Stubborn Autoflower?

[NickyChicks]

SoOrbudgal thanks I certainly hope so too! In all honestly though, I think she might take her time. Either way I'm really excited for this plant, I think she's going to bring a bountiful yield!

[Farmbuck]

Yep she will kick in some budlets soon..!

[SoOrbudgal]

Yeah for you i wonder if she'll finish sooner do to her slacker showing LOL as long as she's going all girl is all that matters.

[ZigZag]

I love those pink pistils, they are so beautiful!

[NickyChicks]

YYCannabis Oh yeahhh!! Seeing those hairs definitely put a smile on my face

[YYCannabis]

HUZZAH!!! Hairs at last!

[NickyChicks]

I suppose I spoke too soon, guess who decided to show some pistils

[ZigZag]

Hope she turns out be a beauty! When I lived in SE Asia, sativa's outdoors were about 16 weeks seed to harvest. Flowering is initiated during the solstice when the angle of light is the most extreme. When I grow sativa's its always indoors with a 12-14 week schedule, normal switch to 12/12 on 5th week. Wish I could try an outdoor grow though...but the environment here isn't compatible. I have some friends in southern Oregon who have a farm and their outdoor plants are huge.
I think they average about 8-9'.
Happy growing!

[JeffInCanada]

Great that you found that info! Could be right on schedule after all Good luck, you're gonna get a good harvest!

[NickyChicks]

Rwise right?! Probably be a monster! Praying one day it'll be legal here and I can find out for myself what it would do outside

[Rwise]

Going that long before flowering, I have to wonder how it would do outside. Genetics!

[NickyChicks]

ZigZag I really appreciate your input. I think a 20/4 light schedule will be the answer. From reading what DP says, being a sativa dominant and also being an "XXL" plant is why this is one of their strains that may take longer to flower. I hope she turns out to be ok as well.

[Rwise]

I have to disagree on the 12/12 and 30 minute change as photos will flower out at 12/12s with no reduction in light time, hell I had this at 14/10s last year everything flowered without a time reduction.

[ZigZag]

Weird flowering times are often due to genetics. No matter what strain you get theses days its gonna have lots of history genetically.
Much more than even the breeder may be able to determine.

Photoperiod plants are said to require a reduction of at least 6 hrs of "daylight" to initiate flowering. And that usually ends up being a 12/12 photoperiod. But plants grown outdoors under the sun in regions along the equator enter flowering just fine and usually more dependably, The photoperiod at the equator varies less than 30 minutes. How can that initiate flowering?
Flowering there is initiated more by the perception of variation in sunrise or sunset time, than by any noticeable change in daylight hours. Other environmental factors have influences as well.

For instance if you got a seed that had genetics from a sun grown cultivar grown on the equator and genetics from a sun grown cultivar from Northern California flowering would be initiated for sure by cutting back to a 12/12 photoperiod.
But if the plant was grown at 12/12 its entire life flowering could be initiated with just a 30 minute reduction in photoperiod and a slight change in light temperature_ if it expressed those "equatorial' genetics.
Or some combination.
So its easy to see how a plant that might contain the right genetics could begin flowering after 8-10 weeks in veg with just a few small changes in light temperature...even a change in specific environmental conditions could innate the change as well.
It could have been something very subtle influencing the switch. No way you could predict either.
Genetics can have crazy and unexpected consequences!

I once grew a plant in veg for 8 weeks and when it finished it was a monster. I don't think I'd do it again.

Did you leave that plant in veg to use as a mother plant?
That would have been a PITA to deal with, in that case..

Happy growing!

[dphipps1020]

That time frame I meant for photos because that's really all I have experience with, except for the few autoflowers I've grown now. If they're autoflowers they should show in 3-5 weeks from what I've seen so far. If not then they usually have to be flipped to 12/12. I've only had it happen once so far. I've had what I thought were photos try to flower automatically after like 8-12 weeks, that wasn't pleasant. My guess is she got a photo mixed in with her autoflowers by the breeder.