Finishing indoor plants already flowering off outside?

[alexonfire]

I have 2 Sour Kush Clones that are in soil and I have them vegged for 2 weeks and am now finished week 1 of flowering.
Will I be able to flower to 3 1/2 weeks indoors and then put them outside the first week of August and will they be okay to finish up theoretically in 10 weeks which would be roughly Sept 20th?

Also right now I have the lights on from 7pm to 7am to minimize heat in my grow space, will this be a problem?

What looks like nute burn on the leaves is actually just burnt parts from growing into the lights.

 

[Blackvalor]

No one can tell you with 100% certainty what will happen if you throw them outdoors.

Since they're already on 12/12 the increased daylight might send them back into veg so you're taking a risk in that respect. But on the other hand you can't beat the sun... Tough decision

 

[Rold2Tight]

I've done this before (once in Winter) and it worked fine. Just make sure they get 12 hours of uninterupped darkness and make sure that you harden them off, for a few days, before exposing them to the elements (like the bright SUN). Otherwise, the UV light may crisp your leaves. I lose many of my clone leaves due to impatience...lol Also, be liberal with your flower times. To me it looks like you've 12/12'd for a week. That doesn't mean they're a week into flowering. Add a couple weeks to your estimate, just to be safe. Cuz flowering times really are just an estimate, or approximation. The buds will be done when they're done

Good Luck

 

[alexonfire]

Thanks for the replies. I dont think they will re-veg if I throw them outside first week of August because other years Ive grown they are already starting to show pistils by then if I plant outdoors in June.
I am trying to minimize stress by leaving them in the 3 gallon buckets and I will probably have to start adjusting the light schedule to a more natural outdoor setting. I am planning to put them in shade outdoors for a week before they get full sunlight. Hopefully harvest last week of September before frost, wet weather and mold set in.

 

[Blackvalor]

Thanks for the replies. I dont think they will re-veg if I throw them outside first week of August because other years Ive grown they are already starting to show pistils by then if I plant outdoors in June.
I am trying to minimize stress by leaving them in the 3 gallon buckets and I will probably have to start adjusting the light schedule to a more natural outdoor setting. I am planning to put them in shade outdoors for a week before they get full sunlight. Hopefully harvest last week of September before frost, wet weather and mold set in.

I think you're confusing sexual maturity (presence of pistils) for flowering. Mine showed sex a month after vegging, but didn't start flowering until a couple weeks ago.

Either way I think your plants will be fine, as long as the light levels are close to that of your 12/12. I always just err on the side of caution because I've had plants do crazy things before... Lol

 

[jdubwetherell1988]

Thanks for the replies. I dont think they will re-veg if I throw them outside first week of August because other years Ive grown they are already starting to show pistils by then if I plant outdoors in June.
I am trying to minimize stress by leaving them in the 3 gallon buckets and I will probably have to start adjusting the light schedule to a more natural outdoor setting. I am planning to put them in shade outdoors for a week before they get full sunlight. Hopefully harvest last week of September before frost, wet weather and mold set in.

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/
Check your local sunrise/sunset times, you can look months ahead. check the time for the beggining of august and see if its 12/12 or close to it. it will be 12/12 almost everywhere on the earth on september 21 too.

 

[jdubwetherell1988]

so if you put it out on september 21 that will match up the with the 12/12 you have going on indoors just get your indoor light cycle switched, from what you have, to what the sunrise and sunset will be on september 21 2014 so that your 12/12's match. do you understand what im trying to say basically?

 

[jdubwetherell1988]

I think you're confusing sexual maturity (presence of pistils) for flowering. Mine showed sex a month after vegging, but didn't start flowering until a couple weeks ago.

Either way I think your plants will be fine, as long as the light levels are close to that of your 12/12. I always just err on the side of caution because I've had plants do crazy things before... Lol

Yea mines showed sexual maturity since like day 30 veg, usually outdoor plants that recieve 14-15 hours of light always show sexual maturity very young

 

[alexonfire]

My lights are already at 12/12 for 2 weeks so they are starting to bud.
I know what you mean with vegging for a long time you will see a couple pistils too in the upper branches.
I also live in Canada so there is no way if I put them out Sept 21 they will get hit by frost and bad rain in October. Where I live 12/12 only starts Sept 26. Every year I have to harvest outdoor by Oct 1st.
The shorter days start the flowering process outdoors, it will not be 12/12 outdoors when it starts to flower naturally. It will be around 14 hours of sunlight still when it starts to flower outdoors.

 

[jdubwetherell1988]

well you could always light deprivate them from the outdoor light to flower anytime

 

[jdubwetherell1988]

and idk if its been mentioned but the less light there is the faster the plants finish budding or they bud quicker... one or the other... So slowly decreasing light and increase night from 12/12 to 11:30/12:30 to 11/13 to 10:30/13:30 to finally 10/14 the last week

 

[alexonfire]

Experiment complete!
I ended up putting out 2 sour kush clones after vegging inside for one month and then on 12/12 for 3 weeks before I put them outside.
I ended up with 3oz dried after 10 weeks of total flowering time, I could have got more if I left them indoors but I would have had a problem controlling the heat indoors in the summer. They did get a bit stressed because there are some seeds some of the buds. Probably because I had them on a night time schedule for 12/12 and then when I put them outside they probably wanted to reveg.