how could this have happened

[Dro_blower]

i got about 100 clones and about half of them are flowering but only 3 weeks old and about 2-3 inches tall.
can they still grow to bigger plants or will the flowering slow their growth.
I also nosticed there was an oily like substance on some of the leaves, but when i tryed to bush it off it flaked off.
if any 1 could help me plzzzz doo

thanks DRO

[Ganja Guerrilla]

indoors, outdoors, ?
assuming you checked your timer, I'm guessing you dont have enough lite

Ive had starter clones under flouros start flowering

[stinkyattic]

The age of a clone is determined by the age of the mother, not how long it has been off the plant.

Your clones sound like they were taken off a mother in flower.

The flaky shit is some sort of anti-transpiration agent typically used to keep clones from wilting.

If you want them to be bigger and give better yield, you now need to wait for them to reveg... keep them under flouros or a MH and at least 18 hours of light for a couple weeks.

[Dro_blower]

no they were not takin off mother that were flowering. I put them under a fluresent lite for about 2 weeks then put them into pots. They were indoor but i just moved them out side holpfuly they will live long.
I also noticed that some of my plants have thrips whats the best way for gettin rid of them?
thanks DRo

[stinkyattic]

okay well to figure out why they are flowering then you have to look at the light and whether when they were outdoors, they were getting deep shade for part of the day. If that still makes no sense, are you positive you are not running an auto strain?

Thrips are annoying but relatively easy to deal with. Pyrethrin works very well. The Safers brand fruit and vegetable insect spray they sell at home dePOT is perfect for this.

[Dro_blower]

thanks for all the helps guys i bought the safers insect soap and sprayed em, went back the next day and all the thrips were GONE! :)