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[stevewinthrop]

I have a GHS Cheese plant that was sprouted and vegged to about a foot indoors, and it's been outside since. I am in western washington, and I was wondering if it's too late for it to flower.

It looks as though it's just about to start throwing out calyxs and pistils, but it's nearly the middle of september now...

Should I just bring it indoors and use it as a mother, or does it have enough time to finish outdoors...

I'm new to the outdoors thing, and don't know why it hasn't started flowering sooner, it was sprouted in the end of April, but I thought it would at least be showing nice flowers by now...

Next year I had planned on doing a nice 10-15 plant plot in my yard, but not if it's going to end up like this every time... I don't have room indoors for 5 foot plants.

So please, lemme know if I should bring it inside and take clones off of it for my perpetual indoor, or if I should leave it outside and let her flower.


The Greenhouse Seeds description says it should be ready by mid-october outdoors... It's just in the past week that is has halted vertical growth, and the grow tips look like they're stacking for flowering... But I know that 6 weeks is not enough time indoors for it, so is outdoors different? The first frost here is around November 11th, but daytime and nighttime temperatures are going to continually worsen through October. It is around 70 during the day now, and 55-60 at night.


HELP!

-- steve

 

[HinduKushed_423]

i feel your pain

i feel your pain

sounds like we will both find out if flowering will finish before the projected nov 11 frost date.

i'm near ya , have plants about in the same stage as yours. hope to see it finished before the frost, but i have read some one in this state say under the sun in a green house with light deprivation they get plants that finish a week sooner then they would when flowered inside, i also read the shortening of the day will excellerate the maturation of your buds.

next year i hope i will have some genetics that can finish up in September around here or sooner. i was told there are a few strains that would finish as soon as first week of sept. only ohter options i see are auto flowering strains or , even the few light sensitive strains, that some claim they have.

it would be nice to get one of those light sensitive strains that would stay in flower even though it is tossed out side in june aka longest days of the year, then ya could keep a mom and take cuttings and veg them for a lil while then toss em outside to flower all summer long in the pnw, i would not have a problem myself if they only produced as well as they do inside, cause there is alot more square footage outside.

 

[stevewinthrop]

Thanks for the reply, HinduKushed. I have a few clones of her that I took earlier this summer, so I think I'm just going to leave her outside and see what happens. I hope she makes it!

-- steve

 

[phate]

i am in western wa, and i NEVER get outside clones to root. how did you do it?


and if it aint budding yet, it wont finish unless its in a greenhouse.

 

[del...]

if they're in pots you can always bring them in at night...just make sure their storage area is totally dark for the entire period (no peeking!). or leave em be and cover them with a garbage can or a large box but check both first for light leaks as it's very important to keep them totally dark when force flowering (i've found covering the box with a thick blanket does the trick). both, covering and bring them in are a hassle maintaining the schedule but it must be done to ensure a decent harvest...

good luck

 

[stevewinthrop]

sounds great guys, and thanks you for the tips. shes just too big for me to bring inside now, but im hoping she will deliver as it looks to be a fairly late summer this year.

and i didnt root clones outside,she is from seed, i just took several clones off her and brought them inside to root

-steve

 

[Surecatch]

I am a relatively new grower in the Seattle area. I have made many outdoor clones by simply sticking the cutting in the soil near the mother. No rooting hormone - nothing. I have only done this in May and June . . .