Hi Scotty, Dude, and Guru,
Thanks so much for answering my question on the show, I wasn’t expecting it. Thanks to Jmystro, RASUFA, JustCoolin for also trying to help me with their knowledge. Thanks to all the other members on the team that make the show happened. You guys made my day! I think Guru may have nailed it on the head.
Yes, my plants are being covered close to sunset, approximately 30 minutes before, so they are probably receiving far red light just before I cover them. I knew that was happening, but I had no idea it could accelerate the maturity of the trichomes. I’m going to run a test in my next grow, instead of covering the plants 30 minutes before sunset I’m gonna do it 1 hour before sunset. That will probably confirm Gurus suspicion and make the plants flower a bit longer. I didn’t say it on my first message, I have grow lights and a timer on 12/12 inside my greenhouse, so the only thing I have to remember is to cover the greenhouse before lights off. The next morning I can uncover them at any time, because the lights will turn on automatically. I owe you guys for this one, hope one day I can return the favour.
Much respect!
It makes sense in your light dep grow. Guru nailed it on the show when it comes to your light dep situation and what time you uncover them. If they’re getting far-red (700 – 750 nm) at the end of the day, they’re day is shorter than 12 hours and closer to running 10-14 indoors which will speed up maturity. You can uncover the light dep 2 or so hours earlier for more overall growth, yield and longer finishing time.
If your supplementing additional light for the vegetative stage then that would be the only other reasoning. If your just using the natural sunlight without supplementing longer hours with artificial light then that’s why they are finishing so soon. If at week 3 after flipping to flower you have buds larger then the tip of your thumb (maybe size of an American coin “quarter”) then the plant has been in flower longer due to the natural light cycle being so short. How long do you veg plants before flowering?
Hi Justcoolin,
Yes Im supplementing light beyond the sunlight sunset. I give them 18/6 just like if it was an indoor grow. The only difference is that I turn the led lights off after sunrise, and turn them on again 30 minutes before sunsedt.
I veg my plants depending on the speed of their growth, if they grow fast I veg shorter, if they grow slow I veg longer. But its usualy between 2 to 4 months.
And no, they are not autoflowering, because they only start flowering after I change the timer to 12/12. On the 3rd week of flowering they are usually just starting to grow the flowers, definately not the size of an american quarter coin.
Have a great day!