Outdoor light during flower??

[Spanky]

I am fortunate to have a very large plant that I have regenerated. She is inside, in front of a south facing slider window because she is too large for my grow cabinet. I plan to keep her there throughout the summer and into the fall. (She gets only natural light.) When the days grow shorter, I assume she will begin to flower on her own, but we don't live on a 12/12 schedule so she will be exposed to lights in the house In the evening.

I don't want to put her outside now for security. I could harden her off in the fall and put her out each night, but I will have to think about deer and mice. Also, she may still get some light reflecting from inside.

Also, when should I expect her to start flowering? We are in the Northeast, USA. We often have our first frost in early October, so putting her out after that won't work.

Any ideas?

 

[IslandColas]

The indoor lights will throw her off and may hermie her out. As for lighting I used to live in the north west so I cannot exactly say for you.

youll need a light proof enclosure so you can Time when she gets light or not.

 

[Spanky]

I was afraid of that. Maybe I can stuff her in my cabinet every night and bring her out each morning. What a pain!

 

[IslandColas]

I was afraid of that. Maybe I can stuff her in my cabinet every night and bring her out each morning. What a pain!

Yeah it’ll start to feel like baby sitting! 😂 you could try blackout curtains hung in a loop around the plant. But it’s risky to try anything that will allow any kind of light in...