Is this ok for 28 days in flower?

Hi
This one has been in flower for 28 days [10/14 on,off];no specific strain..it's the best looking, most vigorous female out of 80 seeds..pretty sure it's sativa dominant..anyways, is this normal for a month since forced to flower?



The little buds are the size of a cigarette roach.
The cola is no thicker than 2.5 -3 cm.

May it be that I'm simply that impacient? lol
Just fishing for a second opinion.

They look great so far =)

Look good to me.. my sativas don't develop any bud structure till 6 weeks in....I would lower your lights a tad though...stretching too much for my personal likings

Cool, thanks for replying!

looks healthy. I agree they seem behind for 28 days but every plant is different and so is every grow situation. based on the photos they look like they have sativa in them so it could be a 9-10 week strain. I would just be patient. Happy growning!

Normal for a sativa at 28 days bloom, but why 10/14? usually it's 12/12, and yes lower your lights they're a bit streched.

DeeTee said:

Normal for a sativa at 28 days bloom, but why 10/14? usually it's 12/12, and yes lower your lights they're a bit streched.

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10/14 because I'm on a low budget, by doing this i'm saving 2 hours of 400W HPS per day, ultimately 60 hours per month.
Veg chamber is 17/7. It's not a BIG saving, but it's something.
I'm thinking 2 hours wont make much of a difference except make buds rippen a little bit sooner and a wittle bit smaller..am I wrong??

DeeTee said:

Normal for a sativa at 28 days bloom, but why 10/14? usually it's 12/12, and yes lower your lights they're a bit streched.

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I'm pretty sure it's the light cycle causing the stretching. 14 hours off will leave them searching for light a bit longer.

I second that......also I've never found reduced light to inverse (inverse lol idk how my phone came up with that one meant lower) flower times, but make sure you don't go below 8hrs, my sativas stopped maturing and hairs started to recede......many of my plants take 20-25 weeks to flower...cutting the light cycle time didn't change that but a week

Seems to me you're sacrificing your plants to save a little money.

I think the extra bud you gain by giving your plant a full 12 hours of light will more than make up for any marginal difference in your power bill.

That said, your plants look just fine to me. Stretchy? Yes, but looking healthy. If you can spare an extra few bucks on the power bill, some CFL side lighting would work wonders on those lower buds.

Be careful though!!! Increasing your light time half way through flowering could potentially confuse the fuck out of your plants.

I'd just ride this one out with the lights as are, then go 12/12 next round.


Good luck.

Certainly got me seeing things differently!!
What you guys said makes perfect sense..gonna stick with 12/12 next time.
Thank you all for helping!

So..I think I was wrong about the sativa dominance...dunno..these pics are exactly 5 weeks [TODAY]. It doesn't look like a sativa does at 5 weeks does it?
I got 2 others flowering 1 weeks apart [4 weeks today], only lots of pistils, no bud formation whatsoever.

One thing that lingered in my head was the stretchiness you guys talked about, that's why I uploaded the 2nd pic.
Does it still look stretched to you? Why? [I'm using 250 HPS w/ cooltube nearly a foot from the canopy]



Thanks, in advance.

This is 9 weeks in flower...what do you think? when should I cut this thing?

Couple more imo

How many more would you say?
The stalk is starting to bend...

PS: What are those yellow little things on pic 3?

Nanners aka Hermies are those yellow banana looking things. You would probably get some seeds if you don't chop them down soon preferably in a week. Just my opinion.

inhaleindica said:

Nanners aka Hermies are those yellow banana looking things. You would probably get some seeds if you don't chop them down soon preferably in a week. Just my opinion.

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FUCK!!! These just showed up a week ago...is it genetic or stress related?? She had the claw leaf very bad during flowering..

It could mean many things. I would put my money on stress from the look of the leaves clawing downward but it could mean many things. Light leak, stress too much nutes or not enough nutes.