when could i flower?(pics)

[eagles1090]

so ive got a single plant under 4 27watt 6500K cfls and its been 3 weeks. im sortve on a deadline for when i need to harvest my plant, so i was wondering if i should begin to flower now. i know that flowering early is going to reduce the yield and all, but i cant do much about the situation. the plant needs to be able to be harvested by dec 14th i believe. anybody have any advice? should i just start flowering now?

 

[Krawnik]

Won't be ready within 3 months time. =/ I suggest you just wait rather than put all of that work to waste.

 

[shylas]

Yeah that dec 14th harvest looks a lil bleak. You could put it into flower but it's pretty small.
The smaller the plant the smaller the harvest, plus flowering will take like twice as long.

 

[OGKush00]

i would start flowering now so you aren't dissapointed cause you had to pull them early. you just look a tad short than i would reccomend starting to flower, but it will just reduce yield. Better to have less nugs that are potent than to have a bunch of premature nugs. usually reccomend waiting till they are at least 12 inches before flowering them.

 

[eagles1090]

Won't be ready within 3 months time. =/ I suggest you just wait rather than put all of that work to waste.

Yeah that dec 14th harvest looks a lil bleak. You could put it into flower but it's pretty small.
The smaller the plant the smaller the harvest, plus flowering will take like twice as long.

i would start flowering now so you aren't dissapointed cause you had to pull them early. you just look a tad short than i would reccomend starting to flower, but it will just reduce yield. Better to have less nugs that are potent than to have a bunch of premature nugs. usually reccomend waiting till they are at least 12 inches before flowering them.

yeah im not happy about the timing working out like this, but it was just my first grow and i really didnt time it out right. i would like to be able to wait for a good while to switch to flowering but the time constraints are whats killing me. thanks for the advice though. +rep to all three of you.

 

[odinfolk]

What are the constraints? Can you not work around those instead?

 

[JoeCa1i]

Start flower 1 week from today...Should be done by dec.14,looks indica...

 

[eagles1090]

What are the constraints? Can you not work around those instead?

not really, maybe a few days past the 14th but prob not.

Start flower 1 week from today...Should be done by dec.14,looks indica...

good to know. thanks a lot. ill prob do that, or maybe a day or two before that. +rep
would it be good to start nutes now?

 

[lopezri]

If you're going to start flowering early you should at least wait until the plant has 4 nodes and then used some Fox-Farm Open Sesame. That should help the flowering process to speed up a bit. Then used FF Beastie Bloomz to help the plant get fatter colas, then FF Cha-ching to help them finish up.

 

[eagles1090]

If you're going to start flowering early you should at least wait until the plant has 4 nodes and then used some Fox-Farm Open Sesame. That should help the flowering process to speed up a bit. Then used FF Beastie Bloomz to help the plant get fatter colas, then FF Cha-ching to help them finish up.

good to know thanks

 

[eagles1090]

Start flower 1 week from today...Should be done by dec.14,looks indica...

so do indicas flower faster than sativas?

 

[YEAHRIGHT]

You've got 4 lights right? You should surround your plant as close as you can with the lights without causing any burns, more lights = more growth. The closer = the better. You can force a plant into flowering stage whenever you want by changing the light schedule, it is up to you to decide when the time is right. If you have a deadline, you might as well start flowering now. Just remember while flowering to keep the light real close to the buds.

 

[OGKush00]

yes. Indicas are generally smaller and bushier than sativas and most indica plants flower between 5-8 weeks, Sativas on the other hand are more like 8-12 some taking more than 16 weeks to fully flower.

 

[skunkman98536]

do it now.

 

[OGKush00]

do it now.

Agreed.

 

[lopezri]

Yeah, I'd say go for it now. The pics look like they have 4 nodes. Since you have a deadline I'd say do it right away. Things always seem to take longer than anticipated anyway so I'd do it right away. I definitely think you should use some Fox-Farm solubles though, especially Open-Sesame.

 

[eagles1090]

yes. Indicas are generally smaller and bushier than sativas and most indica plants flower between 5-8 weeks, Sativas on the other hand are more like 8-12 some taking more than 16 weeks to fully flower.

Yeah, I'd say go for it now. The pics look like they have 4 nodes. Since you have a deadline I'd say do it right away. Things always seem to take longer than anticipated anyway so I'd do it right away. I definitely think you should use some Fox-Farm solubles though, especially Open-Sesame.

Agreed.

You've got 4 lights right? You should surround your plant as close as you can with the lights without causing any burns, more lights = more growth. The closer = the better. You can force a plant into flowering stage whenever you want by changing the light schedule, it is up to you to decide when the time is right. If you have a deadline, you might as well start flowering now. Just remember while flowering to keep the light real close to the buds.

thanks for all of the info and help. i gave rep to all that i could. im going to switch to 12/12 tomorrow, and im also going to switch the lights to the 47 watt 2700K cfls i have. where could i get those Fox Farm nutes? lowes?

 

[eagles1090]

so i started the 12-12 cycle just now. im hoping for the best. since im just using clamp lights with y splitters, my 47 watt(2700K) cfl is making the whole y splitter droop down, cause it is so much heavier than the other bulbs, and im afraid its going to fall. anything i could do to stop that? cause ive tried to tighten the clamp up already but its as tight as it can go.

 

[lopezri]

thanks for all of the info and help. i gave rep to all that i could. im going to switch to 12/12 tomorrow, and im also going to switch the lights to the 47 watt 2700K cfls i have. where could i get those Fox Farm nutes? lowes?

For Fox-Farm nutes you'll have to look at a local hydro shop or online hydro shop. You could probably find them on Amazon.com too.

 

[eagles1090]

For Fox-Farm nutes you'll have to look at a local hydro shop or online hydro shop. You could probably find them on Amazon.com too.

thanks man +rep