Re: 42 yr old bagseed!
Ok now the questions.
I have had the plants on 12/12 for about 2 weeks now and only Ozzie has shown its female but only in one spot, what I thought was more pistils showing was just more branch sprouts. The rest of the plant never gave an indication and neither have the others. They just keep getting bigger!!!!
Should I take the lights to 11/13?
I stopped feeding with Grow Big and have been feeding with Big Bloom. Is it a slow change over thing going on?
If they do start to go into flower, I am thinking I might need a whole grow room when they really start their stretch!
Are there other ways, other than light timing to induce flowering?
ok i'll see if i can help
they look heavy on the sativa side so in my experience sativas can stretch as much as 400% most just double 200% also it can take 3 even 4 weeks for significant sex material to show, im not sure what light cycle you use for veg i like glr* because sex shows much faster among other benifits, as far as reducing light it depends its not the amount of light that gets them flowering its the amount of total darkness they get 99% of all strains will flower with 12 solid hours of absolute uninterrupted darkness,do you have light leaks? are there led lights from power strips/fans etc going un checked? are they getting the exact same dark time every "night"?
i think planning on a larger space is a good idea they may get real big,42 yrs ago 90% of all cannabis was grown outside and grown big!! its in those genetics i know because i grow a strain that came from old seed stock at least 20 yrs old and its taken many grow cycles for it to finally start to adapt to indoor life, but still a big plant i always start 12/12 from seed
also many of those old strains the island/Mediterranean/tropical strains were mostly "hermie" by nature so thats a consideration, i would say your in uncharted Territory with these plants,beyond the basics i would not have any "ideas" about what to expect they are wild animals brought to captivity no telling what they may do! and thats the fun interesting part! you cant look at what most of us are growing and use it as a guide for what to expect,
i would go easy on nutes these plants dont have years of human manipulation in their history
altering their genetics to be tolerant of modern supercharged nutrients,if possible i would use organic nutes, more like what their parents fed on.
you have a very special and rare treasure! most of the breeders in the world myself included would give a nut to get our hands on! its up to you buddy make us proud!!(no pressure)
lol so yeah just expect the unexpected, if they dont flower in another 2 weeks i would cut back the light 30-60 min
ok thats my 2 cents
they look good i did notice 1 has slightly clawed/curled in leaves, could be genetics or ph or even humidity sometimes they do that to try to hold in moisture hows your ph in the runoff and wheres the rh sitting?
besides that she looks good nice n green
*glr is a light cycle for veg where you run 12/12 but put 1 hour of light in the middle of the dark period so 12 on 5.5 off 1 on 5.5 off
many growers incd myself find it to be a superior veg light cycle,and it saves a few bucks on the power bill, the plants grow faster imho and due to a build up of flower hormone they show sex and begin flowering much faster once you start the flower cycle
