Flowering in May?

I started 10 seeds indoor and put them outdoors in April. They grew fine for about a month and a half, i transplanted them two weeks ago into larger pots. I left for two weeks, leaving my dad to tend them, and when I came back there are a few starting to flower (maybe all of them).
I'm guessing this is because they are not receiving as many hours of light as they were indoors, but they vegged outside for at least a month after putting them out. Also important to note that we had 20+ days of really hot, great growing weather, followed by about 10-12 days of intermittent rain and sun.

Could this last couple weeks of thunderstorms caused them to flower? More importantly, if I leave them alone will they reveg? i'm really only seeing heavy flowering in the males, not sure if the females are flowering. Luckily I took 2-3 clones from each after I transplanted them 2 weeks ago.

Are the ladies flowering too? They seem really far behind the males if they are. Thanks!

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When did u start them indoor? How many hours were you giving them inside?
I have plants flowering as well, but should reveg. Just hope the stress won't flip them herm. It worked out fine for me last year...

started from seed indoors in January I believe. 18/8 under those long tube shop lights, switched to my 1000 watt HPS after I transplanted them the first time.
That is my concern as well, I don't want them to herm on me 'cause these were going to be my main crop. On the other hand I know which ones are males now without flowering my clones.

They loved the HPS and the 3 weeks of brutal sun we got, crazy to think that a couple weeks of rainy days made them flower though. Never had this happen in the past.

Look at total hrs of light. If they went from 18, to 14 or less, it can trigger, but mine go back into veg by June and were fine last year... we'll see about this year. Good luck!

Two of mine flowered in May last year, and didn't reveg. I chopped them in July and August. But then my max length of day is 14 hours 7 minutes, so results may vary.

What latitude? You had mature plants and they weren't getting 14.5 hours of light so they did what they do in that situtation, flower.

Backyard dirt said:

What latitude? You had mature plants and they weren't getting 14.5 hours of light so they did what they do in that situtation, flower.

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Yes, that is apparent by the flowers. They were vegging just fine for over a month though in April/May. Was asking if the seasonal thunderstorms we got could make them do this in the middle of the growing season. Or could it be strain dependent? And will the females reveg or will I be harvesting in July? Looking for more of a discussion/experiential knowledge on the subject. Hours of daylight didn't change, just the intensity and precipitation. I am in Oregon, USA for reference.

I have grown indoors plenty but am trying to get a better grasp on outdoor growing, which has proven especially difficult in the wetter areas of Oregon for me. We have been getting at least 14.5 hours of sunlight per day, from about 6 am to 8:30 pm.

lildon1 said:

Yes, that is apparent by the flowers. They were vegging just fine for over a month though in April/May. Was asking if the seasonal thunderstorms we got could make them do this in the middle of the growing season. Or could it be strain dependent? And will the females reveg or will I be harvesting in July? Looking for more of a discussion/experiential knowledge on the subject. Hours of daylight didn't change, just the intensity and precipitation. I am in Oregon, USA for reference.

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Your daylight hours would be pretty long by now. It might be strain related. And it could be from the rain. Year befofe last we didn't see the sun in June or July, and I had lots of strains flowering then.

As for spring plantings, I have had lots early flower, then reveg. The two last year was a first to finish for me.

It was an Ass Cheese f2 and an Ass Cheese Blues. The Ass Cheese f1's were early, but nothing like that. And that was the first ACB's I ever ran. I need to run them again and see if that is repeated. Early summertime flower would be great for me. Too much rain later on.

Ass Cheese is Cindy's Blue Cheese X Donkey Kong.

Ass Cheese Blues is AC X {Blue Siva X Blue Shark}.

too larry said:

It was an Ass Cheese f2 and an Ass Cheese Blues. The Ass Cheese f1's were early, but nothing like that. And that was the first ACB's I ever ran. I need to run them again and see if that is repeated. Early summertime flower would be great for me. Too much rain later on.

Ass Cheese is Cindy's Blue Cheese X Donkey Kong.

Ass Cheese Blues is AC X {Blue Siva X Blue Shark}.

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Lolol. That's some crazy cultivar name.

You might want to let them get adjusted to the soil.

too larry said:

Your daylight hours would be pretty long by now. It might be strain related. And it could be from the rain. Year befofe last we didn't see the sun in June or July, and I had lots of strains flowering then.

As for spring plantings, I have had lots early flower, then reveg. The two last year was a first to finish for me.

It was an Ass Cheese f2 and an Ass Cheese Blues. The Ass Cheese f1's were early, but nothing like that. And that was the first ACB's I ever ran. I need to run them again and see if that is repeated. Early summertime flower would be great for me. Too much rain later on.

Ass Cheese is Cindy's Blue Cheese X Donkey Kong.

Ass Cheese Blues is AC X {Blue Siva X Blue Shark}.

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Thanks for the info, that's good to know. I will have to continue to experiment with these weird seasons we get in Oregon. Typically we have a wet spring followed by a long summer 'drought' which is really great for growing if you're not covered by trees. We get really early and wet rain in august-september though so this would actually be really great if my plants were a little bigger haha.

I am probably going to try and set up some clones over the winter and hope for this to happen again next season with some bigger plants. I have gotten mold and powdery mildew in the past when growing outdoors.

That is a wild cultivar haha, I would be down to grow some ass cheese....plants. Sadly I only have one strain this year so I wasn't sure it if was this new strain I got. It's called Starduster (Sour Diesel X Ms Universe).

Also with that early flowering they would get awesome sunlight because it would be mid-summer.

If you start seeds too early indoors (Jan-feb) the plants will grow to sexual maturity before the days are long enough outdoors to plant straight outside. You either need to run some lights to keep them in veg or start your seeds a little later (mar-apr) as they wont be old enough to flower my May.
Best of luck

Yep, I kept them going under my MH/HPS indoors until mid-late April. Maybe I did put them out too early though.

Thanks!

lildon1 said:

Thanks for the info, that's good to know. I will have to continue to experiment with these weird seasons we get in Oregon. Typically we have a wet spring followed by a long summer 'drought' which is really great for growing if you're not covered by trees. We get really early and wet rain in august-september though so this would actually be really great if my plants were a little bigger haha.

I am probably going to try and set up some clones over the winter and hope for this to happen again next season with some bigger plants. I have gotten mold and powdery mildew in the past when growing outdoors.

That is a wild cultivar haha, I would be down to grow some ass cheese....plants. Sadly I only have one strain this year so I wasn't sure it if was this new strain I got. It's called Starduster (Sour Diesel X Ms Universe).

Also with that early flowering they would get awesome sunlight because it would be mid-summer.

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Here the spring crop works well for me. You would need to have some sort of protection from the cold to go out very early where you are. When you find strains that are quick to flower in the fall, they will also be later to reveg in the spring. Work backward from when you want to finish, and get some plants out next year. Since there is less light, buds are not as heavy in spring grows, so plant more than you normally would.

The ass cheese came from your neck of the woods. Both the parents {Cindy's Blue Cheese and Donkey Kong} were bred for the Oregon climate. They are used to the long summer days, and that is why they want to early flower down here. I didn't get any out this spring, but I do want to try them again next year.