Tom71nex
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growing in Bogota Colombia, high altitude, temps 46 night 70 day. to cold at night? heat blanket maybe for the night? Outdoor patio grow in big pots.
I'm very new to the forum thing so sorry in advance if I did this wrong. I have grown in the past several times, living in PA it was always outdoor seasonal grow. Last beauty was 13 ft tall and chuck full of bud even though I didn't get any. lol I ended up moving to Bogota Colombia 3 months before the harvest, my brother in law was very happy to take the plunder lol. Which brings me to my topic.
I moved to Bogota Colombia in 2012 to become an English teacher after my Col. wife said it would be a great career change which it was. From the get go it was easy to buy nug for what I needed no fuss and fast. But recently my father in law here has been diagnosed with high stage lung cancer and has pain, lack of hunger, sleep problems. all which can be helped with tincture. But I need to grow to get that kind of yield for a good price.
The laws were changed here in 2014 to allow private growers 20 plants pretty cool.
I live in a city, Bogota< so not much space. I have 5 plants in big pots, all my fertilizers, and tea supplements, all good to go. My problem is high in the mountains I average 46 degrees at night, 67-70 in the day. I have 12-12 sunlight here all year round and the plants get about 6 direct and 6 indirect during a normal day. I have read some strains are ok in that temperature like they were bread for it? not sure. I, however, noticed a chilly week and the plants seemed to go dormant and then it warmed up again and I got about 8 inches of growth in the following week.
What's weird is they are about 3 months old, 3 and 4 ft tall I'm guessing the temps are wreaking havoc on the growth cycle, they should be flowering by now I would think but in another article, I found it said equator strains veg a lot longer, then flower a lot longer, like the whole life span is stretched out.
I'm thinking a heat blanket to help at night. It would be difficult to bring them in and out all the time of the House because of cats. Every day would be up and down from the second floor being the only room I could lock but it doesn't get a lot of sun. Anybody out there deal with these problems? cheap fixes? pretty sure heat is my only issue. Not trying to buy expensive lights and fans to do in house set up if I can help it Just to raise temp 8 - 10 degrees at the night time.
I'm very new to the forum thing so sorry in advance if I did this wrong. I have grown in the past several times, living in PA it was always outdoor seasonal grow. Last beauty was 13 ft tall and chuck full of bud even though I didn't get any. lol I ended up moving to Bogota Colombia 3 months before the harvest, my brother in law was very happy to take the plunder lol. Which brings me to my topic.
I moved to Bogota Colombia in 2012 to become an English teacher after my Col. wife said it would be a great career change which it was. From the get go it was easy to buy nug for what I needed no fuss and fast. But recently my father in law here has been diagnosed with high stage lung cancer and has pain, lack of hunger, sleep problems. all which can be helped with tincture. But I need to grow to get that kind of yield for a good price.
The laws were changed here in 2014 to allow private growers 20 plants pretty cool.
I live in a city, Bogota< so not much space. I have 5 plants in big pots, all my fertilizers, and tea supplements, all good to go. My problem is high in the mountains I average 46 degrees at night, 67-70 in the day. I have 12-12 sunlight here all year round and the plants get about 6 direct and 6 indirect during a normal day. I have read some strains are ok in that temperature like they were bread for it? not sure. I, however, noticed a chilly week and the plants seemed to go dormant and then it warmed up again and I got about 8 inches of growth in the following week.
What's weird is they are about 3 months old, 3 and 4 ft tall I'm guessing the temps are wreaking havoc on the growth cycle, they should be flowering by now I would think but in another article, I found it said equator strains veg a lot longer, then flower a lot longer, like the whole life span is stretched out.
I'm thinking a heat blanket to help at night. It would be difficult to bring them in and out all the time of the House because of cats. Every day would be up and down from the second floor being the only room I could lock but it doesn't get a lot of sun. Anybody out there deal with these problems? cheap fixes? pretty sure heat is my only issue. Not trying to buy expensive lights and fans to do in house set up if I can help it Just to raise temp 8 - 10 degrees at the night time.