Early flower outdoors

She looks great, well done. It doesn't have to be spot on 12/12 as others have said- especially with these more indica-leaning varieties. Good luck in flower!

think I should defoliate the plant now? it is very dense and the fan leaves are as big as my hand

Perfectly normal, outdoor plants respond to the days getting shorter and do not need a 12/12 cycle to begin flowering, just the days getting shorter, signalling that Fall/Autumn is approaching and now is the time to start flowering, even if there is 14 hours between sunrise and sunset. Leave her be, there is nothing to worry about, she "knows" what she is doing! You should be happy that she is, this way she will be finished before the rains come and there will be an almost zero chance of bud rot!! Cheers, Organoman.

Totally normal! CheerS! And congrats! I have two flowering right now as well! It’s genetics

Oh Man, is absolutely normal to a photodependant plant to start to show signs of flowering with 14.30 hours or less if U live in thentemperate zone of northern emisphere. And Yep your plant is gorgeous

It’s one of the downsides of outdoor growing in some climates.. if you’ve had lots of overcast or rainy days, or you’re not quite in direct sun, some strains will begin to flower ahead of the actual natural 12 hours of darkness.. And it’s only really a “downside” if it does this and then you have a bunch of sunny days and it decides to trigger back to vegetative growth and you have a “re-veg”.. then it can cause unusual growth and stress, etc.. Unless you wanna cover it every night before sundown and take the covering off in the morning (that would keep it in the 12/12 light cycle)you just gotta let it do it’s thing.

I have some platinum og and gelato fast flower., both photo period and the P og started 6 weeks early and the gelatos are a fast flower photo period and they started 4 weeks early. Nothing to worry about., be glad your gonna have an early harvest. Cheers

You probably have an autoflower strain is the reason she's flowering. They flower regardless of light cycle. Let her grow bud, from the looks of it you'll be harvesting her before too long!