Delaying Flowering Outdoors to Increase Yield

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 14, 2009

• #1

Hello everyone,
I am growing a winter crop in a greenhouse at a guerrilla location and I was wondering how to delay flowering. I don't have the opportunity to start indoors and let them veg, so they will be flowering almost immediately. does anyone have any tips?

I have decided to supercrop a little, giving me a week or so extra.

 

South Texas

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Jan 14, 2009

• #2

Too much. Your light & temp decides.... Can you alter either or both? If not, get clones & let the bitches flower.??? You have no choice.

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #3

so there really is nothing i can do to delay flowering?

 

bigBlunt25

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Jan 15, 2009

• #4

put light on it

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #5

this is outdoors. no light available unless i fork over $300 to buy an electricity generator

 

bigBlunt25

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Jan 15, 2009

• #6

get some solar walkway lights. you think that will be enough to delay? could work

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #7

bigBlunt25 said:

get some solar walkway lights. you think that will be enough to delay? could work

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i looked into it. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BOB60S
just bought this set of 2 and it should be enough. they go on for 10 hours after dark, making their days 20.5 hours.
as for now the seedlings are under 24/0. Will they switch to flowering with the 6 hour drop?

 

bigBlunt25

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Jan 15, 2009

• #8

6 hour drop

 

bigBlunt25

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Jan 15, 2009

• #9

Hope they put out enough light.

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #10

i have a feeling they wont be reliable enough, i should cancel my order right now

 

natrone23

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Jan 15, 2009

• #11

Orange Shovel CAGrower said:

i Will they switch to flowering with the 6 hour drop?

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No, I go from 24/0 to 18/6 all on my plants all the time, if they grow to much i reduce the light hours, I think the only time you should be worried if had it like 13/11, or 14/11

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #12

k well i scratched the light idea. i will just hope for the quickest stretch and feed lots of nitrogen at the plant's third week of life.

 

worm5376

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Jan 15, 2009

• #13

that DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'LL WORK BUT, HECK!!! I'm just a smoker

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 15, 2009

• #14

exactly why i said "i scratched that idea" in the post above. man you must be high as a kite.

 

Goldy

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Jan 15, 2009

• #15

I think canceling your order was a good idea. These outdoor solar lights tend to be shit. Like a white ball with very little light spread around them. Youd probably find that if they had any effect at all theyd just make hermies? You couldnt get a small generator out there?

 

satch

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Jan 15, 2009

• #16

There was talk a while back about Hawaiian growers using Christmas lights to delay flowering.

 

worm5376

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Jan 15, 2009

• #17

I am HIGH, and you should be too lool

 

Orange Shovel CAGrower

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Jan 16, 2009

• #18

i am high, but i still can read.

 

worm5376

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Jan 16, 2009

• #19

lighten up buddy. Not here to start a argument. Last time i checked this is a forum. Correct?