When does flowering begin

Harvesting your plants at the right time is crucial. Unfortunately, many growers incorrectly calculate the flowering time of their plants and end up harvesting premature bud. This is a mistake we see growers make all the time. They start counting their flowering days too early and eventually end up with a premature harvest. The reason? It starts when the light conditions around your plants change and the days become shorter.

In nature, this happens naturally at the end of summer. All 3 runs were flawless and the taste and smell are way better with living soils. How should you water and fertilize? Should it be water one day and then fertilize? Or should it be fertilization all the time when you water? Hello Blu, that depends on the fertilizer, each brand has its own feeding schedule. Some of them need to be applied with almost every watering, some products are meant to be applied once a week, and so on.

For fertilizers that need to be applied with every watering, you can skip fertilization once a week and watering with water only to avoid nutrient burn and salt buildup.

I hope this helps. Happy growing! Anyways my question is what causes some of my branches that have just started budding to turn yellow and die. Not the very top but a few sucker leave down where it grows new buds die before they even get a chance to produce a leave why. Leaving me with a popcorn bud and a long bare branch underneath. First, check if those branches are receiving enough light. Not receiving enough light may cause the leaves to start dying and buds to remain very small.

If growing outdoors, bud rot may also be a suspect. Another possibility is that your plant has a nutrient deficiency. Make sure to follow a good nutrient schedule for flowering. The excess of Nitrogen in the soil mix also causes buds to remain very small. One plant started budding at end of June about when a seed I planted sprouted the sprout is about a foot tall will the budding plant make it start budding already? Hello Chip! Photoperiodic plants growing outdoors enter the flowering stage when the days grow shorter, usually towards Autumn.

If your first plant is already budding, make sure to apply nutrients for the flowering stage. If the soil is rich in Nitrogen but poor in P and K which is very common , buds will be light and small. Some foliar nutrients intended for this stage will also help your plant to start making trichomes.

Your other plant the smaller one will continue to grow in the veg stage for a few days before entering the flowering stage. Cannabis plants may start growing buds independently from their size, they may be one foot or 7 ft tall. I hope this helps, have a nice day and happy growing! Hi Spike! Thank you so much for your kind words! We have more articles with pictures and illustrations, I hope you enjoy them as well!

Have a nice day and happy growing! The flowering stage may take several weeks according to the strain and growing conditions. Stick to a nutrient schedule for flowering and only start flushing one or two weeks before the expected harvesting date. Hi Dimuthu!

You can cut some bottom fan leaves when the plant is flowering so it concentrates its energy on the top buds. Do not cut all the leaves as the plant needs them to grow. Should I be getting anxious? Re: flushing: this is only for chemical ferts, yeah?

Hello Agnes, congratulations on your big ladies! The article says Cannabis plants start budding when Autumn begins, not August. In the northern hemisphere, as you say, Autumn starts on September 21st but in the southern hemisphere, that would be on March 21st.

Anyway, those dates are just a guide, outdoors budding may start earlier or later due to the environmental and growing conditions. Chicken compost usually has a high Nitrogen concentration and may or may not have enough P.

This is great for vegetative growth but in the flowering stage the plant needs less Nitrogen, and if present in excess, it may delay flowering. Try fertilizers organics are great with higher concentrations of P and K Phosphorus and Potassium.

Bat guano, fish meal, and kelp products are good options and there are many other organic sources, just be sure that NPK ratios are as follows: N low — P medium to high — K high. I hope this helps and you can harvest before the cold season begins. Thanks for reading and commenting. Hello Alicia. I am in the exact same situation as she is. I successfully germinated 6 seeds in late April and early May and 3 of them are females.

My biggest female plant is 3 feet tall now and the other 2 are close behind. It sounds like all I can do is force flower them, right? Please tell me when I should do that and how? Any advice? Is there a better way? Hi Danielle! To do this, move the female plants definitely inside the tent when they achieve half of the desired size because they will continue to grow in the switching phase.

Take into account the total height of the pot and the plant with some distance between the top of the plant and the grow light. Plants growing too close to growing lights develop burns and other problems.

Start applying nutrients intended for flowering one week before switching environments and light schedules. Regarding the male plants, they are going to accidentally pollinate female plants in your area, so you may want to consider taking them out before that happens. And when doing so should I be removing the smaller leaves starting from the bottom of the plants?

Hi Stephanie! I am growing five plants in a solarium and the tallest plant is 8 feet and the smallest is 6 feet. One plant in particular, the second tallest seems to be several weeks ahead of its sisters. They were all planted at the same time, but was wondering if this is normal that one is so far advanced? Secondly, all the plants are seem quite healthy but nowhere near as bushy as some of the plants I see on the web.

The colas are forming and staying close to the stalks, but like I said this is not a bushy plant. Is this normal too? My strain is White Widow,. Hello Ted, every plant is a different individual and may grow differently even in the same conditions. In the case of tall plants like yours, they are not always as bushy as their shorter counterparts. As long as they have budding sites, they will grow just fine. White Widow in particular needs lots of light and will take no less than 9 weeks to complete flowering.

