I'm reviewing all those things I did wrong last season
I had some root rot that was the result of smart pots sitting on soggy ground. I'll remey that with drain rock under them. Also paying more attention to the finish times of my strains. Last year I f*cked up by planting some haze varieites that never did finish off befor the season ended. 8 week strains or faster only this year.
Started growing out a few mothers for clones for my outdoor already. Probebly jumping the gun a bit, but I want to be ready. I have a tremendous amount of good quality seeds to choose from, so I'm winnowing my choices down to the faster flowering varieties, and leaving the longer winded strains for indoor only.
So far for my lineup I have:
Super Lemon Haze ( a 54 day strain )
Buddha Tahoe Kush
Critical
Chronic
a Blue dream x og kush cross
Thats just a preliminary list, subject to change without notice
I also have a clone of the Girl Scout Cookies, but I am not sure of the finishing time on that one so its still on the maybe list.
Also have, but am not sure of suitability for outdoors in my area yet:
Alaskan Thunder F*ck
Skywalker OG
Vanilla Kush
Sleestack x skunk
Fruit Spirit
Romulan
Decisions, decisions.....
Clearing more land and eliminating shade trees to expand my grow area, battling the poison oak as well. Am also waiting for my local hydro store to get the soil mix in that I am going to use. Its a premix which is something I never used befor ( VermiGreen). I've always mixed my own befor using a compost/worm castings mix for a base that I got from the local worm farm that was cheaper, but after including the cost of trucking it in and adding my own stuff, not a real big difference in price. I like to get the prep work done a couple of months befor planting season so as to let the soil cook down properly and to just have it over and done with.
Also need to run more deer fencing, not that I had much trouble last year, but precautions are better than being unprepared for them.
Oh well, onward and upward....