vegging late... still enough daylight?

[Woall]

I have a small plant vegging in a backyard in a pot. The sun rose today at around quarter til 7 and sets at around quarter til 9. Tomorrow the day will be almost 2 minutes shorter. Do I need to think about supplementing the sunlight with some time under floro tubes each night, or is this decreasing amount of daylight going to be enough? I plan to bring it inside to flower when it's big enough. I understand you can start flowering pretty early but this plant is still quite young... it's just now becoming more than just one stem, if that makes sense. The first "branches" are developing.

If the plant stretches during veg so that it's not as bushy and stout as I'd like when it's time to flower... couldn't I take clones, instead of flowering the plant as a whole? Would clones from a spindly plant grow/flower just as well as clones taken from a thicker, bushier plant?

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

Depending on the strain, your plant should start showing signs of blooming between now and a month from now. Mine will start showing in the next week or two, they are pretty average indica/sativa hybrids.

It the plant has not reached the desired size, it may be a good idea to add a couple hours onto the day with a light, any bight light would do.

Hope that helps.

 

[Woall]

the strain is 95% sativa. It is supposed to have a shorter flowering time than pure sativa's though. If I have no choice but to leave it outside, without bringing it in at all to add light hours, will it try to bloom before it's big enough? The problem is, my indoor growspace will not be availabe to me for another few weeks. I am thinking about forgetting about bringing it in altogether and leaving it outside to flower. I wouldn't have any problem with a small yield, I just don't want to have poor quality buds. My location's lattitude is in the upper 30's... will a sativa do alright flowering this far north of the equator?

 

[blackone]

I would definitely consider just leaving it outside.
You risk bringing in various pests - it might not be worth it.

 

[Mr. Stinky]

the strain is 95% sativa. It is supposed to have a shorter flowering time than pure sativa's though. If I have no choice but to leave it outside, without bringing it in at all to add light hours, will it try to bloom before it's big enough? The problem is, my indoor growspace will not be availabe to me for another few weeks. I am thinking about forgetting about bringing it in altogether and leaving it outside to flower. I wouldn't have any problem with a small yield, I just don't want to have poor quality buds. My location's lattitude is in the upper 30's... will a sativa do alright flowering this far north of the equator?

unless you have a microclimate somewhere that will let your girl grow into november, u will have to bring it in sometime. id bring it in now, because its still vegging and could be sprayed with real bug killer. if you wait till its flowering, u really limit your choices of what can be sprayed.

 

[shawkmon]

i say leave it out, it will be fine, if it turns out to be fire, reveg it later in the fall, im still germing seeds for outdoor,, just a couple to test and see whats up

 

[BACKCOUNTRY]

I would definitely consider just leaving it outside.
You risk bringing in various pests - it might not be worth it.

I hear that! Years ago I brought in a couple plants around this time, to use as mother plants for some winter indoor grows. In less than a month I had a major Aphid infestation, they are never noticed on my outdoor plants, but bringing them indoors away from their natural predators, and where it is warm, allows them to become a major problem.

Anyone bringing in outdoor plants to be indoor plants should consider using a insecticide like Safer soap, several times to ensure the critters are dead.

 

[bobblehead]

yeah, I got spider mites when I brought outdoor plants indoors... holy shit...

 

[UnknownProphet]

Not saying your wrong backcountry, you know your shit, but be careful when applying Safer 3 in 1. I used it once and it burned my plants. And for someone who's grown for five years straight with no burn to this point I gotta put blame on the safer. I'm no newbie, but I'm no expert either. i've foliar fed for years and know how much my plants could handle, these were healthy hearty plants and they still burned up the tips.

Anyways just trying to help out someone considering using safer products. I would say if you do use them go very gentle, especially on new growth, and maybe even a light water wash after. The stomata should hold enough to where a wash shouldn't take all the safer away.

any who just throwing some pennies out there.

 

[nomaad]

UP: what were the conditions when you sprayed? Time of day, light source, temp, etc?