DAY 35 Blue Mystic

[GetNice]

Still no Preflowers or signs of sex.

Switched to 12/12 last night in th ehopes she will start budding.

Looks good and bushy as fuck but i am a little upset with the autoflower feature.

 

[Killacamcam]

im growing the same strain. theyre still small tho.

 

[GetNice]

auto? has it started showing sex?

 

[bigfattone420]

If they are auto's you don't need 12/12 ....I've heard 18/6 is good for auto's ...Just be patient grasshopper..she'll show in time...

 

[GetNice]

been five weeks my friend. Should have showed by now.

 

[808killahz]

This plant may not have carried over the auto trait. Flip that bitch over to 12/12 and it should go. Good luck!

 

[Killacamcam]

Yea auto from nirvana. I hope this shit doesnt happen to me too.

 

[S7M]

I'd leave it alone, some of them take 7-8 weeks from what I've read

 

[GetNice]

I made the switch to 12/12 already, three days in and nothing. May put it back to 18/6 or 16/8 in a few days. I am just confused because most people say thier auto's develop hairs in the 3rd week.

 

[Cloudz2600]

Wait at least a week. Even if you switched a normal photo to 12/12 you wouldn't notice a difference in 3 days.

 

[GetNice]

I am going to wait a week.if it doesnt flower under 12/12 then its not a photo period plant, its an auto and it should explode under 18/6 again. Wanted to pop another seed NL but my wife threw away my propagator walls. I like using the propagator.

 

[GetNice]

I'd leave it alone, some of them take 7-8 weeks from what I've read

I dont see what your reading. My reading material says most show sex at week 3-4 and are in full bloom by week 5-6

 

[Cloudz2600]

What I've read says autos veg for the first 3 weeks and then start the whole preflowering phase. The stretch usually is about 2 weeks, you should notice some pistils, but all the grows I've seen for autos usually last a minimum of 70 days. You can harvest at 8 weeks, but I would go by the triches and not what the breeder says.

 

[GetNice]

What I've read says autos veg for the first 3 weeks and then start the whole preflowering phase. The stretch usually is about 2 weeks, you should notice some pistils, but all the grows I've seen for autos usually last a minimum of 70 days. You can harvest at 8 weeks, but I would go by the triches and not what the breeder says.

She did stretch hard for a week and half, that seems to have stopped. What I thought were preflowers, are just additional growth behind secondary. That showed on bottommost node. Attached are some pics of upper nodes with What I think are calyx's.

 

[Cloudz2600]

You'll always see preflowers(pair of pistils at each node) before you see calyx's. If you're talking about the pair of things sticking up those are just stamens. Give me a sec and I'll show you what preflowers should look like. They're called preflowers for a reason lol. Also you may want to add some more nitrogen or phosphorus to your mix(if you're using nutes). Red/purple stems usually mean a Nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency.

EDIT: I can't see which one was the picture of the pistils in the attachment manager so I just grabbed all the ones I took today that were of the top nodes.

 

[GetNice]

I know what the Pairs of pointy things sticking up are. Im talking about the little growth to the left of them in one pic and to the right in the others.

 

[GetNice]

Yeah, I am hoping to start seeing some pistils out of the small development, soon. Was talking about the stipules/stamens.

 

[GetNice]

You'll always see preflowers(pair of pistils at each node) before you see calyx's. If you're talking about the pair of things sticking up those are just stamens. Give me a sec and I'll show you what preflowers should look like. They're called preflowers for a reason lol. Also you may want to add some more nitrogen or phosphorus to your mix(if you're using nutes). Red/purple stems usually mean a Nitrogen or phosphorus deficiency.

EDIT: I can't see which one was the picture of the pistils in the attachment manager so I just grabbed all the ones I took today that were of the top nodes.

I just started giving High P nutes. Nirvana claims right on thier page of auto's, To not use N product and feed High P instead. I hope these plants from them arent a gimmick and never bloom.LOL

 

[Cloudz2600]

Nirvana also says they're plants will start flowering in 4 weeks right? It's too small to know what it is just yet, but I would guess that's where the pistils come out of(I forgot the proper name). I'd ignore what the breeder says at this point. Also plants need nitrogen regardless of strain. Go look at the plant deficiency sticky and Uncle Ben's thread about using nitrogen throughout the entire grow. It's true that autos don't need full strength nutes, but to me it looks like you have a deficiency. Lack of N slows plant growth and can even stop it completely.

 

[GetNice]

Nirvana also says they're plants will start flowering in 4 weeks right? It's too small to know what it is just yet, but I would guess that's where the pistils come out of(I forgot the proper name). I'd ignore what the breeder says at this point. Also plants need nitrogen regardless of strain. Go look at the plant deficiency sticky and Uncle Ben's thread about using nitrogen throughout the entire grow. It's true that autos don't need full strength nutes, but to me it looks like you have a deficiency. Lack of N slows plant growth and can even stop it completely.

Im using a Bloom Mix. It's 15-30-15.