early flowering, outdoors?

mlore

mlore

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hey guys.

i have 4 beautiful plants all growing outdoors this year in the uk.

my problem is (kinda) that two of them have gone into flowering. both indica strains, i think this because they have really fat fan leaves.and are quite bushy. im not deffinate because they are bagseed.the flowering started about 1 week ago.
i planted them all at the end of may so that means they have been vegging for about 1 month and a half.

i just dont understand why they have gone into flowering seeing as we are still getting about 15- 16 hours daylight. i dont mind to much, it just means they wont get as big as i hoped. they are about 1ft and half to 2 ft at the mo. and quite bushy. il get some pics up later today as im at work.

does this matter in anyway that they have started to flower so soon. will they still fill out nicely? and will i get an earlier harvest because of this?

thanks guys, peace :joint:
 
mlore

mlore

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also the pistils are only on the top nodes just below the new set of leaves and on the other node just below. they are not anywhere else yet. id say about 10 pistils so far. will they start to spread out to different nodes?
 
meetzu

meetzu

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The light started to recede weeks ago. Indicas will generally respond to the change in light faster so it's probably just them doing what they do. If they are large and simply more mature but haven't responded to the change in light then it could be that it is just showing preflowers. They should still finish like any other plant. I don't think there is anything for you to be concerned about.. They should still end up around 4 ft at a minimum.
 
mlore

mlore

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i dont think they are auto flowering coz they would be showing alot more flowers by now. because the have started preflowering can i still force flower them or will it mess up the cycle. i was gonna start force flowering them at the end of the week. i have a closet set up so i can put them in there at 8pm and take them out before work at 8am. will this still be okay to do with preflowers?

i wanted to force flower them because the weather might end up being shit in the uk when it gets to september. but if they are like at least half way done by september it would be okay.

thanks guys
 
STZ

STZ

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In the Northern Hemisphere, daylight hours start to decrease on June 21st. By Septermber 21st (the autumnal equinox), there will be exactly 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness. It could be that the particular strains you're growing are early finishers and they are just doing what the decrease in sunlight is telling them to do - go into flowering mode. We have some "White Kush" plants that are already in full flower mode. We'll probably harvest them before any of my other strains (mostly sativas - diesel, maui, etc.) even start flowering in early September. Overall, I think its nothing to worry about my friend. Remember the plants will continue to grow up and out even in full-on bloom and you'll probably end up with some decent plants :)
 
mlore

mlore

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STZ said:
In the Northern Hemisphere, daylight hours start to decrease on June 21st. By Septermber 21st (the autumnal equinox), there will be exactly 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness. It could be that the particular strains you're growing are early finishers and they are just doing what the decrease in sunlight is telling them to do - go into flowering mode. We have some "White Kush" plants that are already in full flower mode. We'll probably harvest them before any of my other strains (mostly sativas - diesel, maui, etc.) even start flowering in early September. Overall, I think its nothing to worry about my friend. Remember the plants will continue to grow up and out even in full-on bloom and you'll probably end up with some decent plants :)
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can i still put them into force flower or would you say they are already flowering? some of the pistils have turned a brown red colour on one of them. is that normal?

here are some pics

thanks man :)
 

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gobbly

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you can flower anytime you want, but it might be a good idea to take a week or so and gradually decrease their light. As mentioned, these are simply pre-flowers. They can be quite common for some strains. You can continue to let it naturally evolve outside, and it will probably continue to veg for a bit before switching to full time flowering. You also could have moved it to a flower cycle last week, or the week before. Nothing in particular about this development would lend itself any more or less to forcing a flowering cycle. It's outdoor though, so unless you have beefy lights, you probably will get a better crop leaving it outside and letting it naturally develop.
 
mlore

mlore

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gobbly said:
you can flower anytime you want, but it might be a good idea to take a week or so and gradually decrease their light. As mentioned, these are simply pre-flowers. They can be quite common for some strains. You can continue to let it naturally evolve outside, and it will probably continue to veg for a bit before switching to full time flowering. You also could have moved it to a flower cycle last week, or the week before. Nothing in particular about this development would lend itself any more or less to forcing a flowering cycle. It's outdoor though, so unless you have beefy lights, you probably will get a better crop leaving it outside and letting it naturally develop.
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the way id be force flowering is by putting it in a dark closet at 8pm and then take it out at 8am before work. why would i need beefy lights for that? id still be doing it naturally kinda, with the sun and all. but just makeing it night time abit earlier.

i didint want to leave them to naturally flower because the weather in the uk can get quite shabby in september and deffinately in october. and i didnt think they would survive. thats where the force flowering comes in. do you think it would be okay to do it towards the end of this week?
 
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gobbly

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ahhh, I assumed these were larger and planted directly in the ground. Lugging 10-15+ gallon pots around with a 4-6' tree poking out is a pain :) And yeah, certainly can flower them anytime you want. I just misunderstood your intentions as being worried about them having sprouted pre-flowers.
 
mlore

mlore

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gobbly said:
ahhh, I assumed these were larger and planted directly in the ground. Lugging 10-15+ gallon pots around with a 4-6' tree poking out is a pain :) And yeah, certainly can flower them anytime you want. I just misunderstood your intentions as being worried about them having sprouted pre-flowers.
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haha thats cool brother. yea it certainly would be a pain. they are not that big 2 ft max, acctualy maybe a bit bigger :) im having a few problems with them at the moment. the leaves getting marks all over them. few dying. just gonna give them a flush through this weekend before i put them into flower. hopefully that will do the trick.
 
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