Texas Outdoor Growing

Sup all. This is my first post on this site so please forgive any ignorance. As the title states i live in texas and am in the process of purchasing a substantial amount of land (about 100 acres).
Ive done a bit of research on different outdoor strains specifically those tolerant of warmer weather but i have yet to come across any first hand experience from farmers growing in heat that stays a constant 100+ during the summer which concerns me. I've read accounts of people having to deal with high temperature outdoor environments, but for them the degree of heat had been temporary and the universal response seems only to be "water your plants more often." However with constant watering and using time released fertilizer (heavy harvest), will that not substantially increase the rate of release of fertilizer? Am i not then just flushing it out? Watering and generally tending to them daily should not be a problem, but the vigor of the plants necessary to sustain themselves might. An entire day under the texan sun can be quite cruel so i was wondering if there was anyone out there who is from texas, or similiar climates and have found success developing healthy potent plants under these conditions.
Are there any tricks to help ease the burden off the plants? These plants will be in the soil out in the wild and will number around 50 to start, but based on what i know im going to play it safe and assume that 30 will make it. I thought my first crop would be first generation clones but after that purely seeds. This is longer than i meant for it to be and could be 100 times longer if i let my self doubts take control but it is a start and would be incredibly grateful for any advice from those who are in similiar situations.

-JB

Firstly, no all day direct sunlight. I would die if made to stand in the Texas sun for a week, regardless of my fluid intake. A spot with mid day shade or partial shade
All day could work out. Are you planting in the hillcountry where it's nohing but limestone, or in the blackland soil that's mostly clay? In a sandy loam with high acidity?
These areas can all grow great weed bt they are entirely different in regards to setup/prepwork/and actual care of your plants in each locale. What strain are you thinking of? I'll try to help with ??'s if ya need. Oh yeah I'm in Texas so
I do understand your concerns

In the heat of the summer you're probably going to have to water daily, unless you've got something automated set up. Concerning heat you'll be fine, Sativas are tropical plants and do very well in the heat.

check out my thread in here as well, i have many of the same questions as you, i still am searching for answers and have gotten many.

We will want to catch all the morning sun but once 1-6 pm rolls around we will want our babies in the shade during that time, because it would be putting the most heat on our plants during that time.

I have thought about integrating a layer of clay in the bucket's that i will be using prob gonna put a half inch of clay about 4 inches from the bottom of the bucket so that the roots will want to stretch for my water that will be held in the clay throughout the day

-Krok

Finally someone started a thread for outdoor growing in texas. We got good growing conditions you just got to watch out for heat in mid july and august and remember to water bunches, also usualy between late april and may the cold fronts are a bitch. Just to let all the non texas peeps out there know, you have to have guts and be pretty brave to grow in Texas. Talk about paranoia. I got to get my ass to cali. lol

Do you really need to worry that much? mine at least will be hidden on 400 acres

I'm looking to grow sometime next year. I was thinking dwarf or autoflowering strains. Check out gnomo from the attitude. When would be a good month to start in central texas? also how much shade can a guerrilla grow tolerate? I'm planning on growing in 11in pots of foxfarms. Any help would be great.

heres a lil trick for you my fellow tx outdoor growers. If you going to plant in the ground dig a few inches deeper then you would plant and put a piece of wood in the hole. The bigger the better and non-treated it will hold water at the roots of your plants on those hot summer days. Also you want at least 6-7 hours of good sun light.

txgreencard i plan on doing just about the same amount im thinking 8-12 plants in 5 gal buckets of FoxFarms Medium

good luck finding them right? but oh check this out.. local law enforcement can come on here and snag your ip address from your posts, locate your residence, expose idenity, investigate, initiate, and than incarcerate.. is it worth the wait?

Well lucky you. I'm surrounded by house after house, then stores.

Krokaine said:

Do you really need to worry that much? mine at least will be hidden on 400 acres

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Who are you referring to? Damn the law enforcements bad judgment on the sacred herb. lol!!! I know what I'm waiting on. Money

rking1985 said:

good luck finding them right? but oh check this out.. local law enforcement can come on here and snag your ip address from your posts, locate your residence, expose idenity, investigate, initiate, and than incarcerate.. is it worth the wait?

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I wasnt planning on having plants or anything at my place... Outdoor guerrilla grow. Totally somewhere out of the way that I know about. Ill have nothing that leads to me. Please don't get caught. I don't wanna read about you in the paper getting arrested for growing flowers. PS. please be vague on here on location.

Has anyone actually done an outdoor grow that can give details and specifics? I want to know months to start, size of pots used, medium, nutes, and anything else that can help us.
Help would be appreciated.

It’ll be different times in different parts of Texas but for me seeded plants can be started indoors and put outside as early as the end of March or beginning of April. Clones really need the indoor lighting decreased to 14 hours on throughout March and April and are best put out in May/June so they don’t start to flower on ya. If we get cloudy overcast weather for weeks at a time in Mar/Apr, like we often do, your clones will flower if outside.
Nutes and mediums are up to the individual so do a lot of reading here, start out simple and perfect it the way you want over time.

jumping fences through the woods

Hey whats going on guys? Happy to finally see a Texas thread! I'm a fellow Texan looking to grow for the first time this spring. I've been on this forum for a few months now, doing lots of research. Plan on doing a guerrilla grow. I'm a young gun but i'm learning lots on the site. Can't wait to get the season started.

Can't wait till you get the season started either buddy! It's always good to hear another fellow Texan up in dis joint is actually taking the 10 year prison risk to be growing you're own supply. We need someone like Ron Paul to run for Governor of tx. As for me young gun, I'm not taking the ten year prison chance. It's just not worth it if I get caught growing about 6 plants and get sent to the pen for a couple years. I'm not a complete noob at growing so I know my shit but, knowing as much as I do now I tend to try whenever I know I can be the smartest bout things. Good luck "Stonednhappy!

stonednhappy said:

Hey whats going on guys? Happy to finally see a Texas thread! I'm a fellow Texan looking to grow for the first time this spring. I've been on this for a few months now, doing lots of research. Plan on doing a guerrilla grow. I'm a young gun but i'm learning lots on the site. Can't wait to get the season started.

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Give It A Go!

i was thinking bout growing outdoors but havnt looked into it really as of yet. Im also from texas. i cant wait till april tho, but i was thinking of only like 3 or 4 plants