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Cave Dirt Cody
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4 to 6 weeks I start seeing preflowers on a photo.
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Killijin
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I have 4 random dealer seeds, ( I think skunk # 1) that are all a little older than the autos which were plants on the 8th of last month and none have shown sex yet, should anytime though..
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growbewan
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uh huh, wow, thats all great info guys, great diagram andy. So from what im gathering, you have to change your light cycle before you see sex in photos? i havent changed my light cycle, and wont until I harvest my auto's. and yes andy, thats exactly what im looking at. Gosh i must sound so dumb sometimes! haha 
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growbewan
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ok, so its been 24 hours since ive hung my 1000 watt hps, and the temps did not go above 79, and basically read 77-79 all day and night. My ladies seem to be responding fine, so i lowered it a foot. Im at 3'3" above top of my biggest girrl. Its been that way for over an hour now, and it still is reading at 77. I used the back of my hand trick, and it felt just fine from that distance, and i have two oscillating fans circulating from two corners of the room providing great air movement..so i think im ok...? Ill be home all day today monitoring the situation, so ill have a close eye on the temps. basically just have to watch for temps, right?
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AndyBotwin
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uh huh, wow, thats all great info guys, great diagram andy. So from what im gathering, you have to change your light cycle before you see sex in photos? i havent changed my light cycle, and wont until I harvest my auto's. and yes andy, thats exactly what im looking at. Gosh i must sound so dumb sometimes! haha
A photo will eventually show preflowers if you veg it long enough, especially the males which are usually quicker. Like CDC said, give it at least a month or two.
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Killijin
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I am just letting them veg till all the autos are done, then I will give them 12/12, I mean theoretically you can just let them veg indefinitely anyways right? I rather have the auto's get the 20/4 all the way through. Good luck mahn! 
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growbewan
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killjin, thats my thought exactly. i actually planted one photo by accident at first, and it was one of the nicest looking right from the get-go, so with your thoughts in mind ive planted four more photos, the hell with it right? just switch to 12/12 once my auto's are harvested. then after my photos are done, ive got 5 delicious "la diva" autos going in..im stoked, now that ive got the whole soil ph thing down, it should go a little more smoothly. (well see though..haha)
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growbewan
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i put my kid down for a nap, laid with him, and my ladies were going down for a nap too. the lights were out, but my exit fan was still blowing, so i took the liberty to unplug it. "ill just be up when they get up like i always am anyhow to plug it back in, right?" WRONG! i passed out next to my son, woke up, casually glanced at my watch, it'd been over an hour since the 1000 watt had been back on! i rushed to my tent, and the temps were up to 86...i plugged the fan in, opened the doors to the tent, fortunately i left the a/c running so that offset the temps in the tent within minutes. within 2 minutes, it had leveled out at 75. so it was at 86 for prob 45 minutes or so, shouldnt be a huge deal. One thing's for sure, im leaving EVERYTHING plugged in from now on! (haha) 
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growbewan
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ok, i got another dumb question if someone can help me out. Now that ive got my soil PH stabilized, I want to start these girls on nutes. Im gonna give them all a veg feeding, and i want to add cal mag to it, possibly root boost. do you recommend i do all 3? How much should I give, quarter, half? I know not a full dose. I plan on feeding tomorrow morning or afternoon, should i do it in the early a.m.? that seems to be when theyre thriving, or should I wait until after their nap in the afternoon. Technically that is the girls' morning, right? Last dumb question, ive got my water sitting out in a 5 gallon bucket, to de-chlorinate it, should i put my nutes in tonight, so it settles in the water overnight? or should i put it in the water right before the feeding? i know, dumb, but itll be the last time i ask these! Thanks guys!
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BuddyLove
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86 won't hurt em at all. i run canopy temps at 90/91...my girls love it. but you wanna stay under 85 air temps or you'll stress the girls out of growing. with your constant 75 you can't go wrong.
i put my kid down for a nap, laid with him, and my ladies were going down for a nap too. the lights were out, but my exit fan was still blowing, so i took the liberty to unplug it. "ill just be up when they get up like i always am anyhow to plug it back in, right?" WRONG! i passed out next to my son, woke up, casually glanced at my watch, it'd been over an hour since the 1000 watt had been back on! i rushed to my tent, and the temps were up to 86...i plugged the fan in, opened the doors to the tent, fortunately i left the a/c running so that offset the temps in the tent within minutes. within 2 minutes, it had leveled out at 75. so it was at 86 for prob 45 minutes or so, shouldnt be a huge deal. One thing's for sure, im leaving EVERYTHING plugged in from now on! (haha)
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