Sunlight hours and planting out?
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MidwestGorilla219
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I start seeds indoors mid April under 15/9 and transplant June 1st outdoors.
motocycoplumber
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I started indoors veg on some clones a month ago and they are big and at 14 hours light . Currently today in Los Angeles I have 13 hours 15 minutes of day .on May 15th we will have near 14 and I will put them outside in 50 gallon smart pots
motocycoplumber
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I can’t wait to put mine out . Right now I have some nice ones outside in 4th week bloom . Hope they make it . ....
Here is current Los Angeles times 13hr 16 min
reynescabruner
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Thanks to this thread. Learned new today.
if there showing sex they are flowering.
dubekoms
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My plants show sex in veg after about 5-6 weeks. Usually when the nodes start alternating they are sexually mature and show their gender regardless if you are in veg or flowering.
too larry
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Disclaimer #1: I won't be dropping seeds until well into summer this year due to my world being upside down at the moment.
Disclaimer #2: I'm in NW Florida where the days are short as fuck in the summer. I max out at 14 hours 7 minutes, so lots of strains are touchy for me.
But the years I'm outside from the drop, I put seeds to soil the best above ground day in March, and then do a few more every month until late fall, or Christmas if I'm doing a spring crop too.
Often the March seed drops lead to early flower, but I have learned to use seeds I have a ton of, and just plant extra. When they early flower you can cull your males without spending time and effort.
That said, last year I had two plants early flower in May and never revert back. Was kind of nice really. I chopped in late July/early August.
Disclaimer #2: I'm in NW Florida where the days are short as fuck in the summer. I max out at 14 hours 7 minutes, so lots of strains are touchy for me.
But the years I'm outside from the drop, I put seeds to soil the best above ground day in March, and then do a few more every month until late fall, or Christmas if I'm doing a spring crop too.
Often the March seed drops lead to early flower, but I have learned to use seeds I have a ton of, and just plant extra. When they early flower you can cull your males without spending time and effort.
That said, last year I had two plants early flower in May and never revert back. Was kind of nice really. I chopped in late July/early August.
too larry
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I'm in the bush, but you back yard growers can make sure your plants stay in veg by stringing a few LED's around and turning them on for two hours at midnight. The trigger for plants to flower is the length of dark, not light. So you can fool it into thinking it is summertime by dividing the night into two shorter nights. This is commonly called the Gas Lantern Routine.
thumper60
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dam some short days iam over 14 now but its also 38 out side.
This may be the most genius thing I’ve ever read.
doublejj
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we've been doing this in our greenhouses for years. That's how we can fill greenhouses with big plants this time of year....
THERE LOOKING GREAT BROTHER YOUR KILLING IT.Hope this is your best year so fare.
too larry
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Growers had been doing it a long time before I ever popped my first seed. It took me years to learn the dark period was the trigger. I assumed it was the light period when I first started growing.
JCS57
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Don’t matter the days getting longer it just keeps going, right back to veg.