The time is upon us. For those transitioning directly from inside to outside in their gardens, the last window will be closing in a few weeks. Your plants will mostly likely flower when you take them outside due to the difference in length of dark period (night-cycle). It is now within two weeks of the solstice, so that’s perfect! It takes a couple weeks for the plant to transition from vegetative state to flowering phase. By the time they start to flower the nights will be getting longer – which is the usual signal the plant uses to flower when outdoors. This means that they’ll just keep on flowering.
Don’t worry if you’re not quite ready. You can take plants outside as late as the end of June. Some assert that you can do this as late as August 1, I just haven’t had luck with it myself as most cannabis won’t finish until November in that case (too late). That said, if you have a short-flowering variety you might be able to pull it off.
Cannabis that was grown outdoors from the very start probably won’t start to flower until mid to late July. I’ll be flowering in two weeks which means I’ll probably harvest 2-3 weeks early as well! Yeah, I sure like the idea of harvesting in the last week of September.
Make a plan and get out there and rock it!
Happy Harvests,
— The Lit Farmer —
