Forcing to flower at week 3 from seed
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Thanks for the help it’s good to know I’ve got a chance of a fair yield the plant looks very healthy to me so bit of a bummer that I’m on a time limit, the strain is gorilla zkittles which is supposedly a high yielding strain, worst comes to worst I still have the auto which is looking amazing! Your plant looks great thanks for the adviceYou can flip that plant to 12/12. It will flower sooner than if you left it under normal daylight hours and there will be no defects.
This plant was switched to 12/12 at around 2 weeks or so. One gallon pot, soil, and yielded around 2 ounces dried. It's going to be strain dependent as to how well a small plant will yield when flipped to 12/12 after just a few weeks or 12/12 from seed.
Yeah I’m going to be keeping it on a strict light schedule as if I can’t get it to flower soon I may have to get rid of it, seems like a bit of a hassle bringing it in every night but I’ll make it worth it!
Yeah it’s going to be quite the task but I’m determined to make it work, going to keep it on a strict time schedule to prevent it from going back into veg once it’s flowering thanks for the advice!If you flip to 12/12 and force flower, outdoors
You have to bring it in to darkness every day till finished which is a huge PITA
Just because it goes to flower in the current light hours in the Northern Hemisphere it will switch back to veg and never finish if not given 12 hours of darkness
Good luck with that hassle
Edit: Welcome to RIU
osowhom
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i have one i forced into flower at 2 weeks from sprout it is growing ok and making buds bud it is very small next to my clones maybe 1 ounce compared to 10 oz
poundofyourfinest
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I used to force them after a couple weeks to get the males then reveg for bigger plants
I'm still confused this thread says outdoor plants how do you force a plant to flower outdoors? You can't change sun schedule unless bring inside and at that point just grow them inside. Am I missing something here?
If moving inside just let them mature why waste everything to flower so early?
If moving inside just let them mature why waste everything to flower so early?
poundofyourfinest
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He’s going to bring them back and forth
I get that but why? If time restraints just let nature finish it or just grow indoors if your moving them inside your asking for trouble and if covering them you better be there around same time everyday. It would be better to buy a light even if cheap and run it indoors and let it mature
xtsho
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That plant was not looking great. It was an extra plant that I just put in a gallon of soil and tossed into the flower tent and basically forgot about. It still produced a decent amount of bud in a short time for what it was. I'm not anal about my plants. All I did was give that straight tap water and maybe a couple scoops of nutrient solution from my blumat reservoir a couple times. It turned out good enough for me though. All it cost to grow was a gallon of soil and one seed. I guess it used some electricity but I was already running my light and that only costs $10 a month. I'll toss plants in small pots into the flower tent from time to time and get similar results. Usually plants I started to give to someone that never came by to pick up.
jondamon
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Herb & Suds
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Garbage cans work well
xtsho
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Herb & Suds
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Everyone who buys all that junk will grow great buds...
xtsho
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The Fox Farm comes in a cool looking case with a handle which makes it easy to carry around and show off.
I understand and very nice looking ladies.
ilovereggae
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definitely strain dependant. and I'd even say microclimate depends too. force flowering a plant too young can also stress it and cause higher chance of herms. yes it can work and might be fine but you are rolling the dice.You can flip that plant to 12/12. It will flower sooner than if you left it under normal daylight hours and there will be no defects.
This plant was switched to 12/12 at around 2 weeks or so. One gallon pot, soil, and yielded around 2 ounces dried. It's going to be strain dependent as to how well a small plant will yield when flipped to 12/12 after just a few weeks or 12/12 from seed.
in OPs situation if no other options I would go for it, and keep a close eye on it just in case.
Hi so I’m new to growing and on a pretty strict time schedule now for when they need to be done, I should have just got 2 autos but can’t go back now. My understanding is that if I leave them out for 12 hours of light then put them in a dark room for 12 hours I can force them into flowering, I know it’s a waster but at this point it seems like my only option
Jenko
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Yup looks like it