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i have found that it does need 10 weeks ...
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You can blame the 2 week delay on soil vs. hydro.
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i dont know if i could fit another set in there!... well, im sure i could get crafty,.. any kind of help u can give me with this scenario?
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If you're intent on using soil, you'll have to reduce the number of plants you put in the room for each batch as they will probably need 10 wks on avg. Instead of putting in 25% of the quantity of plants that will fit in the op each 2 wks, reduce that to 20% and harvest after 10 wks instead of 8.
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would 2 weeks too early be a waste of 8 whole weeks? should i wait out the other 2 weeks and just put the newest set in free space in the room (that isnt directly under the light?) or should i put the oldest ones in the less lit area?
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Keep your maturing plants under the strongest light. About 20-30% of bud mass is formed in the last 2 wks of an 8 wk cycle and buds need as much light as you can throw at them for best weight and density. If your plants are going a bit slow, you can shift that quotation of greatest production to the last 2 weeks of your 10 wk cycle.
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heres a pic of the one of my second set (nirvana chrystal) at 3 weeks,,,
i decided to lollipop this set (which is more of what u already said to do ) and i am getting much better vertical growth than on the first set ( black rose) ..
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This plant looks great! Exactly how it should look at about 3 wks. Could do with more aggressive pruning of lower branches, though.
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i didnt force the first set up and they just branched out... they were flowered with no veg time so i guess they didnt have enough time to be able to branch out properly so they just have these short buddy branches... im going to have a pic of those in an hour...
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Putting clones straight in to 12/12 will cause them to reduce their veg growth, tapering off over about 4 wks until vegetative growth all but stops.
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ok.. heres the plant in question... AL .. can u tell by looking at these pics if they are ready to start flushing or if i should wait 2 more weeks?
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ooh- those plants have big problems. They are browning off because they are dying prematurely, not because they're mature. They should be developing a LOT more bud mass than that before the calyxes start turning colour, which will naturally occur in a healthy plant when they've run their course of flowering, normally 8 wks.
The sallow leaves and poor development are a telltale. My guess would be root disease, perhaps related to poor drainage or overwatering. potroast or soil experts may have a second opinion.
Do you let the pots get rather light before watering again or do you give a certain amt of water each time regardless of pot heft feel?
Flushing is optional in any case. I don't bother. Makes no difference to the smoking quality.