4 weeks and no flowers?

Been under 12/12 for just over 4 weeks now and there really is NO bud sites. At first I was just thinking it was a strain issue or just taking a little time for the plant to realize what is going on but this just seems to be going longer than I expected based on my last two grows...


Strain is Headband, sativa dominate plant, was vegged for about 45 days under a 600w then 4 weeks ago switched to a 1K hps. They did the normal final stretch and for about a week and a half stopped that, hairs are there but not like I would expect. This is also happening to an Indica strain (Master Kush) I did the same thing with (5 headband and 1 master this time). Maybe it is just me getting anxious, but shouldn't there be SOME bud formation after the 3rd week in flower? Or is Headband a strain I will have to flower 10+ weeks and this is just typical for this strain?

I will try to upload a few other pics that are closer in the next day or so when I go back.

Are you sure you dont have a light leak somewhere?

smppro said:

Are you sure you dont have a light leak somewhere?

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That was the first thing I thought of while reading the post.

Sativas can take like 14ish weeks in flowering thats the downside of them sort of longer flowering. Give it a few more weeks and buds will start to form. Dont worry sativas take there time.

light leaks and high nitrogen feedings can seriously delay flower... chk for leaks and give a good flush then feed lightly with bloom ferts.... most plants ive grown dnt grow much hair until the week after the streatch so at 4 weeks you should be starting to form lil nuggets then they will fatten in the last few weeks flowering

loooooooong flowering strains may be a lil longer not sure havent grown one in a couple years years

Thanks for the advice guys, No light leaks and even so if it was light are cycled so that they are off at night, I was also thinking along these lines and thought maybe it was an issue with my timers not working proper but I am beginning to think it is just the strain. I was hoping for an 8 week cycle and guess this is NOT the strain for those goals and I will have to make some adjustments for this I guess. I knew better, I know sativa's can go much longer than 8 weeks.

OK, thanks guys. My partner and I are idiots, just needed to flip the switch on the timers!!! I kept asking if the lights were going off and he told me they were, finally realized it when I was over after lights were supposed to out and after about an hour after it was supposed to be dark I looked at my watch and realized the issue was the timers, once the switch was flipped all was good! F**K 45 days lost, but they are now frickin HUGE!!! New problems to deal with and solve..

ta2drvn said:

OK, thanks guys. My partner and I are idiots, just needed to flip the switch on the timers!!! I kept asking if the lights were going off and he told me they were, finally realized it when I was over after lights were supposed to out and after about an hour after it was supposed to be dark I looked at my watch and realized the issue was the timers, once the switch was flipped all was good! F**K 45 days lost, but they are now frickin HUGE!!! New problems to deal with and solve..

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pointing and laghing

<------ well deserved!!! LOL





at first and he doesn't even I was like of all people to let that one slip figured it would be ME! But hey a bit of LST, bigger container, bit of supplemental lighting and a little trim-trim and hopefully we just increased yield vs previous expectations.

ta2drvn said:

<------ well deserved!!! LOL





at first and he doesn't even I was like of all people to let that one slip figured it would be ME! But hey a bit of LST, bigger container, bit of supplemental lighting and a little trim-trim and hopefully we just increased yield vs previous expectations.

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if the plants are huge just chop off the top and wait a few days than flower...or bend em anything to get the hight down and even up the canopy so the lights evenly distributed

ta2drvn said:

OK, thanks guys. My partner and I are idiots, just needed to flip the switch on the timers!!! I kept asking if the lights were going off and he told me they were, finally realized it when I was over after lights were supposed to out and after about an hour after it was supposed to be dark I looked at my watch and realized the issue was the timers, once the switch was flipped all was good! F**K 45 days lost, but they are now frickin HUGE!!! New problems to deal with and solve..

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Oh man im pretty sure somebody will document this in a Hall of Shame growing thread
So have you been thinking about training? Supercropping?

Hahaha nice

i hope its all worth your time and you get massive amounts of bud! please keep us informed!

Yeah, for sure. Building a trellis and some LST, they are going to need support anyways so I figure this would be easiest. Had to flush and get them back healthy again they have some issues that now make all the sense in the world, after all I was giving them flower nutes while keeping them on a ver cycle, I think it'll be ok in a few days they don't look all that bad...