After a 20 year break, am I growing these right?

Thanx for the advice. I think I going to do both. Being that I no longer live in Florida and now live in the U.P. of Michigan, the sun is no longer my best friend. So, what I think I'm going to do is put them outside in the morning, when there is sun and bring them in when the sun goes down. Being that I live in a somewhat mountainous area, the sun goes down early, so I'd bring them in for their last few hours of light. Repeating the process daily, until I put them in 12/12. I figure I put them in that cycle in another week or two. I was able to up the watts of light by 70 more watts, but that's still weak and I don't think that I'll have an HID by the time I start flowering. I'm disabled and this is all I have, I almost forgot how much fun this is, even if it is a mess right now.
Does this sound like a good plan?

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Just a video update of how the plants are adjusting to both sun light and CFL light. In my opinion, they look healthy and obviously very short, but I have high hopes. In a week or two, I will begin flowering. :cool:

If I were you I would just leave them outdoors.

The plants will be fine at 50 Fahrenheit at night.

Just put them outside and let nature do its thing. All this bringing them in and out is a waste of time. If you want good buds then I would listen to the advice you get here.

Go and buy some good potting soil, some moss peat,some compost, perlite and mix it up. Dig 2 foot deep holes for each plant and fill the hole with the good soil.

Drench the soil and the following day plant your girls in the soil. After that you will hive to go back every 2 or 3 weeks to fertilise them.

Forget the indoor 112w CFL grow for now until you can afford the indoor set-up...

This is the best piece of advice you will get. If you still insist on doing it your way them go ahead... but its a whole lot of work for nothing.

And don't force the plants to bloom, just be patient and let nature do it. The bigger the plant the bigger the yield.

And stop cutting them up with topping and lolly popping... The plant is less than 6 inches high and you are attacking them with a knife... Not good...

anyway... I hope you take this advice...

Take Care

S.L.

I'd have to second Silents opinion to quit topping them. Yea you run the risk of stunting them, great they didnt stunt. You're also forgeting the stress you're causing the girls, should you have a female there is a high percentage that you will now end up with hermies.

Really not enough light at all for veg, none the less for flower when they triple in size. Outside is better, if you're afraid of it being "too cold" build a tiny greenhouse for cheap. You can build one out of pvc, rebar, and poly of course. Google it, you will see some ideas. Silent is right, 50F is not too cold.

For next time, Tinfoil is NEVER a good reflective material to use. When using brighter HID lights, you can create hot spots off crinkles in tinfoil and create burns in your girl. Misting is never great either, the plant sustains everything it needs from the roots it has grown.

Instead of spending 90% on a 150w HPS, spend another 40$ and get a 400w MH/HPS switchable. 40 more bucks for what, 250 watts of lighting? DEAL.

Goodluck on your venture.