Forcing to flower...need help

Greengoof

Greengoof

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THis is the first time ive actually grown indoors, and i wanted to force flower this one plant i have . its all by itself and i dont want it to get to tall before i start to flower since i tied it down yester day, i have had it on 12/12 since june 26th. when will i start to see it flower itself.? when will i be able to notice? what am i lookking for , ( i know about little hairs and ball sacs but dont know really what im looking for where would i see it the best. help me im just trying to force Flower this 1 plant to get some smoke?
 
mr west

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pics?? It will show 14 days or so dipending on the strain. What is it? How are you growing it, lights soil stuff?
 
Greengoof

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these arent in the same grow area this is an old grow area but the plant on the left which is the one im flwering is only about 3 in bigger now then in the picture and its drooping now. and i have 8 100 w cfl soft whites on it now instead of daylight i switched them . so it will take about 2 weeks ruffly to show me its sex. cuz i want to clone her hopefully so i can get some more started cuz im new to cloning but maid myself a bubbleponic cloning system..show pics of that soon...
 

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mr west

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I dont know how well it will do under cfls for flowering. I would use an hps light personaly. Good luck. femals take a bit longer than the males to preflower. Males tend to show first
 
Greengoof

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i have all that hps and stuff just dont have ne where to really grow it the best. im at home with the folks so thats how it is until i move out which should be quite soon! but i can go ahead and clone tonite right...it will be ok? and when i clone if you could answer this question i have do i leave them in darkness for 24hr then put them under light or can i just put them straight into light right after i clone them? going into bubbleponic cloner i made myself.
 
ZEN MASTER

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hey i got a question. maybe you guys can answer it for me.i want to start from seed with 24 hrs of light for the 1st 2wks,the 2nd 2wks 16on/8off,then on the 5th wk start flowering for 6wks straight 16off/8on, or would 12/12 be better. but anyway that's 10 wks from start to finish. do you think that might work?
(by the way its strickly bagseed)
 
Greengoof

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ok so my lights are on now, the plant looks better in color but the box is at 92 F is this ok ? im gunna clone them tomorrow night should i put them under light right away or keep them in darkness for certain amount of time then put them under light?
 
Greengoof

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ok i got pics to help yall out...the setup the lights and mama bigbud strain plant. the bulbs are all 100w cfl soft white for flowerin. i have 7 of them. I cloned her cuz i dont have long to wait for bud so i need to get another plant going as fast as possible so i will post some pics of the new bubbble ponic cloner i made but i think will need some readjusting maybe but ill throw some pics in there.

I think my plant is totally female because i see white hairs on the higher nodes not sacks so keep your fingers crossed i get more female clones from her ...ne wayz enough chit chat here some pics to help with....

this BigBud is 8days into flower i started 12/12 lighting on june 26th.
this is my setup, and you can see some deficiency on the leaves due to i have no idea please tell me... post more pics of specifics in a few....:joint:
 

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mr west

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looks fine dude, maybe a bit thirsty but looks like a nice plant. Super stealthy cab grow rep+ for you
 
Greengoof

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ok so thats a good thing im not over watering! and im not over nuting! fheww that is a load off my shoulders well thats fine. Should i feed it more often or feed it more water since im flowering what should i do? Ty on the props to the stealth grow. i actually got caught by mom about a week ago and she wants it out sooo...im gunna have to contact my locksmith buddy ... some pics of my clones i took from here and that setup, along with some plant pics of the burnt leaves, is it really just from underwatering?

why is it so droopy, will it perk up this upcoming week of flowering where it should show me its sex right 2nd week 14th day? oh and the water for the clones is hovering around 78 F should i put some hotter water in there for my clones to root faster? i see a little stun coming out on both of em...take a look
 

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mr west

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i wouldnt have it any hotter than body temp if i was u. Over watering and under watering look very similer, both droopy.
 
Greengoof

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but other then the droopyness of my plant ...what about the burning of the leaves . ? they are burnt and i know that cant be just from over or under watering . i have them on GH nutes i just got done with giving them trans to bloom phase. I tied it down if you dont notice already in some of the pics i just have posted, is this bigbud strain looking ok as far as keeping it small....i want good yield but my box is as tall as it is. Havent checked it yet but it looked good yesterday like you said and it has been perking up, Could the burning be from under nuting!?
 
mr west

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no it wouldnt burn them under doing it i wouldn't of thought. Have the leafs been in contact with the lights for any length of time?
 
Greengoof

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the lights are about 3 inches from the leaves but im sure at one time or another they have hit the bulbs by accident, but i know for a fact that a bulb didnt hit all of the leaves lol. maybe 1 or 2 at most but they burn from the side of the leaves first then down , then turn crispy from the tips upward until the leaves are yellowish brown.


here are some more pics to help you see the deficiencies i see... and to see how far the lights are away from the plant.

is this plant going to stay short with the way i tied it down or is there a different way to get it to stay short without hurting its flowering period?

Im also going to use some fox farm Cha-ching, and maybe some Heavyweight yield mass, is this ok for the short little lady in the later weeks of flowering?
 

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mr west

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in my opinion the majority of ur plant looks ok. The 2nd pic looks like its been burnt by a hot thing. leafs get damaged in nature the plant will get over it. Do u have a good supply of freash air going into ur box?
 
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