Gadhooka
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I actually just joined hoping I can get some answers to a theory of mine.
I have an outdoor plant that is probably of the Sativa variety. We are 50 days away from the first frost and I can't tell whether it's started flowering or not. I decided to buy a heavy canvas tarp and cover it before I go to bed and uncover it after a couple of hours of light have passed in the morning to try and artificially induce faster flowering. I propped some rods on four sides of it so that the plant won't be crushed all night by the tarp. This would essentially give the plant 12 1/2 hrs or more of dark period. I plan to follow the proposed routine for two or three weeks and remove the tarp a couple of minutes earlier each day. My questions are as follows:
1. Is this dangerous to the health of the plant as far as suffocating it or anything else?
2. Will it get too warm under the tarp for the plant (8-10 hours each night)?
3. If I don't use the tarp to induce flowering, will I end up with skimpy buds at harvest?
I want to harvest as much as I can and the plant is very healthy as I write this. I absolutely don't want to kill my plant with a tarp I paid 50 bucks for, that would ****! Of course, next time I will certainly use an Indica variety so that it flowers earlier.
I know this is an oddball question, but this is the sort off thing I imagine some people in northern climates might encounter when they start with the wrong type of seed. I would appreciate any help all of the more experienced growers can offer me.
I have an outdoor plant that is probably of the Sativa variety. We are 50 days away from the first frost and I can't tell whether it's started flowering or not. I decided to buy a heavy canvas tarp and cover it before I go to bed and uncover it after a couple of hours of light have passed in the morning to try and artificially induce faster flowering. I propped some rods on four sides of it so that the plant won't be crushed all night by the tarp. This would essentially give the plant 12 1/2 hrs or more of dark period. I plan to follow the proposed routine for two or three weeks and remove the tarp a couple of minutes earlier each day. My questions are as follows:
1. Is this dangerous to the health of the plant as far as suffocating it or anything else?
2. Will it get too warm under the tarp for the plant (8-10 hours each night)?
3. If I don't use the tarp to induce flowering, will I end up with skimpy buds at harvest?
I want to harvest as much as I can and the plant is very healthy as I write this. I absolutely don't want to kill my plant with a tarp I paid 50 bucks for, that would ****! Of course, next time I will certainly use an Indica variety so that it flowers earlier.
I know this is an oddball question, but this is the sort off thing I imagine some people in northern climates might encounter when they start with the wrong type of seed. I would appreciate any help all of the more experienced growers can offer me.
