What would you do?

Lethidox

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so im debating on 1 of 3 things because i fucked up and growing 2 grows in different stages in the same grow room and can't really provide NO light leaks.

1. toss the flowering plants outside with 4-6 more weeks to go before finishing; outside gets about 4-5 hours of direct sunlight in 1 spot; have no liberty of constantly moving them as well as i am not always home during the hours of the light shifts. this will lead to airy buds and less yield most likely.

2. toss the new grow outside and make it a full outdoor grow; likely wont hit it's potential due to lack of light and flower early on.

3. i highly stress this when i say "TRY" to veg the seeds under 75W in my bathroom; i stress it because i know im gonna have to hear it from someone about the bills and running 2 lights the plants will grow decently well under the 75W's though for up to about 4 weeks maybe then i'd need to swap regardless because of the growth as i do plant to LST and top multiple times. this option is HIGHLY unlikely to fly just because the usage of the extra light ontop of my stronger lights. but i put it out their just as an option if i can possibly do it.

things to take into consideration - Out temps are okay; new seeds are a sativa/indica hybrid, flowering plants are an indica/sativa hybrid and 2 weeks into flowering already. Sunlight i can get on a daily basis is 4-5 hours max. my flowering plants have been HIGHLY abused with various experiments; over feeding leading to nutrient lock out, super cropping 1 branch, half ass pruning, LST ( not really abuse but the wires did cut up some of the branches as it dug into them but it's not noticeable ), stuff falling onto these plants somewhat breaking leaves off or damaging them, cat chewing the leaves.

i mean regardless my yield i still am doing better then my last grow so far. just lacking space to have 2 grows going at the same time under different stages. I have about less then a week to decide when these seeds pop. any way i look at it im taking a loss somewhere so i wanted to know what you would do.

the way i look at it is. i can start fresh with the new seeds and take the loss on my current flowering or i can take the total loss on the new grow having shorter plants, less bud sites due to lack of veg time, airy buds.
 

Lethidox

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i have a 4th option i think might work. Switch up light schedule from 10/14 to 18/6, run the lights when i know i'll be home for the 10/14 cycle then move the plants out into my bathroom in complete darkness. light schedule will then switch around the same time however if not less even.

probably with this is no light cycle will benefit this option in a fully 12/12 situation even. sun comes up around 6am, i start work fairly early in the afternoon come home later in the evening so i wouldn't even be able to move them or if i do move them i won't get complete darkness for 12/12 even it would be more like 14/10. plus even if i continue with said grows like this 5 plants is too much after about 4 weeks the 3 plants would be fairly decent sized not getting as much light as they could but still enough to continue crawling.

yup did the math in correlation with my work schedule this wont work. would have to have someone manually move the plants for me at a specific time to take advantage of the natural day/night cycle otherwise im going over 12/12 with massive amounts of light leaks in my bathroom. it has no curtains or way of really hanging anything to block out the sunlight. trying to find a big piece of cardboard and can possibly tape it over the window
 
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Lethidox

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what about grow tents?
no space for one my aquarium is taking up a lot of space and im in the smallest bedroom in the house due to the half bath. this is what i did to my half bathroom https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/390404674219409410/532651101388800020/JPEG_20190109_100507.jpg

ghetto as fuck but it works and didn't have to buy anything. only issue is whenever i open the door or if their is a super strong gust the foil will make noise XD i mean i can close the windows as well to reduce this but then im highly restricting the plants of airflow. all i really need to do now is figure out how i am going to swap the light schedules. i think imma just do 9am-11pm. this way i am home to move the plants and i am home to to chuck them back into the lights because i should be home before 10pm even and if i just run my lights 24/0 for my new plants i really shouldn't have much issues doing so. can always shut them off inbetween schedules as well if on 18/6 even. still have a 8 hour darkness gap 2 hours.

only issue now is the noise. i checked to see any light leaks and luckily the plants are in bigger pots and higher off the ground so the light can't penetrate the plants at all.

i mean this is only temporary as well for a good 6 weeks after the buds are more mature and almost ready for harvest i can really give zero fucks about putting them outside but since it's so early on in flowering im trying to get the best i can out of the lights.

my real worry is the humidity will likely be crazy. less air flow but temps should be about the same. humidity will likely hit the 70's but idk i will have to check. i don't think it will be a major issue but as a last resort just gonna say fuck it chuck um outside because i think that is my only option outside of this one for decent buds.
 
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