Have u ever flowered outdoors

too larry

too larry

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Gdub51 said:
The reason that folks plants flower too early is a timing issue. If you are going to use natural light, you must harden plants off for it. Light timing is a critical issue. Yes, most of us use more hours of artificial light than what is happening outdoors when we are sprouting. The key is to get them used to outdoor slowly, gradually, while weaning them off the artificial light. Seedlings will not tolerate direct sun for much time at all. I set them in the shade for a few hours at first building up slowly till they are ready for direct sun. The sun is superior to any artificial source and your plant will grow to prefer it quickly, but not suddenly. You don't eat ice cream before beans do you. Then you won't eat your beans and your health suffers for it. It's all natural. My plants stay out permanently full time after five sets of leaves are formed. Please do not confuse newcomers. Jay, plants don't flower till they sense the lessening of sun hours, making them think fall is coming. Early flower will weaken a plant. It may "reflower" but it will be seriously compromised. I never would have bought that plant. And it's just that ONE? Noob is right, that thing is not worth further effort. I'd get myself some autoflowers and start over if you want some harvest this season. Read these pages with a critical ear. Check for collaboration from other threads and especially don't accept sweeping generalities, especially from new growers. Check the likes history of members and check twice before making a decision. And ask your search engine looking for answers from educated pros, horticulturists, and University professors of agriculture. Ask your horticulture supply pros, I've found most big gardening stores have an employee who is a pot grower. After you establish yourself as someone who has purchased their regularly, I've found that "go to guy" starts to trust YOU and will give you advice that is not "store driven". Most of us are guessing, it's just that some of us have more experience and have learned from our mistakes like following a newbies suggestion verbatim.
Also remember a "well known" member is just one that posts a lot. It is not a measure of their knowledge. Take it all with a grain of salt and look for consensus elsewhere until you are satisfied you have an answer that has some empirical method behind it. I've rarely gone wrong this way. Better luck next time.
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Seedlings will take full sun if they are outside from the start. It is only after a few weeks of lights that they have to be hardened off.
 
Capn-Crunch

Capn-Crunch

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I agree with ganja gurl420. This year My seedlings went from 18/6 indoor to the green house at 15/9 daylight and did some weird stretch with a lot of distance between nodes. Next year I'll ween them off the lights to match the outdoor cycle before they go out. I'm sure now that what I did this year will cost me in yield.
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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Capn-Crunch said:
I agree with ganja gurl420. This year My seedlings went from 18/6 indoor to the green house at 15/9 daylight and did some weird stretch with a lot of distance between nodes. Next year I'll ween them off the lights to match the outdoor cycle before they go out. I'm sure now that what I did this year will cost me in yield.
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I'm sure you will just do amazing next season :)
 
Montuno

Montuno

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Gdub51 said:
move into shade when it gets too hot; above 85, separate from the others for treatment, turn for different light angle exposure, move out of view angle from the nosy neighbors and finally if necessary (as it has been this year) move the whole grow inside when it got over 100 before it killed the whole crop. There is no arguing one can get more volume of finished flowers outside, but chemical strength is another discussion. With the precision indoor conditions offer I see chemical ratio's there that seem unattainable with a home grow.
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Hi!
Im not agree.
85°F (less than 30°C) is nothing to a cannabis plant. I uses to germ with more than 30°C. Even 100°F. Maybe you will have problems with less than one month older plants if you have more than 100°F.
N belive me, any indoor plant can compite in taste & psicoactivity with an "well growed" outdoor plant (in my climate). In fact, most of the expensivest n best sativa buds that Amsterdamn Coffes Shops sellos as indoor are in fact growed outdoor in Spain.
 
Montuno

Montuno

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ganga gurl420 said:
I know your English is broken, so I'm trying to understand. ...what can only happen with autoflowering strains?
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Yeah, excuse my English, please.
I think I didint understand fine your post first time I read it. Thats what I delete my post to you.
I wanna mean that only autoflorewing strains can florewin outdoor durin June Norther than Trópics...
Thanks to try to understand my stinky English. Salud!
 
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ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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Montuno said:
Yeah, excuse my English, please.
I think I didint understand fine your post first time I read it. Thats what I delete my post to you.
I wanna mean that only autoflorewing strains can florewin outdoor durin June/July Norther than Trópics...
Thanks to try to understand my stinky English. Salud!
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Then I think it's different for you over there then.
Most people here in the states plant in may and are starting to go into flower by the end of july
 
Montuno

Montuno

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ganga gurl420 said:
Most people here in the states plant in may and are starting to go into flower by the end of july
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Yeah.
I readed you wrong: I believed you was saying that plants were florewin during June, when you really want to say "it starts to flowers in end July".
Salud.
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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Montuno said:
Yeah.
I readed you wrong: I believed you was saying that plants were florewin during June, when you really want to say "it starts to flowers in end July".
Salud.
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What I was saying is that people who out their plants out too early when there is not enough sunlight will begin to flower early like in june. That is why I said that it is important to wait to put them out until there is enough daylight hours...which here means may or first week of june.
 
Montuno

Montuno

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ganga gurl420 said:
What I was saying is that people who out their plants out too early when there is not enough sunlight will begin to flower early like in june. That is why I said that it is important to wait to put them out until there is enough daylight hours...which here means may or first week of june.
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Thanks s lot for your explainations.
Btw, why dosent you starts outdoor from the beggining?
(Btw, I think my latitude & weather are similars to inland Central or North USA's California...)
Salud.
 
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