wat up man!?! be startin my second outdoor grow coming up and thot i'd pas it forward as they say. got quite a bit of help from riu last season. there's tons of invaluable info AND ppl on here u can network w/ can't say enuff bout this site for a grower. back to subject.
1)preparing ur spots NOW is essential. last year i didn't do this. i thot to myself 'aww i can dig my holes when i take my plants to the spot.' no, no , no! i went out today and started preparing thre spots with the intention of having all my spots ready for plants by the end of the month. and +rep to u xXninjaXx for linking o4's monster grow thread for him! that was one of the single most amazing grows i ever got to watch from beginning to end! over 10lbs he got!!!! so thats def. on the agenda for me this year too! go fucking fishing and put that 'fish soup' in the bottom of every hole i dig. which will be 3wx3d. just like o4's. i'm gonna take some ash from my woodstove and mix it in w/ the dirt thats there plus do like i did last year which was mix in a 40lb of store bought dirt into the hole i dig. but getting back to the original point, if u clear ur spots out now u wouldn't believe how much easier it is w/o all those leaves and ground growth and shit in ur way!!! plus shit like poison oak/ivy/sumac etc. isn't caught/spread to you this time of year. (don't know the scientific term(s) of getting the rashes that come from that shit but u get me right?)
2)start ur plants in growbox approx mar 1st. by the time april rolls around the last frost has usually come down here and since i'm not real far from ya i think its about the same for u. (i know frost can come as late as 4th week in april some years but its rare) i started mine in grow pellets w/ a dome on it under grow floro's with a timer set for 14on/10off. i switched em to 12/12at 1st of april to sex em. looking back i wouldve just started em out on 12/12 to begin w/ so as not to stress them. they adjusted to the sunlight fine when i finally put them out, which was approx last week of april/ first week in may.
3)hope for the best!!! now just do like i've seen a few already mention and try to take good care of em once their out w/o making an obvious trail to it. this takes patience and determination! sometimes you have to go the long way, lol, ya know?
but in all seriousness if it rains and you've prepared ur plot like we've went over you don't have to go back to it all that often.
as far as the booby traps or wat evr the best one i heard was the fishing line tied in between trees to form an invisible fence. but thats mainly to deter deer i think. personally all i'm doing this year in the way of obstacles/deterrents or watevr is i'm putting all my spots in the middle of briar patches. deters deer and ppl!!!
listen man, hope this info helps ya out, and wasn't too redundant. i know some of it was already mentioned in the thread previously, but still....the last thing i will say is just mine this site for all the info it has to offer!!! which is a f'n ton! plus u get to come here whenevr u want and ask growers w/ decades of xperience thier advice!!! how fuckin great is that shit?!?it's like hightimes 'LIVE' ya know? any way man later
ps. i'm a weeeeeeeeee bit stoned as i write this. hope it wasn't toooooo obvious. lol
o and give a brother some rep if any of this helps u. been awhile since my long winded ass got any reps round here and i give em out all the time!
wat up wit dat?!? lmao