CheebaNinja
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so last year i started my seeds in april, they sprouted a few days later and went through the normal growth and flower cycle but i've decided i dont want tall plants, i want short plants as where i have them they would benefit more as i would have to work as hard at hiding them.
so if i want them say 12-18" tall tops when is a good time to plant seeds for a short veg cycle before it starts preflowering? now this depends where i am as we move around the sun so sunset and sunrise change everyday so lets start with some facts. june 22nd give or take a day is generally the longest day of the year making it the first day of summer. for my location sunrise would be 6:20 am and about 9:10 for sunset.so that's about 9 hours of night (taking civil twilight out of the equation for the time being) giving me about 15 hours of day light a day at the start of summer.
in july the days start getting shorter and preflowering starts about mid-late june or so. if i planted seeds at the start of june and they sprouted a couple to a few days later would this give me a short enough veg cycle as to keep the plants as short as i want or would delaying the plating until mid-late june be a better idea? the plants still grow as they preflower and some what as they flower but i have no idea what strains i have (i just consider all my seeds bastards as i have no idea what their lineage is) but i do plan on planting a few of each kind i do have (quite a few from a lot of bags the past year) and seeing what grows more compact and less spindly and then culling the undesirables once i sex them.
so what time would you start your seeds to have nice short plants? (i'm not wanting to top as i'm going for a short plant that is just a cola basically like a small scale SOG but outside)
i'm thinking mid to late june would be best as it would still grow but preflower pretty much from the get go based on observations last year. hiding a short plant is easier than trying to hide a bush or a tree so there's less risk in getting caught.
in an ideal world i'd have a nice place to grow where i dont have to concern myself about size but how many i can plant but sadly this isnt the case for me so i have to adjust my horticultural efforts to match my circumstances.
so if i want them say 12-18" tall tops when is a good time to plant seeds for a short veg cycle before it starts preflowering? now this depends where i am as we move around the sun so sunset and sunrise change everyday so lets start with some facts. june 22nd give or take a day is generally the longest day of the year making it the first day of summer. for my location sunrise would be 6:20 am and about 9:10 for sunset.so that's about 9 hours of night (taking civil twilight out of the equation for the time being) giving me about 15 hours of day light a day at the start of summer.
in july the days start getting shorter and preflowering starts about mid-late june or so. if i planted seeds at the start of june and they sprouted a couple to a few days later would this give me a short enough veg cycle as to keep the plants as short as i want or would delaying the plating until mid-late june be a better idea? the plants still grow as they preflower and some what as they flower but i have no idea what strains i have (i just consider all my seeds bastards as i have no idea what their lineage is) but i do plan on planting a few of each kind i do have (quite a few from a lot of bags the past year) and seeing what grows more compact and less spindly and then culling the undesirables once i sex them.
so what time would you start your seeds to have nice short plants? (i'm not wanting to top as i'm going for a short plant that is just a cola basically like a small scale SOG but outside)
i'm thinking mid to late june would be best as it would still grow but preflower pretty much from the get go based on observations last year. hiding a short plant is easier than trying to hide a bush or a tree so there's less risk in getting caught.
in an ideal world i'd have a nice place to grow where i dont have to concern myself about size but how many i can plant but sadly this isnt the case for me so i have to adjust my horticultural efforts to match my circumstances.