Anyone with Utopia Haze experience, need some reassurance

I have a Utopia Haze in day 57 of flower (since switching to 12/12) as of these pics taken tonight. There are plenty of hairs coming in at all the nodes but no real signs of actual bud yet. I was just hoping someone had seen a Utopia Haze go this far into flower without budding yet. Everyone else's threads I've looked at showed them budding by now. And before someone screams "light leak" at me, take a look at the last picture. That is my Connie Chung which sits right next to Utopia on the same reservoir and has had everything done the same. There are no light leaks for the record. I have sat in there and let my eyes adjust to be sure.

A little background on the grow: 30 days vegged under 400w metal halide. Currently 57 days into 12/12 under 600w hps. Lucas Formula throughout. Regular weekly res. changes with zero root problems. Only negative I can think of is the humidity has been a little high for the last 2 or 3 weeks. 40's with the light off and 70's with it on.

Come on guys, 137 views and no hits. Has no one ever seen a plant take her time like this?

in for answers. i'm currently growing utopia haze as well. yours looks great

sterner said:

in for answers. i'm currently growing utopia haze as well. yours looks great

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Thanks man. I actually think I see the first signs of bud coming in as of tonight. The pics I tried to take didn't show what my eyes were seeing very well so I will take more in the days to follow. Tomorrow will be day 59 of flower.

Oh and as a side note imo: put her in flower sooner rather than later unless space is not an issue. Mine blew up to almost its current size in less than 2 weeks after going 12/12. I have 7' of vertical space and only have about 6"-10" left until the top cola hits the ceiling. And I've been training the larger branches to keep them down as much as possible. I do have a ridiculous amount of side shoots though.

Here is a pic from last night, day 63 of 12/12.