So as the title states i have 5 plants that i switched over to flower about 1.5 to 2 months ago. Initially i started them as in hydro for the first 3 weeks then decided to switch to soil. They grew fine in veg state then I switched them to flower but since then theyve grown taller but not flowering. I initially had them on the recomended 11/13 shedule due to stretch but when they still werent flowering I switched them to 12/12 with still no results. Im running them indoors under a 400W hps light. Anybody have experience with this strain? Im racking my brain here trying to figure out whats wrong, any help would be really appreciated.
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Golden Tiger strain not flowering
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Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Uhm... if you want to speed flowering on that strain you would want 10/14 instead of 12/12. You extended your flowering time by going to 12/12.
Good news is your harvest will be larger.
Good news is your harvest will be larger.
Hombre del mont
Dr of Stupidity
Golden tiger doesn't like too much nitrogen. High nitrogen levels will delay flowering onset. 10/14 ought to help.
Northern Man
Active member
In my experience, too much nitrogen will also influence the start of flower/bud sites. It will prolong the start of flowering and add stretch.
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NM
And Welcome to the forum.
NM
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
When you grow a strain with predominant equitorial genetics... you will find 12/12 to take muuuuuuuch too long to finish flowering... if ever. Even 48hrs of dark will not help through nearly 4 months of flowering.
This is excellent news for me. I'm right on the Equator and planting out clones of Golden Tiger, Zamaldelica, and Malawi down at the swamp. I'd been worried that the switch from artificial indoor 16/8 lighting to the year-round 12/12 natural sunlight cycle might trigger premature flowering, but if anything I expect a reveg after a short spell of flowering.When you grow a strain with predominant equitorial genetics... you will find 12/12 to take muuuuuuuch too long to finish flowering... if ever. Even 48hrs of dark will not help through nearly 4 months of flowering.
With no worries about cold weather in late September as is the case in the northern hemisphere, I'm prepared to let these clones turn into monstrous trees that will only flower in December haha. Watering will be the only chore when the rains depart, but I'm up for it even though my elaborate auto-watering setup isn't up and running just yet.
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Though not an expert, I personally would expect sloooow flowering instead of reveg.
I personally go as far as 8/16 to finish and they sure get a boost and finish quickly.
I also start them on 11/13 so they hurry up from day one.
The reason being outside planted sativas in our Australian or at least my Australian winter flower fully in 3 months from seed. They just dont grow big at all.
So if you have vedged already I would go straight to 10/14 and drop it gradually I bet they start flowering pronto as they see the end of their world approaching fast.
I also start them on 11/13 so they hurry up from day one.
The reason being outside planted sativas in our Australian or at least my Australian winter flower fully in 3 months from seed. They just dont grow big at all.
So if you have vedged already I would go straight to 10/14 and drop it gradually I bet they start flowering pronto as they see the end of their world approaching fast.
I was trying to suggest 24-30 hr of darkness prior to a flower routine. I was using 12/12 as a general term. I see 11/13 is recommended for GT. thanks for pointing that out....When you grow a strain with predominant equitorial genetics... you will find 12/12 to take muuuuuuuch too long to finish flowering... if ever. Even 48hrs of dark will not help through nearly 4 months of flowering.
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Yes, and even 48 hours of dark, prior to a flower routine, will not help through nearly 4 months of flowering.
I'm working on being more clear in my answers. My apologies.
I'm working on being more clear in my answers. My apologies.
The transition from hydro to soil can stress plants.
Skunkenstein
Active member
Taima-da
Well-known member
Some of the more tropical sativa expressions need to reach sexual maturity before flowering. Up to two months (around the eighth set of leaves) from seed before they want to show any signs of sexing- even when daylight hours are significantly less than 12.
As it's never too far from 12/12 in the tropics these plants have developed a mode of growth that allows for some veg period under conditions that would send any indica influenced plant straight to flower.
However the GT(v.2) I tried under these conditions a couple of winters ago went to flower surprisingly early considering that it was a more Thai pheno by all appearances.
As it's never too far from 12/12 in the tropics these plants have developed a mode of growth that allows for some veg period under conditions that would send any indica influenced plant straight to flower.
However the GT(v.2) I tried under these conditions a couple of winters ago went to flower surprisingly early considering that it was a more Thai pheno by all appearances.
Plants that are close to the equator don't have the same kind of trigger as do 12/12 plants. The 12/12 plants triggers are light hrs due to colder temperatures. Temperatures drop the further an area is from the equator due to the curvature of the earth. The cold temperatures are the catalyst for the 12/12 plants, where equatorial strains the catalyst is wet to dry or dry to wet with hot temps.
Equatorial regions often experience a hot climate with little seasonal variation. As a result, many equatorial cultures recognize two seasons—wet and dry. The wet, or rainy season often lasts most of the year. In some tropics, there are two wet and two dry seasons as the rain belt passes over twice a year, one moving north and one moving south. Between the tropics and the equator, locations may experience both a short wet and a long wet season as the flowering triggers. .
Equatorial regions often experience a hot climate with little seasonal variation. As a result, many equatorial cultures recognize two seasons—wet and dry. The wet, or rainy season often lasts most of the year. In some tropics, there are two wet and two dry seasons as the rain belt passes over twice a year, one moving north and one moving south. Between the tropics and the equator, locations may experience both a short wet and a long wet season as the flowering triggers. .
