No flowers yet. I'm reducing lights to 12 hours. I've contacted Blimburn just to say 'hey week 12 and no flowers'. Will update when I hear something back. Kind of a bunk first grow but I'm determined to see things through and its been a great learning experience.
With space becoming a very real issue I've had to go through branches and remove the low light getting and twiggy branches. Also did a lot of defoliation to improve air flow and uncover any flowers.
Humidity has become a major issue. Time for hillbilly science! Bought a 30pint dehumidifier. Sealed up the room with the tent as best as I could but that was not enough. So I put the dehumidifier in the tent and reduced the exhaust fan speed to just barely running. That helped a little more. Finally I put the dehumidifier out side of the tent and with a 5" tube and some duct tape I attached it to the exhaust side of the dehumidifier and then into the tents fresh air input. Then I took the tent exhaust hose and have it near the dehumidifiers air input port so that it will exhaust a bit drier air. The VPD is about 0.9 lights on and 0.8 lights off.
Nice plant! I can relate with the auto/photo confusion. Same thing happened to me, I ordered some autos for my first ever grow... and they weren't autos. They were growing for about 4 months (4 months of "oo! Maybe it's starting to flower now") until I finally decided to flip the lights. If it happened now, I'd know exactly what was happening, but for the first grow? I though the same as you. At least you got an absolute BANGER of a plant out of it though. Looks fkin awesome!
@Stelfboy, Thanks man. Now if something like that happens in the future we know what to do! I've been growing Fastbud seeds lately and really like what I've seen. Growing does not feel like work and is really enjoyable. My grow area is my place of zen.
@Libanese, That was my lack of experience. I thought since I started seeing the lady parts showing on the stems that was the sign of flowering starting. Adding to the confusion these were sold as 'Autoflowers' which they were not.
@XLABX, Yeah they are insanely tall. At this point I'm just hoping the one in the back does not grow any taller since the light is nearly maxed out in height.
Beautiful jungle! ๐ Sad to hear flowering didn't trigger on these genetics yet.
How did they respond to the 12 hour light switch? Maybe 24 hours darkness needed to force?
@XLABX, 12 hour has been going on for about a week. From what I've read it takes around 3 or 4 weeks or so to see the flowers. I will keep my journal updated but nothing special seems to be happening at the moment.
Breadcrumbs, duct tape, Cheezits, bungie zip, flex tube, box with more duct tape.... Now I'm hooked! Let me grab some ๐ฟ
Beautiful turnaround with these ladies, I love what I am seeing ๐