Somebody stop me if I am over reacting here. My babies have been in 12/12 for 21 days and not a single sign of the sex. I am beginning to think there is something wrong with these things. They look good, they are growing everything but hairs or nuts. At this point I would not care if they are both male just so that I know. So, I am going to order me some seeds, and if by the time they get here and the babies have not shown anything, I am ripping them up and starting the seeds. Am i over reacting?
Gonna rip them up
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UnEmploymentDude
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Just give it time, some strains take longer to show sex, and dont hope for a male. Its really devastating.
How much time? These two plants are bag seed, that is pretty decent smoke. I dont hope for males, but at this point anything would be nice. The way I am looking at it now is that I am pushing 1 month in flowering and not knowing if I am wasting my time on plants that could be male.
With that said, when they do show sex how does that affect the actual time it takes to harvest? My goal was 90 days from planting to harvesting. With it now almost 60 days in, it seems to reason that should they show signs lets say in the next 9 days or so, I am possibly looking at about 120 days or more until harvest. Would this be a reasonable assumption?
BCENVY
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Well to start with you have given us very little information about your setup and seeds.
What light
how are you caring for them
where was the seed donor originally grown, outdoor strains grown indoors will sometimes be problimatic and vise versa.
and then of course there is also the above mentioned factor that all strains flower for different lengths of time.
My first three plants I ever grew took nearly 3 1/2 weeks to show first signs of flowering, so I wouldn't stress it too much.
What light
how are you caring for them
where was the seed donor originally grown, outdoor strains grown indoors will sometimes be problimatic and vise versa.
and then of course there is also the above mentioned factor that all strains flower for different lengths of time.
My first three plants I ever grew took nearly 3 1/2 weeks to show first signs of flowering, so I wouldn't stress it too much.
billopuffalot
Active Member
hey how old arethey??
wat size??
are they sativas?wat strain?
there are many things that could be contributing
have u checked for light leaks?
if they are from seed they may not be ready to show sex
they may need some more time establishing
wat medium and conditions are they are in??
all the best and dont panic
keep it simple and be thorough
bil
wat size??
are they sativas?wat strain?
there are many things that could be contributing
have u checked for light leaks?
if they are from seed they may not be ready to show sex
they may need some more time establishing
wat medium and conditions are they are in??
all the best and dont panic
keep it simple and be thorough
bil
1. They were planted on 7-15 under 18/6, started 12/12 on 8-11
2. They are approx 2 feet tall, but I am pulling them down.
3. I believe they are sativa/indica mix. Pretty much unknown, as they are bag seed
4. They are in a grow box in a closet where doors stay closed.
5. They are in soil
I am trying to keep it simple, the most advanced thing I am doing is LST. I am not using all the high tech ferts and soil. Just trying to get a decent grow first time around before I start throwing the big stuff at it.
The biggest mistake I may have made is to small of pots. If they are root bound which they probably are, I know it will affect growth, but will that stop it from flowering?
I know and thats the screwed up thing about it, I have to keep stealth in mind as my number 1 priority. I can only have two plants at a time. But I can start them in cups for a week or so without a problem, but once it is time to put them in bigger pots, they must go into my grow box.
Yeah I know, but maybe I had my hopes set to high, which is ok. The plants are healthy and maybe I should let them go. But I see here where 90 days is a good number for the most part, but maybe I have a strain that wants alot longer.
Home_Grown
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Just be great full you made it this far, many don't.
BCENVY
Well-Known Member
Funny you say this....because as I've read through here you are right many don't make it this far...which makes me wonder why in over a year I have never had a plant die on me, and (knock on wood) I still have not had ONE hermie or male plant, and I've never bought "feminized" strains.
There is that, my grow conditions are certainly not ideal. Heat has been a problem for me. I just found how to make them happy otherwise and the heat does not seem to really be affecting them.
Ironically enough though, last night I saw what could be hairs on one of them. Hopefully thats what it is, I will look later when they wake up.
halfpound_cigarettebreak
Active Member
plants need the most amount of nutrients and food when they start flowering. use a heavily diluted organic fertilizer. that has helped me in the past.
