Does full shade equal "dark" period growing outside?

[hazya]

Hello, I am growing 5 ladies outside on the far east coast of north America. I took 6 random seeds from a bag of mid I had and got extremely lucky with only 1 being a male. I put them in a dark room for 24 hrs as I did with my indoor grow a cpl of years back to start flowering and have been moving them every 12hrs in darkness but I do a lot of LST which I can only really do outside and moving them everyday is a big hassle. Ive notived where I have them direct sunlight is only on them about 11-12.5hrs a day if I didn't move then but the sun is out closer to 14-15hrs right now. So my question is does shade time equal dark time for plants? If so I could stop moving them. Preciate any help!

hazya Reviewed by hazya on 08-11-2013. Does full shade equal "dark" period growing outside? Hello, I am growing 5 ladies outside on the far east coast of north America. I took 6 random seeds from a bag of mid I had and got extremely lucky with only 1 being a male. I put them in a dark room for 24 hrs as I did with my indoor grow a cpl of years back to start flowering and have been moving them every 12hrs in darkness but I do a lot of LST which I can only really do outside and moving them everyday is a big hassle. Ive notived where I have them direct sunlight is only on them about Rating: 5

[lipps]

No.

[tlranger]

Ditto on the no

[EvilCartman]

Your question was answered, so let's get to the nitty-gritty. I'm on the east coast,.. it's a big coast.

It would be really helpful if you'd post your latitude. Most of the outdoor here @42N is already in flower, or in transition. (today @ 42 the day is 14hrs, sun-up to sun-down) Your east/west exposure plays into this, as well.
It's a pity you don't know the strain, as that is a huge factor in whether it is safe to leave 'em out or not.

[hazya]

Wish I knew the strai also and don't know my latitude but in NC. So even when in complete shade they are still getting enough lite to keep them to start flowering?

[Shovelhandle]

I'm at 45º, US Canadian border in New England. Plants are just starting to show. They are still very hard to tell. The one male I pulled so far was 4-5 feet tall and had only one flower. Six others have single, tiny flowers here and there. One has yet to show sex.

[nugssgalore]

I don't understand what you want to do.... do you want them to flower? Because they will flower now that the days are getting shorter...12 hours of sun a day is plenty for cannabis....sometimes a full on sun for days during a heat wave is too much .... I've had big plants grow in half sun half shade for a whole season and do fine.... they are a tropical plant, not a desert plant, and grow in the shady rain forests well. I would only worry if stretching is a problem and they would get too tall for ya.

[hazya]

I don't understand what you want to do.... do you want them to flower? Because they will flower now that the days are getting shorter...12 hours of sun a day is plenty for cannabis....sometimes a full on sun for days during a heat wave is too much .... I've had big plants grow in half sun half shade for a whole season and do fine.... they are a tropical plant, not a desert plant, and grow in the shady rain forests well. I would only worry if stretching is a problem and they would get too tall for ya.

Do to wanting a little quicker harvest I was moving all in a darkroom for 12hrs. A day. Once they preflowed I started realizing the place a had them in sun was getting blocked sunlight due to. A building at my residence blocking the sun after 12hrs. Not really tree shade throughout the day but at a certaintime no sunlight is reaching because of the building shade which is right when I'd move them inside. Was hoping I could just leave them out.. only a cpl hrs b4 it becomes nightime anyway but was worried the revert back t veg state. Should a explained better at first