snowywolfy
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how many light hours does a plant need outdoors in the uk?
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how many light ours, outdoor uk
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snowywolfy
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i mean for flowering?
PDX Dopesmoker
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The standard I've read is that most females with start flowering outdoors when night time reaches the 9.5-11 hour range.
snowywolfy
Member
fuck man i only get at this time of year up to 7 and a half hours direct sunlight :'(
My studies show it's not 12/12 at all. Anything above 14:20 DAY and not ambient day light but actual sun anywhere creeping past the horizan and not just it's light, is veg. Anything less and they stretch to flower.
Of course we like to give some room to that 14:20 indoors and light dep. I have watched very well and closely. Plants stretch here at 14:20 and less late July like last week. Plants go out right about 14:20 in the spring. That last bit is about mothers day and sometimes frost doesn't keep away until memorial day. But ya mid to late may to last week July is veg. After last week of july is stretch and that's flowering in my book.
Of course we like to give some room to that 14:20 indoors and light dep. I have watched very well and closely. Plants stretch here at 14:20 and less late July like last week. Plants go out right about 14:20 in the spring. That last bit is about mothers day and sometimes frost doesn't keep away until memorial day. But ya mid to late may to last week July is veg. After last week of july is stretch and that's flowering in my book.
TnTLabs
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OP you mixing up daylight hours and direct sunlight hours??
A plant will flower with no direct sunlight, if in shade of a tree for example, but when the daylight hours get shorter and hit around 13 1/2 hrs she will start to flower, no matter if in direct sunlight or in shade of a tree or a bush... she is still getting light, just not direct
for a decent yield plants should get at least 6-8 hrs direct sunlight,
better yet 10-12 hrs but bare in mind they will need much more water if getting so much light
you will harvest some nice buds with 7hrs.. just plant more seeds
A plant will flower with no direct sunlight, if in shade of a tree for example, but when the daylight hours get shorter and hit around 13 1/2 hrs she will start to flower, no matter if in direct sunlight or in shade of a tree or a bush... she is still getting light, just not direct
for a decent yield plants should get at least 6-8 hrs direct sunlight,
better yet 10-12 hrs but bare in mind they will need much more water if getting so much light
you will harvest some nice buds with 7hrs.. just plant more seeds
snowywolfy
Member
thx man, hopefully with 8hrs rn my autos i planted a few weeks ago will be able to ripen properly, im gunna harvest 2 autos so theyll be fin in a month, gunna harvest another on a month and a half about maybe 2 months, but in september my ketama hashplant will be harvested, maybe the bud might not have many trichs i guess ill just make hashOP you mixing up daylight hours and direct sunlight hours??
A plant will flower with no direct sunlight, if in shade of a tree for example, but when the daylight hours get shorter and hit around 13 1/2 hrs she will start to flower, no matter if in direct sunlight or in shade of a tree or a bush... she is still getting light, just not direct
for a decent yield plants should get at least 6-8 hrs direct sunlight,
better yet 10-12 hrs but bare in mind they will need much more water if getting so much light
you will harvest some nice buds with 7hrs.. just plant more seeds
snowywolfy
Member
theres still light, just not direct
snowywolfy
Member
Yeah man I think so too the photo floweringa are not budding yet only preflowers
