I think my plants are preflowering too early, what can I do?

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newgrowthgrowth

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I've been growing these plants for about 3 weeks from two 2 week old clones. I originally had them on a 12/12 light cycle. Now they're beginning to preflower and they're only about 6 inches tall. I've been told to put them on a 24/0 light cycle now in order to revert back to vegetation. Is this correct? will they go into shock? I'm so sad :sad:.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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As suggested, put them back onto a vegging light cycle and veg them out again. It might shock it a tiny bit, but if the genetics are halfway decent then the shock will do absolutely noghitn. Plants with good genetics can be hit blak and blue wihtout an issue.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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24/0 or 16/8 is the veg cycle, 12/12 is the flower cycle. If you want to veg the plant, run it on the veg cycle, if you wish to flower it, run it on the flowering cycle. That is to say one or the other. You do not do 5 of 1, 2 of the other. You use 12/12 lighting when you want it to flower, which by this thread indicates, is not what you want at present until it is of a better size.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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You leave it on that cycle until you think that it is right size to start flowering. If you do not understand what the right size is, then i shall stop offering help and simply suggest that you start reading on how cannabis is grown pronto.
 
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newgrowthgrowth

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I have a good idea, I've been looking up alot of information but my boyfiend and I are doing it together and he keeps coming at me with these random "tips". Everything you're saying I've looked up but it doesn't hurt to get other opinions.
 
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tip top toker

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This is partly my point. If you're doing reading and looking things up then you should have been very awae of how ridiculous the notion of mon-fri 24/0 and sat-sun 12/12 was. I do not wish to sound offensive, but youtube mr green i grow chronic. That will give you a better idea on growing cannabis than you appear to currently have based on what you have posted thus far.
 
missnu

missnu

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well preflowers are preflowers...they don't mean the plant is flowering...as long as you are giving them less than 12 hours of darkness, like 6 hours of dark, or no dark at all, then they aren't flowering it is indeed just preflowers and they don't mean anything, other than the plant is mature.
 
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tip top toker

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missnu said:
well preflowers are preflowers...they don't mean the plant is flowering...as long as you are giving them less than 12 hours of darkness, like 6 hours of dark, or no dark at all, then they aren't flowering it is indeed just preflowers and they don't mean anything, other than the plant is mature.
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Indeed. However, the OP stated this which has me on the flowering train and not simply showing maturity (especially not showing maturity at 6 inches tall)

I originally had them on a 12/12 light cycle
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colonuggs

colonuggs

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newgrowthgrowth said:
With the veg life cycle someone told me to do 24/0 mon-fri and 12/12 sat-sun. Does that sound about right?
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Now thats some funny shit right there....No thats not even close

only 12/12 when your ready to flower your plant...... then stay on the 12/12 cycle until the plants done (2-3 months)

After 2 weeks of 12/12 you are past the onset period..... you can go back to a 24 hr light cycle but your plants will go into shock for about a month or so... then veg again
 
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newgrowthgrowth said:
I've been growing these plants for about 3 weeks from two 2 week old clones. I originally had them on a 12/12 light cycle. Now they're beginning to preflower and they're only about 6 inches tall. I've been told to put them on a 24/0 light cycle now in order to revert back to vegetation. Is this correct? will they go into shock? I'm so sad :sad:.
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If you didn't want them to flower why did you have them on 12/12?

I use 18/6 for grow because I believe that even plants need sleep. Now I'm a newbie like you. I'm only on my second grow so I'm not very experienced but frankly I would not try to re-veg. I would continue with the flowering and do my next batch differently.

I also strongly recommend you purchase at least one book. Something from Ed Rosenthal or Jorge Cervantes. Before implementing any factoid you hear make sure you cross-check it in at least three different places and get good confirmation.

Some people have fun giving bad information thinking it's funny and some simply do not know what they don't know. So check those facts before implementing!
 
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curious2garden

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newgrowthgrowth said:
It's my first time growing and I made a mistake but from what Im seeing here it's not too late..
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Yes that's why I shared I was new too. It is definitely not to late but since I am new and do not understand much about hermaphrodites I would not take these out of 12/12 especially if you are 2 weeks in, 2 days yes, 2 weeks I'd worry I'd ruin them. I'd finish flowering and then try re-vegging this batch.
 
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Listen to tip top, he knowss what he's talking about 18/6 for veg once the plant is as tall as you want then switch to 12/12 to flower, that's all there is to it. Your boyfriend is getting bad advise.
 
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newgrowthgrowth

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The first response I got generally went with the information that I've been getting from others who have been growing a lot longer. It won't hurt me to try putting it back in the veg stage like I've been advised instead of trying to flower a 6-inch plant. I'll let you know how it goes.
 
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curious2garden

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newgrowthgrowth said:
The first response I got generally went with the information that I've been getting from others who have been growing a lot longer. It won't hurt me to try putting it back in the veg stage like I've been advised instead of trying to flower a 6-inch plant. I'll let you know how it goes.
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It might hurt if you've been in flower long enough. You trigger auxins when you turn your lights to 12/12 to flower. My understanding is depending on the sensitivity of the strain you are growing you can get hermaphrodites. If you do not catch that they will pollinate your bud creating seeds.

So it depends on how much risk you are willing to take surrounding pollen in your grow area. Me I'm new and very skittish as I'm learning so 2 days in flower I'd definitely swap the lights back but 2 weeks in flower and I'd harvest this, leave a few limbs and then re-veg that.

Whatever you choose to do I wish you luck in it. I know how tough it is when starting trying to figure this out.
 
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