6 Step Program GUARANTEED to prevent premature / early flowering!!!

[DeliciousBuds]

Hi guys, thanks for all the feedback. The reason I suggest pampering or maintaining optimal grow room conditions, is because a plant growing vigorously is less likely to flower when moved outdoor than a plant that is stressed, or growing slowly. Granted, that's not as important as making sure the plants aren't rootbound, but it is definitely going to result in bigger, healthier plants. I've had the best results at preventing preflowering when the girls "hit the ground running".

That's not to say they should be "babied". The plants are going to need to be toughened up in order to withstand wind and/or rain once outside. In my room I have several fans turned onto the high setting that blow directly on the girls for several hours every day. These are in addition to the fans I run 24/7 to circulate the air. The bending branches create tiny breaks and tears in their fibers, which later heal to become tougher or woodier than they would have without the treatment. Plus, it doesn't seem to affect their growth.
DB

 

[DeliciousBuds]

Kanadian, I like your reference to the flu shot, and I agree with you and TLoft that plants moving into a harsh outdoor climate should first be hardened off. But, I don't agree with your light schedule as a general rule. In most cases a clone or other mature plant is coming off of a minimum 18/6 light schedule. Moving them down to 15/9, even gradually, is likely to cause most strains to prematurely flower. And even more so if the plant is stunted, or growing slowly from being subjected to harsh grow room conditions. But don't get me wrong. If you are indeed Canadian, as your name suggests, and doing a guerrilla grow as well, then everything you do must require special attention, or a unique approach in order to succeed. And if you are succeeding, then I applaud your success!!!

 

[Froglamander]

I need help with the situation I have. I started from seed in mid/late february. Due to greenhouse/space problems I wasn't able to put my starts outside in the greenhouse to let them veg in natural light during the months of march and now april. I was able put a few out 2 weeks ago and they started to flower. I think the problem was was that I had them on 24/0 (my timer wasn't working) and they were to old to have such a drastic change. So now I have a few trays of starts and I am wondering what I should do. I replaced the timer and put it at 18/6. Its april 20th and I'm wondering how I should proceed with these plants. Some have already sexed. I have the option to either keep them inside for another month or put them ouside in the greenhouse with supplemental lighting.
any advice?
should they stay indoors or move them in the green house with supplemental light? if so what should my light schedule be and for how long? I am at 40.1 latitude.
also another questions. I had started some early girls on the 19th of january to clone from, but they have not sexed yet (????). I'm thinking i should just grow them out now that they are big when they finally do sex. what precautions should I use to stop them from early flowering?
Well my hunch is from reading this thread is that I should move everything in the greenhouse with supplemental light. pot up and hit with nitrogen. Please any advice will keep me from losing all these nice starts.

 

[xxxstr8edgexxx]

i love that you posted this thank you.
however i must say that in my experience number 2 is not correct. it doesnt matter what veg cylcle your on as long as its over the requirement to make them stay in veg. plants in 24 hour or 18 hour do the same thing when put out on june 1st in nor cal unless its really grey for that period. i saw people trying to slowly approach the natural light cycle as they got close to putting them out. with their light reduction regime, they all had the same good results as us (24/7) if they put em out after june. they had the same bad results as everyone else if they put em out in may regardless of the length of vegetaive flower prior to natural light. i would even go so far as to say the longer the light period they are on the better because flowering is triggered by a hormone they build up in the dark so the less they have of it when they make the switch the the longer it will take them to go in to flower maybe. maybe not i dont know but i do know that my clone behaved the same on june 1st if they were on an 18 hour or 24 hour.