help force flowering.

Urhighness88

Urhighness88

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So i got quite a few big bitches and one of them is a cheese from g13 labs and the flowering time is 8-14 weeks so i wanted to get a head start on this girl she is in a 15 gallon smart pot i wanted to know the best way to flower her is i want to say she is about 2.5 to 3 feet wide and stands with the pot about 4 feet maybe more do you think a trash can could fit or should i put a tarp over it? And how dark does it have to be? I think the blue tarp i have let's some light threw. Any help appreciated.

Also would I have to stop covering it after the summer solstice? Or would I have to continue doing it till light reaches 12 hours?
 
FresnoFarmer

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6 mil black plastic sheeting should do the trick. I wouldn't risk stopping cover. All that hard work just for the plant to POSSIBLY reveg. i would rather take out the guess work.
 
Urhighness88

Urhighness88

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FresnoFarmer said:
6 mil black plastic sheeting should do the trick. I wouldn't risk stopping cover. All that hard work just for the plant to POSSIBLY reveg. i would rather take out the guess work.
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Is this available at homedepot and you think I need to continue till it hits 12 hours because wouldn the plant know the days are getting getting shorter and keep flowering? I'm just asking not sure but I thought Thays how they work is bit the hours of light they receive and thay determines the life cycle?
 
AdamBlack760

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Build mini shed pvc and black plastic. Make sure light proof.
Check your areas sunrise time 12 hr later put in shed when 100% dark take out of shed. Repeat. Or pull out at six put in at six ect
 
FresnoFarmer

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Urhighness88 said:
Is this available at homedepot and you think I need to continue till it hits 12 hours because wouldn the plant know the days are getting getting shorter and keep flowering? I'm just asking not sure but I thought Thays how they work is bit the hours of light they receive and thay determines the life cycle?
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Yeah. It would that way. You can get 6 mil black plastic sheeting in the painting department at HD. Its by all the drop cloths. If you are covering for a dark period of 12 hours and then you stop covering and there is still 13 hours of light, the plant might sense the hour increase and think it is time to veg again.
 
FresnoFarmer

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I'm right here with you brotha. I am going to start flowering my plants in a week or 2. I got most of them in 3 gallon pots already.
 
Commander Strax

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FresnoFarmer said:
Yeah. It would that way. You can get 6 mil black plastic sheeting in the painting department at HD. Its by all the drop cloths. If you are covering for a dark period of 12 hours and then you stop covering and there is still 13 hours of light, the plant might sense the hour increase and think it is time to veg again.
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25 hour days over at your place?
 
FresnoFarmer

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No. You misinterpreted what I was trying to say. I am saying if he starts flowering them on 12/12.....and later on down the road stops. The plants may recognize the hour increase of sunlight and revert back to veg. I typed that on my phone that is why I was so vague. My bad.
 
Commander Strax

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FresnoFarmer said:
No. You misinterpreted what I was trying to say. I am saying if he starts flowering them on 12/12.....and later on down the road stops. The plants may recognize the hour increase of sunlight and revert back to veg. I typed that on my phone that is why I was so vague. My bad.
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I got ya now


I would put some thought into how hot is a black plastic shed going to be
 
FresnoFarmer

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Commander Strax said:
I got ya now


I would put some thought into how hot is a black plastic shed going to be
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My light dep greenhouse gets shaded by a tree at the time that I will be covering, which will help out. And I have an oscillating fan in the greenhouse to ensure there is sufficient airflow at all times. Try to eliminate as many humidity issues and "hot spots" as possible.
 
gR33nDav3l0l

gR33nDav3l0l

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I have a plant that went back to vegetate and it's not receiving more than 8, maybe 9, hours of direct sunlight outside, I think the equinox might have had something to do with it tho. It's already 8 months old :eyesmoke::eyesmoke:
Keep a steady hand with what your doing, you'll succeed.
 
Urhighness88

Urhighness88

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Oh alright I think I may just drag her in and cove her the wind in the backyard is.vicious lol wouldn't want the makeshift light dep. To fly away and.damage any of the other girls.
 
Great Lemon Skunk

Great Lemon Skunk

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you could put it in a shady spot on a hill side where it gets 12/12 i got a cherry og with flowering time 9-10wk and i already got it flowering and round here where i live flowering dont start till august
 
dream2003

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i used 2 black garbage bags on 4 of my 4 ft plants to give them a month early of flowering, worked out ok for me. 2 other plants with out garbage bags didnt finish aswell as with garbage bags, i used indusrtrial garbage bags. the big thick black bags. just put one over the other with hole at bottom of one bag then then tie up at base of plant
 
MarijuanaBug

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Planting outside and going all natural is my new project, bad thing is my best area around here is waterlogged alot, but anyway i want to minimize my trips to my grow site, but im planting kinda late (early june) do you think it will flower correctly by itself? or should i cover my plants too?
 
Urhighness88

Urhighness88

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I think You will be fine man just.might be a little small but should he fine.


So this is what I did guys My living room doesn have windows just a . sliding glass kinda weird but it has a corner pretty dark for the most part so I dragged my bitch in and got 5 bamboo poles and stuck them in her nice and slow she liked it like that. Then I went a head and tucked her in with a big ass 10x25. Foot 3 mil black plastic. Seems pretty light proof had a light on right above her and looked at the light and barely saw it threw the plastic. I don't think it will be and Issue but hope this works gonna keep her covered till tomorrow night and let her to the elements lol
 
MarijuanaBug

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Lol, nicely said.
Urhighness88 said:
I think You will be fine man just.might be a little small but should he fine.


So this is what I did guys My living room doesn have windows just a . sliding glass kinda weird but it has a corner pretty dark for the most part so I dragged my bitch in and got 5 bamboo poles and stuck them in her nice and slow she liked it like that. Then I went a head and tucked her in with a big ass 10x25. Foot 3 mil black plastic. Seems pretty light proof had a light on right above her and looked at the light and barely saw it threw the plastic. I don't think it will be and Issue but hope this works gonna keep her covered till tomorrow night and let her to the elements lol
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Lol, nicely put. i suggest putting some alluminum around it during the light hrs, and remove it during dark. it kinda makes it less sensitive to light leaks and such. or at least it helped me when my dad got drunk and punched a hole in my grow room and i was trying to flower, needless to say this set me back a bit. lol
 
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