Flowering plants outdoors early.
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Well that largely depends on whether or not you are able to tend to them every day/night.
Yes you can force flower them by moving them into a shed (no light leaks) or some people will even cover them with a black garbage bag or something similar. Works very well and yes your right the buds are nice and big but more importantly very nice and tight/dense buds. The plants will of course be smaller because your losing the veg time so your yield may not be quite as much depending.
I have done this the past few seasons, with great results. What I do is put them out in the morning at 4:30am or so before I go to work (roughly sunrise). The sun then wakes them up naturally. They then go into my shed at 4:30pm. I typically adjust the times slightly as the time the sunrise changes. Whats nice about this, is that if your feeling lazy and dont feel like dragging your ass out of bed you can take the plants out at night instead (after its dark) and just let the sunrise wake them up like normally.
If like me your fortunate enough to have a shed or something to move them into and they are still in pots I would go for it. Especially if you live up north or somewhere they may not finish (like myself) naturally.
Yes you can force flower them by moving them into a shed (no light leaks) or some people will even cover them with a black garbage bag or something similar. Works very well and yes your right the buds are nice and big but more importantly very nice and tight/dense buds. The plants will of course be smaller because your losing the veg time so your yield may not be quite as much depending.
I have done this the past few seasons, with great results. What I do is put them out in the morning at 4:30am or so before I go to work (roughly sunrise). The sun then wakes them up naturally. They then go into my shed at 4:30pm. I typically adjust the times slightly as the time the sunrise changes. Whats nice about this, is that if your feeling lazy and dont feel like dragging your ass out of bed you can take the plants out at night instead (after its dark) and just let the sunrise wake them up like normally.
If like me your fortunate enough to have a shed or something to move them into and they are still in pots I would go for it. Especially if you live up north or somewhere they may not finish (like myself) naturally.
iCanadianGrower
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I would just let them grow man.. It can't hurt..
I got a ? Also. I put my plant in a shed one morning for like 2 hours during the day cause people was over and I really wasn't thinking clearly. Like a month ago maybe a lil longer. But since that it has been outside. Did it re veg or what? I mean idk it's confusing me really. Its got buds on it. Idk if I fucked my hopes of getting a good yeid all up. Plus my harvest time would it be sooner if it didn't re veg.. I got pics on my thred just look if you want
No people keep their "Mother plants" (Plants that stay in veg pretty much their whole life so they can make clones) in constant veg. The longer they stay in veg the bigger they get, more bud sites.
2 Hours wont matter, it didn't go flower. Your yield will be the same. Your harvest time depends on the strain, region you live, and if it's a autoflower.
To the last poster I didn't quote I would just rather carry my plants inside, or design my own thing to block out the lights.
Yes it's flowering. Sorry I didn't realize more post's were here. Where do you live at? You can use http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunrise.html that tool to see your light schedule. I've been reading up on it some people say once you get the plant into flower it's hard for it to go back into veg. Needs something like 15 hours to go back into veg. Also read that outdoor plants arent as light sensitive as indoor plants, so that may be another reason it didnt go back to veg. Just keep it in flower you would lose alot more yield if you tried to re-veg then just letting it continue as it's doing.
MellowFarmer
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I checked the chart and it says I hit 12/12 late Sept but I know my girls started flowering in August plus that would make harvest in late Novemnber... I don't think 12/12 is a hard rule. I am hoping to build a frame over a bunch to cover them at night easier if anyone has any tips. Also, it sounds like I'm correct in thinking I may not need to imitate the 12/12 too long before they stay flowering without the cover?
Well I heard they wont stay flowering more then I've heard they will stay flowering. I've also read that they would have to have like 15 hours of light to go back to veg. I can't say for sure just what I've read.
MellowFarmer
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When my Girlz last year started pre flowerering does match just under 15 hours on the chart... I wonder if the folks who decided way back when lived where it is closer to 12/12 when they observed flowering to begin? I always say ask 10 growers the same question and get 10 unique answers... it has been forced Underground so long now with not much research and collaboration.
obijohn
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12/12 is using indoor lighting. Outdoors, they usually start when days get under fourteen hours. In most of the united states,, the longest day of the year is just under fifteen hours on the summer solstice. Depending on the strain, they usually start flowering late July to early august
MellowFarmer
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But I thought the Indoor 12/12 was a strict rule? Why not go 14/10 then?
12/12 is an indoor thing i usually see flower start last week in july to first week in aug in and still have 14 hours light on a typical plant i think it has more to do with the plant sences that the days are geting shorter than amount of light. i grow Iranian g-13 witch finishes in aug and is a BIG producer if ya want a really early harvest and dont want to piss with them next year grow that and the smoke off it is second to none
12/12 is used indoors because nearly all strains flower at that amount of darkness but it varies exactly from strain to strain. I believe there are some that even flower at 7 and a half hours. So depending on how many hours of darkness your strain needs to flower, and where you live in the world should tell you around the time your plants will start flowering.
MellowFarmer
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