Growing Pineapple chunk fem and my plant is only getting about 4 hours of direct sunlight. The plant is about 3.5 feet tall (suppose to be short) and appears to be very healthy although a coulple of lower leaves are yellow. What are the negative effects of 4 hours of sunlight ??? Also with it lacking sunlight will the flowering period be longer than a plant that gets the correct direct sunlight ??
Lack of Sun Effects
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gaztron3030
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The less light they get in flower usually means less time to mature. If i want my flowers ready earlier i drop the light cycle to 10 hours of light and usually lose a week or so of grow time but lose on yeild
I read somewhere tricomes develop at the 3rd or 4th week of flowering. I have no tricomes yet so does this mean I have atleast 4 to 5 weeks before its mature ???? That would bring me to around Oct 10 atleast.
The main cola has a cluster of buds, the 8 to 9 other branches are not clustered, but I can see growth of the buds almost everyday... IF that helps.
gaztron3030
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Western NY
Slipon
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I had a friend who use to grow his crop in between some trees back in his back yard ..
they did`t get more then 4-6 hrs of direct sun .. but always grew in to 6-8 feet plants who usually gave +1 pond of smoke depending of strain .. and summer wether .. some years was great some not so mouch ..
but in general +8 hrs is perfect if you want the plant to reach full potential .. but can do with way less .. just less yield in the end
they did`t get more then 4-6 hrs of direct sun .. but always grew in to 6-8 feet plants who usually gave +1 pond of smoke depending of strain .. and summer wether .. some years was great some not so mouch ..
but in general +8 hrs is perfect if you want the plant to reach full potential .. but can do with way less .. just less yield in the end
bud nugbong
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true story...its very hard to get dense buds without a good amount of sunlight.
wheezer
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Effects from lack of sunlight is: tall, thin, stretchy plants, with smaller, looser buds. Flavor, smell and potency are usually the same as fully lit plants. Flowering time can be effected a little, depending on strain.
I had a garden a couple years back that lacked sunlight, and had alot of partially shaded light, and I think some of my strains were actually a little more potent than the same ones grown in full sun. I did have more light than you do though. Good luck.