czarstroke
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Hey all! I have an outdoor plant that has been outdoors since late april. It is producing more preflowers than ever last 3 days. Is it going into a premature flower? Or just maturing still?
Premature flower or normal?
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psychadelibud
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Tell me a little history on that plant. Is it a clone? Or a seed plant? How much sunlight is it receiving per day? What light cycle was it accustomed to before you took it outside? Or has it been outdoors since day 1?
Without knowing that information, I would want to guess that it is a clone and you put it out too early so it has began flowering. But without knowing these things, I couldn't tell you 100% for sure.
Are you in the US? And if so, what latitude??
czarstroke
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Grown from seed. Was put full time outside late April/early May With 13 hours 53 mins of light plus 55 mins of civil twilight. I started them inside on 18/6 schedule but the schedule was slowly adjusted to 15/9 in the weeks before outside. Currently getting 14 hours and 24 minutes of sunlight plus an additional 58 minutes of civil twilight. 34 degrees north is my Latitude.
ganga gurl420
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Anything below 14.5 hours of light will start to flower.
JoeBlow5823
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Any way you can put a light over it for a few hours every night or morning? Even just a single CFL will do wonders to make it think the day is longer than it really is. You sure its not an autoflower?
OGGanjaPatient
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direct light or does indirect sunlight count as well?
JoeBlow5823
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It sorta counts. Shade from houses/trees/fences can play a role too. Some strains are more prone to it as well.
czarstroke
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Theoretically I can put out a cfl. Or I have porch lights that are Christmas like like I can wrap around on the porch. At this point it seems flowers are forming. What can I do? Am I best off putting a cfl out there until the solstice in 12 days? What would happen if I let it ride?
OGGanjaPatient
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im just saying because mine get between 5 hours on the shortest light time of the year and about 8 at equinox and they are STILL GROWING! Granted they have been outdoors their whole lifes!
JoeBlow5823
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It will likely transition back into veg but hard to say.
JoeBlow5823
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This would be the ideal solution.
psychadelibud
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What strain is it? Meant to ask you that also...
I used to put plants out here in Kentucky back in the day, early as mid March to early April... I can't tell you how many times I have been in your situation and I have dealt with many, many plants kick into early flower due to that reason. I have had mixed results with the outcome. But I would say up to 85/90% of them always reverted back to veg around mid June/ early July. This is how I learned about "monster cropping" by accident 17 years ago.
I will say this... Some of the heaviest yielding plants I have ever grown to date (I grow guerilla style) were due to this reason... Once it goes through the revegging process, you'll be shocked at the vigorous new growth and amount of tops you will have. I give you my word on this, you'll be absolutely fine, just make SURE you expose her to as much sunlight that you possibly can. From the photos, it looks like it is in a container, which you can use to your advantage. If you are in a shady location and you are able, you can find areas that let in the most sunlight and keep it moving around to maximize sun exposure. It will reveg much much faster if you can keep her in the "spotlight".... However, if its kept in a shady area, it will take much longer and possibly even not reveg at all period.
You can also transplant it into a larger container and give it a good feeding that is high in nitrogen and that will help a lot too... also, this will get the roots back to work and encourage the plant to stay focused on "growth mode". Topping, pruning, and other forms of training can also help push the plant to start revegging again. There are so many things and options that come into play here and using a combination of all will probably get your girl back on track quickly.
Don't sweat it brother... take my advice and let her ride it out, I won't mislead you
. If you need any other assistance or help, feel free to ask questions, PM me, or whatever ya wanna do... I'll do my best to help, I've been there, I've experienced it all and I know the stress and frustration it can induce.You can also add supplemental lighting as another person had mentioned, but it's not really necessary and depending on where you are located could also very well pose a security issue and just cost unnecessary $$$... not much, but hey... every cent counts!!
Besides, if you are running an outdoor garden and the options are open/available, it is best imo to avoid (artificial) and keep things as *natural* as you possibly can...Good luck!
Happened to me I put my clones out too early and they all started to flower (5 clones). I’m a new grower thought if was fucked till I learned about reveg. Applied some extra light at night and doom they started to reveg. In about 2 weeks. And I agree they are growing vigorously with new shoots coming out of every where!
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psychadelibud
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Oh and for reference, if you don't want to deal with this situation in the future I have found planting clones outdoors anytime after June 12th-15th is best to avoid early flower induction.
Always remember, all plants are different, even though they are essentially the same species, strains can and will vary... When it comes to clones, I have had mixed results come planting time, playing around with different pre vegging indoor light cycles. For example.... I have sit clones out June 15th coming from a 24 hour indoor veg cycle and they take off just fine and do not exhibit any signs of flowering whatsoever. Then some strains coming out of a 24 hour cycle will immediately start to flower. Obviously, this is one reason I avoid a 24 hour cycle, but it can and has worked... I try to synchronize the indoor cycle, to the outdoor cycle most of the time.
Always remember, all plants are different, even though they are essentially the same species, strains can and will vary... When it comes to clones, I have had mixed results come planting time, playing around with different pre vegging indoor light cycles. For example.... I have sit clones out June 15th coming from a 24 hour indoor veg cycle and they take off just fine and do not exhibit any signs of flowering whatsoever. Then some strains coming out of a 24 hour cycle will immediately start to flower. Obviously, this is one reason I avoid a 24 hour cycle, but it can and has worked... I try to synchronize the indoor cycle, to the outdoor cycle most of the time.
dunphy
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Yup, you're fine may infact be better off, read up on "monster cropping" like psych said, Can do wonders, and at worst you may just have a couple slow weeks of reveg, But since it wasnt that long it's probably already started the reveg process and youll see new bushy growth/many tops in about 1-3 weeks. Definitely wouldn't trash it, and you don't need to go get new clones unless you want to add to your harvest.