Next year, my 1st!!!!!

What's up dudes!?

So, I will soon be securing some quality seeds and will be planting them in the spring. This is my 1st grow and I have been doing some research, but I still have some questions I was hoping you could help me with. I plan on sprouting them at home before bringing them into the bush. My main concern is, I have heard that a south facing slope is the best, but the "spot" I have chosen looks north. It is within view of a Midwest river, and the soil is rich and delicious (for plants!). At a Northern latitude of about 42 degrees will my 'trees' get enough sun to be healthy and tasty?

P.S. Assuming it grows great, do I have to worry about the plants growing HUGE, like over 10 feet (3m)? Topping could solve this, right?

P.P.S. I can only get online about once per day, so if I don't respond right away, sorry.



Thankssss!!!!!!!!!!

I too am growing next year for my first and maybe only grow.

I will also sprout at home but instead of the forest/bush I will plant them in a neighboring corn field xD
I don't plan on visiting them much I kind of just want to see if it will grow by itself so I only need to visit a few times.

Any pointers on planting in a corn field? The only thing I know is most important is to wait untill the corn is big enough and has been sprayed for the last time.

If you are going to sprout them at home then grow them out until they get 3 or 4 nodes on them and their stem turns strong and woody. If you put them out as frail seedlings, mice and slugs will easily make short work of them.

The slope won't matter as much as the sun exposure will. Will the sun still hit your spot for a few hours direct each day as the season goes along? You don't have to have full sun all day to have a decent grow but you will need a few hours at least. Exposure to sun is also exposure to aerial survelience. Find a nice easy median for the two.

You also don't have to go out too early. At that latitude you can germinate in early May and put your babies out by the end of May and even the first of June and minimize the late frost risks. If you are growing a sativa then you can easily get 9 to 12 footers in good soil with consistant watering even without a full day of sun feeding them.

You could train a 10 foot sativa down to 3 feet tall, even without topping, the size isn't too important.

Make sure your spot is far from everything, someplace nobody would think about strolling through. I've had plants less than a month from a harvest discovered, and they were pretty well hidden. Take steps to insure that nobody will happen upon your grow. Also try to place them under cover if you can, don't want some pesky helicopters happening upon your ladies.

Soils good, waters close, you got 2 of the biggest factors covered already. I wish you the best of luck.

Thanks dudes!

Dan:
Thanks for the advice on how long to grow them out I will probably do it under flourecents. Yes, they will get direct sun for at least a few hours. The hill is really tiny, its more of just a bump on the plain along the river. You know the Midwest is a pretty flat area. On the side that would have any chance of people walking by, there are trees and beyond that somewhat of a marsh. On the sunny side, the plain extends for about a half mile until the river. Also, thanks for the advice on when to put them out, I'm sure I'll be following it exactly.

MountainSmoker:
Thanks dude. Could you give me any advice on how exactly you train the plant? Should I just tie them down with stakes? I'm pretty sure the 'spot' is solid, but I plan on doing a little more recon just to be sure.

Yeah, you can stake em, tie em down, prune a bit maybe, still produce the same amount of herb. Maybe more.

Good luck my friend, I as well will be doing my first grow this coming spring in the MidWest!

Thanks again MS dude. Do you have any experience with deer problems and putting up chickenwire, etc.?