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Should you train your Northern Lights plants? Whether you want to grow taller plants and have beautifully defined colas, each receiving sufficient light and nutrients, plant training is recommended.

Several methods work for Northern Lights plants. If you perform low-stress training LST on your NL plants, you will encourage the plant to extend its growth. If the NL plants appear to have too many leaves that prevent light and airflow from reaching the lower areas of the plant, growers may consider defoliation, which is a particular type of high-stress training HST.

A major intervention here is removing leaves from the plant. One common error with defoliation is growers identifying and working on to remove leaves only on ailing plants. But this is not the point of the procedure. Defoliation should be performed on healthy plants. When performed on weak plants, it may make the plant even more vulnerable or cause it to die. So, defoliation should best target healthy plants, but where the upper leaves appear to shade the lower leaves.

Reserve this method for indoor crops, and only if you are an experienced grower. The idea with SOG is to grow several smaller cannabis plants instead of a few bigger ones. Here are some basic SOG steps: Germinate seeds or make cuttings to create clones Grow the seeds or cuttings into young plants using 18 to 24 hours of lights When the plants grow to about 6 inches around 25 centimeters , change to a light regiment.

This should speed up flowering. Wait until the plants form dense canopies or until after buds form, then trim the branches beneath and create clones with them. Harvest when you are ready and repeat the cycle. With SOG, individual plants will grow fewer colas and grow less big, but the grander idea here is to have a recurring harvest and faster harvest.

Novice growers are encouraged to stick with LST but refrain from trying HST, such as defoliation, which can kill the crops if done wrong. If you are a new grower, you may also want to wait for SOG until after you gain some basic experience from growing one or two plants, observing the process carefully, and learning from the mistakes you make. Yes, especially if you opt for the SOG method mentioned earlier. You can apply SOG both with soils and hydroponics, and, in ideal cases, you can accomplish multiple harvests during the year-round.

One important thing is to play right with the lights. Nourish your Northern Lights plants with plenty of natural light. While you are encouraged to use indoor light during the germination and vegetation of your plants, when the NL plants come about flowering time, switch to outdoors light.

Given that you catch such a growing cycle correctly, you can aim for as many as three annual harvests of Northern Lights. Another perk of using natural light whenever you can is reducing your electricity bill.

How to best optimize light for growing Northern Lights plants? Basically, you need to shower your Northern Lights with light. During vegetation, NLs require extensive hours of light. While you are safe to go with at least 18 hours of light a day, in an ideal setting, you can opt for a full cycle of light or keep the lights on 24 hours non stop. Because NL plants demand so much access to light during vegetation, they are not the perfect candidate for outdoors growing during this stage.

You can switch to light cycles once the plants begin to flower. If you happen to see the Northern Lights, you count yourself lucky that you did. All that said, we believe Abisko, Sweden is one of the best places for a good chance to see the Northern Lights because of its micro-climate. Abisko: no or few clouds, away from lights. Fancy places to rest [STK — swedish mountain club]. Good access — short trip by train from Kiruna. As others have said NL are really unpredictable — we was frantic looking at Aurora forecast — but we could see them three nights in a row.

Be alert the whole thing lasted half hour in my case. Your blog is so informative and real, your pictures are stunning. Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Certainly feel free to share on your FB Page. Where are you starting your own Northern Lights tour? After midnight, they stepped out of the ice house and noticed the northern lights.

They took out folding chairs and sat on the ice with the lights appearing to dance on the ice around them. Thanks for sharing, Keli! Jennifer, thanks for your post, very informative. I am thinking of coming to see the Northern Lights from United States and have a hard time selecting which country to go to.

Will end of October be a good time? As you said even though I really want to see the Northern Lights, I need to adjust myself and tell myself that it is an added bonus.

Being said that, which country should I visit? I heard a lot about Reykjavik but is afraid of too much tourist. Any suggestions? Hi Maureen, it really depends. Iceland will be nice in October. It will still be quite nice in October, but in Iceland you can have every type of weather all in the same day. We are two people from Chile we will be at Reykjavik the nights 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 august and we want to see the northern lights on a private tour to a good place.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is extremely unlikely that you will see the Northern Lights in August. We have just booked to go to Reykjavik on 5th February for three nights. Im a bit gutted after reading this now? The weather is just a bit stormier than other months, but there is always a chance.

