Plants flowering too early

[RayDawg24]

Okay so here's my problem I started my plants indoors from seed on a 18/6 lighting to pre veg them to get a root system and nice foliage so they got about 3 feet tall in the tent and on April 7th I stuck them out side and 1 week later I see bud heads on all my plants I live in California so i pre veg my plants to stick them out side for the long California grow season but I think I stuck them out a little to early cause they started to flower I need them to go back to veg cause the whole point of me growing them in side then sticking them out side was so they can grow real big but they started flowering mabey they started flowering cause of the dramatic light transition I bought lights to stick over them when night time comes to try and speed up the revert cycle before the season officially begins in June 14th and I really need some help any help is welcome I'll post some pictures when I get out of work

 

[Bill284]

Okay so here's my problem I started my plants indoors from seed on a 18/6 lighting to pre veg them to get a root system and nice foliage so they got about 3 feet tall in the tent and on April 7th I stuck them out side and 1 week later I see bud heads on all my plants I live in California so i pre veg my plants to stick them out side for the long California grow season but I think I stuck them out a little to early cause they started to flower I need them to go back to veg cause the whole point of me growing them in side then sticking them out side was so they can grow real big but they started flowering mabey they started flowering cause of the dramatic light transition I bought lights to stick over them when night time comes to try and speed up the revert cycle before the season officially begins in June 14th and I really need some help any help is welcome I'll post some pictures when I get out of work

Sorry about your issues my friend. This is the second post from Cali I read today.
Same problem I think. You will need to give some extra light at sundown. Just enough to stop the chemical process making her flower. You will probably have to steak and feed her some silicate to help when she goes a little stretchy often becoming a monster.
Stay safe.
Happy growing friend.
Bill

 

[RayDawg24]

Thanks Bill so do I leave the lights on all night essentially giving it a 24/0 light cycle?till the days get longer..or just add hours when the sun goes down an set it on a timer sun down is 730pm in California rite now so when should I set the light to turn off and if I put it on a 24/0 won't the longer days just make it flower again

 

[Bill284]

Thanks Bill so do I leave the lights on all night essentially giving it a 24/0 light cycle?till the days get longer..or just add hours when the sun goes down an set it on a timer sun down is 730pm in California rite now so when should I set the light to turn off and if I put it on a 24/0 won't the longer days just make it flower again

What makes your girl flower is a chemical it builds when the lights go out. 12 hrs buildup puts her into flower.
All you need to do is give her enough light to prevent 12 hrs accumulation.
So a little extra light at sunset should prevent a buildup. Just enough to prevent 12 and a half hours of dark.

 

[RayDawg24]

Okay so how much hours of light after 730? Would you recommend

 

[Bill284]

Okay so how much hours of light after 730? Would you recommend

What time is sun up

 

[RayDawg24]

6.14 am

 

[Bill284]

6.14 am

I’d say an hour at this point should be ok.
615 to 730 that’s 13 hrs plus hours have you got times correct?

 

[RayDawg24]

Yes about 13 hours I think they went into flowering cause of such dramatic sudden light change from 18 hours to 13

 

[Bill284]

Yes about 13 hours I think they went into flowering cause of such dramatic sudden light change from 18 hours to 13

When you get home shoot a pic up

 

[RayDawg24]

Forsure bill I'll see you then! Here are the strains all from seeds man seeds

gorlla zkittlez
.gelat og
.White widow
. Peyote wifi
.Peyote zkittlez
.Peyote gorilla
.critical purple kush
.black sugar
.blueberry
.hulkberry
.jack herer

 

[RayDawg24]

Here they are

 

[Bill284]

Here they are

Wow do you have that many girls outside?
Bill

 

[RayDawg24]

Yeah!! That's why I got kinda mad at my slef I'm like man

 

[RayDawg24]

Here are the ladys

 

[Bill284]

Here are the ladys

Ah dam . That's a rough one. Unless you have a flood light your going to have to let them reveg in a couple weeks. I think as a rule of thumb you shouldn't go outside with them until there is 14 hrs daylight 10 hrs darkness.
Until you hit that point they probably won't go veg. You might just have to ride it out and let them monster on you. Sorry
If you can rig up some light to get themn14 hrs you might be able to save a few.
Bill

 

[SmokingWings]

It is the amount/length of dark that causes flowering; not the amount of light.
The first problem is that the sunlight for the first hour or so in the morning and again in the evening is not strong enough to stop the plant from developing the hormone that induces flowering. Plus some of those trees and shrubs are probably blocking the sun cutting even further into the actual amount of light that is hitting the plants. Consider that dim sunlight in the morning to be part of the 'dark time'.

I am with Bill on this one. You are going to have to watch them slowly go back into a vegetating stage, probably will start in several weeks and last about a month. End result is that you should get some nice large plants and a super yield.

Another option, if you have some good strong lights that will hit all the plants, is to turn the lights on in the middle of the night for about 1 and 1/2 hours. That is long enough to break the period of dark and stop the build up of the hormone. That should push them into going back into the vegetating stage a lot quicker.

Those are some nice looking plants.

 

[RayDawg24]

So on the middle of the night like at 12am? Or when the sun starts to go down turn them on I have 2 5000 lumen light and a 4 tube bulb CFL light soo what would be my best bet will it harm the quality of my yield will then even grow or go back to re veg

 

[RayDawg24]

Ah dam . That's a rough one. Unless you have a flood light your going to have to let them reveg in a couple weeks. I think as a rule of thumb you shouldn't go outside with them until there is 14 hrs daylight 10 hrs darkness.
Until you hit that point they pro

So on the middle of the night like at 12am? Or when the sun starts to go down turn them on I have 2 5000 lumen light and a 4 tube bulb CFL light soo what would be my best bet will it harm the quality of my yield will then even grow or go back to re veg

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I have 4 more girls in my tent under 18-6 light cycle .. blue berry white widow jack herer and hulk berry

 

[Bill284]

I have 4 more girls in my tent under 18-6 light cycle .. blue berry white widow jack herer and hulk berry

You have to extend the daylight. So at sun set turn on a few even t5's up to them. Just want to prevent the chemical build up that comes at night.
Bill