My six-week-old pot plant is flowering already?!

[William Seger]

I found a stray seed around the end of March, and just for fun, soaked it overnight then put it in a wet paper towel to germinate. It did, so I stuck it in a little pot -- too little, really, but I intended to move it if it took off. When it was about 12" tall, I pinched the top off so that it would branch out. I didn't get around to moving it to a bigger pot, so I'm pretty sure it's root-bound now and only 18" tall, but last week it started producing little flowers! Is that normal when stressed like that?

[byronius]

1. Beauty. I don't know, but it's gorgeous.

[alittlelark]

2. It was an early start - weed is photoperiodic

It could also be an auto-flowering strain. In any case, she’s a pretty girl 😉

[walkingman]

3. I threw away a male plant today which was about that age - it was already showing

blooms. I think this happens when the plants are getting less than 12hrs light puts them in the bloom stage. I like this because I don't have to wait so long before they begin to show. Not sure if this is correct? Also we are about to get 100° stretch of days here in Texas - which sucks.

[William Seger]

4. It was mostly inside, only getting direct sunlight a few hours a day

... so I think you're right. I knew it was too early to plant it outside -- we still had snow last week -- but I wasn't very serious about it.

[WhiteTara]

5. Sounds like an auto flower

[William Seger]

6. I'm not sure, but I think it was from an ounce of pretty good "popcorn"

Do they use auto-flower varieties for those?

[WhiteTara]

9. almost anything can be made auto

[eppur_se_muova]

7. They grow up so fast these days ... nt

[rubbersole]

8. And leave home right after jr. high...

[mountain grammy]

10. Nice!

[Emile]

11. Is it on a 12 hour light cycle?

[William Seger]

12. Just natural light, indoors most of the time, outdoors a few hours when the weather was nice

Days have been a little longer than night since March 20.

[womanofthehills]

13. Until summer -New seedlings and clones need at least 14 hrs of good light or they flower

You can get cheep LED grow lights now. Short light = cannabis flowers.

Over 12 hrs of good light and weed grows. Under 12 hrs of good light after a month or so - weed flowers.

Amazon has a gazillion cheep grow lights. My plants have been under 24 hrs of light for the past two months - so they are huge & beautiful and ready to be put in my garden this week - as the days are long enough. When the days get shorter, cannabis begins to flower.

Right now - you can cut off those buds and put your plant into 24 hr light till it starts regrowing & then plant it outside.