vegetative stage and flowering stage
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perkele
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not helping ..
dank smoker420
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normally around 4 weeks for flowering you just need 2700k bulbs instead of 6500k mix them up. you can switch whenever but normally when its mature and that is when it shows pre flowers in veg
bamfrivet
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Before you switch to 12/12 there are a couple of things to consider.
Pot size if your growing in soil, make sure your plants are in the pot they are going to be in for flowering; otherwise transplant it at least a week if not two weeks before you flip the lights.
Space your growing in. Your plants are going to double if not triple in size when you flip them over to flowering. So make sure you have enough room for them.
Lighting limitations. CFL lights have to be with in a couple inches to be effective. The larger your plants are the more lights you will need around your plant to get a good yield.
If you have the place, the lighting and a big enough pot that your plants aren't going to get root bound then switch em when ever you like. It's harder to grow large plants with CFL, your better off going with more plants that are smaller and LST/topped/FIM.
Pot size if your growing in soil, make sure your plants are in the pot they are going to be in for flowering; otherwise transplant it at least a week if not two weeks before you flip the lights.
Space your growing in. Your plants are going to double if not triple in size when you flip them over to flowering. So make sure you have enough room for them.
Lighting limitations. CFL lights have to be with in a couple inches to be effective. The larger your plants are the more lights you will need around your plant to get a good yield.
If you have the place, the lighting and a big enough pot that your plants aren't going to get root bound then switch em when ever you like. It's harder to grow large plants with CFL, your better off going with more plants that are smaller and LST/topped/FIM.
rollandtoke
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what he was saying is since you have only 1 plant and its got its own area, you will start to see "pre-flowers" starting to come out, looking like minute buds, when it is ready, at that point, flip lights/schedule
mistyriffs
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you can veg out some beasts for a couple months or flip 'em to 12/12 and they'll flower as soon as they're mature. it's up to you and your time/expense/space/yield/etc.
perkele
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Yea, this is it at day 44. It is about 45 cm high and a about 8 days ago I replanted it in this pot, a larger one, it's 9.5 inches high and 9.5 inches wide
Please advice regarding starting the flowering
bullwinkle60
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I veg for 5 weeks then flip over to 12/12
perkele
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only 5 weeks? that's at day 35...nice, and do you have good results? how much usually for the flowering ? I know that it depends from plant to plant, but roughly?
mistyriffs
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give or take 7-9 for indica and 9-12 sativa. you can check out reviews of your strain or seed companies which give recommendations. it can all depend on how healthy the plants are though. what strain are you growing?
perkele
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I am really ashamed...I don't have any idea...I was visiting Spain and I went to a shop and when buying a nice T-shirt, they gave me a free feminized seed as bonus. I don't have high expectation regarding the plant, but I am just preparing with the growing technique for the plants to come. From the size till now...I guess is some predominant indica...indica pants are tending to be less tall compared to sativa. And mine...at day 44 it's about 45 cm tall and bushy I may say (?!)
mistyriffs
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oh yeah, def showing indica traits. short and bushy, with thick leaves. you could shoot for about 8 weeks flowering but your babies will tell you when they're ready 
mistyriffs
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you should start a journal, and i'll def follow along.
perkele
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Thank you very much, I'll start doing that. So do you think I should start soon the flowering? I can let it to day 45 and after to start
mistyriffs
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it's up to you. if you have everything good to go, she's ready. if you want to grow her out a little bit, no problem. you said space wasn't an issue right? after 45 days, i'd definitely be getting anxious 