fletch, you are good, adaptation by cloning, the only way you can achieve a a adaptation to an environment is by sexual reproduction and selection of those who may stay alive, fact known to man now for about 200years man

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well im in the right place... and I guess im doing everything right... Thanks people!

I started mine off on 24/0 for the first 3 wks and then switched to 18/6 for the last 2 wks...i had 27 female and 25 male...when i was growing outdoors i had 75% female...so i would say 18/6 is probably better...but then again i'm growin bagseed now and when i was outdoors i ordered the seeds so that may be the reason.

ok, im growing on a 16/8 right now, but my plants are only a week old... Should I drop it down to 12/12 before they get any older?

wait till they get a foot tall

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mr_issues! you read something wrong or misinterpreted. Yes, the debate is lower photoperiod can increase your chances of getting a female, but we are not talking any less than 16hours. Do NOT lower your photoperiod to lower than 13hours of light a day as that will induce flowering... You want to either stay at 16 if thats what you desire, but that will allow for a limited amount of growth. The more light the more growth, but also the more light the more stretch and apparently the greater the likelihood of males are. The idea is to strike a comfortable balance for your needs. If your growing for personal use and pride, I'd go 18/6 to get a stable, healthy plant (not saying more light is unhealthy, but you know what I mean!)

I'd go anywhere from 17/7 to 20/4 depending on what you'd like. 16 seems low, 12 is far too low...There is tons of info to help you decide what you want issues,
good luck

Grrow 18/6 and hen switch to 12/12 whem appropriate ...

if you are usibng a 1000 watt bulb that will be when your plant is 24 inches tall..

if you are using a 1000 watt bulb and are growing 30 plants then 12/12 when they are 4-6 nodes tall..

if you are growing... with CFL's flower (12/12) when your plants have 4-5 nodes...



different situations call for different scenarios...

THE MAIN FACTOR IS LLIIGGHHTTIINNGG..

can the "light" provide enough penetration/lumens for THE GROW/PLANT...?


Most lights can not penetrate and create quality buds through even the smallest amount of foliage..

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While what garden knowm has said is entirely true, the knowm apparently hasn't read the thread, and the post is off subject. This is a thread easily mis-interpeted if you come into it midway.
mr_issues, 16/8 is fine for right now, you also want a higher N when you feed her, higher humidity, a lower temp, also more blue light would help too.
It is important to start these changes at the three-pairs-of-leaves stage and continue for two or three weeks, before reverting to standard conditions.
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hah video man that's funny and true. I smoked an L yesterday and wandered into my local garden society and was talking to this really chill lady about growing and she said exactly that. The amount of nitrogen vs the temp and lighting will affect sex. She said to use manure and 18/6 at most

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fletch, you are good, adaptation by cloning, the only way you can achieve a a adaptation to an environment is by sexual reproduction and selection of those who may stay alive, fact known to man now for about 200years man
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This is not true and is easy to prove.If you take (in regards to this topic) a plant from an outdoor strain that has a certain tendency as it had to adapt to mother nature take it inside starting it close to its natural habitat then begin over generation then generation and so forth adjust slowing the new environment pretty soon the newest version will have changed its reliance to the needs of the new environment.A plant that was a warm weather natural grower can now be grown ina a cooler shortened inside environment and vice versa.You can force purple buds on plants if you change temperature which is an adaptation or forced by an unnatural process of temperature drop.You have then in essence modified a gentic trait to become active instead of recessive.You dont change genetic but can induce or recess characteristics in starins that may not occur naturally on its own by environmental adaptation......And I know inside growers who do get an lb per plant over ozes