Anybody ever tried flowering in the spring?

I was thinking that if I start seeds in January, veg for a few weeks, could I place them outside while the days are still short to flower them naturally? Of course I wud have to bring them in at night to avoid frost but wud there be enuf light in february and march?

They will flower on you and then reveg as the days get longer. Then you have to worry about temps.

you most def. can do a spring harvest. its alot of work though...peace

Spring harvest any winter plants then let em reveg for the fall harvest i did it to mine. Outdoor/ indoor

Kaendar said:

I was thinking that if I start seeds in January, veg for a few weeks, could I place them outside while the days are still short to flower them naturally? Of course I wud have to bring them in at night to avoid frost but wud there be enuf light in february and march?

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This isn't something I would recommend for inexperienced growers. While the light spectrum in early Spring will flower plants(I do it every year), your light cycle is moving in the wrong direction. My plants began flowering last year in mid-march, after having started them the previous November and vegged all Winter. I kept them awake at night with a few CFL's so they wouldn't flower. I think I have some pics buried here I'll look for later. The problems began when the poor girls became confused with days getting longer. At that point, I had to physically move them twice daily in and out of a darkened closet to maintain 12/12. It played havoc with my social life, so I converted the entire closet into a flowering space with a dozen CFL's on a timer.

You also run the risk of hermies/self-pollination when you grow out plants on an opposite light cycle. In the end, I found a few nanners on one of those plants.

Well I plan on goin on a out of state trip beginning of march. I figured it wud be ok from jan til then, I don't mind having to move or cover the plants towards the end if I have to

All in all its not worth it. As days lenghthen the buds get fluffy and reshoot ,also the plant keeps going into lockdown from the cold nights.

Hell yes go for it! You can call it spring bud.

It can be done!
You need to use a strain that is only a 8-9 week flowering strain. I'm starting seeds now and will have plants in the greenhouse the last week of Feb. I use a 1000 watt light on a light mover in the greenhouse, light comes on at 6:30am off at 9:30am, then the sun takes over from 9:30am to 3:30pm, then the light comes back on at 3:30pm until 6:30pm then off. As the days get longer, you decrease the hours the light is on in the greenhouse. By the time Mid April get here, the light is no longer needed. I live in the Sierra Nevada foothills, and dealing with cold temp is the biggest hurdle to get over, but a heater fixed that.
Read through my thread to get some info, this page should help A LOT!
https://www.rollitup.org/outdoor-growing/427417-my-nine-monster-story-written-6.html
Good Luck...
TMB-
If you have any questions P.M. me

Just use an autoflower outside if you really want to do this...........

im doing this for the firs ttime this year, inside a greenhouse tho!

I'd only attempt it with supplemental light like TMB said. I pulled 2 harvests off my Purple Trash this last season and the early bud was night and day from the late. Not in a good way. Good luck

I'm doing a BIG spring outdoor/greenhouse crop too. I did a small one last year, but this year I'm settled in here now and can do a BIG one, so I'm gonna. I'll have a thread started on it soon as I start cracking the beans.

wheezer said:

I'm doing a BIG spring outdoor/greenhouse crop too. I did a small one last year, but this year I'm settled in here now and can do a BIG one, so I'm gonna. I'll have a thread started on it soon as I start cracking the beans.

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What's up Wheezer...
I just put a few different strains of beans you donated into paper towels today for this project, thanks again buddy!
TMB-

IVE DONE THIS! by accident of course. I just got to impatient and stuck my clones out early without to much hardening off. Actually in the spring I see alot of first time growers posting something like "Help, plants budding early" lol. Our longest day of the year isnt until june 21st, when you start bring plants outside under natural light in april and may, the days are stilll to short, they will go into bud thinking winters coming. Ive heard anything under 13-14 hours of light per day will trigger flowering. If you are successful with a plant budding out, once its good enough to smoke, you can cut off all that bud and leave green vegetation on the plant, and it will reveg. This will allow you to get two harvests in a year from one plant. Hope that helps, happy toking

Well it's already about 3 weeks into flower development after like 2 months of dormant vegetation. So I'm guessing after another 5 weeks I'll harvest. Did I mention this is growing in the back of my car?

Kaendar said:

Well it's already about 3 weeks into flower development after like 2 months of dormant vegetation. So I'm guessing after another 5 weeks I'll harvest. Did I mention this is growing in the back of my car?

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That doesnt surprise us, no.........

Kaendar said:

I was thinking that if I start seeds in January, veg for a few weeks, could I place them outside while the days are still short to flower them naturally? Of course I wud have to bring them in at night to avoid frost but wud there be enuf light in february and march?

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You can most certainly take advantage of the spring light. Spectrum difference means dick. Your looking to take advantage of the natural light and photo period And the spring sun can grow buds just as fat as the fall sun. Photoperiods flower cannabis, not the calender...

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You can most certainly take advantage of the spring light. Spectrum difference means dick. Your looking to take advantage of the natural light and photo period And the spring sun can grow buds just as fat as the fall sun. Photoperiods flower cannabis, not the calender...

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What a horrible, horrible, horrible first post full of misinformation. If spectrum meant "dick" as you call it, then why would 99% of us use HPS in flower and MH/CFL in veg? Oh thats right, the spectrum........

Good luck here on RIU, may your stay be short

howd it go. i.would think the windshield would have a coating onit blocking uv rays. but tell us the ending of your story. i dont like cliffhangers.