Guide/Mark The Final Of Flowering?

[Frijol]

Hello to everyone, I was wondering when you should start counting the weeks of the flowering phase and basically there are two ways to do it, from the change 12/12 or from when you see the first flowers development (not pre-flowers!) so i readed a lot and really cant find any conclusive answer, so I sent an email to the breeders of my seeds (EVA Seeds and Humboldt seeds) Both of them told me that i should start counting from the change 12/12, i recently had harvest 2 of eva seeds strains so i reply to them telling that the times that appear in the web are wrong cause counting from 12/12 my plants took more time finishing, and they answer me telling me that a lot of growers dont know this, but you should "mark"/"guide" the final of flowering, trying of low the temps, lowering the lummens or quantity of light input and stopping the nutes, and if i do so the plants will be ready as the web states... i never readed something like this, so my question is anyone have hear/read about this? could be true?

Thank you.

 

[RockinRobot]

I count from first day of 12/12. Don't pay any attention to flowering times listed on seed sites. Does not matter when you start counting it will still take just as long for the plant to finish. IMO it's easier to pick a consistent point to start counting so that on subsequent grows you know when to time things.

 

[who dat is]

I count from first day of 12/12. Don't pay any attention to flowering times listed on seed sites. Does not matter when you start counting it will still take just as long for the plant to finish. IMO it's easier to pick a consistent point to start counting so that on subsequent grows you know when to time things.

I barely keep track of what day they are on now. If I need to I can look back to verify from photos but that's about it. Suggested times on the pack are only ballpark timeframes anyways. You have to learn to speak the plant's language, they'll tell you when they're done. I take all my strains at least 9 weeks unless for some reason there is a really short flowering time strain but that is rare.

*Edit* - Sorry, wasn't directed at you RockinRobot but was adding to what you were saying.