medmanmike
Well-Known Member
Hi Amy, wanted to add my current exp. with Purple Satellite. Not sure I can answer your question directly, but here is what I experienced. For the record, I topped once and ran a SCROG as I have limited head room.Knowing that cannabis in general reaches ‘sexual maturity’ anywhere from 4-6 weeks and will start flowering at that time (if the light cycle is right)...
This is obviously going to vary from strain to strain and I’m wondering if anyone has a read on this timing specifically for the Purple Satellite - so for @tropics and folks who have grown it and might have an idea (@Morglie @lazyfish @dynamo1 ).
For example, if sometime were to grow it out 12/12 from seed, about when would it likely start to flower?
Refer back to post #3247. You will see that one of my PS was showing maleness at 20 days from seed!
On day 30 from seed, PS #1 showed female preflowers.
Having discussed with tropics, et al the lighting requirements for PS, I opted for the following reduction in lighting.
I ran 18/6 to start. On day 39 from seed, I began decreasing the light schedule by 1 hour every four days for four times and then every three days until I got to 11/13. Keep in mind that a male showed under 18/6 at 20 days and a female showed a preflower at day 30 at 18/6.
At day 51 from seed, at 13/11 (still in the process of going to 11/13), growth tips were thickening and getting furry with numerous pistils. I counted this as day 1 of flowering. I don't have a pic of "day 1" but the first pic below is day 6 for flower, or day 57 from seed.
From then on, they really took off. Today, 49 days into flowering and day 104 from seed, I harvested a couple of branches from one of the plants. The second pic is one of the colas I took. The rest of this plant and its sister need another week or two to finish. Pics below.
So, I don't have a definitive answer for your question as to when flowering would start under 12/12, but based on my experience I would say flowering could start as early as day 40 from seed..
One final comment. Note the "red" stalks in the last pic. Are your's showing red? Also, I have removed the lower buds twice and they keep coming back! Loving this plant!
The reason i’m curious about time-to-maturity is that it’s defnitely not going to get the 16 hours of light here at all. I’m aiming to start it at a time where it will hopefully go into flower close to the same time as everything else (mid-late January here). That may not be possible but no harm in trying right!
I do think I remember tropics’ pics of them showing some colours on the stems, tho.
