Flipping an older photo period plant

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Hello, I have a 9 and a half month old photo period plant, grown from a seed. It's my first photo period, I have grown 1 auto flower prior. Indoor grow. Anyway, I have an issue with Flipping the plant to flowering. I have tried switching from 18/6 to 12/12, then after a month I tried 42 hours of darkness. She stretched 4-5 inches vertical but after 3 weeks, no signs of pre flowering. Does anyone have any suggestions? The plant has a bit of history, at 4 months i tried to flip but she developed a problem with yellow leaves with brown spots. I transplanted from a 3 gallon fabric to a 5 gallon fabric with a flush. I adjusted nutrients and figured out the yellow leaves issue, she had lost too much mass, so I flipped her back to 18/6 for additional growth. Now she is healthy and happy. Flipped again, waited 3 weeks and no changes. Tried the 42 hours of darkness, she stretched but after 3 weeks, happy plant nothing else. Please help, eventually she will out grow the tent space and it would be nice to transition to flowering. I have pictures on my phone, but don't know how to insert them.
 
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That was great feedback and you confirmed my suspicions.

the reason everything seems slow is that initial time you put it into flower then pulled it out to fix leaf issues caused what’s called reveg. It’s when you take a flowering plant and force it back into the vegetative state. For a plant to sort itself from the start of reveg is 1-2 months.

The problem is you are growing in coco and treating it like soil.

there is two big things we need to address, your watering and frequency

Coco is not soil. Coco is growing hydroponically. When you water coco you must also feed, every time.

Coco should not be allowed to dry out. Dry back is fine for soil, but with coco you run into lockout issues like you’re currently experiencing...
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Question for Darkweb, why Sad? That it took me so long to finally catch the mistake? Or that it was a mistake at all? Only my 2nd plant, 1 auto flower and now a photo period...I have lots to learn. And here's one that will really make you shake your head. I'm not a consumer, I give it away to friends at no charge, I just enjoy the challenge of growing.
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Sad, because it's not working out for you. I want to see you get what you need out of growing.
 
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Would a 2nd trellis be a good idea? Also, I reset the controller last night and the light was still on this morning after it was supposed to be in the dark. The digital stand alone timer arrived today, set and hooked up. The light turned on at 4pm, I will check it in the morning to verify it shut off at 3am.

I agree, friends are good to have. Thank you for noticing how much healthier the plant is, thanks to your knowledge and advice on nutrients plus many other things. Thank you all.
 
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