I am going to try an outdoor grow for the first time. Florida has daytime temps if 85 to 90 degrees and 70 to 75 at night.
My question is…once the plant begins to flower and it is ready for 12/12, can I place them in a dark garage at night then move back to the outside during the day?
Thanks!
you might want to consider auto flowers for a fall/winter grow since they sont depend on light
If anything you most likely need to supplement light for veg since we are moving in on the fall season and day light hours are less and less each day
You need minimum of 16 hours of day light to keep a photo plant from flowering
Once they start to flower you wouldnt need to move back and forth
Thanks, Countryboy.
Regardless of season, Florida does not have 16 hours of daylight.
I just purchased Northern Lights seeds. I should have purchased auto-flower.
So do you think 12 out and 12 in would work?
Thanks!
16 hours direct sun or full sun the angle of the sun is much weaker in the winter regardless of the fact your in fla brother
Let me tag in a member thats from your way Maybe he can shed more light on tjis subject for you
Yes it would if your willing to do the work
@FloridaSon can you add anything for our new friend
You will need to candle stick the plants to keep them in veg in your garage at night and outside during the day… look up candle sticking your plants…
You just need to be able to flash the plants with a bunch of good light for an hour or 2 during the dark cycle… in other words , your plants cant have 12 hours of un interrupted light without going into flower… 
This also works with a bad a$$ flashlight when growing a bunch of trees in the emerald triangle… lol 
Thanks for the tag, Brother!
You could, as long as it is pitch black in there. I know, it’s not that dark outside. There is a difference in artificial lighting that causes light stress. That’s the general consensus anyway.
A better way would be to cover them at night with a black garbage can that is large enough to allow enough space that the plant doesn’t touch the sides.
Now, why would you move something in and out when we are already beginning to flower outside?
If you don’t have a space to veg them inside you will have to provide additional lighting to start anything but autos. As it stands now, outside it will grow until it reaches sexual maturity and then bud out. I doubt you could pull a 1/4oz per plant.
A spotlight on them could provide the additional light needed to keep her in veg, but I’m not sure how it would affect the plant in growth.
All my photoperiod seeds are stored until February. Most hard freezes are finished here by mid to late month. I’m located in Marion county.
@Budbrother @Rick3 @Stoneythetiger420 @S.FloridaSwampman are also from Florida. I know there are a few more now, but I can’t recall the names right now.
I hope some of what I’ve said is helpful. Tag me if you need my attention. I’m not here a lot so I always check tags first. @FloridaSon like CountryBoy did and I’ll see it when I return.
BTW…welcome to our passion!
It sounded like he only had 12 hours of sunlight… so that will work in flower but not in veg… hence (candlesticking) … it’s a way to keep photo period plants in veg for longer… it’s not completely fool proof when dealing with a 1000 plants , but works really well for a couple of plants in your back yard , once there to big to move or in the ground permanently…
You must also remember that at some point a frost will move through and can kill plants instantly… a fine line to walk for all your hard work … late in the season is tricky when your outdoors…
I believe he just received his beans which are photos ans he wanted to start them now guys
Thanks for helping our new friend out
@peachfuzz @FloridaSon
Thanks for all the information. Obviously, this is going to be a real learning experience.
My first mistake was not purchasing auto-flowering seeds.
I checked with Amazon and the price of a tent, lights, etc are not as expensive as I had thought. So I will order one and set it up in the garage. Then give them 18 hours of light with 4 off.
Or just 24 hours straight?
The garage is somewhat small and real dark. Just a couple of small slivers of light that I can patch easily enough.
How does that sound?
Thanks, again.
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08/31/18, 10:03:45 AM
If you’re going to grow in the tent there is no need to mess with light proofing the garage. Just make sure to turn on a light in the garage and stand inside the tent to check for light leaks in the tent. Rare, but can happen.
When I get another light to try inside this winter, I will be on a 16/8 schedule. Roots build at night. Bigger roots-bigger fruit. Plus it will save on electric.
Welcome @Summer I Tagged you in my Grow journal,
Dam near what could go wrong Is In there If you got time to Read
@Budbrother is just a Wealth of info for Florida Grower’s, Or Really just Growing anything from Mother Nature, He came to my house to Help me with My Grow, and He went to all kinds of plants and told Us what was going wrong, Cloning,Starting All Plants around the outside and Wife’s inside Plants (Telling you She Kill’s Plastic flowers)
I’ll be Planting More Auto’s for winter Got 2 Amnesia Haze started for Tent and gonna Try Starting 1 a Month for awhile
1 Thing I Can Tell you(Which I Screwed up On) Writing dates Down,Start,light’s ,Hours,Flowering ETC
I started gold leaf and it broke ground on7/8 and started to show signs of flowering 8/23 grown outside in central Florida it caught me off guard this is my first grow I’m letting her go I’m not prepared to try to stop her flowering . I also have a older Crystal and they are both in flower on their own can’t wait for first harvest in about 4-6 weeks or whenever they say
The hours of light a day is what controls that part. That is, unless you grow autos. It’s auto planting time in Florida!
If ya got ‘em start poppin’ ‘em now.
Hello FloridaSon, I see you live in same county as I do. I live in Ocala FL. I am new to growing this is my first grow. Outdoor 4 plants 3 are Runtz auto and 1 plant is gold leaf photoperiod all 4 plants germinated at the same time and we’re planted at the same time that would be June 24 So all four plants are just about eight weeks old. I’m getting plenty of budding on the three autos. They look great. Minus some snail trails from leaf miners. Other than that, they look healthy and good. Tricom are looking good all clear for now. My question is about the gold leaf feminized photoperiod plant I just noticed white pistols starting to appear?? Like I said it’s an outside grow. I had all four plants and doors for the first five weeks or so in little red solo cups. Then moved them outdoors to 5 gallon buckets and that’s where they’ve been ever since So why am I seeing the first signs of budding when I haven’t adjusted any light they’ve just been outdoors? Direct sunlight from 9 AM to 5 PM. I have to move them once around noon time or 1 PM. Only because my house cast the shadow over the plants around noon time I have to move them 10 feet towards the pool for the afternoon sun. Any advice would be much appreciated thank you
@Bri4ilgm
@Budbrother is on point and because of what he mentioned your photo plant is sensing the change and gearing up for the flowering stage sensing fall is coming , Autos will flower on their own with out the need for that change in sun. Hope this helps explains it happy growing im in S Florida myself
Can anyone tell me what im doing wrong, im still trying to learn to grow, but for some reason the last two plants i have planted, grew to about a foot tall but for some reason at that size they keep getting mites in the soil. Any advice would help as im new
You could try using neem oil on the plants while in veg stage
The will help with many pests
What type of soil are you using ? If you are just planting in the ground and there are mites on your property you may want to treat the yard to help control them
I would use a pesticide myself and treat the yard some don’t like to use chemicals but i believe there are times you just need too
