A mid-summer outdoor flowering

[geezer]

Just read Nebula's tutorial on using a blackout tent to get 2 harvests per summer. I've done something very much like this the last 3 summers, but for privacy not a second crop. So NO tall plants. My system: 1) I use a modified Screen of Green technique, pinning down each main branch with stakes to produce short, wide plants, then 2) I cover them with sheets of black plastic each evening after 12 or 13 hours of light, and remove them at dark. About the end of week # 1 I pinch off the long end growing tips and allow everything to grow freely. Plants stay about 25 inches tall. Security is improved by planting tall vegetables between the pot plants and my neighbor's yard. Harvests are smaller than with full sized plants, but still decent, and the quality is great because of all that mid-summer sun.

 

[NebulaHaze]

That sounds like a wonderful system! Do you happen to have any pictures of it in action?

 

[lowandslow]

What kind of blackout material are you using? I'm trying this with a doubled up plastic tarp, brown on one side, silver on the other, and it's not quite dark enough.

 

[Jibblerjoe]

I use 3 mil black plastic

 

[lowandslow]

I'll try that. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

I had actually consider d doing this before and when I posted about it almost everyone gave reasons on why not to doit.. so I was happy when I saw Sunday's newsletter because it really works..

 

[oldjarhead100]

I think im going with autos instead of covering them but what a great idea lots of work but great idea