Growing unsuitable Strains in Northern Climate?

[alejandra66]

Hi my Name is Alejandra and i am an exchange student in Denmark. I would like to know how likely it would be to grow Strains that require quite a bit of time to finish here and if i could trick the Plant into going to Flower sooner? When i went to Denmark i took a few Seeds that always worked Outdoors in Spain namely GHS Super Silver Haze & Super Lemon Haze and Pyramide Seeds Tutankhamon which all have a quite long flowering time.

Now as the summers in Denmark arent at all that long nor as warm as in Spain i am asking myself if i could somehow make them go into flower sooner by keeping them for a very prolonged time under the lights like for example 23/1 or even going beyond that and doing 26/3 on/off light scedule, so that they would hopefully go directly into flowering when i'll plant them outside where they would get of 18hours of daylight tops?

Has anyone tried this type of plant manipulation before or is a bunch of hermaphrodites all i would get?

Help or opinions on this endeavor are appreciated!

 

[Krull]

Force flowering with 18 hours of daylight will not work.
What you need is danish bred strains or autoflowering.
Check out HFH seeds and also this thread:

Nordic/Danish outdoor strains and genetics

Peace

=K

 

[BOMBAYCAT]

He is right as autoflowers would work. What little I know is Denmark is windy and has some regular rain which could be a problem for you. Has anyone over there tried light deprivation to force flowering sooner in the summer?

 

[alejandra66]

I've not been long enough here nor do i personally know other growers from around here to answer that question.
If the strains as to be expected don't work here and force flowering by veggin them indoors for 24/x light scedule wouldn't ether does anybody from around here know if there are seedbanks i could order more suitable strains for the danish climate that would ship from within denmark?

Wouldn't want to take any chances by ordering seeds from across boarders

 

[Zefy]

Look at Zen Seeds, Hybrids from hell and Froebanken.

 

[djonkoman]

I've used light deprivation outdoors.

it works fine, but honestly it's not really worth the effort compared to just using an early strain. it requires discipline and ordering your daily shedule around it. for example, I found myself racing home a few times from a meeting or hanging out with friends just before diner was served, since I had to put my plants inside a closet between 6-7 pm(they were in pots outdoors). it's also not convenient if you want to be able to go away for a weekend. I did skip a few weekends since I was at a festival, and they continueed flowering without trouble, but it's a risk.

I did it with strains I wanted to use for breeding, so in that context it was worth the trouble for me, but if it's just for weed I would use an early strain like the other posters here recommended.

btw, I second hybrids from hell, had the hashplant 2 last year which was a really nice smoke(and early enough without budrot). some of my friends were surprised to hear they were smoking outdoor, they assumed indoor based on potency. and I had a few people go bad from it too(all of them hadn't smoked for a while, so it hit them pretty hard). and taste was good too.