Pre-Flowers, will they continue to Veg??

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Weedhuntfish

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Hi all,

I started germinating my seeds March 3rd and didn’t move them outside until May 5th. They were on a 18-6 light schedule indoors.

My latitude is 36.39

according to the weather app sunrise is 5:57am and sunset is 8:27pm. Of course there is still some light before and after these times.

my question is, are what you see in the pictures just pre flower and will these continue to veg? It would be very difficult to bring them back inside and I do not have power run to the area where they are growing. Im just trying to gage what to expect.

not all of the plants are doing this. I am growing 6.

I’m expecting one of the plants to flower. It was stressed and it definitely looks farther along than the others. 2 of them have signs and the other 3 just seem to be showing signs of sex.

is there anything I can do to make sure they keep vegging ?

do you think they will keep vegging? I have them in 25 gallon pots so if they flower now it would really be a waste.
 

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Herb & Suds said:
That looks like a little more than preflower but it will either keep vegging or reveg
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Yep you got it. There are two that are definitely further along than pre flower. Those pictures are just of 3 plants. The other 3 are not showing anything besides being able to identify them as female.

I was just wondering what they would do. What does re vegging mean? Will they continue to grow in size and the flowers go away? Or will they stay the same size and finish out early?
 
C. Nesbitt

C. Nesbitt

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This topic of “re-vegging” comes up a few times each spring with outdoor growers in similar situations to yours. The term “re-vegging” often gets used but this can really confuse people.

Classic “re-vegging” refers to something different than you are asking about here. The usual process of re-vegging is done indoors (or in a greenhouse) with a photoperiod strain using artificial light to return a plant from a flowering cycle to vegetative growth. A plant is flowered out then harvested. A few small popcorn buds/green tips are left on the plant at the bottom or along the main stem(s). The light is then put back to a vegetative growth cycle (18/6, 20/4, etc) to hopefully get the plant to re-grow. If it works, early new growth is gnarly looking with funky single leaves, twisted growth, etc. but eventually the plant starts putting out new branches and normal growth. It’s a way to save a desirable plant if it wasn’t cloned the first time through the veg cycle. It’s also a time and electricity consuming process.

What you are asking about is a plant that is hopefully just a little confused from being started indoors under lights then put outside early-ish in the spring when daylight is still short, but daylight hours are increasing. My experience has usually been that these will act confused for a couple of weeks then happily go back to regular vegetative growth through the later spring and summer. In this situation the plants don’t really “re-veg” so much as just slow down their growth and throw some pistils for a short period then go right back to regular vegetative growth.
However, it is strain-dependent. Some strains will not return to veg quite so happily. Once some plants initiate flowering they won’t go back. Others will flower for a while then eventually go thru a “re-veg” phase with the gnarly growth and funky single leaves at the start.

You’re going to want to keep an eye on yours but hopefully they will go the route of being briefly confused then going back to normal vegetative growth
 
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Weedhuntfish

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C. Nesbitt said:
This topic of “re-vegging” comes up a few times each spring with outdoor growers in similar situations to yours. The term “re-vegging” often gets used but this can really confuse people.

Classic “re-vegging” refers to something different than you are asking about here. The usual process of re-vegging is done indoors (or in a greenhouse) with a photoperiod strain using artificial light to return a plant from a flowering cycle to vegetative growth. A plant is flowered out then harvested. A few small popcorn buds/green tips are left on the plant at the bottom or along the main stem(s). The light is then put back to a vegetative growth cycle (18/6, 20/4, etc) to hopefully get the plant to re-grow. If it works, early new growth is gnarly looking with funky single leaves, twisted growth, etc. but eventually the plant starts putting out new branches and normal growth. It’s a way to save a desirable plant if it wasn’t cloned the first time through the veg cycle. It’s also a time and electricity consuming process.

What you are asking about is a plant that is hopefully just a little confused from being started indoors under lights then put outside early-ish in the spring when daylight is still short, but daylight hours are increasing. My experience has usually been that these will act confused for a couple of weeks then happily go back to regular vegetative growth through the later spring and summer. In this situation the plants don’t really “re-veg” so much as just slow down their growth and throw some pistils for a short period then go right back to regular vegetative growth.
However, it is strain-dependent. Some strains will not return to veg quite so happily. Once some plants initiate flowering they won’t go back. Others will flower for a while then eventually go thru a “re-veg” phase with the gnarly growth and funky single leaves at the start.

You’re going to want to keep an eye on yours but hopefully they will go the route of being briefly confused then going back to normal vegetative growth
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Hey thanks for the explanation! This is a fun hobby and I love learning something new every day. Next season I think I will translation them outside a little later.
 
turbobuzz

turbobuzz

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C. Nesbitt said:
This topic of “re-vegging” comes up a few times each spring with outdoor growers in similar situations to yours. The term “re-vegging” often gets used but this can really confuse people.

Classic “re-vegging” refers to something different than you are asking about here. The usual process of re-vegging is done indoors (or in a greenhouse) with a photoperiod strain using artificial light to return a plant from a flowering cycle to vegetative growth. A plant is flowered out then harvested. A few small popcorn buds/green tips are left on the plant at the bottom or along the main stem(s). The light is then put back to a vegetative growth cycle (18/6, 20/4, etc) to hopefully get the plant to re-grow. If it works, early new growth is gnarly looking with funky single leaves, twisted growth, etc. but eventually the plant starts putting out new branches and normal growth. It’s a way to save a desirable plant if it wasn’t cloned the first time through the veg cycle. It’s also a time and electricity consuming process.

What you are asking about is a plant that is hopefully just a little confused from being started indoors under lights then put outside early-ish in the spring when daylight is still short, but daylight hours are increasing. My experience has usually been that these will act confused for a couple of weeks then happily go back to regular vegetative growth through the later spring and summer. In this situation the plants don’t really “re-veg” so much as just slow down their growth and throw some pistils for a short period then go right back to regular vegetative growth.
However, it is strain-dependent. Some strains will not return to veg quite so happily. Once some plants initiate flowering they won’t go back. Others will flower for a while then eventually go thru a “re-veg” phase with the gnarly growth and funky single leaves at the start.

You’re going to want to keep an eye on yours but hopefully they will go the route of being briefly confused then going back to normal vegetative growth
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This also answers the question I asked a couple days ago titled early pistil question. Thanks.
 
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