How do I get my plants to bud sooner?

I have a bunch of outdoor plants in pots and I also have a few indoor plants. The question isnt about the indoor ones...I want to kno how to get the outdoor ones to bud. They've been growing for almost three weeks and they are pretty good size. I think they are already starting to grow little pistillite things or whatever they are called, but its fairly microscopic.

Would it be possible to build a little rig that limits the amlunt of light they get outside, like a box with a certain sized hole cut in it. I would properly fashion the box, i dont need help with that. Just...would it work? I dont care if it doesnt yield a lot of buds, I just want to grow my own and SMOKE THAT SHIT.

Any help would be nice, since no websites that I have gone to can answer this for me.

I could be totally wrong, but my plants are three weeks old and are developing weird looking things around the nodes that I thought looked pistol-ish, and I think they will just turn out to be branches/foliage that looks weird at first.

I just asked recently when you can first start flowering and the answer was "as soon as there are alternating nodes". Your plant will eventually stop growing its new branches symmetricaly (two at a time opposite of each other). instead of it looking like this -> Y it looks like this -> y

like i said though, I could be totally wrong I'm on my first grow so I'm by no means speaking definitively.

3 weeks seems a bit young to show sex...

I'm no expert, but I think if you built a lightproof box over your plants, and took that box off everyday for 12 hours, they will bud sooner. IF they're mature enough. Apparently flowering before they're ready could actually lengthen the budding process.

Seems like a lot of work, though. You that desperate for bud, lol?

I head off to school in about a month, and I find it a necessary thing to grow my own shit to smoke, even if its only enough for one fat blunt. It would be the best blunt of my life thus far. I dont care how much I get out of it, and the plants are fairly mature. The stems are getting really strong and Im confident that they will yield somthing. (I hurd that young buds are actually much higher in THC content)

I also have a pretty cool looking plant that has three sets of leaves instead of two. It had it since it budded and I havent seen anything like it. Dank buds hopefully???

I have pictures of the plants but I have no idea how to post em. If someone would allow me to send them an email they could give me their helpful advice. I like that box idea too.

You can bring them to flower in three weeks by putting your lights at 12/12 BUT your way short on time for ANY type of harvest at all. Your looking at another 6-8 weeks at least depending on the strain. It's not just the creation of the buds but the trichome developement.

Have a good grow!:jointsmile:

I only know how to start the budding sooner, not how to make them go through the process quicker.

If you're going to harvest early, I suppose you could give them some nutrients high in Pottasium, to try and beef up the buds.

I've smoked buds that were only a few weeks old, and got a bit of a buzz. They're real tiny, though, especially when dried. You won't get much.

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Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

I only know how to start the budding sooner, not how to make them go through the process quicker.

If you're going to harvest early, I suppose you could give them some nutrients high in Pottasium, to try and beef up the buds.

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There is NO WAY to speed up mother nature in order to have them babies ready in 4 weeks! It's not the size of the bud but the trichome developement. I have a trichome chart in my signature.........

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

There is NO WAY to speed up mother nature in order to have them babies ready in 4 weeks!

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Didn't say he could, brother.

I do know you can get a tiny buzz from immature buds, though. And he's going to harvest early regardless, so why not get them as big as possible?

They won't do a darn thing if they aren't ready, but you can build a hoop frame over them and cover it with panda (white side out) every night at sunset, and remove the plastic EXACTLY 12 hours later. This is done on a commercial scale sometimes, and works, but you have to be ON TOP of your timing. No forgetting. No going away for the weekend. No sleeping off a bender.
Not worth it unless you are a pro cashcropper with no other responsibilities.

I dont understand this whole twelve hours thing. Is there supposed to be a certain point in the year where there's exactly 12/12 and thats what triggers the buds to grow? (in nature) And also, why wouldn't my plants bud? Do they need to be a certain height or have certain style leaves?

I have seen plants about my height have buds and shit. I dont know what trichomes are either. Im willing to give that thing a shot if sumone could tell me what "panda is", and if sumone can also back up the extra potassium idea.

Thanks.