I have a plant about 2-3 weeks old indica and it looks like it is starting to show sex. I just put it into 18/6 about 2 or 3 days ago. it has been on 24 hour lighting. I just wanted to know if it would show sex and start flowering under 18/6 lighting cycle?
How certain are you that it's showing sex, and not pre flowers?
yes it will start to flower under 18/6 when the plant is sexually mature.
usually 6-8 weeks of vegging and you will see preflowers.
Same thing, the pre-flowers show you the sex of the plant. But it will not 'flower' until you induce a flowering photoperiod, most commonly 12/12.
Same thing, the pre-flowers show you the sex of the plant. But it will not 'flower' until you induce a flowering photoperiod, most commonly 12/12.
[/QUOTE]reposted again so you can see the facts.
yes it will start to flower under 18/6 when the plant is sexually mature.
usually 6-8 weeks of vegging and you will see preflowers.
The most common method is to force flower a labeled clone to determine the sex, rather than the incorrect method of forcing the seedling and then reverting it to vegetative growth again.
If you are a seedling grower who does not clone, or a grower who has no seperate vegetative and flowering grow spaces, the easiest method is simply to wait for the preflowers (primordia), and sexual maturity to appear while the seedling is still in vegetative growth. In other words, if you wait until they are 6 to 8 weeks old, most plants will show you their gender without any forcing.
Seedling growers who don't clone are really missing out on the full potency potential of their finished crop whenever they force their seedlings before they've become sexually mature.
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I just wanted to know if it would show sex and start flowering under 18/6 lighting cycle?
no point in discussing this any more as you dont know what you are talking about.
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Show sex? yes. Flower? no.
Just curious, but what kind of soil/lights are you using?