Bubble Gum in cabinet. When to flower? Pics!

[bonobo66]

OK, I am posting pics here to show what I got going on.
I have 4 Bubble Gum (Serious) growing currently in a converted Phototron that has 5 CFLs hanging. They are vegging beautifully! Really, really compact with small nodes. My question is, when SHOULD I start to flower -I have a cabinet with 1 sq. ft. of space and a 70w HPS light where I can SCROG.
Also, do the preflowers on these inidcate whether it is male or female or is it still too hard to tell. The seedlings were started on July 8th, 4 weeks ago.
One of the BG's is being trained (LST), one is being just fimmed (Fuck, I Missed!) and one is having nothing done to it. The last one is a retard that got dropped on its head several times, and it remains to be seen if it will even survive.
Any and all comments and observations welcome. This is my first grow and I just threw out my 2 biggest plants which were bagseed hermies that I grew cause I wanted to get at least some experience before I went to the BGs.

bonobo66 Reviewed by bonobo66 on 08-06-2007. Bubble Gum in cabinet. When to flower? Pics! OK, I am posting pics here to show what I got going on. I have 4 Bubble Gum (Serious) growing currently in a converted Phototron that has 5 CFLs hanging. They are vegging beautifully! Really, really compact with small nodes. My question is, when SHOULD I start to flower -I have a cabinet with 1 sq. ft. of space and a 70w HPS light where I can SCROG. Also, do the preflowers on these inidcate whether it is male or female or is it still too hard to tell. The seedlings were started on July 8th, Rating: 5

[bonobo66]

1. When should I start flowering?
2. If you get a close up on the first pic (tall plant), can you tell if those preflowers are of a boy or girl?

[hydrocannabis]

they look good.bro.

[decontrol]

Make sure you are not mistaking preflowers for stipules, I think thatâ??s there name. Female flowers will have pistils coming out of a calyx. When I looked at your photos I did not see any preflowers visible, but yet that could be me just being blind. Some strains donâ??t go alternating nodes, and I am not familiar with the growth pattern of bubble gum so this could be a possibility. Someone with way more experience should chime in sometime to help. I would personally veg for longer to get more growth to it. Some more branches. And possible bud sites.

[bonobo66]

I may indeed be making a mistake. Could you please look at the last of the 5 photos above (the tallest of the plants). If you zoom in, you will see what I am referring to.

[bonobo66]

Yup, realized that already. FInished reading it. Great grow. Do you also grow in cabinets?

Also, how did it smoke? Tell me about BG's high (is it Serious Seeds?)

[bonobo66]

I really would appreciate some help from someone. I desperately want to smoke this bubble gum but don't want to be too hasty.

[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.

[decontrol]

They are not old enough to flower, they are only a month old from being sprouted? or did I read that wrong? sorry little stoned. But anyways I would wait for alternating nodes(sexually mature) before I put them into flower because force flowering could cause them to turn hermi.

I am no expert grower thou.

[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