bout to go 12/12 brothers and sisters****

[steve1214]

my c99 clones are 3 ft tall . im going to give them some "big up powder' and induce flowering. should i go 24hrs of total darkness and then go 12/12? any advice would be appreciated. thx in advance

 

[darkdestruction420]

go 12/12. cannabis flowers when the flowering hormone reaches a level high enough to trigger flowering. the flowering hormone is always being made by the plant and is broken down by light. so the longer the dark period the higher the level gets. However, it only triggers flowering. So while you can raise the level higher by giving more dark it doesnt help anything and your plant just misses out on what should of been the first 12 hr light period of flowering.

 

[RawBudzski]

What kinda lighting

 

[steve1214]

1000 watt hps....

 

[d'Artagnan]

Personally I prefer 11 on 13 off. Just me though, I also give them 48 hours of darkness before I cut 'em

 

[smokebros]

Going directly from a vegetative light cycle into 12/12 is fine. Just remember wait 3-7 days after switching into 12/12 before you start keeping track of days flowering, the plant is in a transition cycle at this point. When you seeing a lot of pistols forming / bud spots, that's when you should begin tracking days flowering.

 

[steve1214]

Going directly from a vegetative light cycle into 12/12 is fine. Just remember wait 3-7 days after switching into 12/12 before you start keeping track of days flowering, the plant is in a transition cycle at this point. When you seeing a lot of pistols forming / bud spots, that's when you should begin tracking days flowering.

cool thanks....is switching to 12/12 considered a stress to the plant? any other advice?

 

[smokebros]

cool thanks....is switching to 12/12 considered a stress to the plant? any other advice?

Not at all

 

[potpimp]

any other advice?

Always carry an extra pair of underwear in case you have an accident.

But back to the grow... I guess you realize those girls are going to be freaking monsters by the time they finish. I'm guessing they will hit close to 7' tall.

 

[steve1214]

Always carry an extra pair of underwear in case you have an accident.

But back to the grow... I guess you realize those girls are going to be freaking monsters by the time they finish. I'm guessing they will hit close to 7' tall.

please tell me they wont outgrow the 3 gallon containers?

 

[RawBudzski]

I would say yes.. for 6ft plants should be in 5gal.. you can do it im sure.. but thoes are big plants under 1k light.. try to make the most of it w 5gals !

 

[steve1214]

if i keep them in 3gal containers will they get root bound and not flower properly?

 

[RawBudzski]

how long have they been in the 3gal. it may workout fine, just may need to water alot more often.

 

[steve1214]

theyve been in 3gal containers for 25 days

 

[potpimp]

If height is a problem you might want to keep them in the smaller pots. If you want to max out, then upcan them to the 5 gallon.

 

[bigsteve]

If they are 3-footers they surely started showing sex weeks ago. Why are you letting them go so long?

BigSteve

 

[steve1214]

because I am an inexperienced idiot ....the guy I got the clones from said to flower when there 3 feet tall

 

[bigbillyrocka]

because I am an inexperienced idiot ....the guy I got the clones from said to flower when there 3 feet tall

for an outdoor grow maybe.

 

[steve1214]

I heard if they get rootbound towards the end of flowering they will stop growing branches and focus on flowering? True or false?

 

[darkdestruction420]

false. at the end of flowering they do that on their own. in fact after the stretch phase of flowering that happens.