I’m on the coast, too, and the 3 plants I “rescued” last year were doing ok until that weather hit. I have some plants growing inside right now for this years outdoor season but I’ve been thinking about just finishing them inside and going with some autos for outside this year.Just an early harvest... Disappointing and wont happen again
I did a northern lights auto a few years ago. Weird harvesting in August.I’m on the coast, too, and the 3 plants I “rescued” last year were doing ok until that weather hit. I have some plants growing inside right now for this years outdoor season but I’ve been thinking about just finishing them inside and going with some autos for outside this year.
Going to take my first crack at growing and would love to ask questions and share my progress and experience (seeds from GPS are on their way).
This will be in Maine, a few miles in from the coast, nice sheltered spot with great southern exposure and decent wind protection.
First question: should I use containers or plant in the ground? Like the idea of being able to bring plants inside the shed if weather gets dicey, but seems like letting them root deeply into the ground would make for a bigger more productive plant. Thinking of using Coast of Maine Stonington Soil Mix , which was created just for cannabis. If I go in the ground I will probably dig a hole and fill it with this mix since native soil is pretty acidic and I don't have time to properly amend the soil this season.
Will start seeds indoors (still snow on the ground!) and probably move them outdoors sometime after Mothers Day.
Thoughts?
On that note hopefully some more experienced outdoor growers chime in. My recommendation on the medium revolved more around my general gardening experience than cannabis specific experience. I'm really just an indoor grower looking to dabble in outdoors.
But from what I've seen I'm not sure there's a right answer. Might be best to start with a container grow. Easier to control and as you said, you can bring it in if a gnarly storm is heading our way. I'm planning on a raised bed myself for this season. Best advice I can give is to read a bunch of outdoor grow journals and find one that you want to imitate.
We have cold temps forecasted with lows in the 20's this week. I'm waiting a few more weeks to move pots outside. They will be in a room in the garage with a heater starting Thursday. My basement is getting too crowded with my veggies started too. I start everything indoors since our season is so short.Quazy look forward to your pics. What county you in? Us first-timers should compare notes.
Hey Dunkin thanks for the tips. I was thinking I'd go in the ground but I may do 1 5g bucket just as an experiment (and insurance if the fall is nasty).
Planning to move those seedlings the day after tomorrow--just watered them this morning. Thanks for the fan tip, I've been doing that and also taking them outside as much as possible where the breeze moves them around (I put them in a sheltered spot if it's more than a gentle breeze. They did get awfully stretchy, especially the Orange Blossom Specials. I didn't use a light the first week, just kept them in the sun indoors on window sills, but that was probably a mistake. I have the light now at 6 inches above...but when I switch to the 1g pots I'm going to have to rely on natural light primarily. Will take them outside every day if possible.
What do you think about burying the stems during transplant? I've read in several places that works well...but I'm a little nervous naturally.