Started flowering my white widow and bob marlesy best, few questions..

Hey all, today (being November 5th 2004 at 1.40pm) i switched my 3 plants (2 bob marleys best and 1 white widow) onto 12/12, they are around 1 - 2 ft tall growing in a closet space with just a 150watt HID (yeah i know the lighting could be better but i am waiting to afford a 600watt HID) my question is this: I know that white widow and bob marleys best take 8 to 10 weeks to mature, since i planted them on the 15th November 2004 the 8 week period is up on the 10th of january? or if i leave it for a full 10 weeks the 10 week period will be up on 24th jan are these dates correct for the harvest? what i plan to do is flower them on 12/12 for 8 weeks so from 15th November to 10th january, then siwtch the lights off completly or maybe just down to 8 hrs for the last 2 weeks to force the last bits of resin to appear. What do you guys think of this? is this ok? im really happy with the plants this far so i really dont want to cause any problems id like to smoke this batch :) so any comments, opinions or just general advice/help on this matter would be greatly appriciated also any of you guys out there grown white widow and bob marleys best can u show me some pics? well thats about it, thanks for your time, Happy Growing!!!

Peace

MikeD

this board has gone down hill, it used to be a great place where people would actually answer your questions. How come im not getting any answers from the 70 odd people that visited, ay?
pathetic community!

u aint gona get any replys with language like that u pig fucker!

Well that is no way to get help, i just saw this post,and i will help you anyway..Each plant is differant in its time cycle, thats what i've found out.wait until the pistils are 70 to 80% red then harvest,,,,,,you can set up time tables,but they are hard to stick to...each plant has its on time frame for what it wants,treat each one to its on needs,,,,Live Free,,,Growalot,,,,

Hi mike
Sometimes questions get over looked, it wasn't done intentionally. There are alot of great people here who do help out, sometimes not as quick as we'd like, but hey , that's life. Calling us a pathetic community isn't the answer.
to answer your questions
12/12 light cycle for WW takes a good 8 weeks if not more. the plants will show when it time to harvest just like growalot said.
I've never cut the lights down below 12 hours, but it's worth a try. let us know how it worked out.
the 150 watt light might not be enough for big buds, floro's are fairly cheep you might want to add one of them.
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