To Flower or Not To Flower?

HitemwiththeHine

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Thanks for all the advice and suggestions fellas. Here's another pic of my 9lb. Blackberry plant. Just took these pictures today. Last night I switched my light schedule before I had a chance to read the lastest posts. I'm going right back to 18/6 tonight for another couple weeks. Shouldn't bother it from switching for a single night??? Right?
It should be fine. The hormone that triggers flower needs to build up during darkness, it is destroyed by light. One night should be ok. She's a pretty girl, keep us posted!
 

james1982h

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It should be fine. The hormone that triggers flower needs to build up during darkness, it is destroyed by light. One night should be ok. She's a pretty girl, keep us posted!
Just wanted to update. She (I hope) is doing much better now. Finally filling out and growing up. I put her in some FFOF about a week and a half ago, and fed with some fish emulsion this morning.Just the tips of the newer leaves are yellowed, which I believe is good? Thanks for all the advice guys!
Note: The leaf that looks chewed up, grew like that from the start. Maybe stress?

I uploaded the last pic...Is that a female "pre-flower"?
 

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HitemwiththeHine

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Just wanted to update. She (I hope) is doing much better now. Finally filling out and growing up. I put her in some FFOF about a week and a half ago, and fed with some fish emulsion this morning.Just the tips of the newer leaves are yellowed, which I believe is good? Thanks for all the advice guys!
Note: The leaf that looks chewed up, grew like that from the start. Maybe stress?

I uploaded the last pic...Is that a female "pre-flower"?
She's nice and green, that's for sure. Your leaves look pretty good. Very nice structure on her.
I'm not very good with sexing plants in pictures, especially if I can't see pistils. That looks like it might be a calyx, look for the "hairs" or pistils to start emerging from those spots.SmartSelect_20180609-115230_Gallery.jpg
 

james1982h

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Hey ya'll...I just started the flowering process three days ago. I went from 18/6 to 15/9 for the first three days and will now be going to 12/12. My question is...Should I trim this thing so light can get down to the lower part of the plant? She's getting pretty bushy and light isn't penetrating. Thanks everyone
 

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HitemwiththeHine

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Hey ya'll...I just started the flowering process three days ago. I went from 18/6 to 15/9 for the first three days and will now be going to 12/12. My question is...Should I trim this thing so light can get down to the lower part of the plant? She's getting pretty bushy and light isn't penetrating. Thanks everyone
Well, I won't tell you what you should do, but she looks pretty good. If you wanted to, you could remove a few in the middle, but I would wait until about 14 days of flowering before doing it, then take a look at her again, and decide what you think is best. She doesn't look too leafy by any means.
 

Lucky Luke

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looking at the pic that's a shot of straight down, id trim a couple of those larger fan leaves in the top centre.

You don't need to as light penetrates thru the leaves but we all have our habits (good or bad) and that's one of mine.
 

james1982h

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That looks great, man. I'm really liking the star shape you have going on in the second photo. Yep, appears to be a girl. It'll be interesting to see how she stretches.
Thanks man. Now onto the next stage. The one on the left was cut today, and the one on the right was cut about two weeks ago. She was a slow start, but now she's moving.
 

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HitemwiththeHine

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Yea, probably. As long as the second roots and grows. I’ll probably start to flower them when this first plant is ready for harvest. If I clone from a clone does the quality go down?
Sorry, didn't see this reply until Tuesday night. You should be able to clone your clone just fine.
 
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