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what is correct light schedule for indoor germination and seedling, and then transplant outdoors?

TonkaSun
TonkaSunstarted grow question 2 years ago
I plan to grow a photoperiod plant outdoors from spring to fall, but the germination and seedling stages will be done indoors. For the indoor part, can I use a setup with 18 hour light schedule? Or should it be 12 hours? I don't want to trigger flowering when I put it outside.
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Growstick
Growstickanswered grow question 2 years ago
Yes, use anything from 15-18 hours light schedule indoors to keep it in veg. 18/6 will be fine. When you put them outside, you have to make sure that the plants are getting more than 14 hours of daylight each day. Depending on where you like that will change, so Google "dawn and sunset times" for your location and only put them out once you have close to 15 hours, otherwise they will want to flower right away. Its much easier if you live nearer the equator where the days are closer to 12/12 naturally, because you can just add supplemental lighting for a few hours and flip them simply by turning off the lights when you're ready. Biggest issue growing outside (again, depending on where you live) is getting the plant to flower and complete the cycle early before winter comes and bad weather sets in. This can be difficult if the weather doesn't go your way and you live at higher latitudes, which is why many people grow autos outdoors. In the UK for example, photos don't start flowering until about mid-September, but you'd be lucky not to have constant rain and cold weather in November, just when the buds are at their most vulnerable. Good luck, brother!
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UnkleSkunk
UnkleSkunkanswered grow question 2 years ago
io personalmente valuterei le ore di luce che ci sono quando dovrei portarla fuori calcolando che a maggio ci sono 14 ore di luce io ti direi di fare 15/16 ore ci luce indoor cosi quando la tiri fuori non avra' molta differenza non subita' shock anzi se vuoi fare le cose ancor piu precise la puoi tirare fuori nelle ore piu calde per qualche ora e poi fagli finire la gornata indoor..
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 2 years ago
Use 18 hours and make sure your day time hours are long enough before putting it outside. Over 13 hours of light a day
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Codybadger
Codybadgeranswered grow question 2 years ago
18-6 light schedule will work just fine. It’s transitioning to outside that you need to be more diligent. A few hours inside the tent, and a few hours outside, increasing intervals until she’s completely outside. She’ll flower on her own as the days begin to get shorter. Hope this helps!
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
depends on how powerful the light you are using.. "DLI" or daily light integral is an apples to apples comparison for such things. >14 hours at minimum.. in fact go with 15 to be safe. (14/10 will cause more than 1 plant to flower). Uninterrupted darkness is the trigger for the plant. Outside you merely have to look up your sunrise and sunset... you typically get another 30-40mins of light before and after. Make sure they are getting near 15 hours of light. It is possible in some regions to put a plant out a bit early in spring and cause a flip to bloom. the sun will obviously cause it to revege at some point and should have plenty of time to grow through and beyond before bloom. if it happens you just have to thin it out a bit when it starts growing all funky with 10x the nodes. Probably end up with a bushier plant overall. It would not be the end of the world, but it would be inconvenient and a bit more work.
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Growstick
Growstickanswered grow question 2 years ago
Just to add - you can now get "fast-flowering photoperiods", so maybe give one of those a go for outdoors if you don't fancy autos.
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