Flowering

I’ve been in flowering for about 2 weeks. I’m trying to see if it is time to give bloom nutes? Are the pistils showing yet?

Hey I am in week 2 as well, started with bloom from my first week, go ahead and give them some love.

Give them some nutes for sure. I'm day day 9 into flower

No ....

continue normal feed until after preflower / stretch ....
THEN you are officially in “ flower “.

Budzbuddha said:

No ....

continue normal feed until after preflower / stretch ....
THEN you are officially in “ flower “.

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Excuse my newbie ignorance, you mean wait until how long into "flower"
I switched mine to 12-12 on 4-20 and having been feeding her twice a week and flushing once. Am I missing something?

K33P CRY1N said:

Excuse my newbie ignorance, you mean wait until how long into "flower"
I switched mine to 12-12 on 4-20 and having been feeding her twice a week and flushing once. Am I missing something?

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10 - 14 days after flip to 12/12 they generally start showing flower. Some strains take longer, like GMO took a month.

you should give them bloom nutes from about week 1. all the way through. until 10 days before harvest. and then you want to flush. if you don't flush then the weed can be harsh on the throat

peterstoke said:

if you don't flush then the weed can be harsh on the throat

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ahem... myth

Renfro said:

ahem... myth

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c'mon dude. it's been tried and tested since the 70's. if you don't flush your weed you are smoking nutrients in the flowers and getting a harsh throat.

peterstoke said:

c'mon dude. it's been tried and tested since the 70's. if you don't flush your weed you are smoking nutrients in the flowers and getting a harsh throat.

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I disagree with both of the statements presented in that sentence.

Renfro said:

10 - 14 days after flip to 12/12 they generally start showing flower. Some strains take longer, like GMO took a month.

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Mine started already did you see my photos on the previous post?
Im growing a Jack Herer, started March 19. She showed her sex within like 3 weeks and the pistils on her now are crazy

spek9 said:

I disagree with both of the statements presented in that sentence.

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so you think you shouldn't flush and you should keep the nutrients in the plant and smoke the nutes??? c'mon dude that sounds really amateur.

Actual studies indicate that flushing doesn't rinse out any nutrient content, actually elevated zinc was the result for some odd reason. Really the best way is to feed to the end but you reduce the strength. Too much Phosphorous is the bad taste causer.

peterstoke said:

so you think you shouldn't flush and you should keep the nutrients in the plant and smoke the nutes??? c'mon dude that sounds really amateur.

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I'll ask you a question... do you think that running plain water through a medium removes nutrients already absorbed by a plant?

What about now? My lights are off but I snuck in and took a pic lol

spek9 said:

I'll ask you a question... do you think that running plain water through a medium removes nutrients already absorbed by a plant?

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of course not, but i do think that it will remove any excess nutrients from the main stalks and flush the buds out a little bit. any food that is absorbed by the plant is spent. it's used up in the creating of the flowers

LeeTaurus said:

What about now? My lights are off but I snuck in and took a pic lol

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Looks too soon to identify pistils. The pictures are unclear when zooming in.

spek9 said:

Looks too soon to identify pistils. The pictures are unclear when zooming in.

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There are white pistils showing and a small bud growing out of the middle, should I take another picture?

peterstoke said:

of course not, but i do think that it will remove any excess nutrients from the main stalks and flush the buds out a little bit. any food that is absorbed by the plant is spent. it's used up in the creating of the flowers

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All nutrients extracted from the fan leaves, stems and stalk are absorbed by the forming buds either way... so they are still there. They do not get washed away.

Each to their own, as I've said.

LeeTaurus said:

There are white pistils showing and a small bud growing out of the middle, should I take another picture?

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If you can confirm pistils locally, you don't really need to. If you want confirmation, you could take a pic that shows the pistils more clearly.