Always make sure to be giving them the correct amount of nutrients and watering. If you need further help, you can email me some photos of the whole plants and some close photos of the buds or preflowers.

Hi Karen! While some people had problems and avoided them altogether, fertilizers may be ok for the veg stage outdoors. The problem is, they have a high concentration of Nitrogen. This is not recommended for the flowering stage because it produces small buds, among other issues. If your plants are growing outdoors, water them accordingly and the sun will do the rest. Hi, I have a few plants out side, for the most part they are doing good there about 8 ft tall and big around and bushy.

But they are not budding yet. All my plants in past years have already had nice buds established by this time of year. The newest growth is slightly purple. And all the leaves are small compared to most other plants. And they are definitely female. Do you think the late blooming is do to the strain or could I be doing something different?

Hello Ian! There may be several reasons for late blooming. Strain in only one of them. Maybe something related to the nutrient schedule or soil? If you need further help, please upload your photos to the Grow with Jane app. I want to send a pic of my 1st time plant that is flowering on a few stalks,, does the flowering supposed to leave a white dust on some of leaves????

Hello Dt! When flowering, Cannabis plants produce trichomes, which look like small crystals on some leaves. If you are noticing something like dust or flour, it could be a fungal disease called Powdery Mildew.

Some people use low-fat milk, some use neem oil. Whatever method you choose, repeat every 10 days until you eliminate the fungi.

Spraying the leaves with alkaline reverse osmosis water also may work. Powdery Mildew usually grows in rooms crowded with plants, poor airflow, high humidity levels and stagnant air. Moving the plants to get rid of excess water on the leaves after rain and adding a fan to move the air indoors may help. For us to see your pics, please upload them to the Grow with Jane app and send an in app message with your issue. Our Grower Support team will look at it as soon as possible.

I was wondering what occurs if I remove the flower buds. I was given a small plant started from seed and was already flowering. I desire a taller bushy plant so I snipped of the beginning male flowers and repotted on its side so the main stem could begin to grow more branches, and has now tripled the amount of branches.

They are all flowering as well. Thanks for you time! Hi Zaida! Training plants, like growing them on their side to force them to grow more branches LST — Low-Stress Training is a great way to maximize your crop so make sure all those branches get enough light and go for it! Check out this article for more info! Great stuff, thanks. Does the plant need direct sunlight during the flowering stage? So, I know direct sunlight is key during the vegetative stage, is that equally true during the flowering stage?

Hello Michael! Yes, Cannabis plants need direct sunlight during the flowering stage as well. They need fewer hours of direct sunlight than in the veg stage, so it might work if they receive enough. Check for stunted growth and consider adding an additional light if necessary. Great work Alicia!

Thank you for sharing. Cannabis is such a lovely plant to prune, train and develop. Hello Denton. Thank you so much for your kind words, also for reading and commenting! Cannabis is indeed a lovely plant and we all love to learn about it! Happy growing!! Our Napoli Pink plant is flowering.

We are growing outdoors in N CA and they are in 5 gallon bucks about 3 months old. Some of the stem is turning brown. Any recommendations for a fix? Hi Julie! There may be some reasons for a stem turning brown. Some of them are not to worry, others may harm your crop. Fusarium fungi and Pythium are two main suspects if stem rot seems to be the problem. Sometimes the whole plant also shows symptoms as yellow and wilting leaves.

If this is the case, avoid overwatering and try to improve drainage conditions. Disinfect the stem and the bucks spraying with a solution of water and H There are some products to treat these diseases, but they are hard to fight once established. Inoculating the soil mix from the beginning with beneficial organisms like Mycorrhizae and Trichoderma prevents these and other fungal diseases such as Botrytis and Powdery Mildew establish. Good luck and happy growing! I have 1 plant outside and I used 20 20 20 in flowering stage and the buds are small what can I do to get them bigger.

Do I need to flush. Hello Les! This causes buds to remain small, less potent and tasty. If your plant is growing in a container, you may flush it until the water runs more clear.

If harvesting seems near, just flush and hope for the best. Avoid those fertilizers in your next grows, they are not good for Cannabis. Hi My! Yes, you can grow autoflowering and photoperiodic regular plants in the same tent. I am glad to hear that you have checked for light leaks. Light proofing my room was no small task. Other more experienced grower have different strategies that work very well for them. This is my first grow as well and am still learning the ropes.

Ok, see, pictures tell us so much! Like I said, it can take up to two weeks for them to really start to flower. You should be watering till runoff at this point. You should use that runoff water to check your Ph and PPMs.

Thank you raustin ; that first picture posted is of a beautiful flowering babe of an MJ plant. Your foliage looks healthy.

Great color. Leaves flat and pointed. I am new to the indoor grow and wow the expense is so much more than outdoors. Hi Tyler, I am on my first grow as well. Best fill out support ticket, but I will copy a few as well. She looks good but tall and lanky. She will fill in very soon, but just as they start the flowering, they will grow like crazy.

You may want to look at LST or similar.