Is it time to start flowering ?

my plants are 8 weeks old and have shown sex in the last week there all female soo when shud i switch too 12/12 and start the flowering period also my plants are 8 inshes tall wid around 14 to 16 leavs ... is this normall.. thanks

Are they autoflower? They should show sex in 12/12 unless vegged for a very long time. Looks like it needs a fan on the plant also, the stem looks small and if it gets 2 to 3x the height in 12/12, then will not be able to support the weight and fall over.

no there not auto flower those pics wer takin a week ago and all am asking iss shud i start it noww coz i just want to flower them noww and also if my stem is to week i will just support it tt

carldoherty said:

my plants are 8 weeks old and have shown sex in the last week there all female soo when shud i switch too 12/12 and start the flowering period also my plants are 8 inshes tall wid around 14 to 16 leavs ... is this normall.. thanks

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flower when ur ready....remember that itll double in size
it seems like it should be bigger for 8 weeks.....
what kind of lights r u using?
what strain is it?

sorry its 7 weeks and ermm currently i am on a 16/8 scedual soo as soon as i leave in dark for 24 hours and start the 12/12 theyll double in size ?????and its my first grow soo iam only using 200 w ive only got 3 plantss and i got feminized seeds from the nirvava seed bank (indoor mixx so i dont no the strains) also iam wondering if i star flowering in a week will i get a fair fielddd .

My plants are 4 1/2 weeks old are almost double the size of yours. I would wait a week, maybe more. Try lowering the lights

he lights are about 5 inches away andd cud post sum pics of your plants iam intriged......... and btw its my first groww

yea check out my grow journal in my sig. shows pics from seedling till about a couple days ago. 200W 5 inches away? What kind of lights are they

ive just looked m8 and they aint half as big as mine

carldoherty said:

sorry its 7 weeks and ermm currently i am on a 16/8 scedual soo as soon as i leave in dark for 24 hours and start the 12/12 theyll double in size ?????and its my first grow soo iam only using 200 w ive only got 3 plantss and i got feminized seeds from the nirvava seed bank (indoor mixx so i dont no the strains) also iam wondering if i star flowering in a week will i get a fair fielddd .

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when u start 12/12,for the next couple weeks ur plants will elongate doubling in size
200w cfl? for 3 plants is not much at all...u need more!
my lights come on in an hr and a half...ill post a pic but they r way past that stage

SOunddd but imm on a budget if u can buy 8ft cylinders at over that tell me the siteee man and no 200 fl

carldoherty said:

SOunddd but imm on a budget if u can buy 8ft cylinders at over that tell me the siteee man and no 200 fl

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for 80$ u can get a 250w hps
100$ u can get a 400w hps
ebay or insidesun.com

I throw mine into 12/12 at around 12 to 13 inches tall. My first grow I bumped a light and broke the top off and was 16 inches tall(harvested (3oz 10 grams dried) and my last one I didn't break the top and was 30 inches tall(had to harvest early and was about 1.5oz dried). I have 2 in 12/12 now that I put in at 12 inches and other was 10 inches and they are 16 inches and 15 inches tall now after a week(ones a clone and one is sativa from seed).
So the answer is yes, you can put yours into 12/12 with no problems as long as the stalk can support a plant that is over 2 feet tall.

here is ur pic
my internet has benn messing up the last couple days