Question about Natural Sunlight

Hi,

This will be my *counting in head* 4th grow and first LEGAL ) I picked up 5 AMS feminized from Greenhouse. I didn't choose this strain for a specific reason really I was just overwhelmed by choices and had to make up my mind. I'm originally from the Midwest so I figure if I go back there Anti-Mold genetics will come in handy. I paper toweled three of the little girls setting two aside in case i just absolutely love it. They are currently on day 3, I forgot how much patience this requiressssssssssss. I'll post pics when its worthwhile. I had a perfect white washed closet for them to go into but I was wondering what the opinion was on natural sunlight. I have a nice glassed in balcony that gets about 5-6 hours of direct sunlight a day and plenty of ambient when its not directly hitting it.

1.I guess I am looking for some advice on how much to utilize the balcony if at all. I will be using CFLs when not because HPS and MH are too much of an investment for me right now.

2. My goal is to have them in jars no later than May 20th. That means cutting on the 13-15.
I have exactly 74 days and they are just now 5 days old.
My question is how much can I expect from vegging just two more weeks and then flowering for 60 days?

Subtlechaos said:

If your not putting them outside to flower, there's no reason to risk stressing them by moving them in-and out side. You'll do just fine veggin them with cfls, and budding them with a MH, HPS, or whatever your gonna' use.

Good luck, man~

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i appreciate the feedback but i think i might have miscommunicated.

its all inside. i just have a weirdglassed in heated balcony with huge windows. if it had a glass roof it would be glassed in completely.

im wondering if i can do the whole thing with cfl\sunlight when it allows. the balcony gets 5 hours of direct sunlight a day. ive read that this is enough to veg\flower.

is that true?

Nothing beats real sunlight. Man can come close, but we cannot beat mother nature, be it with MH, HPS, CFL. NOTHING beats the sun.

Utilize the natural sunlight as much as possible. Just be sure to keep the light schedule consistant. And make sure the temps in the two different areas are close to the same. You want the move each day to be as seamless as possible. And I dont know if you can get them finished in your time frame or not. Lots of variables.

cowboylogic said:

Utilize the natural sunlight as much as possible. Just be sure to keep the light schedule consistant. And make sure the temps in the two different areas are close to the same. You want the move each day to be as seamless as possible. And I dont know if you can get them finished in your time frame or not. Lots of variables.

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ive been keeping everything same temp and time.

in regards to time yeah ive given up on my intended schedule.
im going to flower one under cfls just to get an idea of what it responds well to and just veg the rest out to avoid the smell issues of flowering 3 monsters

ps heres a link if you want to follow the progress

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/306611-greenhouse-ams-semi-balcony-grow.html