Autoflower not FLOWERING??? Day 87......

She looks like she wants to but its just not happening. I have 6 different strains growing, 2 of each. All of them have been in flower for like 7 weeks. Except this one. She has finally pushed out a few hairs. She looks like she wants to flower. It just is not happening. Looks like it might be in preflower now? Maybe? Hopefully? Any advice would be appreciated. First to pics are of her, third pic is her sister. Fast Buds Lemon AK.

May need to be forced with lights to 12/12. Seen it a few times around here with auto's that werent automatic

I second boat guy. It’s possible this plant didn’t get the autoflower gene.

Longest auto i had took 62 days to flower WW

Boatguy said:

May need to be forced with lights to 12/12. Seen it a few times around here with auto's that werent automatic

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Would I be able to resume my current 19/5 light schedule? How long 12/12? Or should i just put her in a closet for a couple days? I just do a single 5x5 grow, this girl may end up getting finished under my sprouting led.

There looks like other issues are added to this plant. Obvious deficiencies and stress.
I would work on her getting healthy first .... the issues with the plant are “ grower “ related . There is no benefit trying to force flower
a sickly girl. She dragged thru to current point ( pistil sex ) to show she is sexually mature . It usually will show in 5-6 weeks anyways.

Autos can run good / bad / or needing help. Usually I look to treat it like regular photoperiod if it hasn’t shown pistils by day 40..
Sone show very early too ( had one at day 22 ) , some lag ... Some you put your foot in their ass by Force Flower. Dropping it straight into 12/12 or 11/13 . It tricks it’s into thinking shorter days are here and it needs to finish.

Either it will continue on as usual or not , as some just stay stalled for weeks ( which means pull it ). Breeders pass bunk once in awhile whether intentionally or because auto flower strain they offer needs “ refining “.

But get it healthy. Autos hate complicated feeds , need calmag sometimes ( led grows ) , need ph fairly stable, no stress .
It is heavily nitro deficient, stems are purple too. Plant needs nitrogen to continue growth and photosynthesis. If you are in soil , ph 6.5 - 6.7 .... add calmag at 1-2 teaspoons per gallon. Feed this sad lady a mixed 50/50 ( grow /bloom ) feed . or Top dress with a good amount of base soil and water in.

GL

Its growing in a blend of half super soil half cool dirt with some perlite for added spice. I know its starting to get nitrogen deficient- it should have stopped needing so much nitrogen over a month ago when it was supposed to start flowering. I always ph to 6.7. My big problem is that I run a single 5x5. Either this girl is going in the trash or shes going to put off whatever flower she can; healthy or not, the tent is getting shut down after harvest so I have no intention of keeping this grow going months after the first 11 are cut, dry, trimmed, and in jars for just one stupid auto. I also cant run my tent at 12/12 as it would be depriving the other 11 plants that are doing amazing of light they want.

The issue with the plant not flowering is not grower related. She has been extremely healthy up until the last 2-3 weeks. The issues with nutrients are because it has been vegging for almost 90 days and I have not been feeding it like a vegging photo, I have been feeding it like an autoflower that is supposed to be flowering with the rest of them.

This girl is probably just going to end up in the fire pit along with the pack of seeds it came from.

She IS nitrogen deficient...feed her.
FF

FastFreddi said:

She IS nitrogen deficient...feed her.
FF

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Im going to give her a heavy foliar feeding of weed b gone. The rest of my plants are a couple weeks from harvest, I cant justify running the tent an extra 2 months for one plant. Wasnt an easy decision but its the right one given what the next few months of my life has in store for me.

Same problem with mine, two planted the same time different size pots going on 9 weeks now. The big girl just won't go even after being on 12/12 for about ten days. I pulled a clone off her yesterday and put everyone back to more light. The little one flowered about 4 weeks ago




Her friend has been flowering for about a month and is about 1 ft shorter

JoeBlow5823 said:

Would I be able to resume my current 19/5 light schedule? How long 12/12? Or should i just put her in a closet for a couple days? I just do a single 5x5 grow, this girl may end up getting finished under my sprouting led.

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I would repot, and do some training to prep for the flip. That girl is going to get huge