when going 12/12 from seed when do you start counting weeks in flower

semajkroy

semajkroy

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so I've been doing 12/12 from seed now for a. Couple runs and am really digging it harvesting one about every two weeks , I have a small question though , I grow organically and also use Humboldt's natural bloom in flowering , I've always given them a month before I start flowering nutrients thats usually when I start to see a few white hairs popping up ... Is this the correct time to start counting flowering weeks ? As if its an 8 week flowering strain can I start counting that as week one and start my bloom schedules
 
Dubbz415

Dubbz415

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semajkroy said:
so I've been doing 12/12 from seed now for a. Couple runs and am really digging it harvesting one about every two weeks , I have a small question though , I grow organically and also use Humboldt's natural bloom in flowering , I've always given them a month before I start flowering nutrients thats usually when I start to see a few white hairs popping up ... Is this the correct time to start counting flowering weeks ? As if its an 8 week flowering strain can I start counting that as week one and start my bloom schedules
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yes you are spot on
 
Dubbz415

Dubbz415

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semajkroy said:
so I've been doing 12/12 from seed now for a. Couple runs and am really digging it harvesting one about every two weeks , I have a small question though , I grow organically and also use Humboldt's natural bloom in flowering , I've always given them a month before I start flowering nutrients thats usually when I start to see a few white hairs popping up ... Is this the correct time to start counting flowering weeks ? As if its an 8 week flowering strain can I start counting that as week one and start my bloom schedules
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they go through a week a veg by its self before it starts to show sex even on a 12/12 cycle
 
SPLFreak808

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I dont start 11/13 till week 3, by week 4 i have flowers showing.
Even if i start 11/13 at week 1, they will not flower untill they get mature around week 3 then flowers show at week 4, meaning i stuck myself with a stretched plant for nothing lol. I find tapering down the light cycle to be better for me. 24/0 week 1,18/6 week 2, 11/13 week 3 you end up with a bit shorter plant,thicker stems and branches,more fan leaves ect. Some strains/phenos can mature a bit early or late.
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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semajkroy said:
so I've been doing 12/12 from seed now for a. Couple runs and am really digging it harvesting one about every two weeks , I have a small question though , I grow organically and also use Humboldt's natural bloom in flowering , I've always given them a month before I start flowering nutrients thats usually when I start to see a few white hairs popping up ... Is this the correct time to start counting flowering weeks ? As if its an 8 week flowering strain can I start counting that as week one and start my bloom schedules
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How do you harvest 1 every 2 weeks? You sprout new seedlings every 2 weeks? Most of the time you will not have to worry about your flowering nutrients untill your plant goes through its pre-flower stretch first, if not you can mix a LIGHT bloom feed with your same veg feed during stretch and transistion into bloom feed within the next couple weeks.
 
semajkroy

semajkroy

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SPLFreak808 said:
How do you harvest 1 every 2 weeks? You sprout new seedlings every 2 weeks? Most of the time you will not have to worry about your flowering nutrients untill your plant goes through its pre-flower stretch first, if not you can mix a LIGHT bloom feed with your same veg feed during stretch and transistion into bloom feed within the next couple weeks.
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yea I've been sprouting every two weeks usually 2 at a time , its not consistent yet but the last three harvest have been 2-3 weeks apart , I was just about to ask also about mixing veg and bloom nutes since I've also picked up some humboldts natural grow and flavorful to go along with the natural bloom , and liquid karma
so I was thinking of a schedule like this
week 1 liquid karma
week 2 liquid karma and 1 tsp natural grow (1/2 strength)
week 3 LK and 2 tsp natural grow (full strength)
week 4 LK and 2 tsp natural grow 1 tsp natural bloom
week 5 LK 1 tsp natural grow , 2 tsp natural bloom
week 6 LK 2 tsp natural grow
week 7 -8 1 tsp big up powder (0-33-22) I think
I know I kill the organic part of everything by adding the big up powder but I have some samples of it and tried it with the last two northern lights I harvested side by side and they both harvested 14 grams more than the previous two

thanks for all the help I'm going to post that schedule up later to get some opinions
 
SPLFreak808

SPLFreak808

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semajkroy said:
yea I've been sprouting every two weeks usually 2 at a time , its not consistent yet but the last three harvest have been 2-3 weeks apart , I was just about to ask also about mixing veg and bloom nutes since I've also picked up some humboldts natural grow and flavorful to go along with the natural bloom , and liquid karma
so I was thinking of a schedule like this
week 1 liquid karma
week 2 liquid karma and 1 tsp natural grow (1/2 strength)
week 3 LK and 2 tsp natural grow (full strength)
week 4 LK and 2 tsp natural grow 1 tsp natural bloom
week 5 LK 1 tsp natural grow , 2 tsp natural bloom
week 6 LK 2 tsp natural grow
week 7 -8 1 tsp big up powder (0-33-22) I think
I know I kill the organic part of everything by adding the big up powder but I have some samples of it and tried it with the last two northern lights I harvested side by side and they both harvested 14 grams more than the previous two

thanks for all the help I'm going to post that schedule up later to get some opinions
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You can take advantage of microbes during veg and finish off with synthetic in flower for more yield but it could have been done cheaper using synthetic from beginning to end. I'm not too familiar with humboldts big up powder but if your going to use that, your probably better off scrapping the humboldt bloom natural. You can transistion the powder at week 1 as long as you start light, something around 150-250ppm and see how they respond but get ready to sort out anything that the microbes have been doing and TAPER down the veg feed. Dont forget to check ph during big up powder transistion. Nice you pulled a zip extra.
 
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