Please explain?

Ok, so please explain how one plant can have a 9 week finishing time and finishes outside mid-end September then another breeder has a different strain with 7-8 week strain that finishes outdoors early-mid October? Examples Barney's Farm Red Dragon 65 day strain finishes at the middle to end of September. Dutch passions Snow Bud finishes in 50-60 days finishes outside in October. So the 65 day strain finishes outside before the 50-60 day strain? I know what people are going to say well you can't count days outside you have to watch the trichs. Or it depends on the climate your growing in outside. I understand that totally but watching trichs is definitly a fine tuning method of growing outside after a certain point. Also if both strains are growing in the same climate than there really should not be a factor. Well my thought is there has to be some sort of time frame outside for strains. The only way I see the 65 day strain finishing before the 50-60 day strain is if it strarts flower sooner. I would also think that seeing it needs 65days under 12/12 then it would take longer for the buds to mature there for taking longer outdoors to finish.

it goes like this .
55-65 day flowering ..
those days start after you start seeing the pistols.
which will be 10-14 days after the flip of 12/12
so add that to 55-65 days of flowering.
most people count flower days after they flip the lighting switch to 12/12 (indoor growing)
the real count starts when the plant genetically alters its hormones and produces its
first pistols (female) or polinsacks(males) which is the first sign of sex.
they show after 10-14 of being under the 12/12 cycle.
so if they say 55-65 days of flowering ..
thats 55-65 days AFTER they show pistols .
but yes the ultimate harvest
is the harvest you choose to have.
with the correct choice
you have the correct harvest.
you dig?
pce.

I think my real question here is how can one breeder say there 65 day strain is goning to finish before another breeders 55 day strain outdoors? I know breeders are making an educated geuss and there times should be used as a referance point only. I know alot people up in higher latitudes use this finishing times outdoors as a main determination when buying seeds. Is not big issue it just bugs me.

Clementine said:

it goes like this .
55-65 day flowering ..
those days start after you start seeing the pistols.
which will be 10-14 days after the flip of 12/12
so add that to 55-65 days of flowering.
most people count flower days after they flip the lighting switch to 12/12 (indoor growing)
the real count starts when the plant genetically alters its hormones and produces its
first pistols (female) or polinsacks(males) which is the first sign of sex.
they show after 10-14 of being under the 12/12 cycle.
so if they say 55-65 days of flowering ..
thats 55-65 days AFTER they show pistols .
but yes the ultimate harvest
is the harvest you choose to have.
with the correct choice
you have the correct harvest.
you dig?
pce.

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well said ! thanks

because there are 2 main strains of weed. indica and stavtia. indica is uaually a more stoned couch high and flowers in 7/8 weeks. where as stavtia is a much more uplifting high and well celebrated, these take 8 to 10 weeks to flower but indica will only get 6/8 ft tall where as statvia will get 8/10 feet at end of harvest.

basicly when your times get shorter, its generaly because of breeding. sum certian side strains of the 2 strains will make shorter flowering periods. kinda like auto flowering ones, they are usually rdy in 45 days from seed because they are breed with hemp plants.

if they can do this, its not so complicated 2 think they can have 10 days difference in flowering but the longer strain finishes first lol.

Different strains start flowering at different times.

Exactly bearthesmoker is right, I was surprised nobody had said that yet. Some strains start flowering sooner and others later.