Autoflowers not flowering?

[johnw2269]

Hi wats up bapple?
Yeah sorry it's a typo. I'm running 18/6 lighting and my sugar black rose auto is doing amazing. My northern lights x big bud plant is extremely thick and healthy but it only has preflowers on her. She's supposed to be a 65 day auto but it's now going on day 42. I can see the pistils on her but shes not blowing up like all my other autos I've grown. My issue was can I put them into 12/12 to try to induce flowering without harming or effecting my plant that's flowering? Or should I just wait it out cause I noticed this morning that are 25 to 30 percent more pistils than Monday morning. It looks like it's gonna be a larger auto too.

 

[johnw2269]

 

[Bapple]

If they are autos, nothing you do lightwise will stop the flowering process....are you proposing to go 12/12 because you think the NLA is not an auto?

Anyway changing the light schedule won't affect the SBRA.

Hope that's helpful

 

[johnw2269]

Yes that's what I was thinkin. Cause both beans were freebies from an order so I thought maybe it got labeled wrong or something and maybe it was a photo not an auto. But will photo plants pretty flower under an 18/6 light schedule? Cause it did preflower.

 

[johnw2269]

Yes that's what I was thinkin. Cause both beans were freebies from an order so I thought maybe it got labeled wrong or something and maybe it was a photo not an auto. But will photo plants pretty flower under an 18/6 light schedule? Cause it did preflower.

 

[Bapple]

A photo wouldn't flower on 18/6 so it must be an auto....

 

[johnw2269]

That's what I thought also. Maybe it's just a slow pheno? Everyone I talk to that grew it said it finished within 65 days. Owell I'm gonna wait it out and hopefully it yields well. The main stalk is about an inch across. Lol. It got its first hairs late last week and when I looked at her this morning she define rely got more since then. I would love to see it explode into bloom...

 

[johnw2269]

 

[johnw2269]

That was them this morning....still only a few pistols popped on the northern lights bigbud. She has more than last week but still not full bloom. She is going on 6.5 weeks now.

 

[6ofOne]

She doesn't have a lot of stretch either. Are you feeding any nutes?

I think just wait her out man, She looks healthy. She will go when she's ready. Don't worry about the others time frame unless you are mirroring their set up. As long as she looks good and is showing positive signs I would just be good to her and let her do what she is doing.

 

[johnw2269]

Yes I'm using fox farms trio (granular), fox farms big bloom, sensi calmag xtra and dyna grow protekt, bloom and grow. Yea she's definetely healthy as hell and yea no stretch yet either. I'm hoping it's a pheno that is slower but yields more cause she supposed to be done in 69 days from seed and I'm going on week 6.5. I think when she does stretch and hit bloom she's gonna be a monster, I counted 24 tops showing getting great light so hopefully they all turn to nice big fat flowers. Lol. I'm just hoping she's an auto and not a photo that preflowered under 18/6.

 

[johnw2269]

 

[johnw2269]

That was last week.

 

[johnw2269]

this week. So she's still growing and is healthy.

 

[johnw2269]

And yeah she's been given everything the other one had.

 

[6ofOne]

Yeah then just wait her out. Maybe LST that bushy thang it won't help put her in flower but when she does you will get more yield for sure

Keep us posted when she finally puts it on

 

[johnw2269]

Yeah I'm gonna bowl train her tonight or tomorrow and yea I'll definetely keep you guys posted on her. I can't wait till she does her thing.

"Patience young grasshoppa"

 

[johnw2269]

 

[johnw2269]

That is her lastnight. She has had preflowers for about 2 weeks now. So my question is is it an auto or a photo, that preflowers under 18/6 lighting? She's starting to stretch a little bit but no bloom explosion with her. So should I ride it out on 18/6 even though it's going on week 7 or do I switch it to 12/12 to try to induce flowering?

 

[johnw2269]

What should I do? It popped it's first hair about 12 or 13 days ago and has popped more since then but no flowers forming. My other auto was given all the same and it's almost done and ready for harvest. Both autos are supposed to be done within 65 days but the northern lights x big bud still isn't flowering fully.