Ok so Im having problems flowering my plants... I went from 18/6 to 12/12 1m to 1:am and there not showing sex yet its been about 1 week in a half.. temps are about 85 during day and mid 70's at night temps vary depending how nice of a nice my state has to offer. I have TINY TINY TINY light leaks I know your not suppose to have ANY but I work till 4:30 dont get home till 5:00 so from 1:00pm when the lights come on if i keep my closet door shut all the way so no light leeks can come thru it will prob be a sauna in there so I keep it crack until i get home to give it more air. But the light leaks are not hitting the plants.. Just the floor. the setup is in the back of my walk in closet. Can someone help me out please give me some ideas of what to do? im currently waiting for a portable AC to put in my room and have that blast so then well im at work i can leave the closet door closed and not have to worry about it getting to out well im at work... But will those TINY TINY light leaks I have make that big of a difference??? when i look thru the crack of my closet door I can only see light leaks hitting the floor not the plants I cant even see the plants. So there pretty much in 90% darkness.... Can someone help me out pleaseeeee?? and another question is once i get my air condintor should I re vege them back to 18/6 then go back to 12/12 or can I just leave it at 12/12 with all these problems im having and they will beable to flower still? or should i make them get use to 18/6 again then back to 12/12 so they can feel the fall coming? cause they are prob use to 12/12 now????? I never had problems with my frist grow.. but the frist grow i had was in winter time so now its summer and im having troubles....
come on any help please??? ima be going to bed in a hour.... I would like to know if i should put it back to 18/6 to get it use to that then make it 12/12 or if it will eventually bud by staying on 12/12
Paragraphs will help you get a better response. You just gotta be patient, it usually takes longer to show sex than a week and a half, depending on your veg time. 85 degrees isnt that bad. Leave em on 12/12
Keep your shades closed and lights off if your not even home and don't worry that leakage is nothing compared to when the lights are on, that's whats important. 1 1/2 weeks seems a bit long to show nothing but my only indoor grow 4 plants flowered in 4 days and 1 took 14 days after switching to 12/12 so don't give up hope. I've also heard of some growers giving plants a full 24hr dark period to jump start flowering.
ok thank you!!!! thats what i was looking for... I covered my shades up with blankets too.. Just to make it darker... Hopefully they start to bud soon. If they dont should i turn it to 18/6 and get them use to that then try again? i didnt use the 24 hour of darkness theory.
I didn't do the 24hr thing either but I definitely wouldn't switch back to 18/6 stick with the 12/12 for a while.
Yeah I'm surprised your plants haven't shown any signs of flowers yet, it could be those light leaks you were talking about. Have you checked the light leaks while standing inside your grow room and not looking from the outside in? Either way you're gonna want to get that room as light proof as possible, I don't care what people say, just try and get it 100% light proof. Even minor light leaks can cause a plant to hermie if you're not careful. If you need to keep your door shut to avoid leaks then get that AC unit in there like you were thinking. I would also bring the temps. below 80 if possible. Don't go back to 18/6, just leave it at 12/12. And on a side note I always give my plants a 24 hours dark period before flipping to 12/12. An Atomic Haze I had started showing flowers the day after 12/12 when I did that but that is anecdotal and not scientific. So good luck man, get that AC in there and fix those light leaks.
yeah I stood in there two.. Its not major light leak.. Its just like a light light leak that reflects on the wall.. and when your inside the plants them selfs are in totally darkness but its a big walk in closet so the floor it self has light shiny on it but not much.. Just like a little line of light.. Thanks for the info.. Im hoping to get the AC unit soon and once i put that in there temps should easily be brought to mid 70's and then i can close my closet door all the way.
Ok so finally 1 planted start to show sex and its a female. the other 2 plants still no sign. And since that plant started to show sex.. When will it start to bud? How often after sex do they start?
Oh so that white little pistle doesnt show just sex.. Its just forming buds??? Gotcha... I thought those pistle just showed it was sex then it starts to bud. damn my other 2 plants aint doing nothing yet... I guess thats a good sign?? the longer it takes to show the chances are greater it might be female?
females usually take longer to show sex but dont get your hopes up until it happens. i just had 2 females show before 1 male
well its been a week in a half and only 1 has showed sex and I have 3 plants.... Whats the longest it has taken anybody for them to show sex???
on my 4 plants it went like this: 1st - 15 days 12/12, female 2nd - 17 days 12/12, male 3rd - 17 days 12/12, female 4th - 18 days 12/12, male So i didnt get the usual males showing first. and thats the longest its ever taken me for a male to show sex
Oh so im not that late behind... Im almost 2 weeks. So my female planted showed sex before yours.. I dont feel as bad now lol... I hope i can yeild an ounce. I got 4 plants 1 female so far there about a ft in a half right now. I prob should have veg longer. But i wanted to flower them before they got bigger and somthing bad happen... This is only my 2 grow so im still pretty new and didnt want to grow no 4 feet plant. I just wanted to test out the waters. If i can finish this to yeild no problem. Then my next grow ill go all out.
i only vegged for 3 weeks give or take. my plants were only about a foot tall. i just lst'd them today which brought the height waay down to about 6 or 7"
U got pictures of them I can see??? What grow # is this of yours? What kind of light you use? I got 7x 42 watt cfls
OMGGGGG this is driving me krazy the other 2 plants still have not showed sex yet or anything and the plant that did show sex is starting to slowlllyyyy produce the little white pistiles on other stems what am I doing wrong? or am i being in patience... this is driving me krazy please help!
i dont have new pictures yet because i take them week by week. i'll post last weeks for you though. are you sure the ones that you think havent shown sex arent males? you gotta look for them little clusters of pollen sacs too. this is my 3rd grow by the way. and im using 8x23w soft white cfls. what spectrum of light are you using? you need to use red spectrum (soft white) cfls for flowering. daylight is only good for veg so if daylight is what your using go to walmart and get some soft white cfls, you should be able to see new pistil/bud growth almost every day. patience is a virtue man. ok i lied. it wont let me post the pics because theyve already been posted. find my thread entitled "finally a female" and theres a bunch of pics of my grow in there