New Grower Think Different flower times

[Surfer Joe]

Can anyone who has grown dutch passion think different autos please tell me how long you gave it for flowering?
Mine took 21 days to show the first pistils and the info says they take 10-11 weeks from germination, so they should be in flower for 8 to 9 weeks? Does that sound right, or do people tend to flower them for longer or shorter?

 

[Hansbricks]

Hey Joe, from what I've seen there are at least a few different phenotype's of TD and they can go anywhere from around 70 to 100+ days. Also I think you're a bit confused, most autos will show sex around 14-21 days but that doesn't mean they are in "flower" stage at that point, most people consider them to be in veg stage until vertical growth stops with is usually around 6 weeks. This is typically when you then switch to bloom nutes, so really they are only "flowering" for 4-6 weeks. But like I said some TD's can go over 100 days so you need to be able to determine when yours is ready for harvest based on a combination of trichs, leaves, pistils, etc.
Hope that helps... btw I've got a TD going myself currently at 45 days, link is in my sig if you want to check her out. :Sharing One:

 

[Surfer Joe]

Thanks. I liked your plant in the grow journal. Mine don't look that far along. When you said it's at day 45, how do you figure that? Since it germinated? Showed pistils? Stopped vertical growth?

 

[Hansbricks]

Thanks. I liked your plant in the grow journal. Mine don't look that far along. When you said it's at day 45, how do you figure that? Since it germinated? Showed pistils? Stopped vertical growth?

I count from first day above soil.