Mature plants outdoors in early July. Now what?!

Hey there everyone,

So I have some plants that I started about 10 weeks ago indoors and moved outdoors after about 4 weeks. So they are now almost 2.5 months old and are almost 5 feet tall.

SO heres my dillema, it seems like that have reached full maturity and I dont think they can get any bigger in the 6 gallon containers that I have. Its still early July and the natural 12/12 cycle isnt coming till September. So whats going to happen in the next two months? There are some signs of pre-flowers but i think thats just cos it has been raining for like 2 weeks straight and they prob thought it was fall. But its back to being 80 degrees now.

Are they going to get rootbound? Do I have anything to worry about or should I just sit and wait for them to flower?

12/12 is a purely indoor technique and doesn't have fuck-all to do with outdoor growing.

They will start to flower in about a months time.

They are pre-flowering because they have reached sexual maturity, not because it is raining.

Obviously the best thing you can do is get them in the ground or in 10gal+ pots. Otherwise, I'd be concerned that they will continue to grow fine, but the flowers won't be as big as they could be because of the plant being rootbound, like you said, and not being able to take in enough nutrients.

Basically, get them in the ground dude!

Good job so far and good luck for the rest of the season.

Angus said:

12/12 is a purely indoor technique and doesn't have fuck-all to do with outdoor growing.

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Can you elaborate? Ive always thought that it was the shorter daylight hours that trigger the flowering stage.

Ripshot said:

Can you elaborate? Ive always thought that it was the shorter daylight hours that trigger the flowering stage.

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yes photoperiod still has everything to do with when they flower,unless u are using an auto flowering strain.

Ripshot said:

Can you elaborate? Ive always thought that it was the shorter daylight hours that trigger the flowering stage.

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As the person underneath you said, the photoperiod still has everything to do with when they flower. However, in the US, 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark comes in late September (26th?). That's about two months after they start flowering.

photoperiod varys across the united states u should check the photoperiod in ur givin area.

Probably the reason that the actuall 12/12 photoperiod is so late is because outdoors the light dosent just come on and off. it takes about an hour each time, which accounts for about 2 hours every day of "daylight" on the charts that the weather stations display.

captcannabis420 said:

photoperiod varys across the united states u should check the photoperiod in ur givin area.

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No, the solstice (equal periods of light and dark) is at the same time no matter where in the US you are.

12/12 is used indoors as a harsh contrast to 18/6 to 'snap' the plants into flowering so you don't have to gradually decrease the photoperiod as in nature. Imagine if you had to change your timer by a minute or two every day. It doesn't have anything to do with the sunrise/sunset, it is just an indoor growing technique.

Angus said:

No, the solstice (equal periods of light and dark) is at the same time no matter where in the US you are.

12/12 is used indoors as a harsh contrast to 18/6 to 'snap' the plants into flowering so you don't have to gradually decrease the photoperiod as in nature. Imagine if you had to change your timer by a minute or two every day. It doesn't have anything to do with the sunrise/sunset, it is just an indoor growing technique.

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Never thought about it that way before, makes sense. Thanks Angus!

in my area of the midwest mj starts to flower in early august, i dont know where you got that plants start to flower at the same time no matter where you are in the US but it does make a huge difference.

dsmal01 said:

in my area of the midwest mj starts to flower in early august, i dont know where you got that plants start to flower at the same time no matter where you are in the US but it does make a huge difference.

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Angus said:

However, in the US, 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark comes in late September (26th?). That's about two months after they start flowering.

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Reading comprehension. The beginning of august is 'about two months before' the end of September. The same time mine start to flower, on average, and the same time our friends in cali's start to flower, on average.

wow thanks guys. Angus sounds like he knows what he is talking about.

I cant put the plants in the ground because I live in NH and the soil around here sucks! I got a suggestion to stack the pots on top of another container and cut the bottom off. Sound like a lot of work.... but I might try it.

Also, the longer they sit out there the more theyr gettin eaten by bugs. I have use a whole bottle of this organic stuff i got from Agway. Anyone use that Dont Bug Me stuff from Fox Farm? Any other suggestions?

dsmal01 said:

in my area of the midwest mj starts to flower in early august, i dont know where you got that plants start to flower at the same time no matter where you are in the US but it does make a huge difference.

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neither do i because they dont its different every where.ive grown out doors in abut 6 states all different.

ive never used it but ff products have always seemed to work for me.

Dont bug me is a permethrin spray i belive which is fine to use during the vegitative state.

my plant is in a 12inch high pot,its about 3.5ft tall should i transfer to ground?get a bigger pot?

hey buddy~~ you should be digging a whole or buying a bag of pro-mix instead of whining on this site!


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