Greenhouse is right next to the shed. It'll just be a matter of going outside at sundown and putting them in the shed with hps on a timer for about 2-3 hours I guess. But in your experience would this work ok? They say 5 hrs of direct sunlight a day is enough. But that's sunlight and not a grow hood so I'm not sure if it's the same? Here's a question...... with the greenhouse keeping the plants safe and allowing sun, would I even have to supplement the lighting? Just let them go outside until they're done? As long as they're getting 5 hrs direct sun?
Thank u. U make a lot of sense.
Ok. Another quick question as I could save a few bucks. I currently have a 4 foot t-5 hood with veg lights. Could I use this to supplement my flowering girls during early November or do I have to get the flowering t-5 or an hps hood? I mean it'll only be about two weeks and any sunlight should help right? Or no because it's a different light spectrum?
Thank u. That's the way I was leaning also. You helped a lot!
Cant you just hang the HPS lights in your greenhouse? That way you dont have to move them every day and you'd still be using the available sunlight.
I thought so. I've also got a bunch of clear gallon jugs filled with water all over in there holding some btu's keeping it even warmer. I'm just hoping there's enough sun in a day in November so she can grow ok. Maybe I wouldn't even have to supplement the light at all?
Neighbors. I'm country but if I have lights on at dusk or at night outside it'll draw attention to that area. I'm probably fine but just being extra careful. Neighbor is a hunter so he will be walking within a hundred yards of this area at dusk a lot pretty soon.
if its common among growers, and its false....
I'm hearing you. A cloudy day that's 100 percent cloudy all day would be considered a day that has zero indirect light tho right? And cannobis needs at least 5 hrs of direct sunlight per day correct? This is where I get confused.if its common among growers, and its false....
you should prove that, just saying.....
for now....I'd take a year of cloudy days over a pounds per watt hid comparisons
I really dont know but am interested in seeing the numbers.
Me too. We talk about 12 hrs darkeness. Well 3 of my plants started to flower on their own here in Michigan on august 10th (almost finished) but the sun was out a lot. I believe up here at that time there was about 10 hrs of direct sunlight with a good 14 indirect so I don't know how the plants went into flower as everyone says u need 12 hours darkness but no matter what calculator I use on august 10 up here there wasn't 12 hours of darkness. Very contradicting it seems. Now these plants had been seed popped and were large on aug 10 don't get me wrong. Had I been growing indoors I would've sent them into flower on my own around that time anyways but the point is that I didn't but yet they still flowered on their own with all that light.
I actually did expect them to veg until the first or second week of September. In fact here in Michigan that is the rule of thumb that is followed. I think I'm understanding the diminishing light/short day concept, it means that with diminishing light (with at least 5 hrs direct light) the plants genes will eventually flip it to flower as they're "body" is ready?
What area of the country are you in?