SaanenGoats
08-21-2007, 06:39 PM
I was merrily surfing along this morning and I ran across a list of Top Ten No-Nos at Ganjaland.com. Most of them I heard before (don't over water, don't tell people, don't touch seedlings...) but one of them, #8, I had never heard before. Don't Start Too Early. Here's the quote:
Don't Start Too Early Inside or Outdoors
For several reasons! If you are starting outdoors June 1 is perfect. But if i start earlier i will get bigger buds right? Wrong! Its strange but usually true. ill explain. Plants started in early spring will get big but they will take significantly longer to start flowering. This is because at the peak vegetative period they sense the light cycles getting longer and longer, until June 21. But they don't realize that its time to flower yet. Finally in the middle of August the plant says "HEY" "time to flower already" and it produces buds in August and September or later they will be tall as trees but thinner buds due to the fact that the sun is not as strong in september. Now if the ganja plants were put out later, as soon as they get a foot off the ground they say "what's going on" i am just in early veggie and the light hours aren't getting longer in fact SHORTER" Then the plants go crazy and since the sun is so bright in July and August you get amazing 6 foot trees that are heavier than the plants started in April!!! in addition to finishing earlier the late started plants are not nearly as noticeable.
Indoors is the same for different reasons. The light cannot penetrate more than a foot or two. So flower when plants are a foot tall. If you wait longer because you want bigger yields, you will get smaller yields and wait longer for them.
http://ganjaland.com/10nonos.htm
Does anyone agree or disagree with this? Until I read that, I had planned on starting my plants far earlier next year since I misjudged timing matters this year (my first) and planted a bit late. But after reading that, I'm now reconsidering how earlier I should start next spring since trying to grow superlarge plants to put out might actually be counterintuitive, if what they said is right.
Opinions?
Don't Start Too Early Inside or Outdoors
For several reasons! If you are starting outdoors June 1 is perfect. But if i start earlier i will get bigger buds right? Wrong! Its strange but usually true. ill explain. Plants started in early spring will get big but they will take significantly longer to start flowering. This is because at the peak vegetative period they sense the light cycles getting longer and longer, until June 21. But they don't realize that its time to flower yet. Finally in the middle of August the plant says "HEY" "time to flower already" and it produces buds in August and September or later they will be tall as trees but thinner buds due to the fact that the sun is not as strong in september. Now if the ganja plants were put out later, as soon as they get a foot off the ground they say "what's going on" i am just in early veggie and the light hours aren't getting longer in fact SHORTER" Then the plants go crazy and since the sun is so bright in July and August you get amazing 6 foot trees that are heavier than the plants started in April!!! in addition to finishing earlier the late started plants are not nearly as noticeable.
Indoors is the same for different reasons. The light cannot penetrate more than a foot or two. So flower when plants are a foot tall. If you wait longer because you want bigger yields, you will get smaller yields and wait longer for them.
http://ganjaland.com/10nonos.htm
Does anyone agree or disagree with this? Until I read that, I had planned on starting my plants far earlier next year since I misjudged timing matters this year (my first) and planted a bit late. But after reading that, I'm now reconsidering how earlier I should start next spring since trying to grow superlarge plants to put out might actually be counterintuitive, if what they said is right.
Opinions?