Lowryder#2 will not flower! Help

[mjr99]

Fyi- I had a lr2 that didn't sex until I finally gave it a dose of bloom nutes at 4.5 weeks

[Gice]

Outdoor LR2, didn't sex until 6 weeks. From the Attitude. However, did get good ratios, 5 female, 2 male (the other 3 died at a young age). The timing is ridiculous. And some people's ratios here are a disgrace. Seed what you can, and never pay a dime out to them again.

[Cos Mic]

Originally Posted by Gice

Outdoor LR2, didn't sex until 6 weeks. From the Attitude. However, did get good ratios, 5 female, 2 male (the other 3 died at a young age). The timing is ridiculous. And some people's ratios here are a disgrace. Seed what you can, and never pay a dime out to them again.

sound advice

[Che*]

i have the same problem.

i bought 5 feminized seeds from JointD. They are now in 35. day from start and they don't show anything.i never didn't have this problem..

Every time they start flowering in 18-22 day....

[katana2k9]

just put them on 12/12 thats what i did no probs

[Che*]

ok...but did you put them back on 18/6 after week or two?

because of heds,are they smaller if they are on 12/12..or not? i did all my LR#2 till now on 18/6.

tnx

[katana2k9]

dont put them back they will just go back to veg, keep them on 12/12 till they are done KAT

[StickyIckyRicky]

I have some LR2 cross-strained with NYC Deez and AK-47, and not only are they puny (several were bunk to begin with, though half are supposed to be feminized), but I'm having the same problems y'all are having.

Problem is, I grow outdoors. Can't really adjust a 24/0, 16/8, 12/12 cycle when I'm using the sun. Isn't that 12/12 to begin with? What am I doing wrong here? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

They're also getting eaten alive by bugs, even though I've been using the bugspray mix that's stickied somewhere around here by cantharis.

[katana2k9]

there have been some issues with the LR2 pheno as of late somthing to do with the breeding programme, yea i see the issue you are having but if i was you i would check the ph off ph cant prohibit flowering and growth check your ph and get back to me how old are you plants KAT

[winkyweed]

Currently growning 2 Easyryder (lowryder2 x Ak-47) they are still about 3 inches tall after 5 days. I got them from Attitude so hopefully they are girls and work well. I was surprised to hear all the problems. I am growing under LEDs only for now. My MH/HPS ballast (lumatek) won't be here for some time yet. My tent is not either so I have to grow in closet for now. Look good with no probs yet. Maybe it is only the CFLs that make the problems. Good luck to all growers. Keep me posted on what else happens.

[katana2k9]

well man 3 inces 5 days ur doing well under cfl im doing the same mine are 7 inches witf 7 nodes so im happy go cfl for veg and hps for flower with these ive being speaking to some peeps and they said it works our great KAT

[winkyweed]

katana, let me know how yours is going, I am subscribed to this thread so I can keep up with it. Good luck. (Oh, I was going to do a grow journal and I typed it all out but my pictures are too large. My camera is 12.1 megapixels so I will have to change the picture size before I can post.)

[StickyIckyRicky]

Originally Posted by katana2k9

there have been some issues with the LR2 pheno as of late somthing to do with the breeding programme, yea i see the issue you are having but if i was you i would check the ph off ph cant prohibit flowering and growth check your ph and get back to me how old are you plants KAT

Planted them around 4/20, so...roughly nine weeks as of today. Been fertilizing every two weeks, watering regularly. Ran some pH tests today and all five pots gave me readings between 6.5 and 7.5, so they're all about right.

The only real issue has been that it's rained 17 of the 21 days of June, but that should only be part of the reason they haven't been growing. I can't figure out what it is, but I hope they're not going to take forever (I bought the LR2 crossbreeds for a reason) or worse, not at all.

I was considering bringing them indoors and just growing with a high-powered light, but I doubt it'll do the trick. I just hope these babies get straight before the bugs devour them all.

[katana2k9]

well my LR2 and lr/AK are doing fine atm they are indoors and the LR2 is well underway with her flowering and the AK is jumping leaps and bounds so no prob there, get pics winky.

ricky bring them in before they get eaten get some decent pestiside and kill the little bastards and put them under a HPS or 600w of 2700k cfl either will do and switch over to 12/12 to get them going 7.5 os too high for LR 6.5 to 6.7 is ideal any higher the soil locks out nutes and you dont want that if its 7.5 flush them until the ph is back to normal high ph stops flowering KAT

[StickyIckyRicky]

Originally Posted by katana2k9

ricky bring them in before they get eaten get some decent pestiside and kill the little bastards and put them under a HPS or 600w of 2700k cfl either will do and switch over to 12/12 to get them going 7.5 os too high for LR 6.5 to 6.7 is ideal any higher the soil locks out nutes and you dont want that if its 7.5 flush them until the ph is back to normal high ph stops flowering KAT

a) I don't want to use pesticides on things I'm smoking, you know? I tried the method cantharsis (sp?) has stickied, with the garlic/clove/soap/etc mixture, but it hasn't worked. The bugs still eat away at the fan leaves, which leaves me concerned about the buds, if they ever actually sprout.

b) I would love to put them under an HPS or CFL fixture, but I don't have $175+ laying around that I can spend on it. I have a lamp somewhere from when we had a rubber tree or something in the house, but I believe it's a flourescent light, which wouldn't work if I recall correctly, yeah?

c) I'm planning to mix in some peat moss with the soil to get it back down, gonna do that tomorrow. I'll add the peat moss and then flush, and then check back in on them on Wednesday and run some more tests.

Any other assistance you can give me on getting these guys to flower would be lovely.

I didn't plan on using any more flowering fert on them because I don't want to burn the roots or raise the pH further, but with the way it's been going, sooner or later I might be forced to. It's hard to tell.