indoor to outdoor?

Ok so I just started my first grow. Got 4 seeds to sprout and now they have their first set of leaves. right now they are in a closet with my fan and only around 3 or 4k lumens on all 4 plants. At first I thought about growing them indoors but seeing as im going away to college the beginning of september and transporting the set-up there isnt going to work, ive been thinking to move them outdoors before I leave. I live in the northeast so it gets cold quickly in oct. few questions... Is the light enough? (right now i have it going 18 hrs with 2 of the lights and 24 with the last) Is it better to flower early and do the whole grow indoors. ( I have family friends in the house over the summer, 'rents gone) They shouldnt have reason to go in my room and the grow is in the closet i blocked with a chair. Will the smell be overwhelming if I try doing it indoors? Should I start scouting for a spot to plant em outdoors, if so, how much cannopy can there be over the plants? Will the plants do OK with the entire flowering outdoors and with no watering setup?

actually i think its to late in your season to go outdoors....but if you do you should start by putting the plabts outside a couple hours a day untill there hardy enough to be outthere all the tyme...

well, they are only on their first set of leaves. You think I should switch to 12/12 now and get them ready to flower before college?

get some more lights an yes thats what i would do.....12/12 is ok an will get you a few buds befor school....how many weeks till you go back...

If you "just started" and need to leave by September, I think you're pretty much screwed, in terms of any decent yield. You want to veg a minimum of 1 month and 1 month flower for any kind of good bud production. Then there is another month for curing. You could cut corners but I just don't think it would be worth it. Just being honest. Of course, you could cute time by vegging just a couple weeks but you still need to let the plant flower and "ripen". Mine flowered for about 6 weeks.

I started my current grow June 25th and I am not expecting to have any smokable bud until October or so.

Most colleges give you 2 months summer break. I just don't see that being enough time to grow, mature, harvest and cure.

this goes to in response to hear me now...lets make some points here...plants need 8 weeks in flower befor they are fully finished....veging for 1 month means nothing other then an increased yeild an monster plants...most of the growers here cant have 5-6foot plants like other's...doing 12-12 from the start helps with this as most plants will finish at 24 inches...also if he needs to he can water cure the buds which only take a week...so this to me means more then enough time to finish befor school...

"veging for 1 month means nothing other then an increased yeild an monster plant".

Ummm...we'll have to disagree on that one. Vegging for a month doesn't lead to a "monster plant" that's 5'-6' tall! Where are you getting that stat and what are your feeding YOUR plants, 'cause I want some for mine. A 4 week veg should get him a 8"-18" plant, depending on environment (under a CFL, he'll be lucky to reach 12").

Can he veg, flower, harvest and cure in the next 5 weeks????? Maybe. But what he will end up with (tiny fluffy "popcorn" buds with low THC) just won't be worth it. I have yet to see, read or hear about anyone during what Drag is trying to do in such a short time.

I wish him all the luck in the world but I don't think it's gonna happen. Sorry.

Ok cool. How many more lights am i gonna need with the whole grow indoors? What do you reccomend for easy and cheap smell stoppage? As for curing, I have a small crawl space under my viranda thats dark aerated cool and dry, couldnt i just cure them while im gone to school and come back for a weekend to harvest?

i vegged my plants for 3 weeks an still have four 5 foot monsters....under the right amout of cfls he should be fine..just dont add an nute's for if you fuck up you will fuck up the plant...an like stated with the little window you have left you cant fuck anything up past this point...but at least he will get something from his plants....even if its fluffy an low tricome content...

Drag, please do us a favor and keep us updated. Now I HAVE to see what you end up with. If you manage to somehow come up with a rapid grow, harvest and cure system, you HAVE to share with the rest of us. I really don't want to invest 4 months of my time if you somehow come up with a way of doing it in 5 weeks. It would revolutionize pot growing.

all you need to do to cure is air dry them for a week or so checking on them regurlary then take them an store them in sealable mason jars for 3 weeks checking almost everyday on them....or you could water dry an cure which takes 1 week total...

its not revolutany to do it in 5 weeks...12/12 from the start with early finishing plants you can harvest at 6-7 weeks ez......my grow is just a shy week away from 3 months...with the 12/12 start method grow sog style for mass bud production...

AZG, you aren't seriously telling me you vegged for THREE weeks and ended up with a 5' tree are you????? I am beginning to question your credibility after that statement. Did you start with a 3' clone?

nope grown from seed...if you need to question my cred thats fine..i know what im donig an thats why i've ended up with those plants...i also have 16 others that are around the same hight of 3.5 feet...its all in the tecgnique an plant genetics...i am sorry if you haven't gotten to this point...you will dont worry...

well i guess we'll see @_@ I have a cfl and another flurescent tube about 8'' away from the plants, i can just barely see the second set of leaves coming up. Gonna turn off the lights tonight at 9 so I can turn em on right before work. As soon as i figure out where the digital camera is ill throw up some picks of my hobo set-up. BTW when should i move them into the gallon jugs? Also I dont really care if they arnt some sick chronic, i want something i can call mah own . Also I just want to know the general process for when I might do this right. Any ideas on the smell, AC is always on in my room hopeing that helps when the time comes @-@

3.5' is not the same height of 5', first of all. Secondly, you assume I desire to grow 5' plant. I don't. I love keeping my grow stealth. Third, you must share your wisdom with the rest of us shleppers, who waste our time vegging. Seems you know something the rest of us don't. I had to see these 5' monsters you grew in 3 weeks but surprise surprise, I couldn't find ONE PIC in your "anew grow" journal. Not even ONE! Hmmm...wonder why that is? Come on, post a pic for me so I can admire that monster. Of course, for the sake of accuracy, please include some reference to rollitup in the pic - just so we know you grew it yourself.


heheheh...and it's not even April 1st!

AzGrOw-N-sMoKe said:

nope grown from seed...if you need to question my cred thats fine..i know what im donig an thats why i've ended up with those plants...i also have 16 others that are around the same hight of 3.5 feet...its all in the tecgnique an plant genetics...i am sorry if you haven't gotten to this point...you will dont worry...

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well unlike most people...i just got a comp..it runs windows 98...now lets think with low rate comp tecnolgy i only use it for reference i have no camera i wish i did so i could post some pics...i hate seeing all these people down the 12/12 tecnique but there are other people who do this...talk to vidioman i think he only veg's for 2 weeks if that..he probly has some pics...

as for the 5 foot monster's these are plants that are showing there sativa dominece....thats why they are so large...but veging for longer will get you bigger taller plants no matter what..

Exactly. And I correspond regularly with VM and he does not veg FROM SEED for 2 weeks. He knows better. If I remember correctly, he is currently using clones -which is a different situation entirely. Clones have the same age as the mom and therefor do not need to veg all over again. Some veg until there clones take root and then flower. Some flower straight away.

I am not trying to be an ass but I think maybe you are exaggerating just a bit. Just my take.

as for being the same age as the mother you still need to root the clones..so in this is just about the same time it should take your seedling to take root an veg to...so doing eathier way is correct...