forced budding?

[Andres]

is ther anyways to force a plant bud when its still 1.5-2 feet? any help is apreciated, thanx

by the way do u think this looks healthy for about a week and a day old? its on a 23 watt CFL

[billabong420]

No thats not healthy at all, that looks like 5 or more inches tall and it has only 2 leafs...and its way to purple. i dont know whats wrong but you should try and figure it out.

[Andres]

its only about 2 1/2 inchs, i tihnk the purple is from the lighting tho

[murray2]

are u feeding it?

[Andres]

not yet its still on the nutreints in the soil, its only 8 days old

[Andres]

better pictures

[astro]

Forcing a plant to bud (by changing the lights to 12/12) can be done at any time. In fact you *have* to force the plant to bud by doing that or it will never bud.

[Andres]

thanks, do u think i cud force it to bud around a month and a half in?

[astro]

You can bud it anytime you want. I've seen some outdoor grows in Jamaca where the plants started budding the day they sprouted (due to the shortened winter days) and it was done in 6 weeks. Granted the bud wasn't that good but still the point is, you can do it as soon or as late as you want.

[Andres]

thanks man, we shud talk, im me sometime, revolution o1.

[HarryPotthead]

My rule of thumb is I wait untill there are ATLEAST 8 nodes on the stem.

I ususally wait untill 8 then I flower.

good luck

[TheJiveTurkey]

From the looks of it that soil is dry as shit. Stick your finger into the soil like 1 or 2 inches deep, and if the soil isnt damp or even moist, you need to water your plant. Thats the most primitive way to test the soil water content, but it works. Also you sound like you dont understand the light cycles you should be putting the plant threw. The general ratio is to have your plant on a 18/16 cycle while your vegging(18 of light/16 or dark) and 12/12 for flowering(12 light/12 dark).

[comedykills]

Originally Posted by TheJiveTurkey

The general ratio is to have your plant on a 18/16 cycle while your vegging(18 of light/16 or dark) and 12/12 for flowering(12 light/12 dark).

Holy cow I want some of what your smoking man 18+6=24 and 18+16=34. wooowwwwwwww I must sleep alot i didn't know there was 34 hrs in a day.

Yes. You can flower them after bout a month and a half by then they'll be 7-10" tall (depending on the love) Always better to wait longer but it your baby. 18/6 to 12/12 and then about 3 weeks you'll have some buds (plant usually doubles to triples in size during flower) so plant 14-30" decent sized plant

oh yeah get more light they're purple cause they're stretch for light mine did the same thing

[420 Shade]

yours plant is streching for the light.. u need to drop your light lowers...latezzz..

[teh_ren]

Just to let you know, the stage that your plant is in right now was a Pause stage for me, not sure if this happens to everyone but my plant stopped growing for about 3-4 days when it looked just like yours, then after that it started growing like crazy again.