2022 Massachusetts Outdoor Growers

[UpInSmoke420$24]

Sensible Seeds Check them out. They are in the UK but are very reliable. I put an order in and even though there were stock issues where they didn't have 2 of my items that I ordered that they said were in stock, they made up for it and more. I ordered Blackberry Moonrocks and Watermelon Zkittlez by Pyramid but they did not have the Watermelon Zkittlez. Then on the replacement item I wanted the same thing happened. So they gave me over like $100 of seeds for free. I only paid 75 dollars for 25 fem Blackberry Moonrocks and recieved 5 Gorilla Zkittlez by Barneys, a northern lights fem from Sensi, 6 Sunset Sherbet from Pheno Finders, and Old Man Socks by their breeders all for free. As soon as the order was finalized, they sent it out within like 2 hours and it was at my house in the U.S. from the U.K. in under a week.

They have a 25 fem for 75 bucks deal there for the Blackberry Moonrocks. I am not sure if it was still in stock, but I know they had a 50 and 100 pack deal too.

 

[UpInSmoke420$24]

Heyy old friends and new. Yea, it's true, I'm back for the season. Ready to get started (yawn) like the bear waking up. What am I gonna do differently this year? Not much. Was thinking of having some type of wagons or carts for a couple 35G fabric pots, making transport easy. 5 gallon pails are excellent and have produced some beautys here in Western Mass.
There are methods for gigunda (pronounced Jie-Goon-Da) plants, depending on strain and yes, naturally, weather. Mother Nature cannot be predicted, tamed, bribed or manipulated with her gifts. I remember last year wind became a serious issue on more than one occasion. I also remember that some of that happened without warning, some with plenty of warning.
Just gonna toss this out there.... those Yellow Sticky boards do absolute wonders in pest prevention. All season.
Well, it's good to be back. Gotta dig out the seed bank.
Peace and blessings upon your season.

You mean a hurricane and tropical storm every damn week for a month lol

 

[UpInSmoke420$24]

I've checked out Anesia,but it's mostly overseas and I've only used Attitude across the ocean,they have slipped and they're stock is depleted and they don't stock Anesia,N.Atlantic Seed co in Maine now carries B.Farm and D.Passion as well as G.House so now I'm just copping From the ton of USA banks. I run BFarm Van.Kush alot,Cream and Sugar from Ex. Gen does well outside but I think is retired now. In addition to photo's I also do 3-4 strains of Auto's to get some early harvest in.

I have run a few autos indoors last year. I may try out a couple outdoors this year like you said for an earlier harvest before the big bang harvest. Little bit of early smoke. I actually just harvested 2 Cinderella Jack auto's from Dutch Passion and a Purple Haze auto by an UnKnown breeder freebie from Seedsman in the middle of January. Just started smoking the cured buds a few weeks ago and I gotta say, for an auto, that Cinderella Jack is some potent stuff. Definately recommend it. Terpene profile is very unique and funky. Kind of like a sour candy. Tastes incredible. The Purple Haze surprised the shit out of me. I was not really expecting much because it was a freebie from only God know who, but got lucky. Whoever bred it did an amazing job. Shit is potent, and smells and tastes like some gassy grape candy. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both the Cinderella Jack tests well over 25+ THC levels. Which would make sense seeing they claim some pheno's can hit closs to 30 + which is insane for an autoflower. Have a couple seeds of both autos left. May throw them out there too.

 

[CCGNZ]

Same here bud. I mean, I am a lot younger at 31 but I feel it coming lol I landscape and those 2 months off in December and January really help a lot. Some jobs you just need a physical and mental break from.

I'm at a high end private golf course in RI,been there since I was 35,so our industries are similar,prior to that I dealt grass for 10yrs. exclusively,when I got tired of worrying about getting popped a buddy turned me on to this job and when he said you could collect all winter it sounded like the plan,I knew I had to change but I didn't have to work 50 out of 52 weeks either,to me that's too much of a rat race,I'm not a lazy MF and still have a body of a young dude but 2 lousy weeks off a year doesn't give me a rise if you know what I mean, good luck this year,come work season I'm only on this site for a quick hr. or so on weekends.