Iceland is stunning and never disappoints! I loved your blog about the northern lights. This year, it has been a really high Northern Light activity in Iceland. I saw the strongest northern lights ever late August this year!

Last week I also got a chance to join a northern light boat tour! Then the guide asked us to run out and the whole sky was lit up by the northern lights. We sat on the deck for one hour enjoying the show! Trying to see northern lights and believe ending of solar maximus soon with Iceland in January best time. Otherwise would Finland be possible when? You have the potential to see the Northern Lights in any of these destinations from September — March. Just realize that January is one of the worst months with the heaviest snowfall in all of these places, so you tend to experience more cloud cover and weather that prevent you from seeing the Northern Lights due to lack of clear skies.

I have a question. Not, not necessarily. The days are getting much longer already in March in the Arctic. The key to being able to see the Northern Lights is darkness and when there are only a few hours of darkness, the chances of seeing the Northern Lights are greatly reduced. I am planning a trip to Finland in February. Can anyone help with the best places to sight the Northern Lights in Finland? Anywhere above the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland.

Rovaniemi is extremely popular with the Santa Claus village there. There is also the snow hotel at Kemi. Basically, you want to stay outside of the big cities like Oulu for easy Northern Lights viewing. Awesome photos and advice. We always hope that travelers we send to Iceland between September and March get to see the Northern Lights, but we always fill their itineraries with suggestions for so many other things to do that the Northern Lights would hopefully feel like a bonus, as you say.

The dream of my life is to watch an aurora, but the trip is very expansive for me and my wife, so we only have one shot to see it. In wich place we have more chances to see an aurora and wich month of the year? We were thinking about Tromso or Reykiavik in september for ten or twelve days, What do you recommend us??

Yellowknife in Canada is an excellent place for aurora hunting and the end of September would be a good time. Apparently equinoxes are the best time of year and this year will be September 22nd.

Plan for some activities and sight seeing and have some aurora forecast websites bookmarked on your phone to keep track of storm activity. Take a good DSLR camera as the auroras I saw in Finland last year were very disappointing to the naked eye but looked amazing when shot with a long exposure.

Especially the last one with the horses. Absolutely worth the chase! September to March is considered Aurora season. It also means going out of light polluted areas, so heading into the countryside. Cold, clear, crisp weather, no precipitation rain or snow etc — again partly this is a visibility issue.

Cloud-cover will kill your attempts to view Auroras. Some months in the September — March season like January can be a bit dodgy because it snows a lot, and there is cloud. Solar maximum helps. I chose late Feb-early March because of the combination of factors above, being near the equinox as well. The weather was pretty much perfect, with no precipitation most days, clear cold skies. I also went with an experienced off-road company who specialise in Aurora tours www.

Their drivers are experienced Aurora hunters and while they cannot promise they will find you Auroras to look at on a single given night, they will give you the best chance to see one or more if they are there to be seen. If you are and have a 4WD vehicle, of course feel free but be safe. If you are from warmer countries and have little experience driving in very wintry conditions, I would highly recommend going with a professional tour company like superjeep.

I did this and even though I am an experienced driver with a 4WD vehicle and not totally unfamiliar with winter weather driving, I enjoyed the experience more for being with this tour group. I was especially lucky as we had a solar flare on the night we went out, so the whole sky was full of Auroras!

Thanks for all your insights, Jadey. It does not need to be cold, and in fact, the Aurora is present all year round. So so so informative! We have seen multiple reviews online that It might not be good time, possibility of being cloudy. I am planning on being in Oslo mid October.

I decided to do an add on to see the Northern Lights. I am now getting very confused. It seems like Tromsco is good but that Abisko would be better. What are your thoughts on this? If your goal is to see the Northern Lights, then yes, we recommend Abisko. It has a micro-climate that gives it much more stable weather than anywhere else in the European Arctic.

