White Widow

hey guys, new to this thing aswell, thort i might b able to get a few tips... well my bro has currently been growing a plant for me, a white widow, id say it was about 10-12 inches high now and a female, seems to be growing fine, but im not growing it with lights, its outside in my backyard, i water each or every other day, and its looking good. here in england at this time it doesnt go dark till around 10pm and its light at around 5pm, looks like its starting to flower, as the top has opened up more and the whiskers off the stem r getting bigger, but im wondering if it will propily bud without a proper cycle, if i leave it in my backgarden with the current daytime situation here in england 10pm dark 5pm light, because the early nights are soon too come here in england i think rnt they? wat shuld i do? ill upload a picture off my phone soon, and get another one of it to show u it a week later from wen i got it off my brother.

you have to wait for the light cycle to reach about 12 hours on 12 hours off no matter where you are. The only plant that i know of that you do not need to worry about this is a lowryder. These plants do what they want when they want it. just think your plant will get nice and tall with a lot of bud by the time your daylight changed over by you, just keep an eye out for any possible cold nights when it get a little closer to mid sept and oct

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hey thanks for the reply, i cant let the plant grow tal, its in my back garden lol, i might bring it indoor on a 12/12 cycle then, but use sunlight and no hps lamps, cover it up wen needed put it back outside wen needed, think it will still become a good plant, or do u specifacly need a hps

hey guys, just wondering if u b able to say if my plant will b ok with a 150w cfls and a auro glow tube, got them off a friend last night, he says the auro glow tube is wat the sunlight is, 42,000 lumens it gives out, going to bring it in at 5pm today so its had 12/6 for a day from 17/6, bring it in tonite get it on 12/12 with the lights, will that be ok, any suggestions will b grateful and very helpful thanks :)

You should be careful mixing artificial and natural light. It could cause alot of stress on the plant and possibly stunt growth or something to that effect.

And the sun gives off WAY WAY WAY WAY more than 42,000 lumens...LOL :smokin:

Read this about lumens...

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthrea...ght=sun+lumens

All of your answers on the board if you use the search button...I just found this link about lumens and about 40 more concerning the same subject.

Good luck with the grow man! :smokin:

ye my plant is looking nice out the back in the sun on 17/6 days, but can i use the sun glow tube with my cfl, will it make any difference? wen i take it inside, thats all the lights that will b on it, mayby a bit of light from the window as ill have them on in the day, then cover it up wen it needs to b.. im planning on taking it indoors today, yesterday it had a 17/6 cycle wich it has been since vegging, and today it will have had 12/6 so wen i take it in today ill cover it up in the dark till 12 hours has reached so then its on 12/12, will this be ok?

The sun generates so many more lumens than any human could possibly produce in a grow room.

I guess the problem is by switching it from natural sunlight to the artificial light of a CFL and a sun glow tube is an extreme change in how much light the plant will be absorbing, which might cause undue stress.

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When I moved my plants in from outdoors, I slowly integrated them into their new artificial light environment by making a canopy of sorts over the plants for a week thus slowly introducing them into an artificial environment.

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BTW how can something have a 17/6 cycle? That only adds up to 23 hours. Aren't there 24 hours in a day? Should be 18/6, I believe.

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ye thats wat i ment, but i need to get this plant indoors, i cant leave it to wait till the world decides to go to flowering hours, wich will b october the plant will flower by, it will grow to big in the backyard, how would i go about getting it going on my lights, its only 1 plant so...