2012 outdoor idea

Me and a friend are planning a outdoor grow for 2012. What were planning on is a good location near-by with plenty of sunlight. I live in the north of England so the weather isn't realy perfect but I might aswell give it a try.
But what I was thinking since our weather is nothing compared to outdoors like USA/Spain etc I was looking into a more of a Indica variety since we don't get intense heat or sunlight. Does this sound right? We're going to plant 3 seeds and kinda hoping to get some monster trees but we'll see how it happens. We were going to plant in April and chop in Sep/Oct.
I was also thinking about planting some autos on the outside of the grow so that they would be ready before the main grow is done. But i'm not too sure which autos I want to choose.

Does anyone have any good tips for growing outdoors? I was thinking of digging holes instead of pots so I can have a larger root mass.

Full sun on a southern slope or forget it. Get a frost resistant(to an extent) indicas.

nattybongo said:

Me and a friend are planning a outdoor grow for 2012. What were planning on is a good location near-by with plenty of sunlight. I live in the north of England so the weather isn't realy perfect but I might aswell give it a try.
But what I was thinking since our weather is nothing compared to outdoors like USA/Spain etc I was looking into a more of a Indica variety since we don't get intense heat or sunlight. Does this sound right? We're going to plant 3 seeds and kinda hoping to get some monster trees but we'll see how it happens. We were going to plant in April and chop in Sep/Oct.
I was also thinking about planting some autos on the outside of the grow so that they would be ready before the main grow is done. But i'm not too sure which autos I want to choose.

Does anyone have any good tips for growing outdoors? I was thinking of digging holes instead of pots so I can have a larger root mass.

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I live in a rainy northern climate, and the indicas were the first to mold. Had to bring the sativas and what remained of the indicas indoor under lights to finish. If you can grow in a green house or hoop house, that's your best bet. If not, better to be in pots you can move under lights at the end of September. Good luck!

Thats true but sativas take too long and he will run into late autumn, goodbye sativas.

the church. or swiss cheese. are early finisher and mold resistant. also lambo. as far as autos. iv tired your idea a few times havnt had any luck with them. they only yeild less then a once

plant in the ground man. Planting in buckets is nice if you want to move them around and what not, but if you can find a good permanent area, your plants will love you for it. Also buckets need watering literally every sunny day as opposed to the ground. And basically your plant can only grow as big the roots can grow, 5 gallon buckets could decrease the full potential of the plants.

Not completely true Buds

Yes traditionally, indicas were used to shorten sativas flowering times. But, looking just at that causes us to miss a whole side of "early flowering" all together. Look at the commercial seed banks and their offerings and you will find that many early flowerers are either sativa dominant plants or hybrids with a clear sativa line.

There is a whole class of so called "semi-autos" and the trait that allows that tends to come from sativas, not always, but quite often: Biddy Early, Hayley's Comet, Stuporsonic, Mendecino Madness, Madness, purple power and more and more. They are all sativa dominant plants that tend to either finish early, AND, OR have some "Semi- auto tendencies". In addition to that, many of those are quite resistant to mould. Don't ask me why!

Pots or in holes depends on you nattybongo. Potted plants will require more care and in guerilla situations that can be a problem. Forget about "trees" in pots. Unless you can carry a phenomenal amount of soil to your spot. Picture a large truck tire full of potting soil and that's pretty much what you need to have in order of achieving "large trees".

Can you transport water to your grow? Is there water available there? You may want to think about it now!

You are probably looking at 53N with a season all the way to mid-Oct. But later in the season your mould risks go up tremendously.

South exposure is always great.

Yet, South - East - South can be better for northern growers (you are a northern grower now my friend!) :

It may be useful for you to try planning on having the sun moving over, say a stand of trees after 5- 6Pm. That MAY speed up flowering a little (1 week or so). (hence south-east-south)

First thing in the morning sunlight is helpful against mould.

There are a lot, lot, lot of tips for growing outdoors brother. I am learning myself everyday. Do a lot of reading, the info is online.

Good luck to you!!!!

Look into iranian auto flower from dr.greenthumb

oh I would suggest purchasing several more than 3 seeds. The more you have the better chance at success, When I first started growing I lost count of the plants that I killed lol.