Temporary Light Depping question..

[Drop That Sound]

I was just wondering if its possible to temporarily deprivate the plants about 3 weeks or so before I usually see flowers form (mid August usually), to get a kick start and beat the rainy weather here in the PNW.

I don't really want to bother setting up a system, just kick start the plants into flower a little earlier than usual.

Would say 1 week or so of light dep towards the middle of July be enough or would I have to continue the process on through august?

 

[Natural high]

I think you have a good chance of success that close to the natural flowering date. Maybe 7-10 days of 12 hours darkness in the latter half of July would set the plants on a path of no return. Good luck!

 

[theJointedOne]

I was just wondering if its possible to temporarily deprivate the plants about 3 weeks or so before I usually see flowers form (mid August usually), to get a kick start and beat the rainy weather here in the PNW.

I don't really want to bother setting up a system, just kick start the plants into flower a little earlier than usual.

Would say 1 week or so of light dep towards the middle of July be enough or would I have to continue the process on through august?

if you want them to flower earlier you can start covering in early to mid july, but i would cover till mid august just to be safe that you dont get a reveg...probably unlikely but all that hard work would be a waste if it did happen.

 

[stone meadow]

I consider it strain dependent.
if you go to silverbacks sticky threads and scroll down to 60/60 forced flower approach youll get a good read.
I tried it a couple years ago and it did not work. they revegged and I pulled them up. oh well nothing ventured nothing gained.
at this time I don't screw around. if I want it to stay vegged I give it two hour light break if I want it to flower I pull tarp till September 22

 

[HorseMouth]

Start Pulling on July 10, Stop pulling on Aug 15th.

Good Luck

Peace