Bubba Kush auto flowering after adding superthrive.

I was given a batch of leftover cuttings that JUST started to root. The ones that had roots were only an inch or less (in a mock EZ cloner). These were the ones that took late. the last 7 after the grower picked over them. One simply did not root but would not die (stem swelled wider but no roots grew at all). I gave up on it and focused on the remaining 6 cuttings. 3 took off well. 3 straggled behind. I added superthrive and a week later I am seeing mass growth and PISTOLS coming out some nodes. I been vegging them a few weeks. I planned to heavy veg them then instead of flowering with a half assed crop I wanted to canibalize the plants I grew to cut about 30 clones and then start over with 14 strong clones.

Light has always been 24 hours. I did switch from a flo tube light to 10 CFL blue specs about a week before the superthrive. So something in the last two weeks either triggered flowering or will Bubba Kush just auto flower on its own? I added Micro and Grow in a very mild dose and battled high PH for a week. Not sure what is causing this. Could too little nutrients trigger it to bud? Thought maybe from a survival standpoint it may be stressed and wanting to bloom and seed before it starves to death?

Totally lost and open to suggestions.

It's an auto, even cuttings are gettin old same as the mother plant, which is independent from light schedule. No point taking cuttings, they won't grow too big. well, if You have them already - let them bloom

So should I keep them on 24 hours or switch to 12/12? I have 3 tall/thick enough to flower but 3 are still very short with veg growth just now starting to take off. If I take cuttings now will they root well if they are in a flowering stage? I have no idea now how to continue. I need clones from these for the next yield. No pollen to seed a branch. I hoped to keep one mother but if it auto flowers how can you keep in in perpetual vegetation?

I'm not sure if You can do perpetual with autos at all. I doubt it, but i'm not an auto specialist. If it was me I would go with 20-4 and just wait for the bud. Your only hope is seed.

I am trying to get a hold of the guy I got them from. To my knowledge he has been cloning this strain. The cuttings I got had no bud growth. I was curious to know if something other than light cycles could trigger flowering. Stress perhaps? I've never grown this strain and its been 10 years since I've done a basic soilless grow. I plan on starting from seeds but money tight at the moment. As I am reading more about auto flowering plants I kinda like the idea. Just was not prepared for it.

So there is a way to stress a plant into herming? maybe I can do that and get seeds.

Here is a link to the method https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/387589-producing-feminised-seeds-using-colloidal.html
You can also try light poisoning..

any pics ?
maybe the guy you got them from messed up and clipped a auto he had in his veg room ?
usually by the time you have enough growth on a auto to clone the clones once established will all ready be flowering

Yes I know this thread is old, but I am having a very similar problem. I got a few beans out of some really really really good bubba Kush and decided to drop them since I'm scheduled to harvest soon. I didn't think bubba was an auto flowering strain (still have some research to do). Anyway I added superthrive 2 days ago and the plant took it really well; displaying a nice growth rate in two days. On this second day I noticed leaves being produced at a node where usually the pollen sacks form. So thinking it was displaying male characteristics, I started to examine it and noticed what looks like a pistol forming. I'll give it another 2 days so it can grow and be identified properly but if it is auto flowering after a week and a half to 2 from sprouting; did the superthrive cause this??? If so, then I definitely will not be adding it as early as I did again. Really going to cut my yeild down, as I wanted to veg for at least 30 days! Any thoughts on this or anyone experienced the same? Also, if it is flowering; do I put it on 12/12 with my others that are flowering or do autos do better with 20/4, 18/6, etc?

Autos do better with 20/4, or 18/6. Some might even say that 24/0 is the best for flowering, but dunno 'bout that. That's my knowledge so far. Cheers!

CoolDudeStuff said:

Autos do better with 20/4, or 18/6. Some might even say that 24/0 is the best for flowering, but dunno 'bout that. That's my knowledge so far. Cheers!

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Yeah man for an auto there is no such thing as too much light! If you don't mind the electricity let that bitxh sit under the full 24 hours