FORCED PRODUCTION IS A TECHNIQUE THAT CAN CHANGE THE PATTERN OF GROWTH AND FLOWERING, ALLOWING TO PROGRAM THE HARVEST TIME. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF AUXINS AND GIBBERELLINS ON FORCED PRODUCTION OF SUBTLE LEMON (CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA CHRISTM. SWINGLE), TWO TRIALS WERE CARRIED OUT: 1) MANUAL THINNING COMBINED WITH THE APPLICATION OF 75 PPM AG3 AND 100 PPM ANA IN THE LOCALITY MACONTA, PORTOVIEJO; AND 2) THE EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS WITHOUT MANUAL THINNING, IN THE LOCALITY CALCETA, BOLÍVAR.