Yet another CFL grow log....

I have 4 hours before the lights have been off for 12 hours to decide what to do, could anybody give me a suggestion?

I think I am going to change the bulbs over to flowering but as I only re-FIM'ed 2 of them yesterday I guess this is not to great.

But.....

How would the girls react if I put the 6500k bulbs back on 17/7 for a few more days after the 12 hours darkness?

Would I be better off leaving them off for 36 hours (this is something I have read in these forums) and changing the lights over before they come on?

please help, power problems is not something I have read on these forums!:(

changes in lighting regimen can stress the plant. worst case scenario, you get feminized seeds if it hermies on you. if this is okay with you, go ahead and return to veg hours when you can. the "leaving them in 36 hours of darkness" helps them to show sex earlier. i don't think that it increases yield or anything. best of luck with the power situation.

Thanks for the imput GG84. I deffo didnt want to stress them!

I Turned the lights back on after 12 hours of darkness but i changed them to flowering bulbs (2700k) so technically it was just like they had a flowering night before they had a flowering day.

I never thought about it before but what is the common practice for changing over to flowering?

Is it the normal 6/7 hour "night" for vegging then when they "wake up" the lights are different...
or is it a 12 hour flowering "night" then when they "wake up" the lights are different? Hopefully it is the second one!

The ladies seemed to like the long night though they stretched out their secondaries nicely and.... I'm pretty sure 3 of them are females! I'm not sure on the other yet, strangley its the tallest/biggest that i'm not sure about...

We have some wind now :D so there is power :thumbsup: gen is still fooked though. Bloody thing!

gotta do some clones soon...

looking good i think your fine on the light switch no worries!:thumbsup: and my 6th plant is a female.im gonna watch your grow keep up the good work bro!!

Hi detroitfish, thanks for the support, great news on your girl!

Well its been about two weeks now since flowering started so I thought I would update.

There were infact only 2 females not 3, but i did plant 4 in the hope to get 2 females so I'm not dissapointed.

They have realy grown a lot in two weeks, they seem to have gotten really leggy, grown over 6inches taller in 2 weeks! They are flowering well though, I think!?

Like I said, they are a bit leggy looking, There is a lot of growth in the middle of the two plants though (towards the light in the middle). Wish I started with more lights at lower wattages rather than 2 really big ones. and a couple of small ones.

I did take 4 clones, but only two have taken. They are going to be a while though by the looks of it, still rooting better.

Got some pictures for you to look at.

Thanks for looking again!:D

looking real good bro :thumbsup:they should be starting to stink here soon :greenthumb:

Its been 23 days of flowering now, They are getting bigger!

They have pruned some of the shade leaves since my last post and there was a mini disaster which I fell asleep earlier than usual and didnt check the plants, the temp managed to get to 31C and the middle bulb fell over (thankfully it didn't break!) onto a branch and burnt it all - I did smoke it though and it was very nice, It has been a while! I have also had to raise the bulbs up quite a bit more. Apart from that everything is the same.

Some more pics attatched, tell me what you think... :)

Patience is the key here. Mine are at 83 days into flowering and they have at least 2 weeks more of flowering in front of them...maybe more.

Since February i'm like..."2 weeks more...." then 2 weeks later... "oh maybe 2 weeks more!!"....And it grows......grows.....and grows!!!

And you got some realy healthy plants! Great job!
:thumbsup:

83 days of flowering!! wow you have some serious patience.....but isn't that a little too long??

nice job evil trees, those girls are looking great! patience is key ... they will get even bigger, just you wait! very nicely done though!

k1ing87 - if you leave a short strain too long, yes, it will be past it's peak potency. but there are definitely haze's and sativas out there that are 120+ days of flowering. plus, add in the CFLs and that takes things out another couple of weeks or so. I think monkeybone is probably justified, and is hopefully looking at the trichomes.

take care,

-sg