Need Help from a Norcal Outdoor Grower
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New Grower 420
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i doubt there flowering if there outdoors this time of the year not the rite light cycle unless you have done something to alter that.
only thing was they were in the shade for a week and put them into direct sun slowly other than that they are fine this is my first outdoor so we shall c
New Grower 420
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nothing more rewarding then pot grown in the sun. the taste and smell are better imo then indoor.
wheezer
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yes, if your in Nor Cal and put plants out now, they will flower! It's natural for that to happen, your best bet, if you can do it, is put a small light on em' for an hour or so in the evening, and morning. Do that till at least June 1st, or better yet, leave it till June 21st, and you will not have a problem , and they will revert back to veg. Good Luck!
treemansbuds
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Great Advise!
I have 2-100 watt Sun System lamps above my girls in the garden. I checked this web site out http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/us-ca-country.html and found out what the sun rise and sun set times were for my area on June 21st. The sun rises at 5:30ish here and sets 8:30ish here on that date. So the lights come on at 5:30am, and off at 7:00am, then on again at 6:30pm and off at 8:30pm. I will do this until June 21st, then no need after that date.
Side note; A lot depends how you introduce your plants to the outdoors. I gradually adjust my lights down 30 minutes a week starting in March, from 20-4 schedule to a 15/9 schedule by the time they go outside on the waxing moon in May. This way they don't have a big day/night hours adjustment to make when put outside.
Hope this helps-
TMB-
so anything basicly past june 1st will be ok are u in norcal wheezer
MediGrow530
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im in norcal an hour and a half north of sac. ive had mine out since late april. mine have not even tried to flower! doing great actually! we have 14 hours already says gaisma.
so ur in my area eldorado county
Yeah if you put plants from indoor (24/0 or even 18/6) straight outside (14/10) 95% of strains are gonna flower on you. Thats why people chose to wait until early-mid June (much less chance of flowering, even though it is still possible as some strains are just very very sensitive when it comes to early flowering.
HOWEVER, the best option is supplemental lighting. It's revolutionary even. You can start plants out in Feb. if you have a little greenhouse and supplemental lighting. I have 3 26w cfl bulbs for 6 plants. Come on at 2:15am and off at 6:15am (right after sunrise). This way, instead of plants getting 14/10 and flowering, they get 18/6 and continue throughout veg. Mid June I should be able to take the lights down safely and let the plants continue as they would normally, just they're gonna be MUCH bigger as they've been vegging the whole time and not doing the flower/revert BS.
HOWEVER, the best option is supplemental lighting. It's revolutionary even. You can start plants out in Feb. if you have a little greenhouse and supplemental lighting. I have 3 26w cfl bulbs for 6 plants. Come on at 2:15am and off at 6:15am (right after sunrise). This way, instead of plants getting 14/10 and flowering, they get 18/6 and continue throughout veg. Mid June I should be able to take the lights down safely and let the plants continue as they would normally, just they're gonna be MUCH bigger as they've been vegging the whole time and not doing the flower/revert BS.
angryblackman
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I have several plants out now. Some flowering some not. If they all flower I will just harvest the tops and reveg the lowers. 
Good luck man. As far as fish emulsion goes be careful with that stuff. You can easily burn your plants if you aren't careful with it. I would say use 1 tsp./gallon for full strength but for the first few I would use half a tsp./gallon just in case. If your plants are still small I would wait a couple weeks before adding just to be safe. 
Good luck man. As far as fish emulsion goes be careful with that stuff. You can easily burn your plants if you aren't careful with it. I would say use 1 tsp./gallon for full strength but for the first few I would use half a tsp./gallon just in case. If your plants are still small I would wait a couple weeks before adding just to be safe. ummm there about foot tall i have ben hitting them with nutes and there doing great other than the floweringI have several plants out now. Some flowering some not. If they all flower I will just harvest the tops and reveg the lowers.
ok so the guy i am growing with bought all the soil he bought steer manure perlite and miracle grow moisture control soil that feeds plants up to 6 months i told him to get ffof or happy frog but thats what he did last year and he want this soil combo again .... has anyone used miracle grow and perlite,,, and steer manure ..... ime worried about the manure ,,, will this make the soil to hot to feed with the miracle grow soil having food also
angryblackman
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Okay well if they are that big go for it. Keep in mind that you are using MG soil with nutes. There could be a chance that you could burn them not knowing the dosage that the MG releases and how often. Just a heads up.
thats my number one concern the dam time release feeding o well will figure it out when i was transplanting picked out hella little balls in the soil that where filled with liquid wich has to be there time release picked a bunch out but ime not going to take them all out thats alot of time and bullshit ime not going to doOkay well if they are that big go for it. Keep in mind that you are using MG soil with nutes. There could be a chance that you could burn them not knowing the dosage that the MG releases and how often. Just a heads up.
wheezer
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yea man, after the first your fine. Some strains go quicker and easier than others, and sometimes you can get lucky and they don't flower,or, if your dealing with seedlings, they will not flower as quickly as a clone will. It's all variables but I'm saying will work for sure. Also Treeman, remember, you have to add an hour in the morn and an hour in the evening to those sunrise/sunset times, cause the plants trigger outside one hour before sunrise,to one hour after sunset.