Trying to force flower...somethings going wrong (pics)

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tngdaisy

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So this is my first grow ever and I thought since so many of my plants turned out female (8 out of 11) I would try to force flower one.

Location- In my veggie garden
Interventions- none, lettin em do their own thing.

Problem- I started to cover it last Thursday with black plastic bags. In the morning when I took the bags of it looked a little wilted on top but after a couple of hours in the sun it would perk back up. But yesterday when I took the bags off the ends of the leaves were discolored and wilted and the ends are starting to curl--the leaves are not crispy. I (probably prematurely) clipped the leaves that were turning and decided to put a garbage can on them instead of a trash bag thinking that the bag sitting on them is what is causing them to wilt, but today more leaves have turned?!?! Any advice?!?!
 

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EarlyMisty#1

EarlyMisty#1

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could be the heat fluctuation under the bags, if its causing this much harm is there any point? just a quick question.
 
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Stonefish

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tngdaisy said:
should i quit covering it?
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I would stop. Lots of folks like to veg outside, then bring in to flower (HPS lamps from 400w on up are great for flower)...BUT they are in pots - not in the ground like yours. Sounds to me like you are literally cooking your plant. I don't know where you are located or what the ambient temps are outside, but let's take for instance the black plastic bag; black absorbs heat and will greatly intensify the temps inside the bag. Also, when trying to get the plant to flower (12/12) there must be NO light creeping in whatsoever from any source during the dark period...not even a crack.

Yep, I'd leave them alone this year and let them flower naturally. If you want to experiment next year, plant one of your babies in a 5 gal. pot (at least), and get yourself a HPS set up for flower ... bearing in mind you will have to take care with indoor heat issues as well due to the heat HPS lamps emit.
 
brasmith

brasmith

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Looks just how the front yard lawn looks after the kids pool has been sitting on the lawn for 2 days, kinda leaves a white circle of dead grass where the pool was. Also what they guy above said was right on as well, under the garbage can got hot like an oven.

Let nature take its course, you'd probably be better off.
 
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