Making a bud look delicious

If you let them veg that long, you may end up with a 3-4' plant by the end.. If you want to veg them at all, your only chance is to veg until you get a second true node, then top them above the first node, and train the new shoots to grow sideways.. I still dunno though..

8 week flowering time minimum.
after week six you should see an explosion of growth that wil leave you questioning reality.

tinyTURTLE said:

8 week flowering time minimum.
after week six you should see an explosion of growth that wil leave you questioning reality.

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damn, i am already questioning reality and think of how badly grown some buds really areout there. did you see on my pic that i just posted, the bud is huge.. right beside it there is a one inch T8 fluorecent, compare that to the bud. if they get bigger i'm gonna piss my pants lol

i did veg them for that long, three weeks(from seed though), and got 10-11 internodes from that, and only about 8 inches height. i think the trick is to use side lighting, which made them bush out to the sides, so they grew like a balloon, not only in height stretching towards the light but also to the sides. now i have the whole space filled with buds, i had to bend and tie some of them down of coarse. but the ones which indica dominated were right up to the light. i have really good ventilation there too, so they don't get burned. 90F is the temperature. besides that i throw in some dry ice in there on regular basis.

two weeks is a must for me.

3 weeks from seed is not a long vegging time.. Seedlings really should be allowed time to mature to adulthood.. Flowering a seedling at 3weeks is kind of like marrying off your 12yo daughter..

born2killspam said:

3 weeks from seed is not a long vegging time.. Seedlings really should be allowed time to mature to adulthood.. Flowering a seedling at 3weeks is kind of like marrying off your 12yo daughter..

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lol.. what the hell.


but the clones are mature right away?

no no and no. if you 12 12 from seed, the plant will flower when it is sexualy mature.

but yeild will suck....right?

every plant i see grown like that looks legy

In a way tinyturtle is right, but its not like the plant isn't panicking and taking shortcuts to acheive the bare minimum for flowering.. You'll also run a larger risk of getting hermed on..
Usually at around 5 weeks, the nodal branches will begin alternating rather than growing opposite, and you'll see itty bitty pre-flowers..

born2killspam said:

In a way tinyturtle is right, but its not like the plant isn't panicking and taking shortcuts to acheive the bare minimum for flowering.. You'll also run a larger risk of getting hermed on..
Usually at around 5 weeks, the nodal branches will begin alternating rather than growing opposite, and you'll see itty bitty pre-flowers..

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I saw flowers by week 3-4 and got rid of all my males by that time. there was only one hermie like at day 10 of flowering.

I meant that it typically takes 5 weeks or so under a vegging light cycle..
As for clones, remember they carry the age of their mother, so as soon as they are rooted, if the mother is sexually mature, then so will be the clones..
Hopefully your herm ratio stays at 1/10.. Watch them like a hawk, and spray the area down regularily with water to destroy any pollen that may be floating around if you missed a male flower..

born2killspam said:

I meant that it typically takes 5 weeks or so under a vegging light cycle..
As for clones, remember they carry the age of their mother, so as soon as they are rooted, if the mother is sexually mature, then so will be the clones..
Hopefully your herm ratio stays at 1/10.. Watch them like a hawk, and spray the area down regularily with water to destroy any pollen that may be floating around if you missed a male flower..

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spary with water? wouldn't i see the hermie?

Hopefully, but some plants can herm later, with subtle male flowers hidden behind females etc.. It is a risk even if the odds are low, but can be mitigated by spraying.. Worst case scenarios just suck..

born2killspam said:

Hopefully, but some plants can herm later, with subtle male flowers hidden behind females etc.. It is a risk even if the odds are low, but can be mitigated by spraying.. Worst case scenarios just suck..

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true, it would really suck. so you say if the female plant has buds all over where the budsites should be, there still a chance that some balls could show up? or is that only in the first weeks of flower?

They aren't always obvious.. Beyond that, I don't know how observant you are..