Does a plant sexually mature from size or age???

How long til it shows ya guessing ?

Look at the newer growth. The older nodes take long imo

T macc said:

Look at the newer growth. The older nodes take long imo

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Few weeks you think?

Dumbguyneedshelp said:

Few weeks you think?

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It will start to show around the 5th-7th node.

Alright 6th is growing in now. 7th is starting to sprout up

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Idk if this would help speed up sexing, but it does speed growth -leaf clipping. Cut the leaves in half to promote upper growth. If you decide to skip a set of leaves, and cut the next set of leaves, you'll have more branching on the node that was skipped.

Example: if you were to now cut leaves 1, 2, 3, skip 4, and cut 5 and 6, you'll have branching at node 4 and speeded growth after node 6

I can't find the thread to post the link @3rd Monkey . That was a really useful post

T macc said:

Idk if this would help speed up sexing, but it does speed growth -leaf clipping. Cut the leaves in half to promote upper growth. If you decide to skip a set of leaves, and cut the next set of leaves, you'll have more branching on the node that was skipped.

Example: if you were to now cut leaves 1, 2, 3, skip 4, and cut 5 and 6, you'll have branching at node 4 and speeded growth after node 6

I can't find the thread to post the link @3rd Monkey . That was a really useful post

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Maybe. Idk where I read it but someone said don't take any leaves at all until you defoilate or whatever its called.

Dumbguyneedshelp said:

Maybe. Idk where I read it but someone said don't take any leaves at all until you defoilate or whatever its called.

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I dont mean defoliating. Just cutting the leaf in half. Different effect

https://www.rollitup.org/t/seedling-fan-tip-clip.986195/

Found it

T macc said:

https://www.rollitup.org/t/seedling-fan-tip-clip.986195/

Found it

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I read the entire thread. It was one kid doing one experiment that he didn't take past week 2. Suggestions are cool. But I like hard facts and evidence to support it. Clipping leaves will not cause your plant to grow faster. If any thing clipping then will stall them untill they repair themselves.

It really does tho. I tried it after reading the thread. 2 nodes after 1 week from seed. I wish I needed to pop a seed, I would show you

That's a pretty clear example. The unclipped plant is on the bottom right corner. I can back this up with my own experience

The responses in this thread are unfuckingbelievable... Starting with not even asking the right question. And then the 'grobro science' bullshit piles up to hip wader status. Does anyone here actually know what a horticulture degree even is? Jesus fuck! End rant.

"Does a plant sexually mature from size or age?"

Neither. In a photoperiod sensitive strain of cannabis, sexual identity is in the genes of the individual plant but aren't expressed until the light period changes in a very specific way; when uninterrupted darkness extends beyond a minimum of 10.5 hours.

A specific 'timer' hormone is produced in the plant when darkness falls. The level of this hormone builds up in a linear relationship with the length of darkness. Once the level of this hormone exceeds a certain threshold due to length of uninterrupted darkness, the plant begins the process of sexual maturation, switching from vegetative growth to blooming growth.

It makes little difference how big or how old the plant is; I've seen fully formed and finished plants weighing one gram. A crying shame, to be sure! On the other hand, I've seen moms in veg that were several years old and had grown to be several feet tall in spite of many rounds of cuttings being taken from them.

What's important is the length of uninterrupted darkness; the reason growers use 12 hours is because the signal is unmistakable. In the wild, the plant needs to be well along in its bloom cycle by September 21st, or it may well be killed by frost before its seeds mature.

Y'all may have heard of 'gaslight' or 'gas lantern' timing, where a light is turned on in the middle of the night cycle. This is done to reset the production of that timer hormone and keep the plant from blooming in a greenhouse setting in the winter months. Interrupting the dark cycle and hormone buildup is how it works.

Yes, larger plants often do show signs of sex before encountering the appropriate length of darkness- but that isn't the same as sexual maturity.

By the way, males almost always show sex LATER than females. Why? Because it makes no sense to pollinate female plants that haven't grown the structures needed to produce seeds.

So what about autos? This class of cannabis is known as 'ruderalis' and in this subset of related strains, the plant indeed does start its flowering cycle after a certain period of time irrespective of the length of darkness- but if you leave the lights on 24/7, I've personally found that the results are still less than satisfactory. I've even taken cuttings of an auto and 'reversed' it with strong continuous light, with disappointing results; it took forever and growth never really took off.

Finally, stress on the plants does affect all this. The above case is for plants grown in good health. Fucking them up stunts them, affecting growth and maturation response as well as yields. So try not to do it. This includes stupid shit like pounding a nail through the stalk. Seriously...

I know there's a lot of people out there with a serious allergy to research and textbooks- but that's no excuse to just make shit up or believe whatever your buddy tells you in spite of the fact that he can't flower a fucking dandelion. This is a science, people. You want touchy feely guesswork? Try psychology.

So do your homework and you can expect better results.

Kids today!

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There are four primary factors that affect plant growth: light, water, temperature and nutrients. These four elements affect the plant's growth hormones, making the plant grow more quickly or more slowly.

Thank you for all that helpful info, ttystikk.

So the nail through the stalk thing really doesn't work?

The Gram Reaper said:

Thank you for all that helpful info, ttystikk.

So the nail through the stalk thing really doesn't work?

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Only if you want to risk getting an infection that cuts off nutrients and kills the plant... Google elephant's foot.

andrea.rosales said:

There are four primary factors that affect plant growth: light, water, temperature and nutrients. These four elements affect the plant's growth hormones, making the plant grow more quickly or more slowly.

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All true, but the question was about sexual maturity. In cannabis that's regulated by length of darkness.

The greatest progress I have made as a grower was from listening to much older growers that seen my ambition. If you show them promise, they will give you a lifetime of knowledge to make your starting point. I find this with most professions, people don't really take off until some one successful at the craft gives them a chance. If you don't have formal training or a skilled tradesman to guide you, the path you take can be very unproductive for years until you learn from all the same mistakes they did.

Finally passed the 3 fingered fuckers