Buggins
Active Member
Part 1
It seems to me that since making the switch to organics my finishing times are much longer. Back when I was using GH 3 part synthetic nutrients, an 8 week strain was certainly done at 8 weeks or shortly thereafter. But now, it seems like I could let them go another week or two past that to get to the same level of ripeness of my trichomes as I used to see.
Has anyone else found organically grown plants to take longer to finish?
Part 2
Also, I've always wondered; does a plant have a genetically predisposed length of time that it will flower for no matter the conditions? I'm going to try and make this as clear as possible, but it's going to be tough so humour me for a minute....
For example, let's say that you have an Afghan kush clone that you know finishes in 56 days (trichomes 100% cloudy) when grown un-stressed. But lets say you let it get rootbound, and you decide to transplant it into a bigger pot while you are three weeks into flowering. Obviously, this will put the plant into shock, and may take a week for growth to resume. Now here is the big question: Would those lost days of growth eat into the limited flowering window of the plant? Or does the flowering time just extend to whatever it needs - barring environmental concerns like frost and freezing temperatures.
I guess ultimately this comes down to one of two things. Either A) - the plant has a predetermined duration of blooming, and once it reaches that duration, it's not going to grow or mature past that point regardless of how long you keep in under 12-12
Or B) The plant will take as long as it needs to finish, extending it's ripening period as necessary. If you stunt your plant for a week or two, it's no worse than hitting the pause button. Growth with resume and pick up right where it left off.
Interested in any opinions and personal observations.
Thanks in advance.
It seems to me that since making the switch to organics my finishing times are much longer. Back when I was using GH 3 part synthetic nutrients, an 8 week strain was certainly done at 8 weeks or shortly thereafter. But now, it seems like I could let them go another week or two past that to get to the same level of ripeness of my trichomes as I used to see.
Has anyone else found organically grown plants to take longer to finish?
Part 2
Also, I've always wondered; does a plant have a genetically predisposed length of time that it will flower for no matter the conditions? I'm going to try and make this as clear as possible, but it's going to be tough so humour me for a minute....
For example, let's say that you have an Afghan kush clone that you know finishes in 56 days (trichomes 100% cloudy) when grown un-stressed. But lets say you let it get rootbound, and you decide to transplant it into a bigger pot while you are three weeks into flowering. Obviously, this will put the plant into shock, and may take a week for growth to resume. Now here is the big question: Would those lost days of growth eat into the limited flowering window of the plant? Or does the flowering time just extend to whatever it needs - barring environmental concerns like frost and freezing temperatures.
I guess ultimately this comes down to one of two things. Either A) - the plant has a predetermined duration of blooming, and once it reaches that duration, it's not going to grow or mature past that point regardless of how long you keep in under 12-12
Or B) The plant will take as long as it needs to finish, extending it's ripening period as necessary. If you stunt your plant for a week or two, it's no worse than hitting the pause button. Growth with resume and pick up right where it left off.
Interested in any opinions and personal observations.
Thanks in advance.