skunk not flowering

Hi people
I have an 18 weeks lady skunk and Im still waiting for the buds to come out.
Its summer down here.
thx for helping

Is there a question in there?
Is that 18 weeks the supposed flower time or what are you giving?
Its probly not flowering yet if its summer there?
And if its a heavy sativa it can take a month to show from 12/12 flip
and flower with less hiurs of light than indica

My last grow reached maturity by 13 weeks and yes its summer down here. Do you think that I should take her inside ?

Your plant needs less than 12 hours a day to flower...
If it's summer....
It will not flower, because the days are longer...than 12 hours...
Get it?

Great got it !!

The solstice will be in a couple days here (Dec 21) and as the days shorten flowering will commence. I've grown for years outdoors (N Hemisphere) and I usually start seeing flowers by Sept 1, when there is 13 hrs between sunrise and sunset, and close to 15 hours of some type of light including sunrise/sunset and twilight conditions. Sept 1 would be more like March 1 in the S hemisphere.

If you're growing in sunlight you are at the mercy of your day length and genetics, unless you want to artificially shade the plant.

ive got the same prob mate, down in oz we have to wait a lil bit longer for our girls to flower..

Thanks guys.
Im putting the lady in a dark room for 14 hours since yesterday. Hope to have some nice results by 3 weeks now.

14 hours of dark should force any plant into showing sex pretty quick.

I wouldn't recommend running that schedule..
Stick to 12/12
Even if you just run it for a couple days to show sex faster (only reason I can think of for running that)
You'll lose yield, stretch more and I believe they don't like the increase back to 12, throws elongated leaves similar to a reveg...ive ran down to 8 hrs of light, at that point they stopped maturing and hairs receded...not something most desire...
Its summer let it veg
I grew year round in tx....if your attempting to do that then yea gotta induce flower but I still would run 12/12..or I would even try running 13/11 for an indica........
'I only grow landrace sativas so naturally I look for ways to harvest earlier. For my plants I've found below 8hrs of day hairs receded and buds stopped developing. ended up harvesting pretty much the same time doing 10-9 hrs as 11 but reduced yield and airy at 11 hr's my plants finished 1week early. But I still harvested at 17 weeks soooo not to noticeable.....I would keep the quality and density up and not rush it"

AimAim said:

14 hours of dark should force any plant into showing sex pretty quick.

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Both are ladies but they are stuck in pre-flowering. Hope have some nice results by 3 weeks now before I get out of stock

Some feedback guys.
Ladies have shown their 1st flowers after one week on 14/10 ! In 6 weeks time, buds should be ready or harvest
Thanks for helping

some introduce the marijuana plants to dark cycles of 11 to 13 hours. no light interruption during the dark periods. this will induce the plants to start producing buds. it would be easier if plants are grown inside. outdoors, flowering will depend on the season