1 month and no signs of flower?

Hi guys,

I started 12/12 flowering stage for my plants on 6/6/14. It has been 1 month and 4 days but there are 0 signs of flowering? What could be wrong?

I have kept it in total darkness during the "night"

Well for starters... your plant doesn't exactly look all that healthy. The soil looks like garbage and your leaf tips are burnt due to excess nutrients. The plant is probably under various kinds of stress, which probably delays any growth/flowering. Not sure why you have it growing sideways either....you need to do more research about growing if you want any kind of result.

Sorry to say that I agree with ^^^^^^^^^^^^.

You said total dark at night? How many hrs?
Plant looks awful young to have been in flower for a month. Younger they r when u flip, lo ger they take to flower.
Looks high on nutes, excess N delays flower also.

hmmm, i stopped giving nutrients after 2 feeds because i realised everytime i feed it, it gets nute burn, even if i put just 1 drop of fert. Maybe i got the wrong kind. The last time the plant was fed nutes was a month ago (plant is 2.5 months old now).

The soil i am using is coco peat. I read on this forums to use it.

The reason for it growing side ways is 1, to reduce height and 2, so that the lights will hit parts which would have been covered if it grew straight (my lights can only hang from above).

I read that minimum time in vegetative state is 3-4 weeks. This plant was 4.5 weeks in vegetative and so far 4 weeks into "flowering"

hydrogreen65 said:

You said total dark at night? How many hrs?
Plant looks awful young to have been in flower for a month. Younger they r when u flip, lo ger they take to flower.
Looks high on nutes, excess N delays flower also.

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These plants are currently on 12 hour light shifts. In the day, i keep them in a cupboard with a fan blowing out. In the night, it goes into the grow area pictured. Reason why i choose to on the lights for them at night is because the weather is cooler at night. Where i am staying, temperatures average around 95 degrees (with the lights on) during the day.

If you're sure its getting 12 hrs of total dark, no light leaks then it can only be stress or nute related delay.
Maybe someone else can give a definitive answer.

Thank you for your input
I understand the nute part, it was a mistake on my end buying the wrong ferts. So i decided to go fert free

A couple of things to consider doing.

Since it is not flowering yet.... re-pot with new soil. It doesn't have to be a huge pot, but you'll get to see what the roots are doing. Wait a week. Change your bulb to a cooler one.
If your fine with not flowering yet, then re-pot, wait a few days and then top your plant...cut it in half basically.
Let it grow for a while and start your flower cycle again with the new cooler light.