HELP! Preflower bud with pistils

[YYCannabis]

Just want to know if I should switch to flower nutes for my DWC setup now that one of my girls has 2 preflower buds that have pistils sticking out? Should I wait until I see more?

She is an auto flower germinated Sept 15 so just a little over 5 weeks old. Breeder website says it is 9 week seed-to-harvest.

cheers
YYC

[s62]

Great question, subbing to find out answer. My girls (also autos) started flower in week 3! I run supersoil, so no switching nutes, but I do have some roots organic uprising bloom that I thought about using as a top treatment

[dphipps1020]

Definitely should switch. While I have absolutely no experience with autos, I do with photos. Pistils mean it's flowering now and you should be using flowering nutrients. With photos it's a little easier cause flowering starts when you switch to 12/12, so you can start transition nutrients and then flowering. Autos you don't really know when they switch until you see pistils (from what I understand), but definitely switch now.

[Tersky]

Flowering doesnt start when you flip 12/12. It starts when you see the first pistols. That's why breeder times seem so inaccurate. They go by when the first pistols appear, not when the switch the light cycle.

[dphipps1020]

I thought that was just for autos? https://www.growweedeasy.com/cannabis-flowering-stage
Part under week 1-3 says it starts as soon as you switch to 12/12.

[Tersky]

I agree, when you see pistols you begin to transition to flowering nutes.

[Eliot Pryor]

I would switch. I am relatively new to autos but I have done 3 or 4. I would bet 9 weeks seed to harvest is off by about 6 weeks. Have a great grow !!

[D.A.A.S.69]

I agree with you, I've done a bunch of autos, and the fastest I've ever had was day 59, seed was from NewGuy420,
They normally take about 12-14weeks, to get done, the way I like them.

[YYCannabis]

@DAAS My first grow (BigBang Auto) is still in the tent at 13 weeks and still has a couple weeks to go. But I know I made mistakes with them that probably really hurt their growth.

[DW2]

Howdy YYCannabis, could You have gotten some auto seeds? I would do what the folks that use the auto bloom seeds do. Since I do not have any experience with autos, I'll leave it at that.
Good luck.

[YYCannabis]

They are autos. I haven’t tried photos yet.

[YYCannabis]

General consensus appears to be switching to flower nutes. Thanks for the input , everyone. I wasn’t sure if I needed to wait until I saw more preflower buds.

cheers
YYC