Low light issue

[Sativa1970]

Seeing the light helps a lot. 6700K is deep into the blue spectrum, exactly what you need for veg. 96 wats of T12 will cover the minimum requirements for 4 square foot. Anything less it will start to get lanky. That spectrum works well for veg but not ideal for flower production. So it will suit your need to revege just fine. The bulbs being so close together is making an intense light hot spot. 12 inches should work better with that bulb arrangement in veg.

Always interesting watching the plant turn into a mutant as it revegs.

 

[cbdhemp808]

The photos do look like small auto-flowers but according to msg #8 the seeds were photo-period. Some of the other msgs give the impression that the lower electrical lighting levels and being in a window with autumn approaching caused them to start flowering as soon as the plants became mature enough.

They truly appear not to be mature enough, if they are photos. If they were just getting light from the window, and they are indeed photos, then it's possible they could be flowering photos. Any full spectrum artificial light during the natural dark hours would keep them from flowering.

I am thinking that if the plants are to go back to a vegetative stage it will take some stronger light levels than what the Coralife aquarium light will be able to provide. Might have to put under a 20 hours on and 4 off schedule.

If they are photos, only a low wattage full spectrum LED bulb would be required to go on briefly in the middle of the night, to keep them in veg. This is called "night interruption" (formerly known as gas lamp), and this is what I use in my veg house.

 

[cbdhemp808]

One of the plants is starting to re-veg (the white bloom at the top of the plant is turning green and leaves are sprouting around it). At least I've seemed to turn a corner. Thanks folks!

Please post another photo for us.

 

[SmokingWings]

If they are photos, only a low wattage full spectrum LED bulb would be required to go on briefly in the middle of the night, to keep them in veg. This is called "night interruption" (formerly known as gas lamp), and this is what I use in my veg house.

I used the 'gas lamp routine' for 5-6 years as a way to keep the plants from going into flower.

At times I would have to bring in a plant from outside and it would already be just starting into flower. The fastest way to stop and get it to revert back was strong light. The gas lamp method would work but I was looking for quickly getting the plant back to a regular vegetative state that would match the rest of the plants.

 

[safeman]

The photos do look like small auto-flowers but according to msg #8 the seeds were photo-period. Some of the other msgs give the impression that the lower electrical lighting levels and being in a window with autumn approaching caused them to start flowering as soon as the plants became mature enough.

I am thinking that if the plants are to go back to a vegetative stage it will take some stronger light levels than what the Coralife aquarium light will be able to provide. Might have to put under a 20 hours on and 4 off schedule.

NO - plant will not go back to veg -this is because of their genetics make-up - nothing can change it ( as stated more or less light means nothing in re-guards to veg/flower stage The only difference will be in your yields in relation to your light cycle consider using this light schedule use 18/6 for both veg and flower Please sit back and watch the magic !!! of nature

 

[Sativa1970]

NO - plant will not go back to veg -this is because of their genetics make-up - nothing can change it ( as stated more or less light means nothing in re-guards to veg/flower stage The only difference will be in your yields in relation to your light cycle consider using this light schedule use 18/6 for both veg and flower Please sit back and watch the magic !!! of nature

This is not an auto flower plant. The only mention of auto was was the question "Is this photo or auto?" Answered "I am not sure" then "it is starting to grow new veg". It has to be a photo type.

I assume your saying it can not reveg, was because you were thinking it was a auto. The only plant you can't ever reveg is a pure ruderalis. A ruderalis hybridized with an Indica or sativa ( AKA auto flower ) has a low chance of reveg. Much like a feminized seed can rarely growing into a male. Recessive genetics popping up. If there is no ruderalis in it's lineage (AKA photo) you can reveg at any time. I taking cuttings to clone and reveg 5 weeks after 12/12 several times a year. Slows down the veg side of my perpetual garden or when someone asks for a plant but I don't have a spare. Also entertaining to give a new grower a reveging plant. "No,, they always look like this when young..."

 

[SmokingWings]

NO - plant will not go back to veg -this is because of their genetics make-up - nothing can change it ( as stated more or less light means nothing in re-guards to veg/flower stage The only difference will be in your yields in relation to your light cycle consider using this light schedule use 18/6 for both veg and flower Please sit back and watch the magic !!! of nature

The little plant shown in the photo in the opening msg does look like it could have been an "auto-flower" that did not grow to a large size before the bud started forming.

But, in message #8 the original poster mentions that it is a photo-period plant. Then in msg #20 he mentions that it looks like his plant has started to revert back to a pre-flowering stage which a photo-period can do.

 

[cbdhemp808]

But, in message #8 the original poster mentions that it is a photo-period plant. Then in msg #20 he mentions that it looks like his plant has started to revert back to a pre-flowering stage which a photo-period can do.

Yeah, but I think we should see a new photo of the plant to be sure of this. I think the evidence is leaning more toward it being a mislabeled auto.

 

[parnelli]

After the aquarium lamp debacle I got a hold of a grow light. The lamp is rigged up in a makeshift grow tent (shown open so you can see the plants) that I've insulated the best I can with what I've got, and it seems to be working. I'll post close-up pix of the two white widows that had flowered so you can see the progress. The two WW's are now about 9 inches from the bottom of the lamp. Three other plants (2 Dama Blanca & 1 Maui Wowee) are doing well and showing growth.

 

[cbdhemp808]

I used the 'gas lamp routine' for 5-6 years as a way to keep the plants from going into flower.

At times I would have to bring in a plant from outside and it would already be just starting into flower. The fastest way to stop and get it to revert back was strong light. The gas lamp method would work but I was looking for quickly getting the plant back to a regular vegetative state that would match the rest of the plants.

Do you mean an outside plant that wasn't exposed to night interruption lighting?

The mechanism in the plant responsible for the transition either way is the phytochrome flowering hormone. Only a brief flash of bright light in a specific part of the red spectrum is needed to reset the hormone. All parts of the plant need to get the flash. If the plant was already starting to flower, and you're trying to return it to veg more quickly, then continuous light or more flashes during the dark period would help; however, I don't think brighter light would help. I'm using 13w daylight spectrum LED bulbs.