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MrNobody_3
MrNobody_3started grow question 3 years ago
Located in southeast USA where I’m still at 88-92 degrees everyday with over 14hrs of sunlight everyday. All plants are showing more white pistils than usual and I was not expecting this until at least mid August. Maybe I’m just jumping the gun And should wait to see what happens
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 3 years ago
She is ok and doing exactly what she is supposed to. Primordia/pre flowers often appear 2-4 weeks before flowering starts in earnest, as a reaction to the days getting shorter, or the nights getting longer, take your pick. Consider yourself lucky, the earlier onset of flowering means an earlier harvest date and less chance of getting your flowers wetted by early rains or growth stalling due to unexpected early cold snaps. The fact that there are still over 12 hours of light does not matter, 12 hours is used by indoor growers as a way to make flowering happen definitively, but some growers will go from 18 hours to 12 hours by reducing the light by one hour every 5 days or so, over 3-4 weeks, and often report that flower onset occurs once the plants get to the 13 or14 hour time slot. It is the reduction in daylight that triggers flowering, not necessarily an exact figure of 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark. Flowering is not influenced by temps, other than very low temps slowing flowering. Initiation of flowering is entirely dependant on the nights getting longer and the days getting shorter, signalling the plant that Fall/Autumn is approaching, and "recognised" by the plant due to the reduction of the photosynthesis period. Hope this helps, Organoman.
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DripDrop88
DripDrop88answered grow question 3 years ago
She definitely starting to flower! Congrats have a good smoke
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