silly question

[puffpufffpass]

how can you tell when a plants done vegging/growing? mines starting to get funny leaf patterns from the top... whats up with that? 4th time growing, 1st time harvesting.:rasta:

puffpufffpass Reviewed by puffpufffpass on 04-30-2008. silly question how can you tell when a plants done vegging/growing? mines starting to get funny leaf patterns from the top... whats up with that? 4th time growing, 1st time harvesting.:rasta: Rating: 5

[locomark]

Well Puffpufffpass,

Indoors you can veg a plant for years maybe forever. Outdoors it takes several grows with a strain to know. Funny leaf pattern you might want to look at your pH. Keep reading dog. But what do I know?

Loco

[jakezking]

My basic understanding of when a plant is done vegging outdoors is that it is determined by when the sun in your area goes into a 12 hours light/12 hours dark cycle. There are charts available online for you to review to determine when your particular area will be in such zone/cycle - seems like you can search for daylight hours almanac or some other such key words.

Once your zone goes into a 12/12 cycle, then your plant will begin to show signs of sex, hopefully for you it will begin to flower (signs of female sex) - the flowering cycle.

With that said, if your plant does not receive sufficient direct sunlight, if your nutrients are not exactly in line, or if you have a strain of MJ that is autoflowering (such as Lowryder) a plant may/can begin to show signs of sex earlier, thereby producing seeds, if male, or begin flowering if female.

Basically, just sit back and watch your plant grow, and it will do its thing. Give it the basics of water and read within this board for some threads discussing nutrients. I've come to be a firm believer in keeping a grow simple, as a lot of grows result in plant death due to the interference of the grower.

I hope this has helped a bit. If not, then search the board, as I am certain you will find additional and more elaborate answers.

Good luck, my friend! Be good out there!

[justanotherbozo]

how can you tell when a plants done vegging/growing? mines starting to get funny leaf patterns from the top... whats up with that? 4th time growing, 1st time harvesting.:rasta:

i'm a little confused as to why you'd grow 4 times and never harvest but let's let that go.

as locomark said, you can keep a mj plant in the vegetative state almost indefinately (10 - 15 years and more)

in fact, many breeders do just that, some have mommas that were planted from seed in the seventies.

that funny leaf pattern you refer to might just be the plant letting you know it's mature enough to display sex (early in the life cycle the nodes grow out in a symetrical pattern, once mature, the plant starts growing asymetrically, ie alternating nodes)

anyway, i hope this helps

[greenatik]

if its revegging it will put off some weird leaves. did it start to flower already? are the leaves round and barely resemble pot?

all my clones that i put outside went into flower, then started to reveg and all the new leaves are round and ridiculous looking. LOL