Throwing plants out late, when they would normally begin flowering?

[Marcellas]

Hey guys, I won't have too much of a problem doing this besides a little less of a yield will I?? I've had about 11 plants growing in my windowsill, all around 6 weeks to 3 months old.. Some of the seeds I began germinating on 4/20.

But I've been procrastinating to put them out, and something happened a few weeks ago that threatened my security and I almost killed them all. I wanted to have them out by the beginning of June, now here we are at the end of July and they're still in my windowsill!! Plants in my area usually begin flowering around the 2nd week of August

Some of them are 2-3 feet tall, so transporting them won't be easy.. I already dug the holes a few weeks ago, and I'm going to fill them with good soil (maybe lightly fertilized) today before I bring the plants to their final homes. A couple of them already began showing male-flowers (earlier than usual?), and had to be killed off!!
.. Hopefully I get them all in the ground by tomorrow. That gives them about 3 weeks to adjust and maybe vegetate a little bit, before they begin flowering..

... Thanks in advance!!

 

[Marcellas]

1 more thing also, I haven't given them any nutrients (besides the lightly fertilized potting soil they are living in), and on most of the plants: the bottom leaves are yellowing and dying/falling off.. I thought this was because the bottoms of the plants weren't getting any light from my window, but than I remembered I haven't fed them at all!! Could it be a Nitrogen deficiency??

It's gonna really suck if I lose even more yield because of the lost foliage that died off, when I could've easily prevented this and given them some FF Grow BIG (Nitrogen dominant nutrient).

 

[blackone]

Im in the same boat as you are - mine are even flowering slightly from being rootbound. From past experience it will work out fine.

 

[al70]

what r ye lookin for here man???? a f*****g miracle L.o.L,, YE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH EM

 

[Fruitilicious]

they will be fine. sounds like they need a feed thats all but dont over do it! why not go organic and chuck sum fish blood and bone and bonemeal in them holes uve dug! ive always taken mine ouy wen there small enough to fit in a backpack. so if there that big id cover them with a bin linner and do it at night! good luck and be safe!

 

[blackone]

I wouldnt use raw organic amendments this late. Go for well decomposed composts , wormcastings or perhaps teas - or go chemical.

 

[IeatCubes]

These TW were put out after two weeks of veg at mid-August and finished by Halloween at 42*.


...get those girls outdoors, pronto!

 

[Lrus007]

long ago it seems... i remember a thread on
OG. it was in calf, but the photo was rows of
plants all about 1 foot or so. it was a outdoor
sog and was impressive. so he had to have put
them out late. so i think your good to go. give
a mild dose of fert's and some B1 to them before
you transplant. then should work out well.
Lrus007

 

[Marcellas]

Ughhh, still haven't gotten them out.. And now only like 10 days before they would start budding. This summer has been crazy!! Thanks for the advice everyone, I'll try to have them out within a day or 2

 

[Marcellas]

FINALLY got them out tonight, all 12 of them... About 2 weeks or 10 days or so since the flowering cycle usually begins for plants in my area (43n).

Luckily, most of my plants that have been vegging in my windowsill under natural sunlight, have mostly all shown FEMALE pre-flowers!! I think it may have something to do with me leaving them in my windowsill so late into the season??
... But it seems for me, from the few seasons I have under my belt: the later I put my plants outside, the higher chance of them being female! Odd!! Only 1 had male pre-flowers and was murdered instantly
They have grown there since birth/germination, and get direct sunlight for the first half of the day or so - but I have to lower them closer to the ground as they get bigger, to keep them from being visible from outside. So only the tops have been getting light and a lot of the lower leaves/branches died off.. These are mostly from seeds that I've made myself outdoors of the years

And I was low on soil so when I put them outside, a lot of them were sitting low in the ground. I usually like them slightly elevated to prevent flooding. One plant I ran out of soil for and had to use as much natural soil as I could for it

Wish me luck!!