Rock on neighbors. I live in Santa Clarita now, but from Mt. Baldy to the Newport Peninsula were my stomping grounds... Any one of those bikes could be mine. I lost a few bikes in NB, especially on 4th of July weekends... lol
I cannot wait to take my bike up to Summit this season. I added a third chain ring (removed bash guard) so i can still ride there hopefully.
Hey Nugs! About your flowering timer. When I switched to flowering my plants had been in 24 hours of light 7 days week, so I just set a timer to turn it off for 12 hours, no big deal. After doing this, I read that many "old school" growers drop their plants into 24 hours darkness, just as Isthisnametaken stated, and I wish I would've done so because the whole 10 days I was waiting to see signs of flowering I was worried that I had made a terrible mistake by not giving 24 hours darkness. I don't know if it would've made a big difference in how long the plants took to show flowers/sex, but it took 10 days and I was stressed the whole time.
But take note: I have read that if I had given the 24 hours of darkness, I may have seen flowers/sex in less than 10 days and I may have seen more aggressive growth sooner. Plants, like most living things, handle stress and change much better when we are well rested and fresh. From all of the things I have read, I believe that this applies with our gurls also. A switch from vegging to flower is a big change for anyone, even a plant...
In the future i will give my gurls at least 24 hours of darkness before flowering and see if there is a difference. I will be growing the same strain on my next grow I believe.
Glad to hear that you have gotten the temps down. I'm in Socal and our weather has been in the mid 70's, so my temp has risen. Be prepared for that warm spell, if you ever have them...
I read that this type of plant can survive for a very long period with what we consider to be "plain" water. I will have to read up to see where you are in your grow (or you can update me) and hopefully I can lend some good advice.
Also, I recommend labeling EVERY cutting as soon as you cut it if you have more than one strain.