Day 12 of flower-- no buds-- NORMAL? HELP!

Growing indoors, under LED glow light. Room is light-tight. 12/12 is on timers. So far, plants are growing much better than my first successful grow, under CFLs (which grew buds in 12/12, though I don't know when they started).

Water is about every four days, tap water that has set for at least 2 days and around 6.5-7.0 pH.

Grow medium is Miracle-Gro potting soil. I have become suspicious of this, as it is very mild. Veg has been the healthiest I've ever grown and plants still look totally healthy and gorgeous-- but no buds.

Have been growing in 12/12 for 12 days.

I will try to put pics, but starting today I have been unable to upload pics to rollitup and have contacted Admin since none of my settings have changed and my uploads have always been successful in the past.

I do have pics on my grow journal.

a 90w LED UFO only produces 3200 lumens. Its the perfect light spectrum and theres lots of visable light but its still lacking in light photons because of low lumens.

LEDs are AWESOME when you get good ones, but your grows WILL take longer. Some say an extra 2-4 weeks veg and an extra 3-6 weeks on flowering to achieve a maximum yield.

So have some patience brother, they'll come along whether they're just not ready or they're not mature enough. just keep the 12/12 consistant and your little white hairs will come

I should've looked at your pics, those plants are barely even big enough to bud. You aren't going to get much. Keep the 12/12 going though, throwing them back into veg at this point would be ALOT of strain.

BeatenByTheWorld said:

I should've looked at your pics, those plants are barely even big enough to bud. You aren't going to get much. Keep the 12/12 going though, throwing them back into veg at this point would be ALOT of strain.

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Thanks so much, that answers all my questions. Good to know that I should stay in 12/12.

Also good to know that LEDs need longer veg. I never knew this and while I now know this yield will be small, I know to keep the next grow in veg for at least two weeks longer.

Thanks so much for the quick reply I feel confident again (even though I <sniff> know this is gonna be a small yield..)