Starting spring seeds along with my next run?

PopeCrisco

Member
Hey all,

I am wrapping up my first indoor grow, and starting to plan for not only my next run, but getting ready to prepare for my spring vegetable, fruits, flowers, and my first outdoor cannabis grow (because my first one failed before it got off the ground) and my second year fruit/veg garden.

The tentative plan is to wrap up my drying in the tent (a 4 by 4 with a SF4k) and prepare starts for the following about 10 to 12 weeks before my last frost date (OKC, 7a) -
Strawberries (about 6 weeks)
Tomatoes (6 to 8 weeks)
Peppers (8 weeks)
Cucumbers (4 weeks)
Melons (maybe, 4 weeks)
Pop 3-5 photoperiod seeds , 3 strains, (planning on Forbidden Fruit from RQS and Blimburn, as a h2h kinda thing, and something that is mostly sativa for variation).

I want to basically be able to take cuttings from the 3 strongest of the seeds I pop to propagate via cloning to hit my legal limit the outdoor grow ( I only intend to keep 3 plants to flower indoors, any additional plants will be moved outdoors).

I am assuming that as long as I do not overcrowd my tent, and I transplant my starters to appropriate containers, I should be okayish for the additional time, but would it be detrimental to the plants? I don't have a tent for it, but I also have a SF1K that can be utilized.

I had a lot of issues with my dog attacking the smaller plants in my garden and with direct sowing in general last year, so I was hoping that the extra time in the controlled environment will give me a more solid start.

TIA
 

Hugo Phurst

Well-Known Member
IMO - main thing to consider is the maturity of the plants when you move them outside & the hours of sunlight.
If you move a mature plant outside in early spring, it'll start to flower & then re-veg when the days get long (not something I'd want).

I'd start the seeds last week of Apr, harden them off soonest and plant in ground early/mid May, if frost allows.

Good luck
 
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