Immature clones starting to flower?

[RobTheKnob]

Hi folks,
Got four clones, all hybrids. Good shape, older "teenagers". Transplanted them from the bags to pots until it's time to put them in the ground. Been keeping them indoors by windows to keep them warm. Had some warm weather and was taking them outside to be in the full sun for the day, then putting them in at night. Had some unusually warm nights (I thought. High 50s-low 60s) so I left them out. When it cooled off, I brought them in at nights again. But the little lovelys are starting to flower! OMG, what have I done?? Have I ruined my plants? Getting replacements might be difficult, by now. Have I screwed up? and can I do anything about it?

 

[GreenMachinee]

When you bought the clones they probably had them under 18/6 light cycle. When you brought them home and put in window you are giving them closer to 12/12 which will start flowering

 

[AKgramma]

You have a choice, Rob: Put them back under 18/6 and label the sex, so you don't forget. They will reveg. Or you can let them flower.

 

[RobTheKnob]

Thanks. I've got some halogen lights I can use. Wish I still had my S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) light, that would have been perfect. Hopefully several halogens will be enough? What should I do about the buds already forming? Leave them? Would be kind of hard to remove them. It would take away a lot of the plant. Can I expect that they will grow to full maturity and and a normal yield?

 

[OttawaGreen]

Don't use halogen lights.

If you want to go cheap and good then get one of these or a bigger one if you want to do indoor more.
mars hydro led grow light -reflector 48

If that is too expensive then get the biggest CFL(s)you can get.

Keep them under 18h light until June then your days should be long enough to put them outside. Or if you want to grow inside switch to 12 hour days and they will start blocking again.
Re-vegging the plants won't hurt them, they can still yield well.

This is a common Mistake, my friends have done it too.

 

[AKgramma]

Thanks. I've got some halogen lights I can use. Wish I still had my S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) light, that would have been perfect. Hopefully several halogens will be enough? What should I do about the buds already forming? Leave them? Would be kind of hard to remove them. It would take away a lot of the plant. Can I expect that they will grow to full maturity and and a normal yield?

If you want to speed the reveg, you can snip off the preflowers with a manicuring scissors, or if your fingernails are long enough, pinch them off.

They will mature, but take a little longer to make the switch. I have one poor sativa mother who has been decimated with mite treatments, subject to a number of timer mishaps, and has been in and out of veg a few times, and she is finally maturing her buds.

Comparing it to "normal" harvest, I don't think there is such a thing. Each plant is different, and will respond to its environment according to its own genetic makeup.

 

[Major PITA]

I take my plants in and out every day, but they are under lights every night to keep them vegging.
Keep their photoperiod consistent (or getting longer) with a minimum of about 15 hours. I try to match the "day" length to the length of the solar day when I think I'll put them outside permanently (about 16 hours here).
For a re-veg, I'd put them under 24/0 for a few days. Depending on the strain, re-veg's can take a good month to flip back into veg mode.
My neighbor put some plants outside early last spring. They went into bloom like yours, but then reverted to veg mode. They never did really get sorted out completely, and as a result, didn't yield well come fall.

 

[AKgramma]

Confusing your plants with changing light schedules WILL slow and decrease your yields, but I have gotten couch-stoned on the cannabudder I made from them! And that includes cannabudder made from leaves.