Can you keep a plant in veg stage outside?
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Devil's cabbage
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I personally wouldn't. Why do you want to?
horribleherk
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That's what some greenhouse operations do they use sunlight until sunset & then turn on the light I suppose they could start light prior to sunrise & turn off light at sunrise as well
Devil's cabbage
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You aren't going to do it with a tiny desktop led lamp. How big is your plant? I might be wrong depending on size.
Johnny Lawrence
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People do it all the time. You can harvest year round outdoors. I have a small outdoor greenhouse that I added blue led diodes to that are set to come on for an hour in the middle of the night. It "tricks" the plant into thinking it's summer.
And to answer your other post, yes a small desk led desk lamp is enough light to trick one plant to keep veging. The light isn't designed to veg the plant out, but to instead trigger the photoreceptors.
If you don't know the answer to a question, why would you even post in the first place?
Devil's cabbage
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Without proper and sufficient lighting, your very likely to run into all kinds of problems.
My man, your answer is helpful. Why does it have to be in the middle of the night? Why not a little before sunset and keep on to accumulate more than 12 hours including natural sunlight
Devil's cabbage
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Won't it stress the plant?
Johnny Lawrence
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Like???
Johnny Lawrence
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No. Again, quit answering posts if you don't actually know the answers to them. This is how misinformation is spread.
Herb & Suds
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I take several cuts from said plant and clone
Trash plant, now I am an easy four weeks out, and not needing to do anything
Lower light but longer hours usually leads to preflower but no big deal
But ultimately
I keep them going
You can too... A 600 watt cheap led actual 100 wattish will keep a dozen plants alive for months
Trash plant, now I am an easy four weeks out, and not needing to do anything
Lower light but longer hours usually leads to preflower but no big deal
But ultimately
I keep them going
You can too... A 600 watt cheap led actual 100 wattish will keep a dozen plants alive for months
Johnny Lawrence
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It doesn't have to be.
When I started doing it, I'd have the timer set to stay on an hour or two or three past sunset, depending on the time of the year/sunset. But I would have to keep adjusting the timer as the season progressed. So now I just have it set to come on from 11 to midnight. That hour is enough to trick the plant into staying in veg.
Devil's cabbage
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A bit snarky today are we? If you know something that you want to share, we are all here to learn, but having a juvenile attitude is what makes people look at you like a fool, if you're not, maybe try not acting like one.
Johnny Lawrence
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Says the guy posting wrong information. Again, this is how false information is spread in our community.
Every once in a while, a subject gets brought up here on RIU(usually in the led subsection) that is way over my head. You know what I don't do? I don't post in the thread like I know what I'm talking about when I actually don't. It's a pretty simple concept.
And you have the audacity to call me the fool? Laughable.
Devil's cabbage
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I didn't call you a fool I merely pointed out that you are acting like one. No need to comment, I'm done.
Johnny Lawrence
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Yes, I'm acting like a fool by calling you out for posting false info. Brilliant. Bravo, sir.
grapenut2457
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Grabbing some popcorn.....carry on...