Grow from seed or clone for long flowering sativas

[SolarLogos]

I started 12/12 as soon as all seeds were up, so zero veg. The GT didnt start to flower for ages and put out lots of branches, rooted fine. Hybrids flowered and cloned at the same time did have to reveg but GT hadnt started to flower despie being 12/12. Hope that helps with your plans.

A lot of sativa just will not flower until they have reached sexual maturity. The idea is to wait until the mother has reached maturity (calyx/pistils), then take a clone and flower the clone. Otherwise, even the clone will stretch until it has reached maturity before flowering. That is why your GT did not flower until well after your hybrids finished.
In the post above, Dubi stated, "it's better to flower indoors pure sativa sexually mature clones"(emphasis added).
I have a couple of OTH clones in the flower room. They did not go into flower, even at 9.5/14.5 light schedule for 6 months, until the moms outdoors when into flower.

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[farm3r]

A lot of sativa just will not flower until they have reached sexual maturity. The idea is to wait until the mother has reached maturity (calyx/pistils), then take a clone and flower the clone. Otherwise, even the clone will stretch until it has reached maturity before flowering. That is why your GT did not flower until well after your hybrids finished.
In the post above, Dubi stated, "it's better to flower indoors pure sativa sexually mature clones"(emphasis added).
I have a couple of OTH clones in the flower room. They did not go into flower, even at 9.5/14.5 light schedule for 6 months, until the moms outdoors when into flower.

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Thanks for elaborating on this. So when you grow pure sativas or sativa dominant strains, do you practice this method of letting the seed plant mature, take clones, and then flower the clones?


If this is the case, I wonder why Dubi said this "From your list, Panama, Zamaldelica and Malawi will perform better being flowered straight from seed (or providing them a couple of weeks of growing)"

 

[SolarLogos]

Thanks for elaborating on this. So when you grow pure sativas or sativa dominant strains, do you practice this method of letting the seed plant mature, take clones, and then flower the clones?


If this is the case, I wonder why Dubi said this "From your list, Panama, Zamaldelica and Malawi will perform better being flowered straight from seed (or providing them a couple of weeks of growing)"

Thank you very much farm3r, that is a great question. I think some sativa, as Dubi mentioned, will mature when the light is switched to flower. Having said that, I have seen grows documented on here, where OTH was vegged 3 weeks from seed, then flipped into flower and actually went right into flower. My OTH clones were in the flower room for 6 months before they finally flowered and 80% of that time was at 9.5 hours daylight (indoors). Why some have that luck and I don't? I don't have that answer. My Honduran is the same way, won't go into flower until it has reached about 3 months maturity.

Edit: To answer your question, yes, now I wait to take clones until after the plant has reached maturity, then take clones and put the clones into flower.


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[YukonKronic]

Thank you very much farm3r, that is a great question. I think some sativa, as Dubi mentioned, will mature when the light is switched to flower. Having said that, I have seen grows documented on here, where OTH was vegged 3 weeks from seed, then flipped into flower and actually went right into flower. My OTH clones were in the flower room for 6 months before they finally flowered and 80% of that time was at 9.5 hours daylight (indoors). Why some have that luck and I don't? I don't have that answer. My Honduran is the same way, won't go into flower until it has reached about 3 months maturity.

Edit: To answer your question, yes, now I wait to take clones until after the plant has reached maturity, then take clones and put the clones into flower.


Peace, God bless

Plants from latitudes closer to the poles have a more explosive flowering (I think... in general.) response because they need to reproduce before more inclement weather causes problems... day length stays pretty steady at equator and unless your talking altitude it doesn’t get very cold. OTH has more influence from closer to the equator maybe? Or maybe more Thai influence?
Thailand and Columbia are both closer to the equator than Panama or Reunion... Malawi maybe has more extreme weather due to distance from sea?
I dunno... maybe my theory ain’t shit lol..