Hello Everyone! This is my first post ever! I have been an advid reader for the past few weeks and started my first grow (first time I grew anything from seed) about 5 weeks ago today.

Ok, Here are my stats:

1. Started from seed on 1/17 from some good quality/strong bagseed I had bought about eight years ago (stored in freezer).

2. I germinated 4 seeds using a paper towel/back of TV method and 3 showed roots.

3. I potted these seeds (including the one that didn't show a tap root/wishful thinking) in their own 16oz styrofoam coffee cup using the Walmart brand (Expert Gardener) of soil. I labeled these cups by the length of their tap roots (1 had the longest tap root, 4 was the seed that didn't show a tap root before planted). I put them under 1 150wt flor. light (6400 Lum.) for 24 hours a day.

4. 1, 2 and 4 broke soil. 3 never appeared. At two weeks, I replanted them with the same soil in 2 gal. pots. I put them under a 400Wt MH light for 16/8.

5. My tallest (#2) is about 15 inches and my smallest (#4) is about 8 inches. My total growing ht is about 37 inches after I minus about 1 1/2 feet for the light and 12 inches for the pots. Yesterday, I switched the light to a 400Wt HPS for 12/12.

This brings me to today:

The plants look really healthy - but I am guessing that they are Sativas because I see no alternating leaves yet and only a few preflower pistules starting on the upper nodes (I think past node 5) so I still have no clue of their sex. They do have nine leaves on the top on all three plants. I was wondering if this was too early to start flowering a Sativa (if this is a Sativa)?

Since this is my first grow, I am taking it all in as a learning experience. I haven't found anything specific as to telling how to distinguish the maturity of a Sativa, so I figured I would ask the experts and share my experience so far.

Thanks for any advice in advance! I haven't used any nutes this far - I do have some Schultz 10-15-10, but I am not sure if they need any yet. I would almost rather not add anything if they are already healthy. But I am open to suggestions.

I think the best advice I received on this site so far was to go ahead and spring for a MH/HPS light instead of trying to guess with CFL - it made things kinda foolproof, which works best for me . I think it was worth the money. I got mine on eBay from HTGSupplies.

I was expecting them to 'stink' alot during flowering - but they started about two weeks ago (third week of veg). I have a small desktop ion generator in the growing area now and an air purifier just outside - but they aren't working too well...

I know I just asked a whole bunch of things - but the main question is was this too early to flower a Sativa? What effect would this have? But any advice and comments are welcome!!

The first two pictures are from when they were 2 weeks old and the third is at 5 weeks (yesterday) before they went into flower :

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You should be fine my friend. This is why you grow indoors so you can control the plant's cycles. Your plants look great and very bushy. You should be able to yield a lot even though they are smaller. Good luck.

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Thank you for replying!

I'm not really sure if they are Sativas - because they do look so bushy (but I am pretty sure is due to the MH light) - but when I have tried to look up anything about plant maturity, everyone mentions the alternating nodes, number of leaves and visual preflowers (and height). I really wish I could have grown them out longer, but the tops would be in the attic I beleive.

I have read about people keeping them as 'houseplants', which I would have done with these if they were not such a tall and 'stinky' strain...LOL!!

They look like a good mix of indica/sativa, flowering them now should be just fine.

I agree there is more indica there than satavia, flower em.

Anytime my friend. Let us know how they turn out!!! If they are Indica they should flower a little quicker then Sativas!!

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Thank you all so much! I will keep you guys updated - I just hope they are all girls!!!

expect 2 girls or two guys. you should have one female there at minimum and thats all you need to clone yourself some more

there could be 3 you never know untill you can see the sex them....

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hi. sorry for this late post. i dont know about your questions but i did see your pics and the leaves in the last pic look like they are starting to do "the claw". this is a symptom of something and i hope this link helps. it's called the complete guide to sick plants with pictures and solutions and generally a truck load of info. i cant say it's super accurate but the guy seems to super smart and so do his sources. good luck.

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=11688