Bubble Gum in cabinet. When to flower? Pics!

[bonobo66]

Yeah, those are the suckers that I thought were preflowers! What are they anyway?

Anyway, thanks for the advice sister or brother! I will keep vegging for another few weeks.

By the way, does sex show itself even BEFORE you go to 12/12?

[stinkyattic]

I can't really see but at those circled nodes you should see spurs and secondary growth.
They CAN show preflowers before 12/12 but not all strains do this, and even the ones that do will want 18/6.

[bonobo66]

Thanks, Stinky.

Spurs? What are those? It's definitely not secondary growth, so I guess it is the spurs then.
If you have been following, can you comment on how long I should keep vegging for these Bubble Gums? Should I go to 18/6 soon?

[stinkyattic]

They are far enough along that now your concern is space limitations. Say your plant is a foot high. And you only have 3 feet of space to work with. Then you would flower now. Or you would train more.
If you have just topped, wait 3 weeks, then flower. Wait 2-3 weeks from any point you pinch or top the plant before flowering.
When you go to 12/12, just go directly, without any intermediate steps.

[bonobo66]

See if you can see better in these, ok? Thanks all of you kind folk

[Shovelhandle]

I've been growing BG outdoors for 5-6 years now. Check out my last winter's indoor grow here.

Eight weeks of veg, more or less depending on conditions and space. Eight to ten weeks to finish budding. I love bubblegum and so do most around here. I'll definetly grow one or two next crop.

Shovelhandle

[stinkyattic]

No preflowers yet- but in that small space you might have to flower, like, now...
Either way, those plants are the picture of health.

[bonobo66]

Hey Shovelhandle,

Thanks for the good word! Were those Serious Seeds' Bubblegum? Mine are and they look quite the same.
Did you continue your grow log somewhere? It seems to cut off.

[bonobo66]

OK, Stinky, I got the picture. I will turn them onto 12/12 in a couple of days after first transplanting them into a larger container. I have a 4 gallon square bucket that is the largest thing I can fit in my 15"x15" cab. Should I stick all 3 plants in there, wait for sex info and then go from there? Or should I do 2 and keep one as a slower growing mother?

[stinkyattic]

That's one way to do it, if you have 2 grow areas so that you can keep a female alive at all times. Otherwise, you have to either grow from seed, or find another local grower who can house a clone mother for you. I know people who do that. Heck, I've got a strain backup agreement wiht a few of my grow buddies. It works out okay!
I would not really want to put multiple plants in one bucket. If one shows male, it's hard to get him out without damaging the roots of the others.
I have always sexed first and transplanted as soon as they show female. As the BOG says, "why waste work on a male?" lol.
If that big bucket is all that will fit, then after tehy show sex would be the time to stuff them in there. Angle the main stems away form one another to make trining easier if you have to do that.