12/12 too Early? Move back to 24/0?

[stinkyattic]

Started 12/12 about 8 days ago.

You should be seeing males in a day or so then.

It is good to note that this is a closet with good ventilation, but its been about 105 everyday for the last 2 weeks.

That's why your growth rate has slowed, in part. Keep it under 85.

I am being told by some friends that I should move back to 24/0

Only if you want a closet full of hermaphrodites.

and let them mature more because they arent old enough to flower.

Look as the leaf placement. Are they opposite or alternating? When they are alternating, the plant WANTS to flower.

They also said it would take the same amount of time in the end.

Not really. You 're going to speed it up a bit. I flower by size, not by maturity since my veg room consists of racks and plants over 12" touch the lights. The immature ones take a bit longer, but not too too bad.

So should I continue 12/12?

yeah.

Or should I move back to 24/0?

nope!

I feel like moving to the 12/12 has slowed their growth considerably.

Well on top of your heat problem your plants are changing their life processes and diverting energy to reproduction rather than vertical growth. However they will shoot up quite a bit when you get your temps straightened out.

If I use some Flora Nova and test it with drops for pH, will it read inaccuractly because its not clear? My water is like 7.5-8, but with the ferts it says its about a 6. Is this false? No money for electronic pH.

Most ferts are tinted, so it can be confusing, just take that color into consideration when you're reading pH. If your ferts are green and the pH is in the 'yellow' range, you'll see a light green. Get it? Ferts can often drop the pH of the solution you put them in.

Okay now finally abou the multiple plants in the same pot... Each plant needs one gallon of dirt per vertical foot that it will grow to be. But this is your first time from seed, so you can do an experiment:
Keep the plants in 12-12.
Kill all the males.
If you have 2 or more pots with 2 or more females, kill one female in one pot. Track the progress of the remaining female in that pot as compared to the other pots with 2 females. When it's time, measure your yield. If the solo female has as much or more bud weight than the total bud weight from each of the pots with 2 or 3 girls, that should send you in the right direction next time.

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 07-27-2006. 12/12 too Early? Move back to 24/0? I have a post in basic growing but I sort of wanted to find this answer out ASAP. Indoor, 250watt HPS. Grown from seed. I am moving from my place in a little more then 2 months so I started to force flower when plants were about 4 weeks old. Started 12/12 about 8 days ago. I have never grown from seed before. It is good to note that this is a closet with good ventilation, but its been about 105 everyday for the last 2 weeks. I moved my large fan from inside the closet to my window, and Rating: 5