Lowryder#2 will not flower! Help

[mickthedroog]

This is my femmed lowryder #2 I have dubbed little girl.
She is at day 37 (they are supposed to be well into flowering by 25)
and 11.5 inches tall. Shes going on her eleventh node.
She had a brief stint with a pH problem last week that probably stunted her growth.
However, she should have been flowering by then even.
Humidity is 25-50%
Temps are 68-80
323 watts of flower CFLs in the box
FFOF soil
Im using not even 1/4 strength Hesi nutrients.
Im starting up molasses tomorrow as well as a stronger bloom schedule.
Any ideas why shes so big (and beautifully green prior to the pH problem) with relatively no stretching, she WREAKS of chronic, but there are no flowers!! Why???

As I mentioned before she is femmed...

This is my girl three days after flush (today)

This is her a week ago when I initially realized I had a pH problem. To me shes unlocked but Im not sure.

These are all various spots where flowers should be (pics taken today)





where top cola should be starting^

why are there no flowers??

[batboy]

You don't mention your light schedule.

[mickthedroog]

Originally Posted by batboy

You don't mention your light schedule.

18 on 6 off all the way through. (its autoflowering so 12/12isnt an issue.)

[xhale]

You have either been lied to and they are not femmes or you are extremly unlucky.Feminised seeds are 99.9 % female you may well of got the0.1% chance and got a male.Then again if it is a male you will soon find out because of the floweres it produces.It looks like it is about to bud though can not tell personally at this early stage whether it is male or female.The pistols are showing though so dont give up hope just yet.Also are the pistols on the plant white because this is a diffenat sign it is a female.Just be patient good things come to those who wait.

[Elvis-loves-LR2]

I have read that the CFL lighting will actually slow down the growth by a week or two. I am growing LOWRYDER 2 as well and I am on day 35, but still no flowers. I also bought femmed seeds as well, FFOF soil, and nutes, and my light schedule is 24/0 . I guess we just have to give it that extra time ???

[mickthedroog]

Originally Posted by xhale

You have either been lied to and they are not femmes or you are extremly unlucky.Feminised seeds are 99.9 % female you may well of got the0.1% chance and got a male.Then again if it is a male you will soon find out because of the floweres it produces.It looks like it is about to bud though can not tell personally at this early stage whether it is male or female.The pistols are showing though so dont give up hope just yet.Also are the pistols on the plant white because this is a diffenat sign it is a female.Just be patient good things come to those who wait.

thx for the input amigo.
I purchased them from the Joint Doctor. The pistols havnt changed color yet but it looks like theyre leaning on the white side guess all I can do is wait and see

[mickthedroog]

Originally Posted by Elvis-loves-LR2

I have read that the CFL lighting will actually slow down the growth by a week or two. I am growing LOWRYDER 2 as well and I am on day 35, but still no flowers. I also bought femmed seeds as well, FFOF soil, and nutes, and my light schedule is 24/0 . I guess we just have to give it that extra time ???

genius input! cheers!
this makes a lot of sense to me
its too bad an HPS would burn my cloest down

[BrummieFarmer]

The best way to determine the real onset of bloom is to look at how the nodes are up the stem. If they still mirror each other, just be patient, if they have slightly moved up on one side and they no longer mirror, its blooming. The santa-maria genetics slow it down more and make it taller. To me it looks like its just starting as the leaves on the tops are elongating and stretching for flowers.

[Elvis-loves-LR2]

Originally Posted by mickthedroog

genius input! cheers!
this makes a lot of sense to me
its too bad an HPS would burn my cloest down

Hahaha.... yup. Same problem here ! Damn CFL's

[BrummieFarmer]

Remeber, the '2 month' seed to harvest is typically based on hydro and under HPS. My lowryder2's that i'm using for breeding are six weeks old and it's the CFL's. even tho I'm using huge Envirolites x2 250w. So smaller cfl's will inevitably slow them down.

Hope that helps.

[Elvis-loves-LR2]

Originally Posted by BrummieFarmer

Remeber, the '2 month' seed to harvest is typically based on hydro and under HPS. My lowryder2's that i'm using for breeding are six weeks old and it's the CFL's. even tho I'm using huge Envirolites x2 250w. So smaller cfl's will inevitably slow them down.

Hope that helps.

wow, that one deff. passed me. I had know idea that it was based off of hydro, and HPS. Never thought about that. Thought that was for natural, soil grows.
Well, if thats the case, and its gonna be way longer - I'm f#cked !! Im at day 40 w/ mine and they are already losing color in the lower fan leaves and Im just starting to see hairs....... I might have a loss w/ this lil girl !??

[Bolthero]

not necessarily. Color loss may be due to nute deficiency or other variables in your growth. They can also be leaves that arent recieving any sunlight and the plant just removes em.

[BrummieFarmer]

Son dont worry about lower, older leaves yellowing. Its when your shoots and top vegative growth u wanna worry when talking bout yellowing leaves. As long as its the bootom older leaves, just cut the fuckers off as it's normal for old leaves. it'll save alot of energy not having to try repair old leaves and slightly,indirectly help it to bloom.

You wanna be glad that its got that tall. More bud. I'm breeding all kinds of strange Auto's. You gotta be patient and a little forgiving as theyre relatively new strains.
Are you using a bloom booster like Top-Max or Canna-bio-boost? That'll help

[sawzall]

sorry to go offtrack for a moment, but i'm pondering the same grow. Just how bad exactly is the ambient odor for a single lowryder 2 ? I understand it's hard to describe but i'm thinking from a neighbor-behind-studwall-and-sheetrock perspective

In regards to the flowering, are any of the CFL's in the 2000-3000 degree Kelvin color ? That is, any reds ? I don't know how much impact it would have but i've been hearing 'red' synonomous with 'flowers' since ed rosenthal

[mickthedroog]

Originally Posted by sawzall

sorry to go offtrack for a moment, but i'm pondering the same grow. Just how bad exactly is the ambient odor for a single lowryder 2 ? I understand it's hard to describe but i'm thinking from a neighbor-behind-studwall-and-sheetrock perspective

In regards to the flowering, are any of the CFL's in the 2000-3000 degree Kelvin color ? That is, any reds ? I don't know how much impact it would have but i've been hearing 'red' synonomous with 'flowers' since ed rosenthal

Ive got 323 watts of flowering spectrum cfls in there
and Im growing two of them. Basically your apartment or whateveris gonna wreak of chronic about two or three weeks in but as far as neighbors just keep your window closed.

odor neutralizer some guy made: http://forum.grasscity.com/grow-room...utralizer.html

I'm thinkin about making it myself if it starts smellin much worse.