Shade?

[madsdad4ever]

i have a outside plant thats bout 7 foot tall been in veg since march it is about 50 feet off a eastern tree line so it gets a lot of shade it is not even in sunlight till 10 am so my question is can shade make a plant flower early? i have buds starting

 

[jojo677]

The shade shouldn't affect the flowering, as there is plenty of ambient light to keep it in vegetative growth. I'm not sure where you live, but in much of the US, many strains should start flowering around this time.

The main downside to the shade is that your plant won't have as much light/energy to grow quite as large or produce as large of buds. But at 7 ft tall, you sound like you're doing just fine!