I grew white widow outdoors in the past and I live in a subtropical climate where heavy rainfalls are common in the fall when the plants are flowering and buds fattening. The solution I found is to not plant them in the ground but in 20 litre pots so that I could move them under a roof when it rains (requires more work and I recommend investing in a wheel cart)
Great idea thanks
I have some 5 gallon smart-pots that I was thinkin about puttin my girls in to place outdoors. Is it true that u cant over-water with these? If it rains quite a bit..say, for 1 entire day..will my soil and these pots get water-logged
Again... the idea of placing them in pots is so that you can move them inside before it rains?
I understood what u were saying, but my site is not just right out the back door..its out in a field a lil ways from my house so I cant easily go and scoop them up to move indoors
Would I be better off putting them in the ground?
If you cannot move them inside before it rains there is no point in placing them in pots. The ground is always better because the roots have no boundaries and your plant develops at its full potential.
Makes perfect sense thanks bro
Been running indoors for years, but this will be my first outdoor grow. Should I expect the flowers to be airy and less dense? If so, do u have any recommendations to combat this? Will an added sugar/carbohydrate supplement help with this any?
Some strains do better than others outside. I wouldnt consider outdoors any less dense. However the denser strains have a higher probability of mold from the rain and humidity.
U got me to look at it from a different angle. While researching, several websites claimed that outdoor grown shit is not as dense and is airy idk. The heat and humidity here are atrocious!! Im praying no mold come harvest. And if this is so..your perspective view/knowledge will (lesson my worry) help me out considerably because I've been sweatin it lol Thanks for the insight
I grew some blue cheese from dina fem and some cotton candy cane from emerald triangle last year and both were reasonably mold resistant. Maybe lost a couple zips on each plant to mold but there plants were monsters so it wasnt much in the grand scheme of things. Both were on the denser side. However the terps on the CCC were almost non existent compared to the terps on the BC. Both of these plants were under a rain shelter but didnt get any extra air flow or less humidity than other plants outside.
Good advice. I will have to make some sort of shelter to ward off the rain. If the terpenes on your CC were nonexistent, that would mean she didn't have much of a smell right? Me: WW..dutch passion & tangerine dream..barney's farm. I'm not so worried about the TD, but the WW can be mold susceptible. Hope that several toppings, lst..along with defoliation and hopefully good airflow can steer her clear of mold.