 

[CCGNZ]

I have run a few autos indoors last year. I may try out a couple outdoors this year like you said for an earlier harvest before the big bang harvest. Little bit of early smoke. I actually just harvested 2 Cinderella Jack auto's from Dutch Passion and a Purple Haze auto by an UnKnown breeder freebie from Seedsman in the middle of January. Just started smoking the cured buds a few weeks ago and I gotta say, for an auto, that Cinderella Jack is some potent stuff. Definately recommend it. Terpene profile is very unique and funky. Kind of like a sour candy. Tastes incredible. The Purple Haze surprised the shit out of me. I was not really expecting much because it was a freebie from only God know who, but got lucky. Whoever bred it did an amazing job. Shit is potent, and smells and tastes like some gassy grape candy. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both the Cinderella Jack tests well over 25+ THC levels. Which would make sense seeing they claim some pheno's can hit closs to 30 + which is insane for an autoflower. Have a couple seeds of both autos left. May throw them out there too.

Some auto's suck outside,as they are bred to reach full potential by bombing them w/24 hrs. light inside,GlueberryOG,D Passion does well outside,Giga Bud G13 labs also,Seed Source out of Westport MA. has RebelGrown Sour Durban Cookies, I grabbed last 3 yrs. also, I don't want to start a ruckus cause people on this site go bonkers but Copycat genetics is always putting out new strains,the guy runs a facility in Boston and runs deals if you sign up for his emails prices on site are a gag,but you didn't hear this from me.

 

[UpInSmoke420$24]

I am so mad at Insane Seeds. Twice I ordered from them and twice had a problem. First time they had seeds listed as fem, they were reg. Offered to replace but I had to spend money to send back and for them to ship again. This time I got a deal. They were originally 150 on sale for 98. Got them and was not informed they could not take over the phone payments at the moment, so I had to re-order. The price was back to 150 when I re-ordered and they wouldn't even honor my first purchase and give me that price instead of the 150. There customer service sucks.

 

[YardG]

Bad sign when feminized is consistently misspelled on a bank's website.

 

[MidwestUnderground]

Nizza! how you doing man? Happy New Year.

Yes I think that could be exactly what I need. Not sure how pricey it would be though, typically anything that requires you "request a quote", is pretty damn expensive... lol .... i requested a quote nonetheless, I'll let you know what they come back with

My original plan included adding a hepa filter on the intake end of the greenhouse .... but a 24x24 hepa filter isn't exactly cheap either (about $300)

True HEPA is expensive, but a 95% hepa type filter as a prefilter and a carbon in line filter (assuming you have one lying around with an in-line fan, since most of us have several) would be reasonable in price

 

[bam0813]

Third order would be …….INSANE

 

[MidwestUnderground]

yes, this is my flower tent .... i'm searching through strains to find something for this years outdoor ... I have clones of everything in the tent, but the outdoors won't go in the ground until early june this year

Here in the northern Midwest, in a high tunnel we can put our plants out end of April/beginning of May but need at least a barn light for supplementing daylight hours otherwise plants go into preflower

 

[MidwestUnderground]

I have run a few autos indoors last year. I may try out a couple outdoors this year like you said for an earlier harvest before the big bang harvest. Little bit of early smoke. I actually just harvested 2 Cinderella Jack auto's from Dutch Passion and a Purple Haze auto by an UnKnown breeder freebie from Seedsman in the middle of January. Just started smoking the cured buds a few weeks ago and I gotta say, for an auto, that Cinderella Jack is some potent stuff. Definately recommend it. Terpene profile is very unique and funky. Kind of like a sour candy. Tastes incredible. The Purple Haze surprised the shit out of me. I was not really expecting much because it was a freebie from only God know who, but got lucky. Whoever bred it did an amazing job. Shit is potent, and smells and tastes like some gassy grape candy. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if both the Cinderella Jack tests well over 25+ THC levels. Which would make sense seeing they claim some pheno's can hit closs to 30 + which is insane for an autoflower. Have a couple seeds of both autos left. May throw them out there too.

Autoflower breeding has came along way since even a few years ago, they’ve got their auto breeder selections down so good that they can basically take any strain that’s amazing and cut and paste the auto genetics right into it

 

[UpInSmoke420$24]

Autoflower breeding has came along way since even a few years ago, they’ve got their auto breeder selections down so good that they can basically take any strain that’s amazing and cut and paste the auto genetics right into it

Its crazy. The purple haze auto I grew was no different then a photo purp haze. Right down to the potency. And the Cinderella Jack could probably outperform half the photos out there today. Taste, smell, density is amazing. She is potent as all hell. So frosty it almost looks pure white. Terp profile is out of control good.

 

[TheShortAnswer]

Here's my line up except for the Rebel Grown (Radiation Exposure) (Reg); won’t make my grow this year but will start some for a friend to grow. I got the hemp seeds Cherry Pie CBD BOGO free; they sent a total of 30 seeds. I ordered one 10 pack, not bad. Mandelbrot’s pack is Royal Kush (RK BX8 x RK BX6).

