How long do you veg before planting outdoors?

[RIPE]

Nice! I hear ya on the SPF-50! My parents have a place in Aruba. Tried my hand at growing there. Was a bust from heat and lack of care. Planted some while there for 2 weeks. Came back 6 months later. 2 made it. But just crisped as shit....

I think it is almost too hot and windy to grow anything that isn't in the tropical area of the island where there is rain all the time. Where exactly lat/long did you plant those ladies?

 

[RIPE]

When you said "closest state" to the equator, I put that with Florida speaking in terms of north America. 6000 miles? Hawaii?

Yes
They're coming to take me away, Ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, Ho-ho
Hee-hee-haa-haa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time

 

[Mhogs]

Same page. Lol
And wont lie. Jealous, wish I could spend a year or two there. 365 days a year of blue skies sounds awesome!

 

[Ace Yonder]

if the sun is 12/12 in your area at the moment there is no way you can keep it in veg without artificial lighting cause it's needs 18/6, you will need to have it outside during the day for The 12 hours bring it in as the sun goes down give it 6 hours of artificial light to make up the 18 then put it back outside for the sun to rise onto it and continue to do that until you wanna flower it then leave it outside, but by that time the outdoor 12/12 won't be there anymore so you will need to do it in reverse by only letting it sit in the sun for 12 hours then put it away somewhere dark for 12hours then bring it back out, my best advice is to plant earlier in the season for you so it can veg longer before the outdoor light cycle reaches 12/12

For a plant to flower properly it needs 12 hours of light and 12 hours of pure darkness without that it won't flower properly

This is not true at all for plants grown outdoors. In most of the world, you will never have stable 12/12 lighting at all, you only have it for one day and it's called the Equinox, and most places rarely get 18/6. I live at latitude +40, and our day length never goes much above 15 hours. Outdoors, plants don't have a threshold like 12/12 or 18/6. They only pay attention to the solstices. If they days are getting longer they veg, if the days are getting shorter they bloom. I put out my plants when there were only 14 hours of daylight, but they vegged until the solstice because the days were getting longer, and after the solstice they bloomed even though there were, again, close to 14 hours of daylight, but they knew the days were getting shorter. 12/12 and 18/6 are terms that apply to indoor growing, not outdoor. Outdoors all you need to pay attention to is when the winter and summer solstices are, and find a strain that is already localized to your area and will be used to whatever climate and day length is normal for your area.

 

[Mhogs]

This is not true at all for plants grown outdoors. In most of the world, you will never have stable 12/12 lighting at all, you only have it for one day and it's called the Equinox, and most places rarely get 18/6. I live at latitude +40, and our day length never goes much above 15 hours. Outdoors, plants don't have a threshold like 12/12 or 18/6. They only pay attention to the solstices. If they days are getting longer they veg, if the days are getting shorter they bloom. I put out my plants when there were only 14 hours of daylight, but they vegged until the solstice because the days were getting longer, and after the solstice they bloomed even though there were, again, close to 14 hours of daylight, but they knew the days were getting shorter. 12/12 and 18/6 are terms that apply to indoor growing, not outdoor. Outdoors all you need to pay attention to is when the winter and summer solstices are, and find a strain that is already localized to your area and will be used to whatever climate and day length is normal for your area.

What he said....

 

[bud nugbong]

And?

Its called google, You can learn literally anything. All these simple questions you are asking and waiting for someone to respond to have already been answered thousands of times.

 

[Cannasutraorganics]

Its called google, You can learn literally anything. All these simple questions you are asking and waiting for someone to respond to have already been answered thousands of times.

But not from his area. He is reading and listening to people that know almost nothing. Only what they read. Don't be hating on newbies., we were all there once. Not me, I'm smarter then that...... Lol. It's why youth is wasted on the young...

 

[cindysid]

I live in an area where you can grow year round also. I veg for 4-5 weeks under cfl's, then put them outside. The plants stay short and stocky. I also use LST to get more even light coverage. Forget the autos, not worth the trouble. Indicas are your best choice for this time of year IMO.

 

[veggiegardener]

Yes
They're coming to take me away, Ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, Ho-ho
Hee-hee-haa-haa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time

Get a book. Read it. Get some tropical sativa seeds. Wait. Tropical sativas take a while to mature, but IMO, are the best there is. Durban Poison is a great strain. It matures very early.

The best weed I've ever smoked came from the Islands in the early 70's. I KNOW you can mature weed, there. Just be patient.