Shade and Flowering?

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KS-NoZerr

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If a flower is shaded until 10:00 am in the morning does that mean that it will start flowering earlier or does the plant recognize the day cycle without direct sun exposure? I think the second might be it, maybe when the first plants start changing their cycle from O2 to CO2 they send signals to each other that the sun has risen!
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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Outside your plants life cycle is a lot different, I'm not sure how the plant knows, but they know lol.

If they don't get full sun outside they will actually be underdeveloped and take longer to flower.
 
CriticalCheeze

CriticalCheeze

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Every strain is different outdoors. If it is light shade it will still register as 'sunlight' even though weak compared to full sun.
Shade isn't 'complete darkness' so it should still follow its natural cycle. i have 4 that are flowering but 2 that haven;t yet.
If you're in the northern part of the U.S they'll all start flowering by the middle of august. or around there.

But, less light will result in a lesser yield.
 
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KS-NoZerr

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CriticalCheeze said:
Every strain is different outdoors. If it is light shade it will still register as 'sunlight' even though weak compared to full sun.
Shade isn't 'complete darkness' so it should still follow its natural cycle. i have 4 that are flowering but 2 that haven;t yet.
If you're in the northern part of the U.S they'll all start flowering by the middle of august. or around there.

But, less light will result in a lesser yield.
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This is my girl so far: https://www.rollitup.org/p/13705833/
 
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KS-NoZerr

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It is just a theory I thought of, for example when the first rays of the sun hit the first plant on the east, they change their respiration cycle from O2 to CO2, and maybe it might cause a chain reaction tellin all other plants that it is day time, by making the other plants respirate CO2 also! I thought this could be true, and maybe as a means that plant communicate!

For example when plain grass starts emitting O2 they change their biological state and reflect photons or some impulses to other plants or something like this. It is my theory not anything I've read. Maybe wrong lol!
 
Hoare

Hoare

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Plants take in CO2. There is no switch to O2. Most plants will flower < 14.25 hours of light. I live in desert. They get partial shade at different points during day. They grow really slow when it's over 95F. They like the shade here.
 
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KS-NoZerr

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Plants in general at daytime take in CO2 and release O2 and at night time they take O2 and release CO2. So outdoors with less than 14hours they will start flowering, but won't produce thc until 12-12 or what is the deal that I have to wait till september for my plant!?
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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KS-NoZerr said:
Plants in general at daytime take in CO2 and release O2 and at night time they take O2 and release CO2. So outdoors with less than 14hours they will start flowering, but won't produce thc until 12-12 or what is the deal that I have to wait till september for my plant!?
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12/12 is not a concept that applies to outdoor plants. Strictly indoors. And yes you do have to wait until September, probably even October. If it's a sativa it might not be until November.
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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KS-NoZerr said:
Yeah it is a sativa, but it has already started to develop white pistils, and it is definitely in flowering! how could this plant take another 2 months to ripen! it is messed up... https://www.rollitup.org/t/noob-question-first-time-grower-90-days-6-2ft-tall.945947/
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Did no one warn you friend? Lol. Outdoor plants grow with the season. If you want a quick turn around you gotta grow inside. Because those plants in the pictures you posted are no where near being done. You're definitely not harvesting til end of October, maybe early November.
 
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KS-NoZerr

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They are starting to form pistils in the bud sites, so that is a good indicator that it has started to flower, the other thing, is that I live in southeastern Europe which has a slightly different climate than US, it could be compared with west Virginia or Kentucky, geographically speaking.
 
Rasta Roy

Rasta Roy

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KS-NoZerr said:
They are starting to form pistils in the bud sites, so that is a good indicator that it has started to flower, the other thing, is that I live in southeastern Europe which has a slightly different climate than US, it could be compared with west Virginia or Kentucky, geographically speaking.
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The US is like four different kinds of climates depending on where you are lol. I just got back from England a bit ago and their weather is very similar to the weather where I'm at in Michigan.

You're in the Greece and Croatia area am I correct? I know Romania and Bulgaria are in south east Europe area but my geography is a little fuzzy. You should have long summers tho right?

Sativas can take 12 to 15 weeks to finish flowering depending on the strain. I can't grow anything like that outside where I live because our first frost comes at the end of October sometimes. So I can only grow hybrids that finish early or indicas outside. Hopefully where you are has a longer summer because I wouldn't expect that to be ready before November. It will 100% be worth the wait though I promise. There is nothing like a sativa that was allowed to fully mature.
 
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