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Ace strains' outdoor start-of-flowering dates

yoss33

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Hello fellow Ace fans ! :)

Ace strains have nice descriptions including the approximate harvest window, but sometimes another date is also very important for outdoor growing - when flowering starts, i.e. buds start to form. Of course, the exact date for a strain varies between phenotypes and the latitude of the spot. But if we know that a strain starts flowering, say, about the 1st of September at 40 degrees north, it's not so hard to make the calculation when it will start to flower at another latitude, comparing the day lengths at the 2 latitudes.
I simply cannot grow strains that start flowering in August because we have many wild hemp plants in the area and they pollinate everything till the first days of September. Also, the beginning of September is full of caterpillars that not only eat the buds but also make bruises that invite mold later in the rains. These pests don't find a plant so attractive if it's not already flowering as they like to chew on buds.
So I was wondering if people that have grown any of the Ace strains can share when these strains started flowering at their particular latitude. Hope Dubi can join in with many numbers :)
I myself can't contribute any numbers as this is my first season growing Ace's gear.

Strain - latitude - starting date (or starting dates for different phenotypes)
 

kamyo

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Can't really chime in with actual flower times for normal latitudes, but at 13n, the longest day we have is about 12.5 hours. Golden Tiger usually starts to flower about 1.5 months from seed. PHaze/Thai is usually 2 or more months from seed. True sativa that will grow as big as you let them. So glad Ace and CBG are around to offer sativa of this caliber.

Edit: also, Bangi Haze right now is >3 weeks from seed and haven't shown sex yet. Days are gradually getting longer, but they should show any time now.
 

dubi

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Hello fellow Ace fans ! :)

Ace strains have nice descriptions including the approximate harvest window, but sometimes another date is also very important for outdoor growing - when flowering starts, i.e. buds start to form. Of course, the exact date for a strain varies between phenotypes and the latitude of the spot. But if we know that a strain starts flowering, say, about the 1st of September at 40 degrees north, it's not so hard to make the calculation when it will start to flower at another latitude, comparing the day lengths at the 2 latitudes.
I simply cannot grow strains that start flowering in August because we have many wild hemp plants in the area and they pollinate everything till the first days of September. Also, the beginning of September is full of caterpillars that not only eat the buds but also make bruises that invite mold later in the rains. These pests don't find a plant so attractive if it's not already flowering as they like to chew on buds.
So I was wondering if people that have grown any of the Ace strains can share when these strains started flowering at their particular latitude. Hope Dubi can join in with many numbers :)
I myself can't contribute any numbers as this is my first season growing Ace's gear.

Strain - latitude - starting date (or starting dates for different phenotypes)

Greetings yoss33,

The flowering times in our website are accurate for outdoor plants grown between 33-40º latitudes and for indoor plants that are old enough. Some tropical strains could take a bit more than described if they are flowered very young from seed, but a clone from the same plant will certainly be between the flowering time stated in our website.

Talking now about your case, sativa strains with moderate-long flowering times will start to flower in your latitude around late august-september, avoiding the undesired pollinations, some zamaldelica phenos with strong zamal influence could start to flower earlier but their main flower production still be in september.
 

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