Richietoker
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Do you count flowering days from the day you go 12/12 or wait til you see buds??
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Flower is counted from when the flowers start to form.
As the time from 12/12 till the start of flower can be varied, for example a young seedling put into flower will take a couple of weeks where as a mature plant that has already shown sex will only take a couple of days.
Dont worry too much about the breeders description of flowering time, if its your first grow, when ever you think its ready leave it another 2 weeks
As the time from 12/12 till the start of flower can be varied, for example a young seedling put into flower will take a couple of weeks where as a mature plant that has already shown sex will only take a couple of days.
Dont worry too much about the breeders description of flowering time, if its your first grow, when ever you think its ready leave it another 2 weeks
Richietoker
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Thanks, I have grown before, just wanted to hear what people think. I veg'd my girl for 31/2 weeks so it is a bit slow.
flameninja
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Depends if im growing indoors or out,indoors i count as soon as i see pistils/pre flowers because indoors its only a matter of days before real buds start to form. Outdoors however i have had some plants sit in the pre flower stage for weeks before "full on" flowering begins so i count from first proper cluster before starting the countdown.
Richietoker
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Depends if im growing indoors or out,indoors i count as soon as i see pistils/pre flowers because indoors its only a matter of days before real buds start to form. Outdoors however i have had some plants sit in the pre flower stage for weeks before "full on" flowering begins so i count from first proper cluster before starting the countdown.
Thanks for the input..
Richietoker
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I am in week 3 of 12/12 and still no buds..anyone else had this before??
Richietoker
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Actually just started week 4
flameninja
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You mean they are showing sex but not forming buds yet? Any pics?
Richietoker
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You mean they are showing sex but not forming buds yet? Any pics?
will put some pics saturday when I get fone back, yea they are female with pre flowers..
I count it from the day i go 12/12
if u got an extreme sat they can look like fuck all is happening at thats age but if its some modern femmed 8/9 wk hybrid u ought be seeing something resembling the start of flower now
if u got an extreme sat they can look like fuck all is happening at thats age but if its some modern femmed 8/9 wk hybrid u ought be seeing something resembling the start of flower now
Depends on strain. Sativas take longer to see changes. Did you flush veg nutrients and start 1/2 strength with bloom nutz?
Also depends on your light source....suboptimal creates longer grow/bud time.
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Count flower from the day you put them under 12/12. To do anything other than that leaves it to subjectivity of the individual.
My understand it is takes roughly 3-5 days once introduced to a 12 hour dark period for the plant to chemically begin producing a different set of hormones within itself, at least to the point of where a measurable difference occurs. However, because this change is occuring and you don't physically see those changes immediately that doesn't mean the plants do not begin this shift immediately after the first 12 hour dark cycle and simply haven't yet accumulated enough of these chemical signals to be measurable.
Other factors such as general plant maturity (age from being a seedling), plant height, size/health of roots structure, environmental temperature, etc seem to play a role in how apt a plant is to shift from one pahse of growth the the next - regardless if that be from veg to flowering or flowering back to veg.
To read more about such topics in a wider range of plant species, search such topics as plant physiology and photoperiod and catalase effect on photoperiod.
dank.Frank
My understand it is takes roughly 3-5 days once introduced to a 12 hour dark period for the plant to chemically begin producing a different set of hormones within itself, at least to the point of where a measurable difference occurs. However, because this change is occuring and you don't physically see those changes immediately that doesn't mean the plants do not begin this shift immediately after the first 12 hour dark cycle and simply haven't yet accumulated enough of these chemical signals to be measurable.
Other factors such as general plant maturity (age from being a seedling), plant height, size/health of roots structure, environmental temperature, etc seem to play a role in how apt a plant is to shift from one pahse of growth the the next - regardless if that be from veg to flowering or flowering back to veg.
To read more about such topics in a wider range of plant species, search such topics as plant physiology and photoperiod and catalase effect on photoperiod.
dank.Frank
ambertrichom
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Great thread. Following
from the day you start 12/12...
Richietoker
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Thanks for the replies, will post some pics tomorrow.
It is an Indica, Bubba Kush
It is an Indica, Bubba Kush
ambertrichom
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How about those pics?? Bring on the indica
InGhostgrower
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Thanks dank... I was wondering same thing... Good info as wellalgreenery
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So if i start 12/12 from seed, is that also the first day of flowering?
Midwest sticky
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Don't bother counting the days,when its done it's done.
