2 time outdoor harvest in Norcal

[vorzh]

This is my first venture outdoors, have read a lot on day light times and such, and i have a question. A couple things to note, May 7 is the first day of 14 hour daylight where i am, and Aug 7 is first day back under 14.

Am i misinterpretting information in deducing that i can get 2 harvests in 1 year outdoors? My thoughts:

March 24 Begin freshly rooted clones indoors in 7gal buckets on a 20/4 light cycle for 5 Weeks until May 1. May 1-7 harden outside/continue 20/4 light cycle. On May 7, transplant outdoors to 30gal smart pots, and if i'm understanding right the change from 20/4 to 14/16 will trigger flowering? ANd then i can harvest this crop July/August?

Meanwhile, on May 7, freshly rooted clones are put outside in 30gal smart pots to veg through Aug 7, when they will begin to flower, and then be harvestable Octoberish?

Please correct any misconceptions i may have on this!
Thanks guys

 

[Midnight]

This is my first venture outdoors, have read a lot on day light times and such, and i have a question. A couple things to note, May 7 is the first day of 14 hour daylight where i am, and Aug 7 is first day back under 14.

Am i misinterpretting information in deducing that i can get 2 harvests in 1 year outdoors? My thoughts:

March 24 Begin freshly rooted clones indoors in 7gal buckets on a 20/4 light cycle for 5 Weeks until May 1. May 1-7 harden outside/continue 20/4 light cycle. On May 7, transplant outdoors to 30gal smart pots, and if i'm understanding right the change from 20/4 to 14/16 will trigger flowering? ANd then i can harvest this crop July/August?

Meanwhile, on May 7, freshly rooted clones are put outside in 30gal smart pots to veg through Aug 7, when they will begin to flower, and then be harvestable Octoberish?

Please correct any misconceptions i may have on this!
Thanks guys

The only way you will get buds outside in july/august in cal is to cover them with something to make them think it is their dark cycle. As soon as you do that you will cook them most likely. You may be able to pull it off however if you use an auto flower strain and set it out at the right time in the spring but regular strains, no way.

 

[vorzh]

so for a regular strain i can just have them on indoors 16/8 from april through to mid june, set them outside without worry of preflowering, and they will continue to veg until august 7ish where they will then begin to flower and continue to do so through harvest in octoberish, yea?

 

[Midnight]

so for a regular strain i can just have them on indoors 16/8 from april through to mid june, set them outside without worry of preflowering, and they will continue to veg until august 7ish where they will then begin to flower and continue to do so through harvest in octoberish, yea?

Yes, but why waste the electricity? Just put them out with the other batch.

 

[el dub]

Don't get too attached to that Aug 7th date unless you know the strain in question well. Some go early and some later outdoors.

lw

 

[Midnight]

i retract my earlier statements. i found two threads here where people are doing something similar to what you are asking about. Now I think I am going to try this myself.


https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=201571

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=201063&highlight=greenhouse

 

[HOVAH2.0]

you can start to flower them inside then move them outside to finish, but ive never heard of anybody getting them to finish ...... for some reason they start to reveg, then reflower
naturally with the season.

it seems regardless of when you put em out nature will take over

 

[vorzh]

I've decided to go with ONE harvest this year, given my inexperience, so i can maximize that.

I was under the impression that i couldn't put a fresh rooted clone outside as early as 4/1, since my 14 hour day doesn't start until may 7. The point of vegging indoors from 4/1 to 5/7 would be to give them an extra 5 weeks of veg on top of the outdoor veg they'll get from 5/7-7/7ish. Am i able to just put them outside 4/1 without fear of them preflowering and then revegging? I'm trying to go trees boys, not plants already upped smart gallon size to 100gal from 30gal given some new information.

 

[Midnight]

You can check day lengths here, and that's the box you want to check also, the one marked "day length".

http://www.sunrisesunset.com/custom_srss_calendar.asp

 

[fisher15]

2 time outdoor harvest in Norcal

Most strains will try to flower on you if plugged in April or even early may with no sup lighting here in norcal. If trying to grow 'trees'..ideally you want 300++ gallons of soil. With your 100's, could plant June 1 with no sup lighting and roots would still fill em up. Good luck...

 

[Manitoid]

Consider that if you have a greenhouse and some heating that you can have two harvests a year.

Put vegged plants outdoors march 1-7 to be harvested may 1-7 (flowering for March and April)... trim for may and put out more vegged plants June 1 for full season.

already vegging for june 1 over here