My girl doesn't feel like budding (pic included).

Hi everyone. My Blue Dream sprouted on November 2nd and went 12/12 on November 26th. I use a 125 W CFL light and BioBizz fertilizers. Humidity is 70% and temperature is 20°C (68°F): can't do anything about that. It's two weeks since 12/12 and no sign of bud formation nor female sex signs. I have to say that I used to turn the light on sometimes during the dark period to take care of her during the first days of flowering but now I don't do anymore. If I keep absolute dark during the dark period will she eventually bud? Thank you?

She had been topped and low stress trained to fit the ScrOG.

She might of not been ready to go into flower. I don't put my ladies in flower until they are sexually mature. I either wait until sex shows or I see the nodes stacking.

Ok. Thank you very much for your attention. Can I just ask how you think she's doing?

Looks like she could use more light and since your using CFLS and doing Scrog I would Lollipop everything under the screen to use as clones.

Ok, thank you.

Never turn the light on during dark. Also get that CFL as close as you can with burning anything. Some people have Cfls 2-3 inches away with fan blowing.

Can better reflective walls help?

DreamingBlue said:

Can better reflective walls help?

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Yea but I doubt it will help to the point where you will see change. You want the intense light for your buds and to get that you have to have the CFL close as possible without burn. How far is your light away from the canopy? With Temps like 68 you could drop the lights until temps hit a steady 75-78 degrees. Can your scrog net be raised along with your pot. If lights cant be moved you could always just stack some books or something and sit the lady on the stack of books.

It's 30 cm far. I can and will lower my lights. Thanks.

Have you started with the Bio Bloom yet? Flowering nutes help if you have not.

Yes. I started.

Get that CFL as CLOSE as you can. If you can afford it get a couple of 20watt CFLs for the sides. All you need is an old couple of power cables from anything and wire them up to a light fixture and bam you have a new light. Were the nodes alternating? (One leave stem a bit higher than the other on main stalk)
. But you do need to have the light closer. and take that net off the plant? The light will penetrate the sides better.

Just opinion, some people keep their plants in the dark for 36 or 24 hours before they go 12/12. Did you try that? Some people scale back from 18/6 to 12/12 in increments. Did you try that. You said sprouted Blue Dream. Is that from bag seed? Are there a stabilized blue dream genetics? I thought they came from clones like sour d and GSC need to be cloned only. What company did you get the seeds from?

your humidity is way too high, 70% with a temp of 68 is not good for growth and carries a risk of mold, you need to get it lower or raise the temps

CoveredSociety said:

Get that CFL as CLOSE as you can. If you can afford it get a couple of 20watt CFLs for the sides. All you need is an old couple of power cables from anything and wire them up to a light fixture and bam you have a new light. Were the nodes alternating? (One leave stem a bit higher than the other on main stalk)
. But you do need to have the light closer. and take that net off the plant? The light will penetrate the sides better.

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They are not alternating. I'll bring the light closer but I can't remove the net. I though wrapping the ScrOG with refletive walls concentrated the light on the top. There's nothing active underneath.

warble said:

Just opinion, some people keep their plants in the dark for 36 or 24 hours before they go 12/12. Did you try that? Some people scale back from 18/6 to 12/12 in increments. Did you try that. You said sprouted Blue Dream. Is that from bag seed? Are there a stabilized blue dream genetics? I thought they came from clones like sour d and GSC need to be cloned only. What company did you get the seeds from?

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I'll give it some extra dark if she doesn't flower in a week. It's Humboldt Seeds.

RM3 said:

your humidity is way too high, 70% with a temp of 68 is not good for growth and carries a risk of mold, you need to get it lower or raise the temps

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I grow in an attic and temps are cold. I use a disposable dehumidifier but I can't get humidity any lower. No idea.

DreamingBlue said:

They are not alternating. I'll bring the light closer but I can't remove the net. I though wrapping the ScrOG with refletive walls concentrated the light on the top. There's nothing active underneath.



I'll give it some extra dark if she doesn't flower in a week. It's Humboldt Seeds.

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Thats why she aint budding then mate. Alternating needs to happen first its a sign of maturity. If you leave it on 12/12 it may force it to mature but yeah like you said leave it for a week and see what happens. only time will tell. It WILL bud. iv never ever heard of a weed plant not budding. If it doesnt bud though maybe try a diffrent flower light period like 11/13 or something

Stop switching your cycles. Your going to create a hermie from confusing the plant. I would just put it on veg (18/6) for the next 2 weeks with light close as you can get it. Within 2 weeks with light 3-2 inches away you will definitely have a mature lady ready for flower in 2 weeks. In veg I can get away with temps of 80 but in flower don't like to go higher then 80. You want CFLS 2 be so close that you have to raise the light daily to keep it from burning. Sit your Temp meter on top of the scrog net so you can get the temps at canopy level not below.

DreamingBlue said:

It's 30 cm far. I can and will lower my lights. Thanks.

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Yes way 2 far. Right now I have my 1000w hps 13inches above my Flowering canopy which is about 1 inch more then yours and my 600w mh 8 inches above my veg ladies. Get her in the 3 inch range you will have to raise it daily from new growth but trust you will notice and love the difference. Way Faster growth with tighter nodes and more branches.
This is a Sugar Black Rose. As you can see She is 2 inches away from a 1k HPS.