My babies aren't babies anymore!!

Hey Everybody,
Long time no chat.... My plants have been growing sooooo slowly, or thats how it feels anyway. I started out with 6, unfortunately, 4 were male, so I have 2 beautiful ladies growing now. I was wondering what I should be doing with them now? Is there anything special I should or shouldn't do? The buds are nice and thick, especially on plant #1. I have added pics. I give them 24 hr light, then 24 hr dark. The get fertilized every third day now. As usual any tips, suggestions, advice is greatly appreciated.

Happy smokin'
Newfiegirl420

looks like ur doing great just put mine into flowering and i hope they turn out this nice =] i would just say to make sure you flush 2 weeks before harvest but you prob know that

hi,

are you saying that you give them 24 hours light and then 24 hours dark? or am i reading that wrong?

is that your light schedule?

thats a weird light schedule if u do it 24 on 24 off, hm...but what kind lites are u using, im thinking of starting a 2 plant grow and tryin to figure out the statistics on some things. plants look good, kinda stretched, but still good

I am pretty sure 12/12 is what was meant.

Hey,
Yeah I said 24/24, I thought it might be good for them?!? They are a little stretched because I was gone for a few days this summer and the lights were shut off. I have two florescent grow lights, 48" long, and two cfl lights. This is my first time growing, so I really have no idea what I'm doing. The 24/24 seemed to help them, should I go back to 12/12? When will I know they are ready to harvest? Thanks for being patient..... I'll get it right yet!

Newfiegirl420

if u want good bud i suggest 12/12 (flowering) light cycle

Plants are producing bud, but every time you give it 24 hours of light you are telling it that its time to go back into vegetation mode. IE you are stressing that plant badly, NOT GOOD. Put it back into 12/12 and NEVER try that 24 shit again, its absolutely bad for a flowering plant.

You MUST go and buy yourself a timer so that you can forget about turning lights on and off manually. When you go on vacation the lights will turn on and off by themselves. This isn't an optional thing to do, timers are really really cheap.

To be honest those buds do not look nice and thick, in fact they look thin and wispy. You should only fertilize every third watering, so if you are watering every day then that is way too much, the soil must not be kept wet all the time, the plants do not like it wet. If your watering every 3rd day, then you should be fertilizing once every 9 days and no more, too much fertilizer will kill those plants as sure as napalm alight on top would.

Read the GrowFAQ , the link is at the top of every page on RIU.

Hey,
I bought a timer and set it up. I just hope I haven't screwed them up too bad. About the fertilizer, I read somewhere they could handle a lot if you increase it slowly and over a period of time. They don't seem to mind it, the leaves aren't burnt or discolored. But I will start to flush them now. How will I know when they are ready? The buds on plant 1 are sticky and all together at the top of the plant. The second plant dosen't seem to be doing as well. Anyway, all the advice I recieve from everyone hear is very well appreciated. Thanks, everyone.

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Newfiegirl420

Very interesting.

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