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Hello. So my 3 girls from this years crop were filling in with bud and sugar leafs very nicely. Sadly this week I will be away with nobody to take care of them. They were outdoor grow, and I was planning on doing a mid-October harvest. Problem, the temperature has taken a turn for the worse as it has been dropping to 0-3 degrees Celsius at night, and only around 10 degrees in the day with constant rain and wind. They did not have much protection against the elements and I did not want to leave them outside regardless due to the fear they would be stolen while Im away, like my friends' were. I harvested two of them and they are hanging to dry but I had a thought before harvesting the third. Is it possible to completely deprive the last plant of light so it will use all the rest of its energy (likely killing the fan leafs and such) to promote bud growth as sort of , last resort to make more bud. In the picture you can see there isn't much of it, mostly just sugar leafs and budlets.
Thank you!

Maybe you can just water it heavy and leave it near a window till you get back from your trip? There's a few threads on here talk about leaving plants in the dark for 72 hours but that's kind of controversial weather it does anything at all?

Beachwalker said:

Maybe you can just water it heavy and leave it near a window till you get back from your trip? There's a few threads on here talk about leaving plants in the dark for 72 hours but that's kind of controversial weather it does anything at all?

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Possibly, the biggest issue right now is just finishing these things. The temperature during the day is not getting high enough to promote growth so would leaving them by a window do the job? Worst case scenario I harvest this one early as well. Possibly turn them into extracts.

The wind and rain are your main concern. My winter plants survive frost pretty well as long as temps get back in the 50’s(f) during the day.

asetter said:

Is it possible to completely deprive the last plant of light so it will use all the rest of its energy (likely killing the fan leafs and such) to promote bud growth as sort of , last resort to make more bud.

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That's never been approved and absolutely doesn't work this early.

Leaving her by a window can make things worse and your buds will eventually stop growing. Chop if you can't provide her with some cheap lighting indoors.

Hessam said:

That's never been approved and absolutely doesn't work this early.

Leaving her by a window can make things worse and your buds will eventually stop growing. Chop if you can't provide her with some cheap lighting indoors.

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How will leaving it by a window make it worse?

I would leave it by the window in the best environment i could provide, with supplemental lighting.
Choping early is not an option at all, you are missing the whole point in growing if you chop early.

asetter said:

How will leaving it by a window make it worse?

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Glass turns light into heat, you can burn a plant on a 30 degree day in front of a window. Worst-case scenario, get a box of cheap 2700k CFL light bulbs from the dollar store, and put it in the closet or somewhere, but make sure you have your lights hooked up to a timer, 12 on 12 off.

primobozo said:

Glass turns light into heat, you can burn a plant on a 30 degree day in front of a window. Worst-case scenario, get a box of cheap 2700k CFL light bulbs from the dollar store, and put it in the closet or somewhere, but make sure you have your lights hooked up to a timer, 12 on 12 off.

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30 degrees Celsius? Its nowhere near that hot in BC anymore. Winter weather is coming fast. If you meant 30 Fahrenheit, that's a surprise it could burn a plant.

Vlkk said:

I would leave it by the window in the best environment i could provide, with supplemental lighting.
Choping early is not an option at all, you are missing the whole point in growing if you chop early.

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Yeah, the ones that were chopped early, as I mentioned previously are likely going to end up as butter, or some extract.

asetter said:

30 degrees Celsius? Its nowhere near that hot in BC anymore. Winter weather is coming fast. If you meant 30 Fahrenheit, that's a surprise it could burn a plant.

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It isn't the temperature that burns the plant, rays through the glass, kinda like using a magnifier to start a fire.