when to start counting?

Foothills said:

Why is it that simple statements like this one often make the most sense ? Have fun,enjoy the things you are passionate about and learn to read your plants the same way you learned to read your wife and life is good. They finish when they finish.

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You've learned to read your old lady? I'd like to learn more about this. Can you shoot me a pm?

st0wandgrow said:

You've learned to read your old lady? I'd like to learn more about this. Can you shoot me a pm?

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I tried to learn to read my old lady once, but I think women are written a foreign language.

Ha! Ain't that the truth

I think I 'll just wait for the movie, after 23 yrs I still haven't finished it.

qwizoking said:

You start when you see pistils or flowers forming. You think outdoor growers start counting when the sun hits 12/12? No you go by flower formation. A 12/12 from seed plant hasn't started flowering just because its on 12/12 it takes 3 weeks or so to mature then it begins......

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Exactly what I was going to bring up. Outdoor growers don't just flip to 12/12. I have a plant outside and I noticed she's in preflower. I thought it was early but essentially we are about 13 hours of daylight hours now.

Most breeders will say something like 8 weeks indoor, late Oct. outdoor. Some will even tell the latitude for their measurement. I don't see why anyone growing outdoors would need to count days -- they would go by the season. Other than to do some rough garden planning, why does the count really matter at all? No skilled grower is harvesting based on the day count alone. Anyway, the day count is a measurement convention and has always meant from 12-12 start.