Aussie seeds banks currently experiencing online problems

[pedro de pacas]

I always run  me lights at 24 hours

 

mine go in the ground mid/late November, start flowering second week of Feb for most strains 

haven't started the ones going in the ground yet, start them round about the last week of September 

 

@ Old Fox

Edited September 21, 2019 by pedro de pacas

[Old fox]

Thanks Pedro. Im concerned that after running plants in veg in a tent for (say) 18/6 hours, that when I move them outdoors into the ground (where I expect they will only get about 12 hours direct sunlight in Nov) that the sudden drop in light hours may trigger them to start flowering. I understood that a sudden and prolonged drop in light hours per day triggers start of flowering for photoperiods??

[Old fox]

To clarify, the plants will move from 18l6 tent light, directly into the ground in Nov where they will only receive 12/12 light. Would that not trigger start of flowering within a few weeks?

[pedro de pacas]

Dunno longest day here is Dec 22 roughly 

 

if they are going to get 12 hours light outside they will start flowering, pure sativas would tale longer to start to flower 

 

you must be way north to get 12 hours in November 

[Old fox]

Thanks Pedro. Can anyone else suggest lighting advice for my situation???? Otherwise I'll set grow tent lights at 12/12 to roughly mimic the amount of daylight hours they would get when I transfer plants into the ground in Nov.

[GreatSouthernMan]

try a 13 hour lighting schedule 

just enough to keep them from flowering but not too much so that they get confused when you plant them out

[Clementine]

Well i think the lesson learned form this thread is Aussie Canna are straight up rip off *#%@^ and don't order off em ever. [emoji16]

 

Posted from the OZ Stoners mobile app

 

Well said porky. Sound like a bunch of fury muppets to me, ya feel me?

 

Don't know why we got off on the wrong foot awhile ago. Oh now I remember, I was being a nutty unstable cunt.

 

Some lessons learned for sure. I'll be stalking your posts porky. You can post but you can't hide

 

[Old fox]

try a 13 hour lighting schedule

just enough to keep them from flowering but not too much so that they get confused when you plant them out

Many Thanks GreatSouthernMan. 13 hours of light would also appear sensible, as there will be roughly 13 hours of daylight in NSW when I plant them outside in early Nov. We have roughly 12 hours of sunlight about now, but matching the light pattern when moving them outside, should be the best option.

[Clementine]

I would recommend 12 hours of light. Or just enough to prevent them from entering the flowering stage. When you bring them out you want there to be more light then when they were inside.

 

Keep em in shady spot for a few days so they don't go into shock when they are exposed to the our mighty Australian Sun.

 

Old fox is probably more accurate then I am. I was just going off something I read from many moons ago and it worked for me some time back.

[itchybromusic]

what type of plant are you growing indica or sativa ?

 

don't forget , you can add the civil twilight to your sunrise & sunset times 

 

Twilight is the time between day and night when the Sun is below the horizon but its rays

still light up the sky.

 

Civil twilight is the brightest form of twilight. There is enough natural sunlight during this

period that artificial light may not be required to carry out outdoor activities. Only the brightest

celestial objects can be observed by the naked eye during this time

 

timeanddate.com melbourne september 2019 https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/australia/melbourne?month=9&year=2019 scroll down to see sunrise / sunset times compared to civil twilight times 

 

if i'm needing to know how many daylight hours there is on any given day

i look at the above link & add about half of the civil twilight to the day length total

which is around 30min