ganjaluvr
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone, I just recently found out why my plants are taking longer than usual to show their true sex. Well, just the one is.. the taller pheno 'ICE' plant, its just now BARELY starting to show a couple of hairs around the top 5th node (5th set of leafs).
So I'm leaning towards her being female for sure. I only order feminized seeds... but with starting them in a flowering cycle, with a light schedule of 11/13, I've been late a few times turning the lights off on time to keep the schedule on time. I think three times I've been late, maybe 4 times. But each time, it was only like 30 minutes, but the one time.. it was more around an hour and 30 minutes late turning the lights off.
But they're only on day #12 of flowering.. so they're still in the first stages of flowering as of right now. But I know that missing the lights OFF time.. several times like I did.. has probably stalled flowering.. or slowed the process down by a few days.
I found out some information, that, going straight into flowering with a 11/13 light schedule.. isn't the best thing to do. Which is contrary to what I have read. But the more i read about this.. the more it made sense to me.
"13 hours light, 11 dark may increase flower size while still allowing the plant to go into the flowering mode. Use less light, longer dark periods to speed maturity toward the end of the flowering cycle." (source: http://www.lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Plants/Cannabis/joys.html#FLOWERING)
My question is.. could I switch them to the regular 12/12 light schedule.. and they still be alright? When should I change it to 12/12? Tonight when I switch the lights off; Or in the morning when I switch the lights ON.??? That's really all I need to know.
Thanks for your time.. and thanks to anyone who helps me with this.
Please everyone, I try my best to help people around here when I can.. and if I can... so any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
So I'm leaning towards her being female for sure. I only order feminized seeds... but with starting them in a flowering cycle, with a light schedule of 11/13, I've been late a few times turning the lights off on time to keep the schedule on time. I think three times I've been late, maybe 4 times. But each time, it was only like 30 minutes, but the one time.. it was more around an hour and 30 minutes late turning the lights off.
But they're only on day #12 of flowering.. so they're still in the first stages of flowering as of right now. But I know that missing the lights OFF time.. several times like I did.. has probably stalled flowering.. or slowed the process down by a few days.
I found out some information, that, going straight into flowering with a 11/13 light schedule.. isn't the best thing to do. Which is contrary to what I have read. But the more i read about this.. the more it made sense to me.
"13 hours light, 11 dark may increase flower size while still allowing the plant to go into the flowering mode. Use less light, longer dark periods to speed maturity toward the end of the flowering cycle." (source: http://www.lycaeum.org/~sputnik/Plants/Cannabis/joys.html#FLOWERING)
My question is.. could I switch them to the regular 12/12 light schedule.. and they still be alright? When should I change it to 12/12? Tonight when I switch the lights off; Or in the morning when I switch the lights ON.??? That's really all I need to know.
Thanks for your time.. and thanks to anyone who helps me with this.
Please everyone, I try my best to help people around here when I can.. and if I can... so any help with this would be greatly appreciated.