forceing flowering

[da420king]

i have had my plants recieving 12 hours of darkness for 10 days and still no indication of male or female? wats up?

[Dutch Pimp]

well...males usually show first...no news is good news...:thumbsup:

[Ocotillo]

There's the problem, you should have them recieving 12 hours of light per day, not 12 hours of darkness!
:wtf:

Seriously, they'll start to flower. They always do. Some sooner, some later.


i have had my plants recieving 12 hours of darkness for 10 days and still no indication of male or female? wats up?

[Rusty Trichome]

I'm willing to bet it's a maturity thing. Often, a plant that is not yet ready for flowering will delay, even under the 12/12 lighting. Perhaps a tad longer in the growth stage next time would be a benefit.

No harm, no foul, but most strains will perform better if you let them stay under 18/6 till they show pre-flowers. (calyx's and pistils) For some smaller grow rooms or those flowering under CFL's and for some sativa dominate strains, this might be an issue though.

Off topic:
Speaking of the light versus darkness...did you know that light bulbs don't emit light...they suck the ambient darkness out of the room...? (dark suckers) Once a bulb has sucked all the darkness it can, the bulb burnes-out leaving soime of the residual darkness it has caught, as a dark spot on the inside of the bulb. (an old physics theory...a result of trying to determine the speed of dark)

[canniwhatsis]

Off topic:
Speaking of the light versus darkness...did you know that light bulbs don't emit light...they suck the ambient darkness out of the room...? (dark suckers) Once a bulb has sucked all the darkness it can, the bulb burnes-out leaving soime of the residual darkness it has caught, as a dark spot on the inside of the bulb. (an old physics theory...a result of trying to determine the speed of dark)

LOL!!!! :rasta: Thanks Rusty, I needed a good laugh!

[MadSativa]

Off topic:
Speaking of the light versus darkness...did you know that light bulbs don't emit light...they suck the ambient darkness out of the room...? (dark suckers) Once a bulb has sucked all the darkness it can, the bulb burnes-out leaving soime of the residual darkness it has caught, as a dark spot on the inside of the bulb. (an old physics theory...a result of trying to determine the speed of dark)

haha