When should I start worrying?

curious618 · Aug 16, 2020

Both my plants are just now into Week 4 flower, and I don’t see any definitive male/female/Hermie parts yet and I don’t see any bud sites forming yet. I can smell them and they have definitely stretched. I just fed half strength flower nutes a few days ago. I am watering when the pot is light, lights are on 12/12 about 14in above the top of the plants with the dimmer turned all the way down. I’m using a knockoff 240W QB LED. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Did I miss something?

Beachwalker · Aug 16, 2020

If you are in your 4th week of flowering and they're not showing sex yet you should check for light leaks!

stand inside the tent and close it up is the best way I found, and don't forget lights on switches and things like that too, hope this helps

Edit: great save from the issues of your last thread by the way, nice job!

curious618 · Aug 16, 2020

Beachwalker said:
If you are in your 4th week of flowering and they're not showing sex yet you should check for light leaks!

stand inside the tent and close it up is the best way I found, and don't forget lights on switches and things like that too, hope this helps

Edit: great save from the issues of your last thread by the way, nice job!

Thanks man! I’m going to check my timers too and make sure I’m truly getting 12/12. Idk how I can stand in the tent and test it without disrupting the light or dark cycle? The tent is in a metal shed, I think I can I figure out a way to maybe seal off where the side vents are. Or maybe partially close them off.

JadedMarxist · Aug 17, 2020

As long as you stand in the tent when lights come on or go off an extra 10 min dark won't hurt at all. Even turning thr lights off for 5min in the middle of lights on should not hurt at all. The continuous light leak preventing flowering will hurt.

How old is that plant from seed? It looks immature still. How long did you veg it?
Maybe just my perspective from pics

curious618 · Aug 17, 2020

JadedMarxist said:
As long as you stand in the tent when lights come on or go off an extra 10 min dark won't hurt at all. Even turning thr lights off for 5min in the middle of lights on should not hurt at all. The continuous light leak preventing flowering will hurt.

How old is that plant from seed? It looks immature still. How long did you veg it?
Maybe just my perspective from pics

I vegged for 6-7 weeks and they’re 3 weeks into flower.

curious618 · Aug 24, 2020

Ok so here we are in Week 5. Still no buds or male/female parts that I can see. I have switched to 11/13 light schedule. No nutes. Just water when the pot gets light.