What the??? Budding Waaaay Too Soon....

Well, we got a lovely crop set into the ground last week--clones started and kept indoors under light until we planted. Usual deal....and always turns out some nice big outdoorsy girls come harvest.

But there's a problem, Houston. Every last plant, even the smallest clone only inches high that went into the ground are sprouting hairs and budding up. I want them to stop it! This is the time of growth, not the time of bloom, and the girls are in a hurry to finish before they begin.

I put lights out on the plants for nighttime exposure to try and get them back into vegetative. Anything else I can do to get these plants to mend their ways or will I have to start again with new clones?

 

i believe you can put the plants back into vegetative mode by switching their light schedule back to 24 hrs... i believe that it will have to sprout one leaf, three leaves, five, seven, etc. and then grow veg until you switch the light schedule again.

but i could be wrong about that. i don't grow marijuana or smoke it, so i'd wait for a second opinion.

 

That's what I've done, NP, and I'm hoping it makes them rethink the flowering thing. Still...a couple of my larger transplants (3ft Blowfish and 3ft Holland's Hope) have stacked on some pretty hefty bud starts to turn back around. I'm thinking maybe the addition of some shade cloth might be in order since the sunshine is pretty strong compared to the flourescents they were under. They get a good full day's sun where they are, which can get pretty harsh mid- to late-summer and is fairly intense even now with days in the 80's.

Waiting to hear from those more experienced than I to help me troubleshoot this problem....

 

Keeping them in darkness makes them grow their buds so your making them budd more and more turning the light off. Like me last yr I had a trash can over mine to budd and keep the lighting for 24 for them to grow

 

no, for less buds, more light. 24 hours of light will shock it back into veg mode. less light means more bud, but the plants will probably have lost some vigour by now, but they should recover.

 

natural philosophy, didnt I just say that in my post.....

 

i simply reiterated your point. thank you for your wisdom.

 

They're turning back around to veg with shadecloth for cooler UV during the day and lights at night. *whew*

Lookin' good, and no need for garbage cans or other funky stuff....

 

Lady Greene,

Just to clear up a point, were the clones taken while the moms were in flowering mode? And what lighting schedual (photoperiod) were the clones on before you brought them out to play? Just in case you didn't know, clones should only be taken from moms in veg cycle; this appears to be the reason for your problem. Glad to hear things are reversing!!!

 

Moms were all in veg mode, Cammo. The clones were on 24/7 schedule under flourescents, one cool tube/one warm tube configuration. They got some direct sunlight during the morning from the window they were near, but were pretty much dependent on the flourescents they were under. I'm still thinking that the shift to brilliant outside light with no shade and with the change to night (even though we've put cool flourescents over each and every plant--it's kinda light nightlights compared to the intensity of the sun here, just east of the Emerald Triangle), must be a big part of the problem. This is not my usual garden area as last year (moved because of rippers to more secure area) and there is absolutely no shade in comparison to the partial shade at just the right time of day like the other patch. Did the same cloning procedure as years past that never did this instant bud thing in the old garden.

We're getting some odd leafage now--some plants are totally confused with three leaves and a thumb, one leaf with a thumb--even numbers of leaves, fat and dense and dark dark green. We're about 1/2 and 1/2 vegetative and budding plants now--the only ones that didn't go into bud suffered transplant shock, which is another thing I never encountered in the old patch, though the soil is the same.

Started some new clones from outside-but-still-in-veg-mode plants if I decide to pull these and start over. It's getting late, though....I hope the season is long.

 

It seems to me that you put the little ladies outside to early as far as the calender date the days were still to short early spring my adivce is either get them some light source outside or bring them back inside until the days get longer.
BEST OF LUCK TO YA

 

Thanks Cheeky.

Mid-May is too early in your neck of the woods, maybe. We usually have girls in the ground by 4/20 here in California. All frost past and temps in the mid-90's when we planted this time. This has got to be an oxymoronic case of too much and too little light at the same time....

 

I,m knew to the sight and growing so be patient w/me. I have a female about 3mos old. She's barely 12inches or so. She's got buds and hairs from the bottom to top and top being the biggest. I 'm concerned because i think its too small to be doing all that's its doing. Some of the hairs on the bottom part are turning brown. Should i continue to let it bloom or try to let it grow more and if so , how?

 

If you make you own thread it will catch more eyes btw

If she is in flowering that far then let her finish. The flowering hormone is triggered by the photoperiod (except for ruderalis strains). Keep an eye on her as she may be ripe soon.

The only way to return her to vegetative growth is to feed with a higher N fertilizer and 18-24 hours of light. That is assuming again, that it is not a ruderalis strain - lowryder for example.

Green Thumbs!
Bill

 

3 months and only 12 inches? thats probly a sad-looking plant.

usually i hit a foot tall at about 4wks from sprout

 

Mine are budding now too,someone told me to OD them with superthrive in the next two waterings to slow budding and add more veg. Will this work?????