Should I force flowering ?

I am growing 6 plants in the eastern NC area. I have 3 Arjan's Haze #1, 2 White Rhinos and 1 White Widow. Only my biggest haze has shown strong signs of flowering (4 or more pistils on at least 4 of the main nodes), should I start black bagging them for the next couple days to get the other to caught up to the biggest Haze which is in full blown flowering?

The others are clearly pre-flowering but haven't started shining yet, It doesn't get cold enough to pose threat until early november, not sure if I should interfere with nature at this point or not.

I can get pictures if need be.

well its your call, flower now and lose a few grams of potential harvest, or wait for nature to take its sweet ass time and get max harvest. your haze is already flowering because it has a longer flower period and needs extra time, you will probably end up harvesting everything at once.

dirtysnowball said:

well its your call, flower now and lose a few grams of potential harvest, or wait for nature to take its sweet ass time and get max harvest. your haze is already flowering because it has a longer flower period and needs extra time, you will probably end up harvesting everything at once.

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Your right, I looked and average temp don't get below 70 until November and the average low is still in the upper 50s. I remember Aug 10 being a pointed out as a date when clear signs of flowering should be present for this latitude.

This is theHaze which is furthest along..


Versus the White Rhino which is still in full veg.

Its not even half way through august and I keep seeing all these threads about people complaining they dont have giant ass colas on their plants yet. It takes time..

Micromaster said:

Its not even half way through august and I keep seeing all these threads about people complaining they dont have giant ass colas on their plants yet. It takes time..

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I'm not complaining, in fact I'm happy they all aren't flowering yet, the longer they keep vegging the better my yield. I was simply asking for someone who growing in this region to chime in with any advice. The only thing more glorious than picking some good buds is knowing you did ever thing in your power to grow them to their full potential. I just want to be sure, but after reviewing previous year temperature records I doubt I'll be worrying about my buds getting frostbite

i dont know man, the waether this year is by far the strangest i've seen. my birthday is in june, and this is the first time i can recall rain IN JUNE! well see ::fingers crossed::

if the average low in november for ur area is 50 u have more than enough time, no need for force flowering,