budding??

So this is my first attempt at growing and I have a question. My plants are about 6 weeks old now and they seem to be budding. I've eliminated the male...there was little doubt as to his sex!!

Should the plants be budding already? I have a mh light on them 18 hours a day.

Since this is my first grow I'm a little confused as to why they are budding, or is this normal??

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Photo's to follow.

Its not unusal for plants to show sex at 6 weeks. By budding do you mean you see the white hairs? Perhaps they are just preflowers. Ofcourse photos are always good

Reeny said:

Its not unusal for plants to show sex at 6 weeks. By budding do you mean you see the white hairs? Perhaps they are just preflowers. Ofcourse photos are always good

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What are preflowers? <<click on this link ...rob

Reeny said:

Its not unusal for plants to show sex at 6 weeks. By budding do you mean you see the white hairs? Perhaps they are just preflowers. Ofcourse photos are always good

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Major white hairs with lots of tiny fingers when viewed through my 4x loupe. One plant is starting to smell (a great smell I might add).

Things seem to be going well I'm just concerned that maybe my lighting is not sufficient or if things are normal and I'm just an f-in newbie

OK, so I took some pictures of my girls again, keep in mind they are only 6 weeks old at this point. My question is this; while things seem to be looking great is it too early for these to be this far along? I have a 250 watt mh light that is on 18 hours a day. I rotate the plants several times a day to make sure the whole plant is getting light.

Thanks for any feedback.

If that thing is really budding with 18 hrs. of light , you should switch to 24 hrs. veg the sh-- out of it, and clone it until the wheels fall off. A strain that buds with 18 of light is a commercial growers dream. Good luck.

if its an auto flowering trait it will not go back into veg ever,at least that is what i experienced

So what would be my best course of action. Should I increase "daylight" hours or just let them go?

Thanks again

treat it like any other plant 12hr light cycle and flower away

Robert, should I flower with the mh light or go back to the fluorescents?

Thanks for your help.

The Experimentor said:

Robert, should I flower with the mh light or go back to the fluorescents?

Thanks for your help.

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Fluorescent lights: Fluorescents are a lot more useful than incandescents. Their efficient enough, and cheaper than HID lights. Compact fluorescent tubes are popular with growers because of their good output to size ratio. Compared to standard 4' tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs are smaller, and more can fit into a given area. Fluorescents are good for small grows on a tight budget, and for novice growers, since they do not require any special sort of wiring or understanding of the necessary bulbs for a given fixture, and are very widely available.
Fluorescent lights come in many different Kelvin ratings; often the spectrums are labeled on packaging as being 'cool white' or 'warm white.' Cool white is more blue, and is good for the vegetative stages of growth, and warm white light is more orange or reddish, and is best for the flowering stage.


all this says is that you want to use a florecent in the daylight range