INDOORS, harvest, then trim back what's left on the plant to a little growth, return to 24/0, or whatever you use for veg . . . after a couple/few weeks, new, usually mis-shapen growth will begin. Feed with balanced (I do 1/2 strength) return to light. Grow a month? Put back into 12/12. I use regular 40W cool white shop-lights for this re-veg phase. Mh will show faster results.
That's a regular 4' shop tube, right? Those used to be DAMNED cheap, should still be. Easy to rig up into a hood, reflector, whatever. I used to use the hell out of those things (mixed my bulbs) to grow corals and tridacnid clams (giant clams).
Outdoors, I'd clone if the plant isn't in a planter. If it is movable, the steps above, plus you'd need to do whatever was necessary to ensure you bring no enemy insects inside alive. I'm gonna use this product (1st time)
PCO fogger
I use a tobacco tea that is
extremely effective as long as I am sure to hit all surfaces, as well as getting a good bit of the top layer of soil with it.
Would you use the 40W shops for re-vegging those plants that have been outdoors as well? How about using the shop lights to extend their day, or is it better, do you think it might be better, to cut them back and immediately move under the fluoros, then re-veg indoors over winter (I've taken clones I plan on growing indoors as well, but if I don't have to uproot and repot a plant, especially if it's one I like a lot, then why?)?
They're all in pots.
I want to get either MH or HPS (or a combination?) for growing indoors, not sure how many watts I can squeeze after we switch the household lighting to CFL (if I can get 1000W, that would be good, maybe for a 6'x7' area, or larger if I can get him to build it
).
I don't know that there'd be enough sun at this time of year to re-veg outdoors, but the steps above would still apply. Outdoors, stripped plant may re-grow, but I don't see it having time to fruit in the Northern hemisphere?
I don't, either, which is why I ask the above question about indoor lighting for a plant that's been sprouted and grown outdoors. There's also the issue of frost, our growing season is fast coming to an end here.
I hope this helps? Just took two of the pics posted. They show a 3 week old re-veg effort that's succeeding. The growth you see is all new. There were a few old bud pieces and maybe a couple of tiny leaves left on the plant, but I don't see them anymore.
Quite! It helps quite a LOT, thank you.
The other pic is of my last re-veg before 2nd harvest. 1st harvest, 6-8 half-a-pinky sized buds, maybe a gram. Realized this was an exotic strain, rescued and re-vegged, 100 gms cured. Betcha' can't tell where I snipped my "is it right" sample from!
Wow, really? You just whacked it right down and it re-grew? You put it under 24/0 until it started growing, or did it undergo a dark period at all before being put under light again?