long ass flowering whats wrong

[DroidBoy]

Hi buds I was gifted my 1st set of clones a few months back not sure of strain, So i tucked 5 into an nft system on the 10/11/2013 to veg under a 600watt light 1 died as was not rooted properly then on the 12/12/2013 i switched to 12/12,then about 2 weeks later buds started to appear now been running for going in to the 14th week and to me there still looks to be about another few weeks surely not. I never touched the plants did not top them did not take cuts all i have done is had to tie them away from lights not lst just sort of moved away from light to stop burns nutes used are ionic did not have the boost so had to use vitalink buddy which is the same sort of boost or that'u doing good bud
s what the hydro dude told me here is a couple pics sorry bout quality i cant figure phone out
Thanks buds

do u think it could be the power adaptor i use as it has 2 lights on i did cover them but they sort of shine threw plastic 1 is a red dot and a green dot may sound silly but u never know

 

[bird mcbride]

In my experience a 1kw hps takes between 8-10 weeks, 12/12 for freshly rooted clones. With a 6kw system they can come off between 6-8 weeks. Don't worry, they can only get bigger

 

[hermex]

I've never heard about amount of light influencing time to harvest, but I haven't heard everything either. Most strains I'm running take 9 weeks, but the way to tell is by looking at the trichromes.

 

[topfuel29]

Phosphorus deficiency will slow growth.
Potassium deficiency will retard flowering, reduce yield.

Pics 2,3,4. You have some weird leaf growth. Doesn't look normal.
IMO- your leaf growth looks similar to a Magnesium deficiency.

From what I've read some strains don't go clear or Amber.
You might have one of those strains. or you might not.
I would take a small bud, let it dry out good, and see what you have.
Your doing a good job man. Your plants look beautiful, your buds look beautiful.
In hydro, if you weren't doing things right the plant would be taking a dump.

Good Luck on Your Grow.

 

[StanlySpedowski]

In my experience a 1kw hps takes between 8-10 weeks, 12/12 for freshly rooted clones. With a 6kw system they can come off between 6-8 weeks. Don't worry, they can only get bigger

Pretty sure that this is not true at all. The plant can only use so much light.

You cant even just give generic times like that. Every plant has different flowering times and there are some that will take longer than 10 weeks even under 1billlion watts SUPERDUPER hps. Does the same strain flower quicker under the sun outside?

 

[StanlySpedowski]

I could be wrong....only have a few harvests under my belt, but those look done to me.

Why do you think they have 3 more weeks? Still trying to learn what to look for to determine optimal harvest time. Think I've let each of mine go a little too long so far.

 

[DroidBoy]

It was what my friend said i went down and checked with scope and theres a ton of amber tricks