Indoor Light Schedule And Moving Plants Outdoors

[Gardenholic]

hey guys!

I started four plants to go outdoors back in March, and temps are finally warm enough for these girls to go outside.

They were started on 24-0 and switched to 18-6 4 weeks ago.

How should I go about easing them into the shorter light cycle without them beginning to flower?

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[brimck325]

i always vegged 15/9 when they were going outdoors.

 

[DrMcSkunkins]

Slowly lower your time to 16/8 and put them out when you have close to 16 hours of usable daylight in your area. Dropping them too quickly can cause them to start flowering.
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/

 

[Gardenholic]

Thanks for the tips everyone. Luckily, I am in New England and we have somewhat long days in the Summer. Right now, the Sun rises at 5 and sets at 8

My lights have been running 6:30 a.m-1230 a.m.

Last night I bumped the schedule back an hour and added half an hour of darkness, which means they will be coming on at 5:30 and going off at 11. I plan on bumping the schedule back one more hour and then adding another 1.5 hours of darkness over the next week or so. Which will get me to 4:30-8:30 and a 16-8 schedule that matches closet to my current sunrise and sunset times

Yesterday, I took all the girls outside from about 9 a.m-4 p.m and plan on doing the same thing today.

Thanks again for the help!