Why is my plant flowering?

[tb151]

Hey all i need your help. I have planted 4 power plants and 4 durban poison plants in the ground. They have been outside for almost 4 weeks and had a good amount of sunlight at the beginning, but now the trees above are starting to develop and the leaves are blocking a lot of light to my plants. I just stopped by today and they were starting to flower. Why is this? Is it because there not getting as much direct sunlight? Luckily i can see that all my plants are ladies, as i bought them feminised But can anyone please help me out and tell me why they might possibly be flowering already???
Thanks,

tb151

[Overmind1632]

They flower for 3 reasons

1. THey are mature and showing pre flowers
2. You have an auto flower strain which durban poison is not im pretty sure
3. The light/dark cycle outside is 12/12

[tb151]

my plant can't be mature yet, its still may here and there is plenty of daylight. As for the 12 hours of light and non light, my plants are easily getting 12 hours + of light, but its not all direct sunlight, so i don't know what to do. I want to transplant them to a spot with more sun, but if i dig them out of the ground i will most likely have some root loss, and this will slow down the growth of my plant... so what should i do???

tb151

[tea.mochi]

cut a hole in the canopy?

[Overmind1632]

direct sunlight doesnt mean light

light means when the sun rises and dark means when the sun sets

so if its not 12/12, then you got an auto flower strain or pre-flowers
some strains show pre-flowers are sign of maturity in a month

[Moosehead]

As I have said many times in forums: "12-12 doesn't mean shit outdoors so forget about it." If outdoor plants only started to flower at 12/12 those of us who live in more northerly regions would not be able to grow at all. As days get shorter and nights cooler plants start to bud even if there may be still 14 or more hours of daylight. When they begin depends on the strain and of course there are more and more auto-flowering or semi auto-flowering plants being developed.