xTherapy_Growingx My first grow..Been growing these plants over 6 weeks and still no pistils yet..they look great..really healthy, no deficiencyโs or nothing ..one plant is growing in natureโs auto flower living soil and itโs double the size of the other 2 that I feed nutes to. Iโm a beginner so I donโt kno what to expect but as an auto flower I thought they only vegged for 4-5 weeks tops..
Is this normal for an auto flower to still have not flowered after 6 weeks? This is my first grow and my plants are looking amazing I think but Iโve seen that they start flowering after 4 weeks? Am I missing something here??
Flowering time is always a range. Usually 4-6 weeks but I don't panic until 8 weeks if they haven't started to flower. Luckily it looks like at least one picture looks like the start of flowering.
As for yield I think you will do OK. The first Critical Purple I grew produced over 50 grams (about 2 oz) each. I gave more light to force a more compact plant and did LST to keep as many flowering sites at the same height on top, sort of like sea of green method and was rewarded with many, big buds on top. With your grow I think you'll be faced with a decision. I'm sure you will get a good number buds on top but you'll have to decide if you keep the others that develop lower. You can trim the lower ones so the plant focuses on the top buds or just let everything grow and get some popcorn nugs.
Iโm using Fox Farm Cultivation Nation Micro Grow Bloom..I been following their feed schedule but 1/3-1/2 the recommended dose but didnโt start it until the 4th week becuz Iโm growin in FF soil (OF at bottom, HF at top) is my dosing fine or should I use what they say?
FF definitely overdoes it on their feed schedules in my opinion. This one doesnโt look too bad tho. I run their big bloom and tiger bloom at about 1/3-1/2 the recommended rate - but they have some crazy numbers up towards 2500 ppm for growing in soil.
Given that youโre doing an auto - Iโd run them at half by these numbers and maybe push 2/3 dose in flower if they look like they can take it. Better to under feed than over feed.
7 weeks and not even pistils?? Iโm starting to think they are just critical purple feminized photos and not autos..people are suggesting I switch to 12-12 which ima start tonight, these plants been ready idk what else to do,
Hi
7 weeks is highly unusual for an auto to not be at least preflowering. Its not super common, but sometimes the auto isn't completely a sure thing. I know some companies have a 99% accuracy...but some maybe less.
Flipping is your best chance and they're good sized already so its a good idea.
You should know fairly quickly and it doesn't look like a male plant.
Happy growing. โ๏ธ
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xTherapy_Growingx Iโve changed to a 12/12 light cycle, removed a few big fan leaves, and tied 2 of the plants tops down..
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xTherapy_Growingx Okay so last week I said I was gonna flip the lights to 12/12โฆI only did for one night becus growers choice emailed me saying critical purple autos take up to 8 weeks to flower..well itโs been 8 weeks I should of just stuck with the 12/12 ..but never the less these plants look great n I cannot wait to see what kinda flowers she pushes ๐ฏโ๏ธ๐ผ
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xTherapy_Growingx Finally ..12/12 seems to be whatโs working for them, They were outgrowing my tent so I bought them a new one..
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xTherapy_Growingx I had to buy a new tent, they started stretching and out grew my other one.. I clipped off a lot of big fan leaves but ima need to cut more ..their looking pretty good tho ๐ฏโ๏ธ๐ผ
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xTherapy_Growingx Buds are taking form nicely! These should turn out great
xTherapy_Growingx Getting a very strong Oder from them..almost smells like cat piss ๐คฃ ..also noticing a pretty purple shade on them too! Hopefully I can harvest in 3-4 weeks, 1 of the plants is over 6 feet tall! this shit looks fire .. ๐ฏโ๏ธ๐ผ
xTherapy_Growingx Nothing but water.. gonna harvest 7-10 days ๐ฏโ๏ธ๐ผ๐
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xTherapy_Growingx This is gonna be the final day they receive light ..wondering if the 48 hrs of darkness before harvest is beneficial for an auto ๐ค
I really enjoyed growing this one. The strain gave me the same issues. It took about 16 weeks but I did top and defoliate. I too started at 20hrs and moved to 12 to induce flowering. It wasn't a heavy feeder either ;Used about half of the recommended dose. Just be patient with it.
@Dirtydapperdude, yea thatโs what I been using ..about 1/3-1/2 recommended feeding dose n it seems fine with that ..itโs crazy having to switch an auto to 12/12 tho..itโs like this strain is more of a photo, but Iโm happy with it, itโs just taking its good ol time ..my photo plant was faster than this.. I feel like I could of treated it more like a photo n topped it like u did..I did take off a lot of fan leaves n some lower branches ..
@GmansGarden, yea they got pretty daym big, they were suppose to be autos but I had to treat them like photos and change the lights to 12/12 cus they wouldnโt flower so I didnโt think theyโd turn out this way..but I believe the flower fuel and weekly recharge helped for sure. โ๏ธ๐ผ๐ฏ
Good luck with your grow I hope you get the best taste of buds and healthy plants! Take care and stay lit! I will drop by sometimes to check on your process! Say hello if you ever visit my page!
Peace & Love - L.S.T ๐๐ผ๐