Quote Originally Posted by the image reaper
I don't switch to 12/12 to determine sex, as I have seen recommended in various sources ... I just wait it out, patience ... the ONE time I did switch back and forth between veg/flower/veg/flower for sexing, it caused weird mutants, resulting in one-leafed branches, from the light-stress ... (it was a 100% sativa, which I suspect , 'may' be more sensitive to light changes, just a theory) ... there's no replacement for patience, when growing plants ... :smokin:
this is true and i did wait it out on my others and it took 9 weeks and still did'nt show sex. so by that time the roots were matted together as there in the same res so i did'nt get to take a mother, and that was my whole point was to really get a mother going. so i planted 5 more and i tried the switch as i've read on here alot, some say it's the only way to go and others say it's the worst. so i was at a point where i needed a mother and btw i don't have much room as if i did i'd for sure do it the way i wanted to. but im in a 5x5 area and i blocked off a 1.5ft by 3ft area to make a mother in. but thats all the room i have right now. so im limted to what i can do unless i drop everything and just seek a mother. but i was trying to grow and get a mother if that makes any sense.