First time photo period grower.... I am growing Northern Light plants. Do you count the flip as the start of flowering or should I have watched for Pistils. I'm in my 8th week since I flipped to 12/12. The strain is supposed to flower for 7-9 weeks. It still has mostly white pistils although starting to turn red/brown on some. Sorry for the stupid question.... thanks
When does flowering start?
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At 8 weeks of 12/12 she should be almost done if not done. We need image so we can grasp where she is at.
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zigzagman1960
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The seed companies always say 7–8 weeks. It NEVER works out. You have a solid month to go—maybe 5 weeks. The calyxes haven’t started to swell yet and ALL those pistils need to die back.
She is almost ready for the chop from what I see. I am amazed at how white the hairs are still this far along with that level of bleaching of the foliage.
She will never go another 5 weeks she's not feeding much any more in reality.
What zigzag said is strain dependent not the rule of thumb when it comes to auto flowers there a coin toss some get huge others never grow big at all.
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the pictures were took under the lights which alters the coloring a little ....
Trust me I have been growing for over 20 years. They have both stopped feeding and are ready to be harvested soon.
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being indica dominate (if that matters) should I wait til I start seeing someTrust me I have been growing for over 20 years. They have both stopped feeding and are ready to be harvested soon.
amber trichomes?
The flowers will begin to bleach and fade if you go much longer she is starved and it's to late to reverse that. The cloudy trich thing really only applies to photo plants which can flower much longer autos finish in 7 to 10 weeks flat regardless of anything else. So regardless of how they look at 90 days of growth there at the end of life for the most part.
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i'm feeding it once a week with week 12 Fox farm nutes, and it's still drinking a lot, like 1/2 gallon every 2-3 days. Temp is 76f humidity around 50-55%
Either way those ladies are ready! And I always feed right up till I cut. You got serious weight coming from those.
I bet you get 10 ounces of nugs.
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that would be nice lol
zigzagman1960
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Auto flowers? Maybe you posted in the wrong thread.
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these are photo period
zigzagman1960
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@dba1954 your getting some lousy advice.
Feed twice a week in flower—till harvest. those plants are eating themselves because they are still packing on weight. 5 more weeks for full effect and flavor.
Feed twice a week in flower—till harvest. those plants are eating themselves because they are still packing on weight. 5 more weeks for full effect and flavor.
zigzagman1960
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You are growing under LEDs. Plants will ripen and utilize nutrients at 84f —this temp is for LEDs only 76f is fine for all other lighting.
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yes, two mars TS 1000's LED's
