Harvest Time: A Tutorial

Hey Crazy
My first post is on pg 17 if you care. I have no idea if any are pollinated. Started HPS 12/12 a week ago. They're weren't any signs of flowering before 7 days ago. They all had to be female since I started with feminized seed, right? WRONG!

How long in 12/12 does it take for the buds to mature. I have some in lighting for about 5 weeks now, and they still do not look ready and are much smaller. Am I lacking light? Nutrients?

Thanks.

it can take up to 12 weeks , but with most indicas its about 7 weeks give or take a week.
with sativas its more like 10 give or take

wow six males from feminized seeds. That sucks. Sorry to hear that my heart goes out to you. Hopefully those others a female.

Hey,
I have herd ppl say they have called or got a hold of the seed bank and told them what happened and they replaced them with new ones, I don't if the ppl that wrote thoes threads were lieing but it might be worth a try.

Let us know-

i am in my 7th week flowering, with 2 plants. buds are stinky and nice, but very small. top colas are very small. lots of trichs and hairs, but calyx are little, not swollen, and though nodes are close together,...the buds are not connecting to each other. these plants are indica, not sure what strain, and they are 22 inches. im not expecting a huge yield, hopefully an ounce between them,..im using a 70 watt hps and a small flouro, i know the lights are small,...but its more than some people who use just cfl, with more success. i have ventilation. i use (rarely) MG bloom stuff and more frequently i use mollasses. I just dont get it. 7 weeks in,...and even the hairs are turning red from the tips,..but the fan leaves are NOT turning brown and dying (sign of finish right?) anyone have a clue?

Thanks fdd, great info and very helpful!! Good eye! Hope I can develop one.

desertbloom said:

Hey Crazy
My first post is on pg 17 if you care. I have no idea if any are pollinated. Started HPS 12/12 a week ago. They're weren't any signs of flowering before 7 days ago. They all had to be female since I started with feminized seed, right? WRONG!

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its a male. all day long. 100% im sure, bad luck friend, kill it i would. better luck next time.

LoganSmith said:

Hey,
I have herd ppl say they have called or got a hold of the seed bank and told them what happened and they replaced them with new ones, I don't if the ppl that wrote thoes threads were lieing but it might be worth a try.

Let us know-

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ive done that a few times , wether its happened or not, and they have replaced them for me, but im from england, dont know what the seedbanks are like from there.

above each set of fan leaves will grow a node. These are your bud sites...

desertbloom said:

Hey Crazy
My first post is on pg 17 if you care. I have no idea if any are pollinated. Started HPS 12/12 a week ago. They're weren't any signs of flowering before 7 days ago. They all had to be female since I started with feminized seed, right? WRONG!

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wrong. these guys playing with plant genetics I don't think they know what they're doing. Nature/evolution has naturally built hermaphroditism into cannabis. This is why they are born with both chromosomes... only a seed will be naturally predisposed to be one sex or the other, meaning that one chromosome will be more dominant. When both chromosomes are of equal dominance then you get what we call a 'natural hermy'.

I believe that all cannabis plants are hermies... potentially. Only what we class as 'unnatural hermies' take a certain amount of stress to induce the hermaphroditism. The main type of stress of course is not getting pollenated, and I believe that evolution has built the hermaphrodite adaptability within varying degrees in the plant. i.e a certain percentage of population of seeds will have a certain predisposition to hermaphroditism to help ensure the future survival of the strain... and just to help the plant spread. Hermaphroditism is merely a survival mechanism.

So this being said, it stands to reason that even so-called feminised seed will still carry the male chromosome... and that a certain amount of males will be present in any female seed batch, alongside a certain amount of hermies.

i think the other ones are male as well, i don't see any white hairs, looks like the other males to me, also the leafs look like they are getting too hot, kinda crinkled, shaped weird. kill em all and get seeds somewhere else i heard BC bud depot is a rip off. check green mans seed bank list Green man's Seedbank Update . start your hps light higher than you think and lower it every day till you get your height right.

fdd when you dried your bud did you put in a box when you hung it up. Does it need to be in a dry dark place? I'm a little confused were to hang it up and what the conditions should be.

Isn't the MH the light to have for vegging.
I am considering purchasing a digital 600 watt MH ballast that is switchable to hps for flowering. It also comes with a fan for cooling the light.
Of course I would put in a separate fan for ventilation.

Whadda ya think Fdd?

Good idea. I'm just looking into lumens per square foot and cfls suck right now.

fdd2blk said:

sorry, you said "CLF" and i cringed. get an HPS you won't regret it. if you feel comfortable scrogging then i'd try it.

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Good idea. Light is the most important factor... not just for plants.

In the beginning...

besides... it's only 2am where The Man is right now.

mmmmmmmmm they look nice

Hey Lacy,
Try HTGS.supply.com ebay- 199.99 + 44 s/h

I have had no problems with the system, I did have a bulb blow but they replaced it with no problem, got with in 3 days.

oneyearorange said:

fdd when you dried your bud did you put in a box when you hung it up. Does it need to be in a dry dark place? I'm a little confused were to hang it up and what the conditions should be.

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i hang mine from the ceiling of my shop. the lights are on during the day. i don't think it hurts it.

Lacy said:

Isn't the MH the light to have for vegging.
I am considering purchasing a digital 600 watt MH ballast that is switchable to hps for flowering. It also comes with a fan for cooling the light.
Of course I would put in a separate fan for ventilation.

Whadda ya think Fdd?

Good idea. I'm just looking into lumens per square foot and cfls suck right now.

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i use an HPS ballast/bulb. the bulb is enhanced so i don't need a MH. i would definitely get an HPS.

i want to suffocate myself in the jars..if this makes snense