I'm 4 months into my second crop. Last year, I grew in dirt, and did pretty well. This year I decided to try something different. I got ahold of some (automatic) seeds. Afgan Kush. I started four plants in my new hydroponics deep water tank, and an equal amount in dirt. At about 18", the ones in dirt began to flower. My hydro ones just continued to grow at a fast pace. I also took two clones from a hydro plant, just to experiment, and planted them in dirt. A month later, those cuttings started to flower, but the parent in water, didn't. They just kept growing. I should mention here that after a couple of months, it was obvious that I hadn't allowed enough room in my deep water tank for the four plants, so I carefully removed two, and put them in dirt. They began to flower a couple of weeks after getting settled into their new medium. I read that if you took clones from an auto, they would all flower at the same time because regardless of size, the genetic clock is already established, and begins after germination. All my plants are flowering except the ones in water. These gals have grown way larger the ones in dirt. I'm using T5 lighting. Can anyone explain what's going on. Is it common for deep water plants to simply take longer? The pants in dirt were grown outside. I'm using a water chiller as well, trying to keep the nutrient at around 68-70 degrees. I'm also on an 18-6 light schedule. a few weeks ago, I changed it to 12-12, thinking it would force flowers. It didn't make any difference, so I went back to the 18-6. Should I keep the hydro's at 18-6, or go back to 12-12? Is this a common phenomina with hydroponic as opposed to dirt? I've probably trimmed a pound of branches from the bottom of the DWT plants. As fast as the plants were growing upwards, they also grew branches that went down to the floor. I decided to remove them, as I raised my lighting to almost the ceiling. Thanks in advance.
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