That’s signaling sexual maturity Grow Bro 
This is what I consider pre-flower and very close to the start of when I count flowering for an estimated harvest date
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So I went ahead and mulched the plant (because I ran out of space), growing another the same strain and it’s day 44 and seeing similar things. I went ahead and switched it to 12/12 but I’m wondering, just in general, when growing autos when should you assume it’s actually photo and switch it over? I’m assuming the seeds I got were either mislabeled or the genetics are just not as good as advertised
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Autos can start flowering as early as 3 weeks or several weeks later. I’ve seen autos take 10 weeks or so. Typical is 6 weeks under ideal conditions. An auto or photo period plant won’t flower until their sexually mature which is typically around 4ish- 6 weeks
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I have a white widow auto from ilgm that vegged for 12 weeks and just now started flowering. I have already harvested another white widow auto that was planted at the same time as the others… they are on a 18/6 schedule in my veg room with my photos. I even have another auto thats still packing on the buds and shes at 12 weeks also…
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So let’s say during week 6, if I’ve noticed sexual maturity for a couple of weeks but nothing beyond the initial pistils at the nodes, would it be a safe decision to switch over to 12/12?
I’m guessing if it truly is just a late blooming autoflower, the switch would only hurt in that the plant won’t grow as vigorously without the extra light?
I just want to avoid the plant vegging out of control and taking up my entire grow space before starting to bud. Of course a better solution is just to upgrade my setup to give me more space, but it’s not an option atm.
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If this is 6 weeks above ground then autos will typically start the flower cycle. You can flip the light schedule to 12/12 and should see preflower in 7-10 days
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Yeah I recently had an auto do 11 weeks in veg and another 15 weeks in flower.
Nothing I tried forced her to bloom. All you need is patience she will pop. She ended up being quite the monster. She took up the entire 4x4 tent by herself
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Just to be clear and provide an update, it seems like the seeds I have are just photoperiod so switching the schedule worked for me. Must’ve been mislabeled or something, but it does make me realize that I prefer the control photo seeds give
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Thats a beautiful monster you got there…
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