im starting my first grow 12/12 grow today about how long is this gonna take???? n i know ima have a smaller yeild due to no vegg growth but how about much of a yeild should i be expecting??? idk what strain im groin its just some bagseed i had
Some facts to help you:
Below is
Northern Lights by Nirvana, feminised seeds. Soon as seeds cracked they were planted directly into large pots, (its better to let those roots stretch in a 12/12 from seed grow, you dont want anything to slow them down!).
Showed sex (first pistils) at
day 18 from cracking. They are currently at day 41 in the picture. Thus you are seeing the development just
13 days from pre flowers. I expect them to be ready in about
77 days (11 weeks) total. So, I like to work on say 3 weeks roughly to show sex, then a further 8 weeks flowering time but of course the entire cycle is on
12/12 since first day.
I look for strains that stretch well so that you can get some training in to encourage side branching using LST, again I dont want to 'top' or 'pinch out' at all as this slows development slightly on a 12/12 grow, LST is just that....low stress to a plant.
Yields are more difficult. I'm a 13 year grower so I have a good feel for my strains BUT I choose to grow CFL's (350watts). I also grow 2 plants per pot and I look to pull a solid 1.5 OZ fully dried
per pot. This represents an average of just 21 grams per plant, sometimes more. In my small set up its possible to pull around 3 'dry' OZ's every 11 weeks, plus I have a couple of other small plants going in between. This more than keeps me smoking happily, I certainly don't need any more than that. If I was a heavy user I might consider a HPS but I'm not so I dont
Long post but I hope it illustrates the appeal of 12/12 growing from seed or clone.
Heres a shot of one of my current NL's pots at day 41, as I said I expect to finish around day 77. Also one from my last grow, Bubba O Kush close to finishing, 2 per pot as usual, 12/12 from seed of course! gave me 45 grams fully dried and in the jar. I grow 4 plants in 2 x 8 litre pots and fill in with smaller individual plants in 2 litre pots.
Hope all this helps someone to give 12/12 a go
CV.