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Ok so heres the deal I am growing my first. I have it growing in my closet with a forecent bulb in a box lined with tinfoil. It has four actual leafs on it and there still small. I have no clue about how long it will take to grow, when to flower, harvest or any of that. Dont no what soil to use where to get it or anything. please help. I can and have smoked with the best of em but when it comes to rowing Im a total newb!! Thanx:stoned:
One of the best solutions to energy verses output for most home gardeners is to use outdoor light for flowering and use continuous light indoors for germination and vegetative growth. This will take advantage of the natural light/dark cycle and cut your energy use in half compared to the same operation indoors. A small greenhouse can be built of Filon fiberglass or PVC sheets that is innocuous and looks much like a storage shed or tool shed so it??s not likely to raise suspicions.
In fact, a large shed of metal or plywood can be modified with a luminous roof of PVC, glass, fiberglass or plastic sheet, and some strains that do not require a great deal of light will grow well. Such a shed will discourage fly-by sightings and keep your business your own! It also allows you to keep out rats and gophers, keeps out the neighbor kids, and can be easily locked up. It will also give you an opportunity to actually plant in the ground if you desire, and this is the best way to avoid root-bound plants (if your not using hydroponics), and get bigger harvests.
In winter, indoor space is used to start new seedlings or cuttings to be placed outside in the spring, using natural sunlight to ripen the plants. This routine will provide at least 3 outdoor/greenhouse harvests per year. If more space is available to constantly be starting indoors and flowering 2nd harvest plants outdoors, harvests are possible every 60 days in many areas, with a small indoor harvest in the winter as a possibility as well.
The basic strategy of year round production is to understand the plant has two growth cycles. At germination the plant enters into a vegetative state and will be able to use all the continuous light you can give it. This means there is no dark cycle required. The plant will photosynthesis constantly and grow faster than it would outdoors with long evenings. Photosynthesis stops during dark periods and the plant uses sugars produced to build during the evening. This is not a requirement and the plant will grow faster at this stage with continuous photosynthesis (constant light).
Once the plant is 12-18? tall, weather permitting, it can be forced to start flowering by placing it outside in the Spring or Fall. (For Summer outdoor flowering, the night must be artificially lengthened in the greenhouse to ??force? the plants to flower.
Moving the plants to 10-13 hour light periods (moving it outside) with uninterrupted darkness (no bright lights nearby) will force the plant to flower. It will ripen and be 2-3?? when ready to harvest. When a plant is moved from continuous indoor light to a 10-13 hour day outside, it will start to flower in anticipation of oncoming winter. Vegetative starts moved outside March 1st, will be ripe by May 1. Vegetative starts moved outside on May 1 will be ripe by July 1. Starts moved outside Sept 1 are picked by Nov. 1st. In Winter, operations are moved indoors and a crop is planted for seed in anticipation of planting outdoors the next summer, or just for some extra winter stash.
Keep in mind that the ??man? is looking for plants in the Sept./Oct./Nov. time-frame, and may never notice plants placed outside to flower in April. Be smart, make your big harvest in May, not October!
THanks for the tips but what should I do to get them to flower well indoor because when my plant gets that big it will be mid winter!! I can still get a good crop keeping it indoor all the time right?? Thanx Justin
ya just give ur plant(s) 10 - 13 hrs uninterrupted dark
Sweetie, go check out the grow facts. Cannabis is a weed! Give it enough of the right light, halfway decent soil and water and it will grow. Give them a month or more in veg with 24/7 light, then switch to 12/12 light and dark. Takes about 2 months to mature with indica strains. Have fun!
Thanx 4 the advice. I just hope nothing goese wrong I cant stand the thought of it being wasted.
dont use tin foil either! white paint or paper will do much better
THanx for the advice Abattoir Dream. Ohh and I love the quote, I didnt no ppl in the UK listened to Tupac
hahaha, of course they do man! Tupac is a ledgend almost anywhere in the world! and in my opinion, is easily the greatest rapper ever, for sure.
He definately is on my list mine goes
1 Tupac
2 Biggie
3 Eminem
4 Big L
5 Eminem
And I should be gettin pics of my plant soon! Have to borrow my sises camera first. peace out.
LOL I put Eminem twice (Im high) alright replace # five with Jay Z