I had a late start to the season, I know, I know. I would have preferred to start earlier but life got in the way so better late than never! I ordered my beans from attitude in June and started to germinate right away.
Being in upstate New York, the growing season is limited due to early frosts, usually starting in very early October. Sometimes we get very light frosts at the end of September. With the short season and the late start, I decided to go with some early, short flowering time strains. I bought a couple packs of Sensi Seeds' Outdoor Mix. All the strains are indica dominant, early flowering and finishs quickly, allowing the plants to finish in colder climates.
For the last few weeks in June, I sprouted and started the seeds indoor under flourescents and by July 1st they were all outside.
All went great, my babies were growing fine all July, past July 21st(summer solstice), and into August. Last year (my first real successful grow), my plants start to flower within the first week or two of August. Meaning, it take 2-3 weeks to sense the days are getting shorter and start to flower....
My crop this year hasn't begun to flower yet and im getting very worried! Last time i checked on them was tonight (August 26th) and most have not started to bud... A few haven't even showed sex yet! Only a few have JUST started forming buds!
My concern is that they won't finish before heavy frosts kill my plants... If they all start flowering by the end of the month (a few more days) then they still won't be ready until late October at the earliest! Keeping these girls alive until late October is just not possible with the cold weather and frosts. What can I do?
I also want to know WHY is this happening... I bought seeds that should have been flowering by now! More info on the seeds will be posted below. Im wondering if the late start had anything to do with this... They were inside for 2 weeks under 24/0, then put outside July 1st, then on the 21st the days began to get shorter... im wondering if they were getting confused and didnt have enough time to release they were in veg and that the days were getting shorter and did release flowering hormones? I dont know! I need help from you experts out there!
Also! What should I do? What can I do? Will the girls have time to finish? Am I just worrying too much? IDK...HELP!
Thanks in advance! and thanks for your time!
Additional Info on the seeds:
Sensi Seeds Outdoor Mix, according to their website, is composed of 5 strains: Early Girl, Early Skunk, Ruderalis Skunk, Ruderalis Indica, and Guerilla Gusto. It says that all the strains are early flowering strains that are able to finish in most climates. The two ruderalis strains are auto-flowering and start to flower either after the 5th or 7th node and typically between 5-10 weeks after germination... some of them will autoflower, others will flower according to the photoperiod. Guerilla Gusto takes 50-65 days to finish and is 90% Indica. Early Girl take 50-60 days to finish and is 75% Indica. Early Skunk is about 65% Indica and says it flowers super early and allows people in Norther Climates to finish.
If pics help I can post them tommarow... let me know
Being in upstate New York, the growing season is limited due to early frosts, usually starting in very early October. Sometimes we get very light frosts at the end of September. With the short season and the late start, I decided to go with some early, short flowering time strains. I bought a couple packs of Sensi Seeds' Outdoor Mix. All the strains are indica dominant, early flowering and finishs quickly, allowing the plants to finish in colder climates.
For the last few weeks in June, I sprouted and started the seeds indoor under flourescents and by July 1st they were all outside.
All went great, my babies were growing fine all July, past July 21st(summer solstice), and into August. Last year (my first real successful grow), my plants start to flower within the first week or two of August. Meaning, it take 2-3 weeks to sense the days are getting shorter and start to flower....
My crop this year hasn't begun to flower yet and im getting very worried! Last time i checked on them was tonight (August 26th) and most have not started to bud... A few haven't even showed sex yet! Only a few have JUST started forming buds!
My concern is that they won't finish before heavy frosts kill my plants... If they all start flowering by the end of the month (a few more days) then they still won't be ready until late October at the earliest! Keeping these girls alive until late October is just not possible with the cold weather and frosts. What can I do?
I also want to know WHY is this happening... I bought seeds that should have been flowering by now! More info on the seeds will be posted below. Im wondering if the late start had anything to do with this... They were inside for 2 weeks under 24/0, then put outside July 1st, then on the 21st the days began to get shorter... im wondering if they were getting confused and didnt have enough time to release they were in veg and that the days were getting shorter and did release flowering hormones? I dont know! I need help from you experts out there!
Also! What should I do? What can I do? Will the girls have time to finish? Am I just worrying too much? IDK...HELP!
Thanks in advance! and thanks for your time!
Additional Info on the seeds:
Sensi Seeds Outdoor Mix, according to their website, is composed of 5 strains: Early Girl, Early Skunk, Ruderalis Skunk, Ruderalis Indica, and Guerilla Gusto. It says that all the strains are early flowering strains that are able to finish in most climates. The two ruderalis strains are auto-flowering and start to flower either after the 5th or 7th node and typically between 5-10 weeks after germination... some of them will autoflower, others will flower according to the photoperiod. Guerilla Gusto takes 50-65 days to finish and is 90% Indica. Early Girl take 50-60 days to finish and is 75% Indica. Early Skunk is about 65% Indica and says it flowers super early and allows people in Norther Climates to finish.
If pics help I can post them tommarow... let me know
