Hello Guys and Gals this is my first grow to make it past seedling stage lol…i am now on day 78 of my grow 12 days into 12/12 lighting. I am wondering when exactly does it change from ‘pre-flower’ to flower stage?? What should i look for? When should i start counting??
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When pistils first appear at the tips of the plant. They usually appear a week to 10 days from the flip.
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@Wayne89 I was told the day that it looks like small hedge hogs hair on all bud sites is the day to start counting as day 1 of flower.
So that’s what i did.
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Thanks alot…i got some backtracking to do then…really appreciate it
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@Wayne89 no problem. My name is Wayne too by the way.
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Oh cool…I had a feeling you were a good guy lol
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@Wayne89 yep. Never met a Wayne that wasn’t a good guy. Cheers
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Over head shot is Garlic Jam after 1 week of flower. Other photo is a group photo Garlic Jam in the middle. Rest are purple caper super chocolate. I’m calling them day one flower. Some pistils on the buttons. Garlic Jam looked like those a week ago.
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I do not worry about when they are officially in flower as I harvest based upon trichomes.
I start counting “days in flower” when I flip to flower. That is a day that all of my plants agree on. Each of them takes a different number of days to finish the transition so, technically, they would each have a different number.
Except when I see a problem with one plant, I treat them all the same throughout the grow.
You should note that most folks DO NOT do it this way so far as I can tell from reading thousands of posts. Most folks estimate when they are officially in flower. 
Edit: When I grow autos I don’t even worry about when they started flowering. When all of the pistils have turned red and receded, I start checking trichomes.
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