Have you read our article about Abisko? I did a lot of research. On trip advisor, they said the lights chasers in Tromco are great and pretty much get you to see them. I looked at reviews from last October.

They may keep you out until 3 AM. There is a network of people in touch with one another to find them. They are willing to travel far to get to see them. I booked Wed. Good luck! There can be weeks with nothing. Just have your expectations set and it will be a real bonus if and when you do see them.

From what I have read online, most people had clouds and the chasers found the breaks. Fingers crossed. Very cool that you got to see the total eclipse!

Fairbanks, Alaska has been the best place so far for me. I usually capture great pictures over the pond but Alaska Oct has been the best so far. I shoot with my Nikon DA with the 14mmmm for the best results. Iceland is a nice place to go as well since my friend lives there. Finland, Sweden, and Norway are also excellent countries to visit.

One bucket list item is to see the Southen lights in Tasmania or Antarctica. This photos are amazing and I love the trip about staying at a place that has wake up service But really cool.

Loved the article. Any chance you can tell me which farms you stayed on? Looking to do that next March with a few friends total of 6. Thanks in advance for the assistance. Very well written summary. I agree with you that people should focus on the destination rather on Aurora. Kind regards, Martin. The best place ever!!! On top of the frozen Great Slave lake in Yellowknife Canada!!! In February you can see them almost every night. The photos were all gorgeous and the lights and stars look so stunning.

Thank you for sharing this with us. I heard Fairbanks, Alaska is a good way to go. If not then I will head to sweden or norway. Thank you :! Super helpful tips! This article helps a lot to get prepared for a northern lights adventure. Amazing content! So realistic. I like the idea of should go for the destination not only for the aurora.

Thanks for this article. Born in southern Finland and got to see northern lights in southern Finland! Warm summer night, thankfully it was dark enough. Am asking because you mentioned it is approaching quite some years ago. Also wondering why you did not choose Alta… it is right up tgere in the north and has little habitation around, implying quicker access to darkness.

Why Tromso, not Alta? Yes, we are in the solar minimum period. We were visiting Svalbard and you need to fly from Tromso to reach Svalbard.

Tromso, though. Sunrise and sunset are the same time and even in practically uninhabited places like Abisko in Sweden, there is still light pollution. Thanks for very helpful advice. I saw the Lights two nights ago near Tromso, while at sea, and the Bridge said they were the best he had seen. But though they were in a great arc across the sky, they were a dull cloudy colour and I was mightily disappointed, and thought is that it, and thought you maybe needed a fancy camera.

So your advice that they are sometimes that colour and to persist is really good news. Will follow your blog. Cameras can capture the light spectrum far better than our eye, so Northern Lights will never appear in the sky to your naked eye as they do in photographs or even video.

Gray-ish in color is quite common and even gray-green. But sometimes there are explosions of color that are brighter. You just have to keep watching! I really appreciate your prompt and very helpful reply. I did see the Lights again the next night in the harbour of Alta, Norway and did see some green. Alta has had a great few nights of the Lights.

Other travellers on this cruise have told me they saw great colours, green and red on a different trip some time back. So will both get a good camera, but not too expensive, and also keep looking with the naked eye on other trips! Oh how I love the northern lights! I always thought I would miss out, lol….

My wife and I are planning to be in Norway in last week of October this year and we would like to head to Tromso to glimpse of the Northern lights.

This is an amazing blog to read. Thanks for the share. The northern lights are just beautiful to watch. I wish I could make it to Norway one day. Thanks for the share, Cheers!! Any chance any of you have seen the Northern Lights in Alaska? We are planning to attend the world champion ice sculpting championship this year while chasing the northern lights.

Any recommendations or tips would be appreciated. Fairbanks is a good place to attempt to see the Northern Lights. All the exact same tips apply for Aurora hunting in Alaska. Best of luck! Very informative article. We had the most fabulous holiday, we saw Aurora Borealis, learnt dog sledding, snow shoeing, snow-machining. The train trip from Anchorage to Fairbanks was breathtakingly beautiful — we saw many moose and caribou and Bettles Lodge was absolutely loved.

