does flowering start on the the summer solstice?
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Anonononymous
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Preflowers will show a few weeks after the solistice. However, true flowers will not begin blooming until the days length decreases to around 12 hours light.
katwoman2012
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Right now the sun rises (in No. CA) at 5:38 am and sets at 8:40 pm which makes about 15 hours of daylight. On 6/21 it will be about 10 minutes changed on both sides. Then will start going shorter. I thought pot harvested in October in the western hemisphere, but maybe that's only the western US. I got on this conversation last night right after I smoked and was as confused as I am now. Thanks for asking 
dopeyG
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yes i live in bc and harvest time here is october too but obviously to harvest before it snows flowering would have to start a month or 2 before in order for it to have the time it needs. Just thought maybe the summer solstice was the beggining of flowering, which would suck for me cause they say your plant doubles in size when it flowers which would only give me like a 2-4 foot plantRight now the sun rises (in No. CA) at 5:38 am and sets at 8:40 pm which makes about 15 hours of daylight. On 6/21 it will be about 10 minutes changed on both sides. Then will start going shorter. I thought pot harvested in October in the western hemisphere, but maybe that's only the western US. I got on this conversation last night right after I smoked and was as confused as I am now. Thanks for asking
i'm growing outside and want the biggest monster i can growyes i live in bc and harvest time here is october too but obviously to harvest before it snows flowering would have to start a month or 2 before in order for it to have the time it needs. Just thought maybe the summer solstice was the beggining of flowering, which would suck for me cause they say your plant doubles in size when it flowers which would only give me like a 2-4 foot plant
if you're harvesting mid october, than flowering is starting mid august, which is about one month after the solstice. I'm guessing sativas take until november.
you in BC? I'm right there.
dopeyG
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ouch november?? you from bc too eh?? you ever harvested in november??? I guess your probably on the island so its a bit more mild there then it is here in the winter months, i'm from kelowna. would like to harvest by late october at the latest. i'm not exactly sure if i got sativas or not i know one is for sure indica i think the otehr 2 are a cross cause they don't exactly look like a sativa but they don't really look like indica either
katwoman2012
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In my experience the pot shops in No. CA start lowering their prices at the end of August when first outdoors is harvested and it gets cheaper through Oct. as more gets harvested and the market gluts. Never heard of harvest in Nov. especially way up there. I think the harvest time will be according to the strain, when it was planted, what plant zone, etc. and that's why ours comes in Aug. through Oct. This is my first outside and she's a goo and was planted on 5/10. I'm going to just watch and wait ~
