Is there a way to speed flowering?

if you have 30 days left, my suggestion would be to go 12/12 for the first 10-12 days, then switch to a 10/14 for another 10 days, then 8 or so days of 8/16. this would simulate the rapidly approaching winter season with the lighting schedule which could trick the plant to increased resin and flower production. my best guess for your situation

 

thats cool..never thought of that either...let me know how it turns out

 

while you probably wont be getting as high a yield as normally expected, the theory is what flowers were made during the bloom phase will mature so you wont be left with as much immature bud when its time to move/trim/tear down

 

This is probably the best advice I could think to offer as well.

Other then you could just risk it. I mean, maybe there is a chance you can find a big enough box to fit her inside of. That way, she is the very last thing that goes out. She's the last box, you put her in your truck and you leave.

Yes it's dangerous, and I don't reccomend it, but I'll go ahead and admit that I did it once on a move that was about 10 miles... Obviously slightly different for you though, and obviously it's your life.

 

How dedicated are you to this plant? Why can't you take it with you?

You can get a 24x24x48" Heavy Duty carton from Uline or somewhere. Put a piece of wood on the 24x24 side (bottom) Mask the scent if needed. Tape it up. Mark it "This Side Up Houseplants". Who would know or care? You would have to buy 5 or 10 in a pack so you would have similar cartons with normal stuff in them. Even if you are using movers, won't you have at least one vehicle that you are driving? And even if they move it, so what? My two cents...

 

Plants use light to fuel growth. If they receive less light they will grow less. Changing the light/dark light cycle to 10/14 from 12/12 reduces the amount of light the plants receive by 1/6, or 16%. Cutting the light cycle while flowering results in less total growth, because the plant produces less material used for tissue building.
Another effect of cutting the light cycle is to hasten the ripening of the plant. By reducing the light cycle during the growth part of flowering, the growth time is reduced. However this is not a productive trade-off. Not only is the total time under light reduced, so is the percentage of time with light. The yield of the lower light-cycle bud will be more than proportionately lower than normal.
However, during the last 10 to 15 days of flowering the bud has little growth. Instead it transforms as the stigmas dry, the ovary behind them swells and the glands fill with THC. Reducing the light period during this time will hasten ripening without significantly reducing yield, by giving the plant a clear signal that the time has come.
There are occasions when it may be more important to speed up ripening than to maximize production. Under these circumstances, a 10-hour light/14-hour dark cycle would indeed be better.

 

I have moved 5' plant before i was freakin out but i did it. Honestly i havent had a rush like that in years since. How about this as a idea maby get a big stick 4 foot high stick it next too the plant set it in a large garbage bag pull the garbage bag carefully around the plant gather it together at the top and blow air into it like a baloon take a rubberband and tie it off tight inflated around the stick and pick it up from the bottom. set in in a garbage can if you need too set in moving truck and drive
it's just a idea i'm bored.

 

I would imagine that may force a hermaphrodite, messing up a plants light that often and drastically...I mean where does Cannabis grow that its light out for only 8 hours a day in the end of the season. And even if it doesnt herm then you will still have immature buds because resin ripens with time not light sensitive. The plant knows to only flower because of the light time, the resin glands dont know light times just ripening from time passing. And i also agree that cutting down light will only cut down the amount of energy the plant can take from the light not anything to do with ripening. So I am also on the bandwagon of damn thats close to done and I would get a big box and get it to a new home since its only a few more weeks after ya move it that itll finish.

 

Alrighty good enough for me

 

i wouldnt go anymore than 11 on, 13 off. youll be wasting your time, but, youll be saving electricity.

good luck on speeding up nature. while your at it, can you get Spring to come a little sooner this year?

 

OMG. you can't speed up or fool nature. A plant is mature and ready to harvest when it is God damned good and ready to harvest.

Saying that you can speed harvest by light cycles is ridiculous. That is like saying you can mature a human faster by feeding it more. Feeding it more may make it fatter, but it certainly does not make it older.

Good luck.

 

lol he said he cant move it, he has no other option. regardless the plant isnt going to be at its full potential but i would say to do the light thing and then 2 days before your move turn the lights completely off just my 2 cents people may not agree but hey just an idea.

 

Another option, is if you get to the end and it is not fully mature, you could make the entire plant into hash. If you make the has right, your yield may not be extremely great, but the potency will be very high. If you are going away and the other alternative is to ditch the fruits of your labor, you may be very happy getting 30-50 quality hits of hash.

 

I have been thinking about your problem for a few days and it occured that humbolt makes a bud finisher That Has a negative effect on plants It Speeds up the process
Don't Hold me to this but i think it is bushmaster..
Are There any other finishersthat anyone can think of?

 

Rob Zombie, I'm a LED grower and I have good success. Call me crazy but, I read in an article written by ED Rosenthal somewhere that if you use only blue 425nm LED's, at about 10 watts per square foot, during the lights off cycle it will stimulate growth and speed up the flowering process. I've never tried this however, I'm sure you can find info on this on the web. Take it easy.
-The builder