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HAT TRICK STEVE no i said it was at least 4 weeks 12/12 before any white hairs, prob more like 5 weeks,.. but 12/12 began june 11.
I'm no expert, but I know there is something very wrong with this statement.
It should never take over 2 weeks for hairs to appear on a plant that has switched to 12/12. My guess is that you either didn't switch to the correct flowering nutrients and cut off the veg nutrients, or your flowering area has light leaks that prevented your plants going into flower correctly.
You can't count those 4 weeks of no pistils as part of the plants flowering period, as it wasn't really flowering during those 4 weeks.
I'm no expert either, but I do have years of experience.. and I felt the need to say something here.
There's no time limit for a plant to show its sex. My current grow, is actually my last 'ICE' plant (from Nirvana). As of today, she's 43 days into flowering (43 days since it showed its first hairs). I gave her 3 weeks of veg time.. after the three week veg period, I then switched her lighting schedule over for flowering. It actually took her 17 days to begin flowering (to show its sex).
Therefore, I have to disagree with you on that. The plant's themselves, decide exactly when to do what it needs to do. Also, this isn't the first plant I've had.. that actually took more than 14 days (two weeks) to begin flowering.
Just wanted to clear that up. Also, I believe that (not 100% on this) but I'm fairly sure I remember reading somewhere, rather it was on the internet or an actual book.. can't quite remember which exactly.. but I'm pretty sure that Sativa dominant strains take longer to not ONLY flower.. but also take a bit longer to actually start flowering (show sex). Again, not 100% on where I read that.. but I remember reading it somewhere.
Anyhow, hopefully that helped clear up any confusion.
peace.