On Aug 27, 6:30 am, Mariah Kaze bresnan.net> wrote:

Most strains of pot start producing seeds when the daylight drops
below 12 hours (fall and winter are on the way).

An 18 hour 'day' mimics the long spring days and the plants keep
growing larger. As the days gets shorter, (<= 12 hours of light) there
is a growth spurt that then slows and stops and the plant turns to
producing seeds. If your plants don't get over 12 hours of light as
soon as they are old enough they will start seed production.

I have seen seedlings a foot tall produce one tiny bud. Years ago a
friend planted a shot glass of seeds in his back yard on the 4th of
July. They started showing their sex almost immediately. After
culling the males he had around 50 female plants that finished off
less than 2 feet tall and most of the plants had only one (central)
bud of any size.

So if you keep all your plants together they will all receive the same
amount of light...and either grow or flower together.

Your growing plants need 18 hours of light. Then when they are ready,
move them to the finishing area and cut the light to 12 hours and let
the fun begin.

I suggest 2areas,
1) cloning/rooting/growing (With more than 12 hours of light - weak
for cloning - strong for growing)
3) finishing (12 hours of light - it doesn't take very much light
intrusion during the 'dark' time to disrupt/slow the seeding phase.
Is it fall or not?)

LT