How short of days to induce flowering?

[BagSeed]

The light for my area is currently 14:24 of daylight today.... It is getting increasingly shorter though and i was wondering how much shorter it has to get before my plants will begin to show sex? I planted some seeds on the 3rd and 4 have shot up... I know they have to be big enough to even show sex but by that time do you think they should show? I will lose about an hour of light by august 20th from what it is now.... Is that enough of a daylight shortening for it to show? It is about 13:18 by then so pretty much 13/11 light cycle.... Will this be short enough to flower it? Im getting kinda excited that i don't have to worry about males too long, although my yield will be pretty low by now, it is still very cheap higher quality marijuana than i am currently getting :hubba: Also, if i plant with bag seed and make the crop sensi and take good care of it, how much better should this be than the bud i got the seeds from? It is from just some schwag that is like 60-70/ oz... (weed is kinda cheap in my area)

 

[BagSeed]

anyone have some input?

 

[Mutt]

Its outdoors, it'll show when its ready
Light schedule isn't the same as indoors. things are different outdoors, plus days haven't quite started getting shorter...still should be in veg state.

 

[bud.uncle]

Its outdoors, it'll show when its ready
Light schedule isn't the same as indoors. things are different outdoors, plus days haven't quite started getting shorter...still should be in veg state.

I guess worldwide location also plays it's part.

My girls were showing pre flowers within 1 week of the summer solstice

 

[IllusionalFate]

If they will be getting continuously shorter days for that long then that alone will eventually induce flowering. By August 20th your plants will recognize the hours of daylight progressively getting shorter and should start to flower, especially with only 13 hours of daylight.

With that said, I don't know much about outdoor growing and am not sure exactly how long of diminishing light hours it takes to begin the flowering cycle. It may take a little longer than you expect but I'm guessing that almost two months of it will be enough. Genetics certainly plays a role in though, so different strains will start to flower with different amounts of daylight.

 

[BagSeed]

Anyone know how much better what i grow will be than the seeds im using? It will be sensi but the seeds are from swag... How much better is sensi than the exact same plant with pollen from males?

 

[Hick]

I guess worldwide location also plays it's part.

My girls were showing pre flowers within 1 week of the summer solstice

..."Pre-flowering" has nothing to do with hours of light, but with plant maturity.
But.. the deminishing hours result in flowering prior to 12 hours of darkness. In fact, in many areas, many strains will be nearlly matured and ready for harvest, before 12/12 is reached in nature.

Anyone know how much better what i grow will be than the seeds im using? It will be sensi but the seeds are from swag... How much better is sensi than the exact same plant with pollen from males?

The personal care and curing that you put into those seeds will result in far superior 'end product' in almost every case.

 

[HippyInEngland]

Today is 23 days past the longest day, my plants are now showing sex.

But if I measure the light during the day its still 14 hours.

I had pre flowers before the longest day here, maturing plants are simply that, they are maturing, they could be male or female, they are maturing to become ready to show sex.