On day 63 with 3 KC45 autos and 1 CH9 Jack 33 (maybe auto?)

[flowas o' peace]

Hey guys,
I'm on day 63 of growing these 3 autos and 1 suspected auto. As you can see in the photos (I hope) the pistils are coming out everywhere.. but still no signs of buds forming yet. Is it normal for autos to take so long?

To give you an idea of my setup:
1000w HPS: lighting schedule 18/6 (changed from 1kw MH with 24/0 at first signs of flowering)
5 gallon pots: grow medium Fox Farm Ocean Forest
Nutes: General Organics BioThrive (now on bloom nutes): fed every other watering with tblspoon of molasses. Now just giving fresh distilled water though
Watering schedule: once every 3 days

So the plants are looking relatively healthy, a little curling of leaves here and there.. some with yellow patches and brown spots. but over all pretty happy.
They keep growing and growing but just won't seem to show buds... Am I being impatient?

Any words of advice?

 

[flowas o' peace]

Please.. somebody write something.. I'm pretty worried about not getting any buds yet and I'd really appreciate some input.

 

[lowblower]

dunno man. I would have thought u should be seeing flowers by week 3-5. 63 days seems a bit extreme. Maybe go 12/12 now, with a 1000w you will still harvest a shit tonne of weed! nice plants they look healthy, but i guess those strains are not stable, or are semi-autos and need 15-9 light schedule instead. But at the point u are, id just go 12/12 and get faster results

 

[flowas o' peace]

dunno man. I would have thought u should be seeing flowers by week 3-5. 63 days seems a bit extreme. Maybe go 12/12 now, with a 1000w you will still harvest a shit tonne of weed! nice plants they look healthy, but i guess those strains are not stable, or are semi-autos and need 15-9 light schedule instead. But at the point u are, id just go 12/12 and get faster results

Thanks lowblower, really appreciate your advice. I've been thinking about doing this myself.. just hurts to lose out on the harvest by putting them on 12/12.. If by next week I still see nothing I think I'll do just that.

 

[lowblower]

Thanks lowblower, really appreciate your advice. I've been thinking about doing this myself.. just hurts to lose out on the harvest by putting them on 12/12.. If by next week I still see nothing I think I'll do just that.

i think u should at least go to 16/8 now, and see how that turns out over the week. Could be the push it needs, and 16 hours of light on 1000w will b a good harvest! Im just htinking that they are gonna stretch once they flower, so space could be an issue?

 

[Xrangex]

i think u should at least go to 16/8 now, and see how that turns out over the week. Could be the push it needs, and 16 hours of light on 1000w will b a good harvest! Im just htinking that they are gonna stretch once they flower, so space could be an issue?

I'm with lowblower on this one, it wouldnt hurt & it might be the "kick" your plants need if they're even semi autos. & if they're reg seeds labled as autos they're gonna get HUGE once you finally switch XD

 

[flowas o' peace]

I'm with lowblower on this one, it wouldnt hurt & it might be the "kick" your plants need if they're even semi autos. & if they're reg seeds labled as autos they're gonna get HUGE once you finally switch XD

Alright you guys have convinced me I've changed the cycle to 16/8 as of tonight. I'll let you know how it works out
Thanks so much for your help fellas!!

 

[flowas o' peace]

Hey guys, finally I decided that the 12/12 idea was the best route. I've done it and finally I'm seeing buds!! I'll put up some photos before long when they become more impressive