Ok, i need some help (outdoor)

[jonbobsmith]

i know its still winter, but im starting to plan my first outdoor grow. iv done smaller ones indoors, but never outside. i have a secure location and i need some advice.

from what iv read it takes from april-october to do a full grow and i need my crop to flower and be harvested by early september (im going off to college and wont be able to pick it)
how do i artificially induce early harvest while outdoors?

 

[Jeffdogg]

i know its still winter, but im starting to plan my first outdoor grow. iv done smaller ones indoors, but never outside. i have a secure location and i need some advice.

from what iv read it takes from april-october to do a full grow and i need my crop to flower and be harvested by early september (im going off to college and wont be able to pick it)
how do i artificially induce early harvest while outdoors?

You can use a technique called "Shading". Its where you have plants outside and you want to start flowering. You need to find/make something so dark that no light can go through it and cover the plants on a 12/12 schedule. Time it for whenever you want, just make sure you know how long the average harvest time is on the strain and what not.

 

[JoeCa1i]

Or you can grow early varieties...

 

[jonbobsmith]

would just like a black blanket work?

 

[jonbobsmith]

what are some examples of early varieties?

 

[doowmd]

early girl, and early pearl are 2. just have to go to the seed sites and pay attn. to the outdoor harvest date.

 

[jonbobsmith]

thanks everyone, but one more question

say i plant on may1, what date(approx.) should i start shading?
assuming a normal harvest time at the end of sept would occur without shading

 

[Kdoe420]

you can get auto strains as well that flower earlier

 

[jonbobsmith]

i already have my seeds

i have to induce it myself