flowering time perspective

[LochGee]

when people say "my plant is week # into flowering", do people usually start count from first day of 12/12 flip? or do they wait till plant has shot its first pistil?

 

[David Bowman]

I wait until I see the first pistil, which coincidentally is usually within a day or so of when I flip to 12/12 from GLR.

 

[YourHighness]

when people say "my plant is week # into flowering", do people usually start count from first day of 12/12 flip? or do they wait till plant has shot its first pistil?

Really good question, LochGee!

I would think that everyone has their own convention, and some people would give it from the first pistil, others from 12/12, and perhaps others from different times too.

In my opinion, flowering time should be quoted from when lights are flipped to 12/12. There is however a problem when plants are put into 12/12 before they have reached sexual maturity... So that's a tough one...

 

[Nyhm Reaper]

This being my first its all I have to go on but I didnt switch to 12/12 till I saw a couple very tiny white hairs. From what I have learned here, it still takes the plant time to switch into actual flowering so I dont really count the first few days of 12/12 in my flowering time.

 

[Conradino23]

I always count from the day when I see flower forming. Otherwise it doesn't realky make sense, cause from flip to first pistils you can wait from 1 day to 4 weeks