Keeping outdoor plants in veg using artificial lights at night?

KreegDaddy said:

Larry the Gardner , do you think giving two short dark cycles increases chances of going herm?
KD

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Larry {the} Gardener said:

Any light disruption increases the odds, but if you had them on a timer, and divided the night in half, I think you would be alright. That said, I have never done this myself. But it will work without trying to hit sunrise or sunset just right.

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KreegDaddy said:

What do you think about splitting the dark cycle for 1.5 month then putting out side to grow natural til harvest?
My goal is to grow really big plants. so I started them indoors with intentions to move outdoors June 1. Now this thread has me second guessing my tactics, because I really don't want them to start flowering June 1. Any thoughts?

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Larry {the} Gardener said:

If you are starting indoors with lights and a timer there is no need to split the dark. Just run your lights as you normally would. 14-10 would be the light cycle I would use. By June 1 you should have some really big plants.

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Milovan said:

Not always. Call me crazy but my first grow in 2011 I had 2 1000watt Cool Tube lights beaming very bright at least 100ft.
into the sky till midnight lighting up the tall trees all around the area with neighbors within a few feet all around my property and L.A. Sheriff Copters circling my grow several times throughout. For months I did this and had not 1 single problem with
anyone or anything. 17 years here and I got to know all the neighbors in front and in back of me all
up and down the blocks and it happens too be all of them are cool with whatever. They all mind their own business and not mine in other words. Cool neighborhood I live in
and It can't be the only one I would think.
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My last grow I extended the greenhouse on two sides and I did tone it down a lot with only 1 tiny 150watt HPS and a few CFL's and my GSC's turned out just fine. In the pic below they are in veg still.
View attachment 2976070I’m doing something similar I have a 10 x 20 greenhouse and hust want to trick them into staying in veg. Iam currently using a 100watt Cobb work light and it’s doing a decent job at keeping half of the area in veg. I just bought a string light and want to do cfl or led

The only CFL's I had going are those few
you see in the pic up front and it was enough to
keep all my plants in veg outdoors.

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Larry {the} Gardener said:

It is really the length of the dark that triggers the flower impulse. If you run your lights from midnight until 0200 it will break the night up into two short dark periods and they will keep vegging.

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