Help. Early onset of flowering.

Hi all.

I live in queensland, australia.

I planted some plants out door at the beginning of spring.(september)

About twelve weeks in to the grow my blue dream strains began to flower and haunt stopped.

They have been flowering for about 11 weeks and look to have a fair bit go still.

Any thoughts as to why this has happened and what could be the consequences?

This is a photo taken a few days ago.

Could it ever be blue dream auto? Those 3 fingered leaves seem to happen more often on an auto?
I’m not sure why it would happen but you can certainly expect lower yields.

I did think that it may have some auto genetics but has been growing for almost six months so it cant be a full auto...can it?

Your right that seems too long. I’ve had crop kings auto white widow do that before though. I planted 3 and 1 of the phenotypes vegged for 3 months it basicley just finished a month ahead of the photos. The other 2 vegged for a month like usual.

Always use trusted genetics from a good company.

Last year I had two flower in spring. They never re-vegged, just kept on flowering. I chopped in July and August. Sometimes it happens.

Did you start the plant indoors? If so what light schedule was it on? Sometimes a 24/0 indoor schedule or even 18/6 indoor is longer then the daylight hours at transplant. That can fool them possibly into thinking fall is coming. It is very strain dependant which could account for it only happening to 1 of your girls.

Beats me then? Good luck with the crop!

I've done a bit of research and found this. It sounds like good advice to me. I think I put them out too early.

There are three reasons why plants may start to flower early. The first is that the plants were placed outdoors while there was still a dark period long enough to force flowering. The second cause might be that there was a dramatic change in the lighting environment. The third is that the plants are receiving a critical amount of darkness that is enough to force the variety to flower. When plants are placed outdoors early in the season, March or April, there is still a long enough dark period to force flowering. On March 22, the first day of spring, the plants receive a little less than 12 hours of darkness. This forces them into flowering. As the days get longer most varieties, excluding some indicas, go back to vegetative cycle and then flower normally in the fall. Some indicas continue to flower and never re-vegetate. When some varieties of seedlings or clones are grown under continuous light or a long light cycle such as 20 hours daily and then placed outdoors where they receive only 14-15 hours of light, the change of light cycle is enough to trigger a flowering response even if the variety usually doesn't flower under a 9 or 10 hour dark period. Plants with this problem usually readjust to vegetative growth after a few weeks. Varieties differ in the number of hours of darkness needed to initiate flowering. Early maturing varieties often require as few as 8 or 9 hours of uninterrupted darkness daily to force flowering. In lower latitude areas such as southern California and other areas in the lower tier of the U.S., and Mediterranean Europe including Spain and Italy, indica and indica-sativa hybrids flower very early, resulting in small plants, because the dark period is too long, even in mid-summer, to keep the plants in vegetative growth. Instead they are forced into flowering. The solution for this problem is the same no matter what the cause; the dark period must be interrupted. When the dark period is interrupted by light for even a few moments, the darkness countdown is restarted from zero. Use a warm-white fluorescent or high-pressure sodium (HPS) light. Imagine that the light is like a water spray that must reach all parts of the plant. The light only has to contact it for a brief moment. If the plants flowered because they were placed out too early in the season, you can stop using a light-break in mid-May. If the plants are coming from a continuous light environment they will need the light for about a month before they adjust to the new environment. Indicas growing in low latitudes require the light-break until they are ready to be forced to flower

I completely agree that the plants were fooled into flowering as you described above. The weird 1 or 3 point leaves are a dead giveaway. I’ve had plants do this also. Jus let them go. They may stall for a while, but will wind up giving up a nice harvest. By the time it’s trimmed the weird leaves are gone.

[/QUOTE]The weird 1 or 3 point leaves are a dead giveaway.[/QUOTE]

Funny you should say that. Before it went into flowering it did have nice 5 pronged leafs.

Mine were up on sept 14th and just about to start flowering..done this for decades with no early ones..dunno why its done it..maybe its been stressed bad seed or genetics..

Vassfelix said:

Hi all.

I live in queensland, australia.

I planted some plants out door at the beginning of spring.(september)

About twelve weeks in to the grow my blue dream strains began to flower and haunt stopped.

They have been flowering for about 11 weeks and look to have a fair bit go still.

Any thoughts as to why this has happened and what could be the consequences?

This is a photo taken a few days ago.

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lol mine are about there indicas with out fail will start to flower dec-jan finish up round march april sativas start round feb and go a tad longer actually mine have been the same for 8 years

Wish i could get mine (indicas) started earlier think its only ever happened once middle of jan..and thats in 30 yrs lol.gotta b genetic or the great weather yous get...

What indica strain are you growing dude.grow reasonably big .

Cheers max

Tas devil said:

Wish i could get mine (indicas) started earlier think its only ever happened once middle of jan..and thats in 30 yrs lol.gotta b genetic or the great weather yous get...

What indica strain are you growing dude.grow reasonably big .

Cheers max

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my indincas without fail starts to flower round dec jan ogcocoloco is about the same

What strain was that buddy..the ones im growing now sunset sherbet and blue cheese have only just started and same strain out scrub havnt yet..latest they have ever been..showing signs they are just about to though..

Beautiful looking plants TasDevil.
What's your secret?

Just a thought... I bought these seeds online, the ones that flowered early, from Amsterdam. Is it possible that seeds bred over there in Europe won't work well here in Australia as the climate are so different?

Vassfelix said:

Beautiful looking plants TasDevil.
What's your secret?

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No secret just plenty of love lol...

One in pic is a blue cheese .i have also a critical 2.0 growing..purchased from spain..the sunset sherbets from uk and are loving it here...some strains might b a little finniky and mightn like the heat..a little shade from trees through the day wouldnt hurt..im in full sun and on the hot days im watering 8 litres daily....if you keep growing the same strain and breeding it here they will acclimatise and should grow better the following yr...i was gonna self a couple plants and use those seeds for nxt crop but ive left it too late...