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Kayakbob
Kayakbobstarted grow question 2 years ago
My girls appear healthy and happy but the pace of flowering seems slow. Am I just impatient or doing something wrong. Feeding big bloom and tiger bloom every other watering. See pics. Would love some input as t is my maiden grow.
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Week 8
Buds. Not fattening
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
She's looking a lot like my Bruce Banner did in Week 7 - and I, too, was very worried she wasn't going to flower... I was used to "normal" shows of pre-flower and much earlier but she was different. I think yours are different, too. I worry that if you take the advice of those telling you to "flip" her to 12/12 that you'll never see a good harvest with these ladies ... autos (and I DO think they're autos) will grow under 12/12 but not very well. I'm seeing attributes of her that are exactly what I saw in my grow... Give her another week and I think she'll just pop into flower which sounds weird but that's what my grow did.. and very late! Take a look at my diary and the pictures - you'll see they look very similar and my concerns were exactly what you are concerned about... growdiaries.com/diaries/152783-grow-journal-by-growinggrannie/week/854635 Good luck... autoflowers have their own schedule and although there are "normal" times for doing things, there are SOME ladies that throw those norms out the window... I think you're fine!
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GrowingTranny
GrowingTrannyanswered grow question 2 years ago
She is not flowering. She did not even start pre-flowering yet. You would see the pistils forming small buds. Are you sure that this is a autoflower strain? Switch the lights to 12/12 and look if she will start flowering within 2 weeks from now. I am pretty sure that this a photoperiod. Autoflowers usually rush itno flowering and the pre flowering starts after 3-4 weeks from sprouted. But the only way to be sure is to switch the lights to a 12/12 schedule.
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
yeah, you got photoperiods, despite what was sold to you.. unless advertised as some "XXL" auto... no way it would vege that long and no preflowers. make sure tht tent is light tight (enough), because it matters, now. if yo udon't think your lights are strong enough, 13/11 cycle is viable too.. 8% more light per day that way compared to 12/12. could probably push 13.5 / 10.5 and be safe too.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
Nice plants, but I think they missed out on the auto flower gene. You might have to go to 12/12 to get them to flower before you run out of room. They defenitely should be flowering by week 8 if they really are autos.
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burnercorona
burnercoronaanswered grow question 2 years ago
They are definitely not in flower yet. They are very healthy looking though. At 8 weeks with no flower I'd say they are photoperiods. Try switching your lights to 12/12 and I'm sure they'll go to flower for you.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 years ago
I'm not seeing the plants being in flower yet, I hardly see any presex traits like pistils at branch nodes. Your diary is saying its 3 weeks into flower on week 8, but I think your still on Veg, some autoflowers take there sweet time in veg, and sometimes they are not autos at all and they are Photoperiods "rare". If they are autos be careful not to over feed them as autos like less nutrients then there photoperiod counterparts. In recap I don't see any sex traits or anything to suggest they are in flower just yet. Could always try flipping it to 12/12 but this will be less energy and cause the plant to not grow as large if the lighting distance and strength is not increased to make up for the shorter photoperiod time. Good Luck!
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