Force Flower Outdoors

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MightyBeard

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I live in Northern NY and grew my first crop this year, all outdoors. Some in pots, some in the ground. We lost about 1/3 of the crop this year to budrot and mold, and I'm looking for a better way to grow next year. We get pretty cold and rainy by October, which really makes extended photoperiod growth difficult. I thought it might be feasible to force flower for an outdoor grow by constructing a tent/shelter/structure that can be pulled on/off and create a 12/12 light cycle sometime in July so we can harvest by the end of September. Is this something people do? Is it cost-effective? What kinds of cloth do you use (shade cloth? mylar?)? Does it have to be 100% dark, or can it still get some light during the 12 hours off?

Any advice would be helpful. I thought about moving to indoor grows but the setup cost is a bit prohibitive.
 
MightyBeard said:
I live in Northern NY and grew my first crop this year, all outdoors. Some in pots, some in the ground. We lost about 1/3 of the crop this year to budrot and mold, and I'm looking for a better way to grow next year. We get pretty cold and rainy by October, which really makes extended photoperiod growth difficult. I thought it might be feasible to force flower for an outdoor grow by constructing a tent/shelter/structure that can be pulled on/off and create a 12/12 light cycle sometime in July so we can harvest by the end of September. Is this something people do? Is it cost-effective? What kinds of cloth do you use (shade cloth? mylar?)? Does it have to be 100% dark, or can it still get some light during the 12 hours off?

Any advice would be helpful. I thought about moving to indoor grows but the setup cost is a bit prohibitive.
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It needs to be 99.9% dark, so near impossible and pretty impractical I would think
Why not try autos? They have come a long way since the old spindly crap from the 80's
Indoor grows are easy once you've outlaid on tent, lamp, fan & filter - 4 harvests/strains per year
 
It is possible, but labor intensive and probably not worth the time. Let's assume the tent/structure isn't an issue with making, you'd have to put on and off this structure for 2+ months at the same time every day.

Ive light deprived an outdoor plant by moving it in and out of my shed to force the plant to show sex, but once it shows sex and gets put back out into the regular daylight hours, it'll continue to go back to the vegetative stage and flower once normally in August or so.

I suggest going with Roy Growin's advice and switch to growing autoflowers if you want faster harvests outdoors.
 
waytoofaded said:
It is possible, but labor intensive and probably not worth the time. Let's assume the tent/structure isn't an issue with making, you'd have to put on and off this structure for 2+ months at the same time every day.

Ive light deprived an outdoor plant by moving it in and out of my shed to force the plant to show sex, but once it shows sex and gets put back out into the regular daylight hours, it'll continue to go back to the vegetative stage and flower once normally in August or so.

I suggest going with Roy Growin's advice and switch to growing autoflowers if you want faster harvests outdoors.
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Thanks for the insight. I do see that autos tend to be a lot better than they were back in the day. Although some of these claims folks make seem a bit outlandish. Is this correct? Seed to harvest in 10 weeks???
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MightyBeard said:
Thanks for the insight. I do see that autos tend to be a lot better than they were back in the day. Although some of these claims folks make seem a bit outlandish. Is this correct? Seed to harvest in 10 weeks???
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Nah, bit of BS on their part - most will take around 12+ weeks start to finish
 
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