light question

lthopkins

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will a plant have a ggod flowering outcome with only 5 hours of direct light ,,, can a plant flower or produce anything worth anything in undirect sunlight ,, i have a place under a tree that i can plant more but the light is scattered from the branches
only room for 2 where there is direct sunlight
 

Gastanker

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You'll end up with fluffy leafy bud. You can still bake with it and make hash oil but directly smoking out of a pipe might be harsh.
 

lthopkins

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so i should plant in pots and move them around i can move them once during the day to get 8 or more hours its a legal grow so have quick acess to moving them
 

SnakierGrizzly

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you don't need direct sunlight for flowering--but 5 hours isn't enough light even for a plant going through the flowering stage--im surprised the plant hasn't started to bud prematurely
 

lthopkins

Active Member
you don't need direct sunlight for flowering--but 5 hours isn't enough light even for a plant going through the flowering stage--im surprised the plant hasn't started to bud prematurely
no plants planted thinking of taking a tree or two down how much direct sunlight should i shoot for 8 or more
 

richard rahl

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im lookin for the same type of info. thinkin on a small guerilla, mayb 10-20 plants, and believe i could get by with 5 or so n my back yard or in woods behind it, just no all day sunny spots n yard and woods behind have some good brush to blend in, but large canopy of oaks overhead. theres sunny spots throught the day, but no good mostly sonny openings. any help appreciated.
 

noo1knos

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im dealing with the same dilemma this year for my first guerilla grow. I was just going to experiment with a few plants in some indirect sunlight spots.
 

igorskee

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Similar question. How much minimum of direct sunlight is enough to finish the plant flowering properly? Northern hemisphere, Mediteranian area.
 

kevin murphy

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2 x 400 watt sunmaster bulbs-1x 250 watt red cfl bulb-1xblue vegging cfl bulb

10 x critical plus
10 x kalisnakovs
10 x dready cheese
6 x auto haze
3 x arjan no#1s
1 x quasar
1 x red dwarf
1 x powerkush
1 x dnafem cheese


15 ltre pots ,starting from 12/12 seed

germination in root riots and soil.

great white shark 32 oz

ionic grow and bloom nutrients

homemade co2 with fans

west lands mult compost +


ANYONE GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS TO WHAT I COULD ADD TO THIS GROW ALL ADVICE APPRECIATED THANKS AGAIN HOPE YOU FOLLOW THE GROW JUST NEED A CAMERA NOW LOL......
 

Brick Top

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It would depend on when the 5 or so hours of direct sunlight would occur. If it were from around 11:00AM until 4:00 PM, when the light rays would be at their most direct downward angle, and the rest received a goodly amount of indirect sunlight, you could still get very good results. If the hours of direct light were early morning or late afternoon when the sun would be low and the angle of light it's least direct and weakest, The results would likely not be all that spectacular.

I used to grow on a deck where a tree would partially block the morning light but from about 10:30 AM or 11:00 AM until about 5:00 PM the plants received direct light. The rest of the day it was filtered and or indirect/reflected light. I grew some very good plants under those conditions, large plants with large dense buds from the cola to the bottom of the plants.

Your latitude will also factor in to the results. What I did was in the Southern U.S. but I would not have done as well at a more Northerly latitude, like say the U.P. of Michigan.

More direct light rays, less angle, means increased intensity and enough of that can make up, at least to a point, for the total number of hours of direct light.

If anyone needs an example of how much more intense direct sun rays will be at different latitudes, when you have absolutely no tan at all take your shirt off and go outside from 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM in the U.P. and another time do the same thing in Southern Georgia or maybe Southern Florida or Southern Texas. That night your skin will explain the difference to you.
 
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