Why is my plant taking so long to flower?! Pics inside

Hello,

This is my old Mother plant, I put her outside the last day of May, She was really bushy and rather sickly(she got way to big). I put her in some supersoil in a 125gal pot, and have been giving her molasses every couple weeks for the last month. I live at 9000 ft, and I'm a little concerned with her progress this late into October, this is the first time I have ever grown this high or dealt with highs this low in early October. The daytime temps here are around 45-68. The night lows are below freezing, I cover her with a tarp and give her a heater which keeps the temps under the tent around 45-60 at night. She has a very hardy stalk( ), for comparison I can easily palm a basketball.

We have already gotten a couple snows, she shows no signs of cold stress. I really thought this strain was an 8-9 weeker, but I'm not so sure now. I was told it was Grape Ape. I've lollipopped the hell out of her. I'm real happy with how it is growing, I'm just real concerned how late it is getting, and the lower day time temps.

Anyone have some words of encouragement or guess at her age? I'm thinking she is around 6 weeks. But I have no idea. If you look at some of the pictures you will see one large section of her has flowers that look 3-4 weeks old. I don't know what is going on here.

She's a beast thats forsure. The buds a small so my first Q is what state are you in? The buds should be way bigger, but she looks very healthy

CashCrops said:

She's a beast thats forsure. The buds a small so my first Q is what state are you in? The buds should be way bigger, but she looks very healthy

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I'm in colorado, I'm at around 8990 feet in elevation. This plant took FOREVER to flower. It started showing pre-flowers in late June. I'm doing a couple things for the first time with this grow. I've never flowered anything outside this high before, and I've never flowered a year old mom before, and I've never had such cool temps throughout flower. Where I'm at the highest temp it ever got was 80s, now it barely gets over 60. Even in middle of summer night lows were in 45-55. I'm guessing this has seriously stunted it, but I'm not sure.

Low 02 maybe? On another note I too am flowering three mothers that were over 3 years old and for some reason they are taking forever to flower as well!

CashCrops said:

Low 02 maybe? On another note I too am flowering three mothers that were over 3 years old and for some reason they are taking forever to flower as well!

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It's not low o2, it's probably the age of the plant that is doing this. Particularly since you are noticing the same thing with yours.

Shock, ground temp, air quality, strain..
Number of things could cause a slow flower.

Mhogs said:

Shock, ground temp, air quality, strain..
Number of things could cause a slow flower.

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Yah, I'm guessing it's shock. The strain does great indoors. I know tomato plants are permanently stunted if they encounter lows of 42 degrees, my guess is the same is happening with this gal. Hopefully it finishes before we get a foot of snow. Haha

How long has this plant been the mother? Some strains are better suited for indoor growing and vice v.

It was potted in a 5 gallon smarty pot in July 2013, it was cloned it May of 2013. It's old. was topped a billion times, it took a lot.

Devil'sHarvest said:

Yah, I'm guessing it's shock. The strain does great indoors. I know tomato plants are permanently stunted if they encounter lows of 42 degrees, my guess is the same is happening with this gal. Hopefully it finishes before we get a foot of snow. Haha

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So after reading over your main post again. The temp is the source of your problem. If she was in the ground, the roots might not get nearly as cold and fast. But shes in a pot and open to the air. Below freezing temps at night and temps barely pushing 65 during the day. Look at it this way. Your plants metabolism/root activity is heavily influenced on temperature. When hot, speeds up to keep up with demands of the plants growth. But when your roots get too cold. The life in your soil also slows down. If your looking to get anything off her, youd for sure need to bring it in at night and when outside, wrap the pot in some blankets to slow the conductive process. Maybe even a heating pad under it... hope this helps

Devil'sHarvest said:

It was potted in a 5 gallon smarty pot in July 2013, it was cloned it May of 2013. It's old. was topped a billion times, it took a lot.

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Damn. This a specific strain bread to be better suited for indoors? Some strains are just too picky and sensitive for outdoors.

Mhogs said:

So after reading over your main post again. The temp is the source of your problem. If she was in the ground, the roots might not get nearly as cold and fast. But shes in a pot and open to the air. Below freezing temps at night and temps barely pushing 65 during the day. Look at it this way. Your plants metabolism/root activity is heavily influenced on temperature. When hot, speeds up to keep up with demands of the plants growth. But when your roots get too cold. The life in your soil also slows down. If your looking to get anything off her, youd for sure need to bring it in at night and when outside, wrap the pot in some blankets to slow the conductive process. Maybe even a heating pad under it... hope this helps

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Yah I've been covering it with a tarp, with a heater inside the last week as temps are getting colder everyday, the temp in the middle of the pot says the coldest it gets underneath is around 50 degrees, but I have no idea what the temp is is in the pot, it's quite large.

Warm water to 74 to water it. I'd put a small green house around it.

Cannasutraorganics said:

Warm water to 74 to water it. I'd put a small green house around it.

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Yah I think I'm going to build a PVC frame around it with some greenhouse material, and a little heater.

How far along do you think it is? I'm guessing week 4 or 5

3 or 4. Get plastic and heat soon. Then hit heavier with organic nutes. Your probably overwatering now. Hard in cold and altitude? Good luck.

Cannasutraorganics said:

3 or 4. Get plastic and heat soon. Then hit heavier with organic nutes. Your probably overwatering now. Hard in cold and altitude? Good luck.

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I haven't water it in a long time. When I give molasses I water with around 5 gallons, other than that it has been rainy enough to keep the pot moist.

I'll build a little PVC greenhouse around it this week.