I don’t have access to autoflowering strains and only have a strain that produces yield in one year. Is it possible to grow the plant outdoors in a pot, then bring it indoors under artificial light after the vegetation stage and trigger flowering with a 6/6 light cycle? Someone told me the plant must either be under sunlight or artificial light, and if I do this, the plant will definitely die.
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It doesn’t take a year you can only get one harvest a year. That’s called a photoperiod or photo. They only flower when the daylight hours are under 13 hours or somewhere around that depending on strain. If you bring it inside you’ll need a good light. Usually set to run 12/12. Outside a photo period plant veg’s in the summer then flowers for around 8 to 12 weeks ending in the fall. I put sprouts outside in June and harvest in October to early November. 5 months
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A plant on a 6/6 schedule will remain in veg. It will need greater than 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness per day to trigger and maintain flowering.
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It will remain in veg with an 18/6 schedule.
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So just to make sure that i got it right during the vegetative stage, marijuana plants need 18 or more hours of light per day. This mimics long summer days and encourages leafy growth.
If i keep the plant outside during this stage, it will naturally receive long daylight hours in spring and early summer.
To trigger flowering, marijuana plants need 12 hours of light and 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness (12/12). This mimics shorter fall days and signals the plant to start producing buds.
And if i do this (bring the plant from outdoor to indoor for flowering stage) it will not kill my plant, right?
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Correct
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thanks a lot, both of you @MidwestGuy @plumbdand
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As long as it gets enough light inside. It will be fine. Why are bringing it inside to flower, cant you leave it out until harvest. If you’re gonna start it outside spring can be too early to start a photo outside. End of April or the beginning of May where I live is the earliest to be safe. If it’s started too early It will reach sexual maturity which is usually around 4 to 5 weeks, before there’s enough daylight hours causing it to start flowering early. Not a good thing. Then it will start changing back to veg this transition screws up the plant bigtime and can take up all of the normal veg time revegging. Then it has to switch back to flowering as the daylight hours .get shorter. I start my plants inside in April then transplant them outside in June and harvest in October and November. I’ve also started seeds outside in June and still ended up with 7ft tall plants. I personally haven’t started any outside too early, but I know quite a few people that have. My neighbor being one of them.
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So your not sure how these plants flower but on your other thread your creating poly’s?
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The first time I planted it was in early spring and the plants were completely wilted and died while still in the bud (probably from the heat). The next time I planted it earlier but the cold didn’t allow it to germinate until we got to late winter and suddenly the seeds sprouted and really grew within a few days.
I found that late winter works best for my area. I live in a desert climate, where the sun is scorching but the winds are cold. It’s either very cold or very hot, and we only have a short period of mild weather in late winter and early spring and another period in the fall.
But thanks a lot, you provided a lot of new information that i didn’t know about.
I’m good at biology and chemistry, those were my speciality in high-school, i always wanted to be a pharmacist but some things happened and um… it’s hard to pay attention to school when you don’t have a roof over your head.
But light cycles, and especially a plant like marijuana, is something I personally have no experience with (only until 1 week of veg stage), and sometimes I’ve even been given incorrect information beforehand (I don’t mean here, I mean in person) that confuses me.
That’s why i like to check with you guys, pure experience is like nothing else.
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Start by learning the basics before you go chasing #’s. You don’t need to improve yields if you’re not sure you can finish out a full grow n cure cycle. Your adding layers of additional difficulty to what for some can be a very frustrating journey. Remember the old saying ‘learn to walk before you learn to run’…
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You’re right. I should focus on learning the basics first before aiming for progress. Thanks for the advice!
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Chase quality instead. You’ll be more pleased.
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Bringing outside non treated plants into a grow room is something i don’t do anymore.
Once spider mites get a hold, they are hard to get rid of.
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My outside plants stay outside…definitely don’t want the pests to join the tent party. I would advise against bringing them in unless you’re 150% positive they’re pest and disease free. Happy growing 
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Once you have top quality, the quantity will come naturally.
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