Sweet Mango & Critical update

As usual I had to leave on vacation again & my son tried his best to care for my ladies the 10 days I was gone, but he fell short. But however, this time they wernt in too bad a shape, nothing a good drink of water couldn't take care of. The Mango's at about 48 days old from seed, & the Critical's at about 39 day's. The Mango has 18 beautiful spears, & numerous small buds helping to fill in. The Critical will b a bit longer before I start seeing anything worth talking about because they go a lot longer, & their last week or 2 really come on like crazy. So any comments or advice?

Nice they looking good... I never grew a auto before until now how long does it take to go into flower?

Nice work man!! Im doing a batch of sweet mango soon, any tips?

Hey Oat, it all depends on the variety. An auto starts from the beginning flowering, but for u to actually c it can range from 2 to 4 weeks. If u go back & look at this thread u can c mine from I think about 14 days or so & u can c its flowering real nice.

Hey Chibo, I only at present grow 2 varieties all the time, Sweet Mango, & Critical + auto, I do however try other varieties, but these 2 r always going year round. Yhey give me good quality & tasting smoke with little work, NO smell until when I manicure the buds then I have to get the hell out of dodge because the entire apt complex knows whats going on. I only at present use CFL's & grow 2 to 6 plants all the time & don't use all the high dollar soils & am happy thus far, but am looking into the LED lights to add to c if I can improve. I just love the Mangos, I usually get 1 to 2 oz's per plant & that's pretty good for my crappy set up.

Im using a 400w hps and four t5's so hopefully I can pull a little more weight. What light cycle do you use? Do you veg them and for how long?