10 1/2 daylight hours

[purplephazes]

Hello everyone ! PP has a slight problem i am hoping you guys and gals can offer some help here ! my seeds have popped and are all up i unfortunatly i have no info of what they are ! (bagseed is it ) i'll be heading out to my spot on thursday or friday coming ! i will be gravity feeding from 5 x 5 gall water storage bags =100 ltrs ..i currently have an automatic timer set to feed 300mls = a cup and a bit ! to each seedling per day for 3 weeks.. Q=is this a wise idea !! they are in 9 ltr pots + compost ,organic soil , dolimite lime , 30 % perlite with blood and bone and worm poo added to the compost 9 weeks ago ! the temps are at 22-25 cel 73-78 f during daylight hours and overnight temps will range between 6-10 cel 43-50 f in june and july ..daylight hours will drop to 10 1/2 hrs of daylight with 11 1/2 visible hrs... And in august the days will start to get longer some thing like 12 1/4 visible and 11 1/4 daylight ! all of these plants will be under mesh barricade hats @ 1 1/2 ft tall with clear plastic covers to protect from a possible frost ! then covered with green string type net for stealth given that i have 2 months from today untill the days get longer do you think or know if these plants will go to flower early with the info provided and do you think that water schedule is appropriate for the next 3 weeks they all have 1 set of leaves ! Thanx heaps for your help ! pics will follow in a month or so when i get it all sorted out and get the camera options worked out ! Peace ! Take Care ! PP !

 

[ozzydiodude]

IMO that is too much water for that young a plant. they should flower as soon as the plant matures to sexing usually when the leave nodes start alternating.

 

[leafminer]

It's impossible to answer your question because we have no idea what genetics are in that bag seed. Maybe you do?
Unless the bag seed is pretty close to sativa I believe you're going to have problems. Just like me. I have 12 1/2 hour days and even my 50-50 sativa-indica went to flower. My indicas will not grow outdoors in these lighting hours, I have to veg them inside and then bring them out to flower. If I try to grow them outside they just stop growing, then flower, as little stunted microgrows which is not much use. I am just trying with my 75-25 sativa doms to see if they can handle the lighting hours we get here. (Subtropical; never less than 11, never more than 13)
It is not necessary for the plant to be in alternating nodes. A clone taken from a mom goes straight into flower in these conditions.
And indica seeds? They come up, and stop growing. Then after a few weeks they die. Indicas and indica doms need long hours of light.

 

[purplephazes]

thanx oz and leaf miner for the help here ! oz i will go back to 200mls and let them do with that as i think you are right in saying that 300ml is to much ! i also am preyin that the nodes dont change next month but i do have a north face to plot on which is hopefully going to help with maximal sunlight hrs untill mid august when 12 hrs comes back to my region which is sub trop as well ! cheers ! Leafminer thanx a mill ..generally outdoor grows are sativa strains in this area of ozzie the guy that supplied the seeds to me believes they may be sativa's yet it is to early to tell at this point ! (i hope he is right ) if not i may get a huge 1/4 ounce yet i will try to keep them vegein for as long as possible ! (i regret having kids sometimes ) LOL ! if the worst scenario should happen i think i will rip em and wait another 2 months as the days here do reach 14 hrs of daylight at the peak ! yet i will have everything in place which will make things easier ! (its so hard watchin everyone grow around here and lookin at all the buds ..i am having a few impatiency (if thats a word ) problems LOL ! ..Thanx again ! Peace and take care !