Question on early pistils

turbobuzz

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I’m growing a GDP outside in a 15 gallon pot, but the weather here has been rainy, and cool for several days, and it hasn’t been getting a lot of sun. It’s 20” tall. I just noticed a couple pistils on it this morning. I assume it’s trying to flower? If I put this under artificial light for 18 hours, will it mess it up? The weather is going to improve, but probably not for a week or so.
 

turbobuzz

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What do you mean by a couple of pistils? It's normal for plants to show sex. Are you sure they're not just pre-flowers?
They probably pre flowers, but does that not mean they’re going into flower? I wanted to veg until the days started getting shorter, and I didn’t want to get into a re veg situation.
 

turbobuzz

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You're probably fine. I wait for my seedlings to show preflowers before transplanting in the ground--they usually show up around week 8 of veg. Doesn't mean they're going into flower, just maturing.
Perfect, thank you. Good to know. This is my first outdoor plant, and I don’t usually see pre flowers indoors until I flip 12/12, since I don’t veg 8 weeks.
 

turbobuzz

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Are your days short enough to trigger flower. It might throw pre flowers. Then start to reveg as the days get longer again.
They’re over 14 hours right now, but for the last two weeks or so, it’s been rainy. I’ve kept them dry, but not much sun, so I was worried they might be starting to flower. Will it screw them up to re veg when it gets sunny again? That’s my question.
 

GreenBean 420

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They’re over 14 hours right now, but for the last two weeks or so, it’s been rainy. I’ve kept them dry, but not much sun, so I was worried they might be starting to flower. Will it screw them up to re veg when it gets sunny again? That’s my question.
Nah not at all. They’ll go back to veg and get HUGE then flower again normally
 

JimmiP

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Just put a light near them and turn it on for awhile every night. Or just leave it on till mid June. They should be fine.
 

Susanne

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Just put a light near them and turn it on for awhile every night. Or just leave it on till mid June. They should be fine.
I have the same/similar problem & I was told to do the OPPOSITE. So, now I’m really confused. At first, I was told to put lights out there for several hours at night, but that would make them re-veg, which they are doing Anyway.

When I started posting about my 8-12” tall plants flowering (not pre-flowering, not autoflower, not put from darker to lighter when transplanted...just started to flower...went through all of this just like above), and not many/any at first knew what to do or what was happening. It looks like a lot of people are having the same thing happen all over the place this year.

I’m in SC Texas, a long way from you. So, we have different lighting, but it still gets more hours daylight daily until June 21-22 everywhere in the northern hemisphere.....so, we’re in the same boat.

I was told (on another forum because I couldn’t get an answer) to:

Put black plastic bags on them (can’t bring them in- pots too large/too many, etc) from 6-9:30p ...not when raining as it would be too wet inside the bags; and, not overnight for same reason....need fresh air. I’d be doing it from 5:4-9:15 since the sun is setting about 8:37,I think & it’ll need to be totally dark to take them off......to do it until the Equinox. The the days will get shorter & they’d naturally start flowering.

If anyone has anything to add, or negate this, please do. I want whatever will make this work.

I’ve also heard some say that after they’ve put in ‘all that work’......they died anyway, and to just ‘chop them down now’...

I don’t want to do that!
 

Susanne

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Just keep growing in my opinion
I truly think some will grow naturally & the ones that are still a foot tall & don‘t even resemble cannabis plants anymore won’t, regardless what I do....so, IMO, the bags sound like A LOT of trouble....I’m a 68 year old, chronically ill ’old’ lady who showers at about 5pm, gets in my jammies, smokes my pipe, gets my coffee & puts on Procol Harum or similar & sits back......so, getting dressed again twice & tromping out in the woods & doing all that is ONLY if I HAVE to! So, I’m trying to get as many opinions/views as I can ;). And, if those like yours win, I won’t be doing all of that....((it won’t have to win by a landslide either!) LOL!
 

DrOgkush

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Lol. I understand. I think you'll be okay tho. Like you said it really depends on what YOU want to do and what YOUR comfortable with ☺
 

Susanne

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Lol. I understand. I think you'll be okay tho. Like you said it really depends on what YOU want to do and what YOUR comfortable with ☺
That says a lot. I’ve been stressing over it. I’ve been doing this long enough where yellow leaves, etc don’t bother me anymore, but it seems there’s always something new! :wall:. LOL

I do like the idea of doing what I’m comfortable with. When my husband heard that, he REALLY liked it!
 
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