Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
think most of you would have done this by now anyway if you listened
and took the advice on covering your grow with either Mylar or white
walls/boards. If you have prevented any light from leaking out, then
you have prevented light from leaking in!
Problems with 12/12
If you switch to 12/12 before pre-flowers have shown then you
may encounter the following problems.
- Stress related sex problems (Hermaphrodites).
- Abnormal bud growth.
Stress related sex problems MIGHT produce hermaphrodite
plants. The stress of what is sometimes called "early flowering" (it is
not really early flowering, there is no such thing as early flowering.
We will explain this in a moment) triggers the plant into a situation
where it thinks that its chances of reproduction are slim to none. That
situation is a condition called - '
self-pollination
'. It does this by
producing both male and female flowers on the same plant. The male
flowers then pollinate the female flowers which will eventually
produce seeds. The reason for this is that the plant notices that the
photoperiod is irregular and that it should no longer be in the
vegetative cycle but in flowering. This shocks the plant into a last
ditch effort to receive pollen because it feels that it has missed its
chance to receive pollen already (in the wild males release their pollen
