What day is day 1?

What day is day 1 for the plants life? day u drop it to crack it? day it cracks? day it is in a medium? day it sprouts above that medium? how yall do it?

I think first day above dirt is Day 1,actually that would be zero old,,and 24 hours later it would be 1` day old

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The date you germinate the seed is one that should be writen down to know how long the entire life sycle is... I start counting the days of life when the first true marijuana leaves show... I'm sure others start when the plant sprouts...
Lets see What other people say... Other people start saying things!!!
And another day counting thing I'm unsure of... is when indoor growing when you change the light to 12/12 does that count as day 1 of flowering? even though there are no flower's?

well of course to your flower question. of course. my instincts let me count day 1 as the day it sprouted above the medium so that was like... 38 days ago

tckfui said:

And another day counting thing I'm unsure of... is when indoor growing when you change the light to 12/12 does that count as day 1 of flowering? even though there are no flower's?

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no.

the plant goes through several more stages than the over-simplistic germ, veg, flower stages.

flowering is a growth stage, but it's preceded by sexing, pre-flowering and early-flowering.

most will take from 2-4 weeks to get into true flowering growth AFTER they show sex.






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So you start counting then? Because thats what I've been doing... waiting 2 weeks after 12/12 and than counting that as start of flowering...

tckfui said:

So you start counting then? Because thats what I've been doing... waiting 2 weeks after 12/12 and than counting that as start of flowering...

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well, i don't really count anymore... at least that what my wife says.. lol

you should be fine if you let it pre-f for 2 weeks then start counting. the more sativa strains can pre for every bit of 4 weeks... really depends on what you're growing. you can tell when it goes into true flowering, the whole plant changes and ALL of the growth is in buds/flowers.




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week1 is when the plants has 4 sets of leaves,

What week one is when they have 4 sets of leafs!?!?!?!
What if your plant grows 8 sets of leaves in week one... that dosn't make it half a week... or if your plant has only 1 node and is 2 weeks old dosn.t mean its only a half week old... age... usualy has to do with... TIME!

I bought seeds from a seed bank... and they have no info on anything about them... So I'm upset about that... I bought purple kush seeds from willy jack... aparent'y willy dosn't want me to know how long flowering should take!!!!

indica stuff is usually 6-8 weeks from showing sex... about 2 weeks of pre-flower and 4-5 weeks of true flowering.

you'll be fine, forget the numbers and just watch the plant.






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I know... I just would have like to have an idea... but you gave me an idea... ince it is a indica dominant plant... thanks!

If I grow from seed I count day 1 as the first day I see the seed come up and truely open.For flower I count day 1 as the first day 12/12 completes.Clones I count day 1 veg the day its roots show in my cubes then same 12/12 as regular

i say day 1 is when you start doing stuff. Cracking the seed sounds like day one to me and when you change the light cycle to 12/12 is the start of day one flowering.

but its not in the act of flowering... its just under the light condition to flower.
I mean I could be really wrong... But thats what I thought I read... But I also thought I read... the quran... But I didn't... I only read half of it...

no you're right... there's a chemical process that takes around 3 days to happen before the plant enters its flowering stage. i'm on that day....

I normally say it took 2 days to pop and then count it as being alive since the day it popped. Before this its not really living its just in stasis waiting to be born, so it's life has not yet begun.

I don't count flowering as having started until the plants have sexed and are in 12/12.

I don't count flowering as having started until the plants have sexed and are in 12/12.

So... start counting once pistols start showing?

Yep and they have to be in 12/12 too

yup yup... so If I put my plant under 12/12 and it dosn't show not one pistol for 2 weeks I start counting at that time... 2 weeks after 12/12?

Thats how i go, but then its only a guideline anyway. It could finish much later.