Early Flowering?

[King Creole]

I bought 3 clippings in late Feb/early March and put them by the window til the weather warmed up, then transferred them outside about a month ago. Now they're flowering instead of growing.

A buddy of mine, who bought clones from the same plant has his babies putting out heavy crystals. They look like little tiny Crysmas trees in these huge pots, with snowy colas.

Is there any solution to fixing this?

I've searched the forum for similar problems but am not getting the right keywords. It seems I read something awhile back and one solution was to put them in total darkness for awhile (?).

I don't have any artificial lights on hand.

[hootskers420]

The only way you can really fix it is to bring them inside and put them under at least 18 hours of light for a couple weeks to reveg them. Outside they will just continue to flower.

[OldSkool1010]

I agree. It sounds like they were used to longer light periods than nature provides and responded to the longer dark by going into flower...I have some clones doing that too.

[King Creole]

Okay, well, I don't have lights, and my space isn't really too accomodating for a set-up like that without making a grow box a central part of my existence.

I've still got 2 Arjani Haze seedlings --females-- doing very well, 1 other that survived fert burn, and a bunch of white trash seeds coming up that will need to be sexed. So, I guess I don't mind trying for an early harvest with the clones. They're still kind of small, though.

What can I do to max out an early harvest with the clones? I've got floration fertilizer. Should I start to dose them with that? Is this the point that I should put them in complete darkness for 24 hours?

What to do, what to do.

[King Creole]

Managed to borrow a camera. Here's what things look like. The hat is there for scale.

[Medicine Al]

Get those tops off, and get them as much sun as you can, over the next month they will re-veg. They aren't too far gone yet, you could try boosting ther nitrogen intake. I recommend Metanaturals Liquid Nitrogen 16-0-0. It will take a few weeks but they will re-veg.

Can you grow in bigger pots? If so I'd say transplant them to 10 or 15 gallon size. You'll be happy you did at harvey!

[King Creole]

Yea, in an ideal situation I'd put them in big pots. But as you can see from the first pic I got some others growing from seed. Those chicks will be for maxing out. Cops're pretty laid back about growing for personal consumption where I live, but if it looks like you're growing to sell they nab you; so it's probably best to keep things humble. Anyway, I've been told that they won't grow too big, being clones.

About getting the tops off: How should I do that? Cut the flowers, I assume. But where should I cut?

Kind of a scary proposition. There are flowers all up and down the branches. Seems like a real chop job.

[OldSkool1010]

actually, those pots look fine to me. The plants do look a little small to be flowering, but I have some that are Just rooted clones that are flowering. Without creating an artificial photoperiod, just let them grow and flower how they will. Those from seed will (should) experience a normal growth cycle, vegetating until the summer solstice, and then begin making buds.

You may not get the greatest yield, but you will have some nice smoke way early in the season.

[King Creole]

My growshop guy also says to let them run their cycle. When the buds are ready, I can have an early smoke. Then, they'll go back to vegging.

According to him, I can put them in big pots too. 6 plants isn't so much, as far as the authorities are concerned. That's about what a person needs for personal consumption for the year. You gotta love Spain.