Is It Better To Force Flower Or Wait To They Show Signs?

[templedog]

have plants in soil approaching fifth week doing very well 500mm tall but dont want em to grow to big for small space should i force flower read that ff stresses plants and can produce herms and more males any opinions?

[jaikai]

Indoor or out...?

 

If out, just grab a few cuttings and stick `em in a glass of water in the dark for a few weeks, that`ll tell ya who`s who...induced flowering early outdoors is a real challenge, unless you have no life...

 

Indoor, unless Ruderalis type strains, you`ll have to drop the day cycle regardless...

 

JAIKAI

[headstone]

for indoor plants you might as well force flower them and rip the males out as they show, but for outdoor plants I would take cuttings and root them under 12/12. Doing that will force the cuttings to show their sex as they root making it easy to remove any males, it'll give you more plants to grow/experiment with and it will stress your plants minimally compared to forcing them to flower, revege and then flower again which will result in a higher yield

[jimbojones5678]

You can safely flip them to flower before they start showing preflowers - it won't cause stress or males, just start 12/12 and don't have any light leaks etc...

 

Jimbo

[Dazz@]

Hey Templedog, seeing as theyre so big in Veg, why dont you supercrop them . Break Em', you know. Aaahh, that might stress em a bit though. & theres good products for Stress.-"Superthrive" & others. It'll give you more height to play with!.. & more...bushier, buddier Plants..