crotch pistils.
So sexually mature is any seed plant(s) start date and 'grown', what?, 3-4 months? any clone thereafter is by genetics already sexually mature. And any seed plant put into bloom earlier than that will/probably not give full expression of terps, potency and/or yield. That is why you hear some say the second run of a seed plant (cloned) is most times different/better than the first.
Around 6-7 weeks from popping I can usually find the first preflowers .. although some take a little longer.
I will usually get seeds started on a window sill for a couple weeks before going under the light so they don’t get too huge while maturing.
As you say, any clone after this point is sexually mature also.