Since we wanted to combine the northern lights viewing with activities, we ended up booking a package. Part of the package was the Alaska Railroad Tour from Anchorage and we enjoyed it very much. Everything worked out very smooth and I am looking forward to return in a couple of years to Alaska. This information would be really helpful. I lived in Iceland for several years in the late 80s and early 90s. I saw the lights many times, and was entranced by the languid, sometimes almost imperceptible flowing movement of them; but virtually every video i find online has the movement sped up unrealistically.

I will be in Vancouver B. Where would be the best place to hopefully view the northern lights? Only a rare occasion of a very strong Aurora display is it ever seen that far south. Hello jeniffer! I am a newbie at NL hunting. So we book our tickets to copenhagen and oslo on early April. Then after 10 days we would like to hunt for NL. Can you please recommend us the best place to find NL — as a NL expert?

Because we only have time for one place. Would it be Sweden or Iceland? One of the most informative articles regarding Northern Lights I have read. In your article u said to pick destination as oppose to seeing NL. I have chosen Tromso, Norway. I want to plan for Sept.

I will be traveling solo. Are there any travel tours you recommend? Thank you so much for your valuable tips on NL and photography. The Norwegians are very friendly. Do you know where information about solar activity is published on the web? Also, the year cycle, is that recorded anywhere on line? Any suggestions for the best place to go? We were hoping to see them somewhere in the next year.

I appreciate the information in your article because most places offering trips to see the lights make it sound like its a sure thing. Realistic expectations are a much better way to ensure enjoyment overall. Solar maximum is predicted for , but even then it might happen later as even NASA who predicted solar max to occur in was incorrect as it occurred in You could also see the northern lights in the summer time!

But very cool that you were able to spot them at the end of July! I was talking to someone about their trip to Finland in where they saw the northern lights. Has anyone heard of this or can confirm or deny this?

If it is true is it just in Finland or other countries as well? Why is there never any mention of Murmansk in the English speaking media when it comes to Northern Lights?

Other places in the Murmansk area like Teriberka are absolutely stunning and even the city itself has a certain bleak, exotic appeal. It does however have a surprisingly well established arctic tourism industry Northern lights, reindeer sleigh, husky sleigh, Saami village visit that is well known it seems to East Asians but Europeans mostly forget about it.

English is of course limited but not non existent if you do your research before hand and people were friendly if you do know a bit of Russian. Hi Geoffrey! Thanks for mentioning Murmansk! It sounds like a really interesting destination and we have enjoyed our previous visits to Russia. But it also sounds like one of those great off-the-beaten-path places to check out. Could you please recommend some places from where there is high chances to see northern lights.

Would be capturing Photos as well. Staying on North side of Iceland is recommeded or we can see aurora lights from Reykjavik or Vik as well? Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Northern Lights streak across the sky in Abisko, Sweden. Southern Norway. The Svalbard Islands.

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In northern Sweden, the Treehotel is made up of six modern tree houses perched in the pines. The 7th Room has panoramic windows that make it perfect for spotting the northern lights. Destinations known for northern lights are often expensive. Think again. At the 7 Fells Hostel in Finland, the owner Tinja—a retired backpacker—is serious when it comes to spotting the lights. She will personally wake you up or send you an SMS when the aurora spectacle is high. Yukon is a top spot to view the lights in Western Canada.

Or head to Takhini Hot Springs , where you can connect mind and body as you watch the aurora borealis while soaking in degree mineral waters.

One of best places to view the northern lights on the planet is the mountaintop Aurora Sky Station in Swedish Lapland. To get there, head to Abisko National Park and ride a minute chairlift to the viewing tower.

There, you can have a guided night tour with a Swedish fika coffee and a pastry or indulge in a four-course meal. The Ice Bar at the 30th anniversary version of Sweden's legendary Icehotel. The legendary Icehotel —the world's first hotel of ice and snow in the north of Sweden—is celebrating its 30th anniversary with dazzling new installments and an ephemeral art exhibition.

The new Kelo-Glass igloos are attached to a log chalet and each have a private sauna and fireplace. Watch the lights dance across the sky from the comfort of your bed. During the day, head out on reindeer and snow tank safaris.