Light Manipulation Grow Peyote Critical

DILLIGAF Here we go with another seed I was given for free!! Barneys Farm peyote critical I live in Australia and plants grown Outdoors here, don't flower until mid to late feburary as a rule, so whilst waiting for anuva project to do it's thing , I thought I might try the Force flowering technique at around week 6 - 8 of veg with this seed. I like to start my seedlings off in a mini 3Litre dwc bucket with airstone and Cfl light until they develop a nice little root system (usually 2-3 weeks). Then i transplant into fabric grow bags and into the sunshine they go. Where they are then fed organic grow fast nutrients and Fresh worm tea

DILLIGAF aprox weeks 5 and 6 , she's been out in the sunshine for about 3 of those weeks

DILLIGAF Here in Australia during summer, our sun rises (first light) around 5 am and last light is not until after 830 pm so to iniate forced flowering , my plan is to place a black plastic drum over the entire plant at 5pm each evening and only removing once it get's fully dark.

DILLIGAF Started to put the plant in complete darkness at 5pm each evening before uncovering at aprox 830pm once it is fully dark outside and after 7-10 days the fowers are starting to develop. I am now feeding with a flowering nutrient called Ozi magic Monsta bud

DILLIGAF 14 days now since light deprivation began and I am very happy with the bud development so far I plan to pollinate half of this plant with feminised pollen (jack herer fem induced to grow balls with colloidal silver) Why??? because nobody ships thier seeds to Australia and when they do occasionly become available are pretty pricey so Im aiming for stash of fem seeds made from good genetics that hopefully pass on

DILLIGAF Wow!! what a difference a week can make She is going very nicely and has a distinct sweet fruity smell that I just love. I have been feeding her every 3 days with a little ph'd plain water in between when needed.

DILLIGAF She is certainly producing a fair amount of resin with the sugar leaves having a sparkly coating. I really like how fast this plant is developing her buds and the overall size and stature.

DILLIGAF 5 weeks now and she smells beautiful!! I removed all of the big shade leaves only because they were seriously blocking the sunlight from the main bud structure surrounding the plant's stem. I have only needed to feed every 3 days as the weather has been cooler Lots and lots of trichome development and the fruity smell is elvoving into a sweeter odour similiar to over ripened fruits 👊 ok so I found some amber trichomes already is this Normal???? Thankyou Mrs Larimar for confirming that this is normal and is the way buds naturally mature

DILLIGAF We had a sudden downpour of rain on thursday which saturated the whole plant 😠 I dried her out as much as possible and moved under cover .. but alas the drenching was enough to show signs of botrytis in the top main cola. I chopped out the offending area and discarded it, then decided to lop the whole top of the plant. I will have to keep a close eye on the other buds but If I get another week out of them I will consider myself lucky

DILLIGAF My Goal with this grow was to force an outdoor plant to flower early by manipulating the amount of dark hours she recieved.... Goal acomplished Thankyou to everyone who helped answer my questions and who offered advice , much appreciated Thankyou to growdiaries and thanks to barneys farm 👍