when to stick your plants out in SPRING AND SUMMER!

so mojo, what gives, you already said you got some big plants outside?

That's cause they took me about 3-4 months to grow inside AND OUTSIDE and then I put them out when the month was right:

1) If you're plants are big enough, and are long flowering Sativas, I would recommend putting them out at the end of January, latest first week of February, for a spring harvest.   This is because the days will be getting longer, from 11-13-14 hours by the time June rolls around.  What you want is 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness, so if your neighbor likes to have raves or shines a big old 1000w mh light out his window like I do, get your plants outta the way of all that ngihtitime light. 

2) If youre plants are strong like mine you will get a harvest in mid-April at the latest.  i will show you when my plants are done what to look for.  If they are Indica dominant, then

3) put them out mid februaary if they are a foot tall.  if they aren't that big yet, the latest you have to get them big is March. If they aren't a foot tall by March (and you will probably thank yourself for this later), keep them under the 18 hour schedule until they are like 3' tall.  then turn off the HID light inside (when ever you have about 50 tall plants, which by this time you will be hopping up and down for joy about)... And just put the plants outside during the day, take them in at night. and put them in a brightly lit room.  This will keep them from going into flowering during late spring, which is NOT what you want to happen. 

4) Remember these simple rules and you will be okay.

Sativas: big and outside by late January.

Indicas: big and outside by mid February.

OTHERWISE:

keep all plants under an 18 hour a day schedule until they get big.  Then keep them under at least 18 hours/ day of light (IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG THE LIGHT IS, REMEMBER YOUR PLANTS ARE ALREADY GROWN, RIGHT? until June 1st, then it's on like a time bomb. 

If you don't want to haul 40 or 50 plants inside at night, consider making a hoop greenhouse and adjusting the photoperiod that way using visqueen, a black plastic.  this is also time consuming and you have to be out there at the same time every day in the morning to lift the top off.

or just bring the plants next to a window where they'll get some light at night. (I hope you kind of have a big house)

Remember, I started my clones back in January and theyre barely rooted.  So if you want big plants, either take your clones early , take them from good plants, or all three. you can take a clone in April and put it out in June, (no shit, what do you think I bought the seeds for?), but make sure it is getting at least 15 hrs day of daylight or it will start to flower, resulting in a stuck plant come summertime.