I thought summer started june 21.

I put my clones out on june 21 becuase i thought thats when summer outdoor starts. They were vegged in cups for 4 weeks. Repotted into 20 gallon. Am i screwed from a pound per plant?

Im in cali btw

NoobgrowerLbc said:

I put my clones out on june 21 becuase i thought thats when summer outdoor starts. They were vegged in cups for 4 weeks. Repotted into 20 gallon. Am i screwed from a pound per plant?

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No.

June 21 is the approximate date for the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

That means daylight hours are already getting shorter after that, and flowering is nearer every day.

In future I would try to get plants out well before the solstice, as by waiting until the 21st you are putting the plants out into light that is already fading away, rather than getting stronger. I live in canada and I put mine out atleast a month before the solstice, or whatever frost will allow

Infurnoman said:

June 21 is the approximate date for the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.

That means daylight hours are already getting shorter after that, and flowering is nearer every day.

In future I would try to get plants out well before the solstice, as by waiting until the 21st you are putting the plants out into light that is already fading away, rather than getting stronger. I live in canada and I put mine out atleast a month before the solstice, or whatever frost will allow

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You think i can hit half pound per plant atleast?

Pics?

NoobgrowerLbc said:

You think i can hit half pound per plant atleast?

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If you're in So. Cal., you have more leeway. I grow for variety, not yield. (I know, weird-o). I don't like getting on a ladder to inspect, but last year, I put the mature seedlings into the ground on the summer solstice and I still needed a step stool to inspect the tops and more work and yield than I wanted. It didn't matter if I topped, on some varieties. I grow in the ground, so that could make a difference. I'm a little north of S.F. at 38N.

NoobgrowerLbc said:

You think i can hit half pound per plant atleast?

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Should easily be able to reach that goal. They shouldnt start flowering for another 3-4 weeks and even then, they will still double in size. Your going to need lots of support.

I'm trying to figure our hiw to turn these smaller ones into pound plants!

NoobgrowerLbc said:

I put my clones out on june 21 becuase i thought thats when summer outdoor starts. . . . . . . . .

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The outdoor season starts whenever you decide it does. Like @topcat, I try for smaller plants, so I plant later. Most years I plant a few each moon cycle starting in May and going on through the end of the year.

But a basic understanding of light hours and the seasons will make it easier for you to decide what you want to do. This site is a good tool. Input a town near you.

curt caine said:

I'm trying to figure our hiw to turn these smaller ones into pound plants!View attachment 4609175

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I’m trying to figure out how you’re going to trim all those plants before Christmas!

It depends on the plant, I'm in SoCal and I have plants that are 7+ feet tall that have been flowering for a couple of weeks, plants that are still in veg, and plants that are all starting to flower.

Plants in near-equatorial latitudes where the change in light is relatively low overall may not show the same sensitivity to changes in light that plants in more temperate latitudes do. If you look at the link too larry posted for LA, you'll see that we get 14:00 of true daylight on May 17, and on July 24, and even on the day of the solstice (June 20), there's only 26 minutes more true daylight.

Theoretically, the plants should start flowering some time after the 24th of July when the daylight falls below 14:00.