6 Weeks into flowering, and all I have is white pistils...

Hi Everyone. I am a first time Hydroponics Grower, somewhere in Southern Asia... I'm using a very compact growbox which is 18” wide, 24” deep and 30” in height. I'm using a 150W UFO LED Light which has an in built fan to keep it cool. I'm using a 10 Litre reservoir for DWC, with an airstone installed. Have been using Greenhouse Bio's Grow Nutrient for the Veg stage, and now have switched to Greenhouse Grow's Hybrid Flowering Nutrient, which stands at 1900 PPM as of today, with gradual increases till now. I have used LST and scrog techniques to the best of my knowledge gathered from the internet. I have an exhaust and intake fan at the back. I used RO water completely till the current growth, so never bothered with Ph as the plant never had any signs of distress.

The strain I am growing is called Psicodelicia, from Sweet Seeds, which is a 30% Indica, and 70% Sativa strain. It has been said to have a short flowering time of 8-9 weeks. It is 6 weeks and 3 days since I switched to the 12/12 cycle, and as of today, all I see are white pistils, and it still seems to be stretching. I do not have any more room. I do get a faint smell of flowers, but that's its, No trichomes anywhere. I have no clue what to do and I would sure be glad if any of you veterans out there could give me a hand in this.

I am attaching the latest state of the plant right here, however, you can get the entire grow pics on this link: https://growithjane.com/growlog/pagla-evcc/

Thank you so much in advance guys.

Natural light pics when asking for help please

No way it's totally dark if your in 12/12 and no buds

if your a micro grower i suggest staying away from sativa dominant strains. extended flowering times aswell , breeder packs tend to skirt the truth

@BobThe420Builder... I can't take the plant out, but I have attached some pics here with the lights off and the flash on in my phone.
@kovidkough.. I completely agree with you. Like I said, this is my first time grow, and I brought these breeds in advance. However, on growdiaries, I have seen some growers getting beautiful buds on these in 9 weeks, so I'm heavily confused as in where I am going wrong....

try a going to 11/13 perhaps it the extra dark hour will push it into overdrive

It has not really started flowering yet, I think your ppm is high, which has hurt all those dead crunchy leaves I see on the ground (clean those up) Have you switched to a flowering nutrient, and tell us about your light cycle.

How long were you vegging for? 6 mths?

If that's a photo and it's been 6 weeks since switching to 12/12 they are either getting light during the dark period or your timer is malfunctioning/set incorrectly. Have you checked to make sure the light is actually staying off during the dark period? What kind of timer? If mechanical make sure you don't have a tab in the wrong position.

All I see is a plant that looks like it's still in veg and showing preflowers. That plant is not flowering so it has something to do with your light schedule or lots of light during lights out.

And what's with all those dead leaves? Clean that stuff up.

Like I said

No way it's dark if that's 6 weeks into flower

Not possible

SnidleyBluntash said:

It has not really started flowering yet, I think your ppm is high, which has hurt all those dead crunchy leaves I see on the ground (clean those up) Have you switched to a flowering nutrient, and tell us about your light cycle.

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I actually reached 1900 yesterday, I started from 900 PPM from day one of flowering. And the first time I mixed grow and flowering mixes equally.

spliffendz said:

How long were you vegging for? 6 mths?

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I vegged for about 6 weeks.....

SnidleyBluntash said:

It has not really started flowering yet, I think your ppm is high, which has hurt all those dead crunchy leaves I see on the ground (clean those up) Have you switched to a flowering nutrient, and tell us about your light cycle.

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I actually started with 900 ppm on the day I switched, where I used half grow and half flowering nutrients that are mentioned in my original post. I hit 1900 yesterday.

BobThe420Builder said:

No way it's totally dark if your in 12/12 and no buds

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Yeah there is no way that you don't have flowers... Even if you're terribly fucking up they would still flower if you didn't have any light leaks.

You still have not talked about your lights

Please discuss this based on multiple questions on if it's totally dark

xtsho said:

If that's a photo and it's been 6 weeks since switching to 12/12 they are either getting light during the dark period or your timer is malfunctioning/set incorrectly. Have you checked to make sure the light is actually staying off during the dark period? What kind of timer? If mechanical make sure you don't have a tab in the wrong position.

All I see is a plant that looks like it's still in veg and showing preflowers. That plant is not flowering so it has something to do with your light schedule or lots of light during lights out.

And what's with all those dead leaves? Clean that stuff up.

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My lighting is spot on, as I even checked for light leaks and found nothing. Also, my timer stopped working during the first week after switch, and there was a little here and there with the lighting schedule, but nothing after I replaced it. The delay was for about 15 minutes.

Yes, I should be getting rid of the leaves.

Just not possible to not flower after 6 weeks in 12/12

BobThe420Builder said:

You still have not talked about your lights

Please discuss this based on multiple questions on if it's totally dark

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It is absolutely dark, as the only outlets are the exhausts, and I doubt light would get in through there as I have the back against the wall. Light goes on at 12:30 PM, and off at 12:30 AM. Like I said, I have a UFO LED 150W, and I have mentioned this in my original post.

Also, please see this link, as I recorded my grow from day 1 with all pics:

BobThe420Builder said:

Like I said

No way it's dark if that's 6 weeks into flower

Not possible

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Please advise what I can do to rectify. very disappointed with this, and it is the first time I have ever tried this. Where I am, you don't get premium buds, all we get is stuff with seeds. So wanted this to happen. No idea what I should do now, also, I am running out of vertical space too...

Is it at all possible that light is leaking in through some ducting/window or the likes?

If it's totally dark they should be laden with bud, even the flicker of a light is enough to stop the dark period taking affect, you need 10/11hrs of uninterrupted dark.