Probably a really really stupid question

[ajr1030]

...but when a seed company says, for example, 9 weeks to finish flowering, is that the total time it takes from seed to harvest or are they saying 9 weeks to flower as in 9 weeks after veg?

 

[Backlipslide]

Once plant switched to flower to the end of flower. That doesn’t include the time you veg your plants for

 

[Backlipslide]

There is no dumb questions!

 

[Emilya Green]

from my experience it doesnt just mean the time since you "switch" to flower... it takes 7-10 days for a plant to flip from veg to flower, and that time of bloom, starts then.

 

[falstaffo]

autoflowers state seed to harvest i think?
my photo seeds all just gave weeks flowering

 

[ajr1030]

I’m doing autos, shoulda mentioned that

 

[Nunyabiz]

I’m doing autos, shoulda mentioned that

In that case 9 weeks means 10 to 11

 

[falstaffo]

would have helped..
whats the exact wording
anyways theyl likely go longer

 

[ajr1030]

would have helped..
whats the exact wording
anyways theyl likely go longer

“Can take up to 9 weeks to finish flowering” in the description and also says “9 week flower time”

 

[Emilya Green]

I have seen many autos advertised incorrectly, and many confused new growers thinking that their entire grow was only going to take 9 weeks. Even an auto has to start out vegging, and there is at least 2-3 weeks before flowering starts, with some varieties taking even longer. Look for the point of "budstart" when the pistils start to explode from the growth tips instead of new leaves. That is when flowering starts.

 

[falstaffo]

id guess with autos, just plant em and forget length of time, theyre done when theyre done, dont plan around a set time.

photos are easier in this regard, you can predict them little easier, you have slight more control

 

[ajr1030]

Put it this way. Today is day 32 from sprout. They’re looking strong and healthy and bud sights appeared a few days ago. So basically I’m wondering if I’m half way there or if I have 9ish weeks to go lol

 

[Emilya Green]

lets see the biggest baddest bud site

 

[HigherTheHigh]

I have found when my environment in my grow space is absolutely perfect I can usually finish a strain off on there time scale or in some cases up to 2 weeks earlier than they say on there data sheets, I have just ran 4 strains and all were 9 week strains and finished at week 7 with a good selection of cloudy trichomes, they had already started maturing at week 6 and by week 8 the buds were all swelled up and hairless, so I think sometimes some seed banks do get it right, but when my conditions in my environment were off then I was never finishing by there time scale always needing a week later.

 

[ajr1030]

lets see the biggest baddest bud site

I’m not home or I would. I’ll post my latest pic tho

 

[ajr1030]

So this pic is almost a week old but here they are

 

[Emilya Green]

I think a lot of people harvest early too... you said a good selection of cloudy... I would never pull before every last one of them were cloudy and some had gone amber. Its all a matter of taste though... there is no one right way to do this.

 

[ajr1030]

They’re about a foot high right now. My uncle helped me do some defoliation a few days before the pic was taken

 

[Emilya Green]

So this pic is almost a week old but here they are

yep, they are full on vegging at this point... and I would say it takes at least 7-9 weeks to develop most buds, a good many stop at 8. I think you have 9 weeks left if they are just now starting to bloom.

 

[Backlipslide]

from my experience it doesnt just mean the time since you "switch" to flower... it takes 7-10 days for a plant to flip from veg to flower, and that time of bloom, starts then.

Yes thank you, I guess I should have been more specific.