First grow going well!! Question about flowering outdoors...

I've got two sativas and two indicas growing in a secluded outdoor guerrilla spot. This is my first ever grow. My plants are already waste high and hardy looking... they're doing well and I'm excited! But I just realized I may have a problem if flowering only starts when the light/dark goes to 12hr/12hr.

You see, I looked my area up in a sunrise/sunset calendar and it looks like we hit 12/12 on September 25th. If my plants don't start to flower until then, I have a problem because our first frost is Nov. 4th (on average) and my seed supplier said the indica flowers in 6-8 weeks and the sativa flowers in 8 weeks. If my plants don't start to flower until September 26 then my buds won't be ready to harvest until mid to late November... which is after we'll likely have a freeze!

Please tell me my plants will start to flower before Sept. 25th. And if so, when do you think they'll start to flower? I'm in Burlington, North Carolina.

Also, when should I go in to check for males? I don't visit the plants often b/c they have a self watering setup and are way back in the middle of a tick/snake infested swamp. But I heard once to check for males before you think the females will be flowering... like the males flower earlier or something. (I want to kill the males)

im sure they will finish flowering well before any frost. 12 /12 is really just a light schedule used to flower plants indoors it really has nothing to do with flowering outdoors.
would be looking closely for males during august but it sounds like they are old enough you could probably determine sex now by looking for preflowers at the upper internodes.

I planted outside and mine flowered and are done. I planted in 2nd week in march. I am going to pull today because I am going on vacation. If I were staying home they would only be in for another 6-7 days.

Sooo to give hope to early blooms.. According to the charts, I wasn't supposed to go 12/12 until mid sept. I was told by many that my plants had premature flowering and would return to vegitative state since I planted so early and I was looking at an Oct harvest. All the while I was looking at these things, thinking.. yeah right.

If I were you I would go check for males now.

Listen to bejay Its the onset of the changing seasons that trigger flowering. 12/12 is STANDARD for indoor growers, ive had plants that started flowering 13/11 or vicaversa, mother nature is queen

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Originally Posted by Blondasian

I planted outside and mine flowered and are done. I planted in 2nd week in march. I am going to pull today because I am going on vacation. If I were staying home they would only be in for another 6-7 days.

Sooo to give hope to early blooms.. According to the charts, I wasn't supposed to go 12/12 until mid sept. I was told by many that my plants had premature flowering and would return to vegitative state since I planted so early and I was looking at an Oct harvest. All the while I was looking at these things, thinking.. yeah right.

If I were you I would go check for males now.

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Thanks for the info. Way to go on that grow (saw your pics). I don't think I could have planted as early as March. We had a late freeze this year (mid-April!) in NC. I'm guessing you live in a warmer climate then me. Sounds like you planted yours early enough so that they flowered before summer. A lot of people don't know you can do that. Good job.

I've got a mix of older and younger plants. I'll be checking the older ones and maybe post some pics of any pre-flowers I see down the road.

thanks,

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Originally Posted by bejay

im sure they will finish flowering well before any frost. 12 /12 is really just a light schedule used to flower plants indoors it really has nothing to do with flowering outdoors.
would be looking closely for males during august but it sounds like they are old enough you could probably determine sex now by looking for preflowers at the upper internodes.

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Thanks. I guess I have heard of people inducing flowering by 10/13, etc. so that makes sense. Its good to be reassured though. I've got some plants that are waist high, but some that are still only inches high (planted them late). I'll check in August or sooner and maybe post some pictures if I'm not sure about sexing.

thanks again,

post some pics anyway...we all want to see.....i'll show you mine if you show me yours..haha

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Originally Posted by dylan

post some pics anyway...we all want to see.....i'll show you mine if you show me yours..haha

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Haha. I'll do so ASAP. To be honest I don't go out to the plants very often b/c it is a pain in the ass to get out there. They're in a tic-infested, spider/snake haven freakin' swamp of death. They have a self-watering and fertilizing wicking system set up, so I don't have to be out there much. Next time I go I'll try to take some pics.

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Originally Posted by jsn9333

They have a self-watering and fertilizing wicking system set up, so I don't have to be out there much. Next time I go I'll try to take some pics.

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Would be nice to see your set-up :D

Peace ;)

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Originally Posted by the_camel

Would be nice to see your set-up :D

Peace ;)

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Sure thing. It'll be a couple weeks though, so I'll probably just start another thread with the pics then. The area is a real hell-hole. Its good, because The Man would have to be highly motivated to go rompin' around in that God-forsaken swamp to look for my babies. But nonetheless, I've got to let the chigger bites heal from the last time I went out there before I go out again. lol. I hate those little fuckers.

Im afraid the sativas might not,but the indicas might......or maybe neither.....thats a real bummer,maybe you should try indoors.