Best Way to Induce Flowering?

well my ladies have still not started their pre flowers and im getting concerned. Weather tends to get bad here in eastern quebec. I want to induce flowering on my ladies. I have heard about the garbage bag method.. but i doubt it will worth due to no air flow, any help please on how i could do this ? thanks

They sell covers for outdoor plants but don't ask me where.

Gr33nTurkey said:

well my ladies have still not started their pre flowers and im getting concerned. Weather tends to get bad here in eastern quebec. I want to induce flowering on my ladies. I have heard about the garbage bag method.. but i doubt it will worth due to no air flow, any help please on how i could do this ? thanks

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when is your first frost date? you might want to make a rain cover for it. Or make a quetto greenhouse. Just saying.

Well you may be able to induce or maybe encourage flowering through fertilization. Giving higher doses of Potassium, or a product like Open Seasame by Fox Farms may work. Depending on things like age, location, enironmental factors,health,fertilization/food factors will determine when you plant will begin to flower. For example the majority of my girls are just really starting to come into the flowering season...however i'd say prob twenty or so that are budding right up and are in full flowering blossom producing buds/nugs/ and crystals already .

So with patients at hand and heart....it will change over, they all do, its just a matter of time.....once there than its back to the realm of mother nature and how long she determines u stay in flowering

Don't think any ferts will do the trick. You either need to wait for nature to take its course or figure out a way to cut back the light to 12/12. If they're in pots you can bring them inside. Or cover them with trash bags as you stated in your OP. I don't think the airflow would be much of an issue. You would only have them on a few hours, at the end of the day or early in the morning. Don't leaven em on all night.

ralston420 said:

Don't think any ferts will do the trick. You either need to wait for nature to take its course or figure out a way to cut back the light to 12/12. If they're in pots you can bring them inside. Or cover them with trash bags as you stated in your OP. I don't think the airflow would be much of an issue. You would only have them on a few hours, at the end of the day or early in the morning. Don't leaven em on all night.

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That should work, just bag it near 6pm and then remove it at dark?

Don't give it any nitrogen

thanks guys, yes ill cut back on the nitrogen and introduce a flowering nutrient, ill try the garbages i hope nothing bad happens ! thanks

That's alot of work...and you must be timely....you must be consistant.I'd take it inside if you can and put under lights and timer on 12/12

I'm aware of this threads age, but still am curious to how the entire process played out. Were the trash bags a success?

ralston420 said:

Don't think any ferts will do the trick. You either need to wait for nature to take its course or figure out a way to cut back the light to 12/12. If they're in pots you can bring them inside. Or cover them with trash bags as you stated in your OP. I don't think the airflow would be much of an issue. You would only have them on a few hours, at the end of the day or early in the morning. Don't leaven em on all night.

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Not usually.. your right. Nutes won't induce flowering. The only thing that induces flowering.. is the flowering hormone itself and 99% of the time.. its up to the plant as to when it wants to trigger its 'flowering hormones' in order to begin actual flowering (to show its sex and begin flowering.) However.. I've heard that the best thing to use to cover outdoor plants.. are cardboard boxes. Yep.. cardboard boxes my friend(s). You can either go around and check the big dumpsters for the right size box you'll need to cover your plant(s).. or, you could simply go to your nearest 'U-haul' truck/trailor rental store because they have almost every size box you could think of man.. and they're not that badly priced. I mean after all.. its only cardboard. But, its def. worth it.. it works absolutely marvelously. Just make sure you double check the box for any small holes and or light-leaks.

Hopefully this helped ya out.. or at least gave ya another idea.


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