i just gave it bloom A&B the other day (nutri plus ) by flora. So what is a good sign of flowering rather then preflowering for future references. thank you for your response also. Oh one more ? i have one plant( my tallest and nicest looking) that started assymetrical branching on lower branches but no signs on the top yet. the whole plant has had pistils for awhile.
Well the actual 'preflower' stage is pretty short in my opinion. It's basically the small time-frame between the veg. and flowering cycle. Once you can blatantly tell the sex of plant, it's in the flowering cycle. Pre-flowers appear in response to long nights (12-hours). They can also form during shorter nights in older plants.
I just did a little reading about outdoor growing, and it says that locations far north from the equator tend to not get 12-hour nights until late in the season. It also says that some places don't even get long enough nights to have a harvest before the winter frost kills the crop.
Not sure where you are in Canada. Well, I really don't know what the nights are like up there right now. You may want to make sure that that the night is long enough, if not, that could be the reason for your delayed budding. If your nights are not 12-hours, then I'm sure there is some kind of technique you could do in order to give the plants a few more hours of darkness. However, you really need to figure it out asap to insure you still get your crop.
Sooooo blaze after dinner, and then head-out to your plants. Take note of the time of dark-fall. Bite the bullet the next day, and be up by 4-4:30am (or at least before sun-up) WAKE N' BAAAAKE then head out to the plants, and take note of the sunrise. If you do have 12-hour nights then I'm assuming it's just taking a lot longer than expected to bud. If you do not have 12-hour nights, check-out the 'Growing Outdoor' forum and see what some of those guys do in the same situation. Good Luck! hope this helps