 

[stealthfader508]

I’ll be hunting for a Royal Kush keeper a couple miles south of the MA border.

A few miles north of the border

Hey guys, just a heads up... don't flower anything outside in the spring unless you want seeds, that's when i flower my males outside .. sounds like we all live in the same neighborhood, lol

 

[stealthfader508]

Yes. That is your best bet if you're going to grow outside in New England. I decided to try it last year and quickly realized the most efficient way to grow outdoors in New England is in pots, big enough if you are doing living soil to get the biology going good and enough nutrients to the plant threw the cycle, but small enough where you can move them indoors, out of the sun, into the sun, and so on. Especially during the end of flower when the humidity is 80 plus and temps are getting down into the 50's at night, you want to be able to move them into shelter or indoors when it rains or when it gets too cold. Towards the end I was bringing them inside EVERY time it rained, got too cold at night, or any issues that needed addressing, and even had a big box fan blowing on them outside 24/7 to keep pests and mold/but rot at bay. Almost guaranteed a nice fresh batch of bud rot if you don't really do some things to prevent it. If you just put them in the ground and let them go, or throw them in pots and leave them in the same spot the whole time, your probably going to have to throw out at least half of your grow or more (if not the whole thing). Even with all the precautions I did, I still ended up with about 4-7 grams of bud rotted nugs I had to toss in the old trash and a few budworms. Assholes had two fan leaves filled with bud worm eggs or caterpillar eggs in the beginning of flower. Thank God I caught those before they hatched.

fantastic advice for all mass growers .. before the greenhouse this was the best way I found to grow outdoors... big pots with a hand cart to pull them into the garage for any rain after about 9/15 and any super cold.... my plan was to weld longer forks onto the hand cart and a build a small "pallet for underneath each pot to make it easier .... in the end though, the labor of bringing them in and out all the time was what finally inspired me to just build the greenhouse ... but if I didn't have the GH you can bet your balls I'd have that modified hand cart and pallets

PS... another thought I had was to use a trailer and keep the plants on that... i could move it in and out in one shot with the quad or lawn tractor ( i'm pretty sure this idea was inspired by @thumper60 up in Maine, I think that's how he does his light dep stuff)

 

[CCGNZ]

Yes. That is your best bet if you're going to grow outside in New England. I decided to try it last year and quickly realized the most efficient way to grow outdoors in New England is in pots, big enough if you are doing living soil to get the biology going good and enough nutrients to the plant threw the cycle, but small enough where you can move them indoors, out of the sun, into the sun, and so on. Especially during the end of flower when the humidity is 80 plus and temps are getting down into the 50's at night, you want to be able to move them into shelter or indoors when it rains or when it gets too cold. Towards the end I was bringing them inside EVERY time it rained, got too cold at night, or any issues that needed addressing, and even had a big box fan blowing on them outside 24/7 to keep pests and mold/but rot at bay. Almost guaranteed a nice fresh batch of bud rot if you don't really do some things to prevent it. If you just put them in the ground and let them go, or throw them in pots and leave them in the same spot the whole time, your probably going to have to throw out at least half of your grow or more (if not the whole thing). Even with all the precautions I did, I still ended up with about 4-7 grams of bud rotted nugs I had to toss in the old trash and a few budworms. Assholes had two fan leaves filled with bud worm eggs or caterpillar eggs in the beginning of flower. Thank God I caught those before they hatched.

It's a bitch to come home beat down ,and while watching weather, and eating supper to have the FKN forcast suddenly change w/predictions of a possible t-storm and have to take my tired ass outside and move plants and clones under 10x10 canopy and stretch and staple tarps over the rest, then wake up before work and undo all the shit again.

 

[thumper60]

fantastic advice for all mass growers .. before the greenhouse this was the best way I found to grow outdoors... big pots with a hand cart to pull them into the garage for any rain after about 9/15 and any super cold.... my plan was to weld longer forks onto the hand cart and a build a small "pallet for underneath each pot to make it easier .... in the end though, the labor of bringing them in and out all the time was what finally inspired me to just build the greenhouse ... but if I didn't have the GH you can bet your balls I'd have that modified hand cart and pallets

PS... another thought I had was to use a trailer and keep the plants on that... i could move it in and out in one shot with the quad or lawn tractor ( i'm pretty sure this idea was inspired by @thumper60 up in Maine, I think that's how he does his light dep stuff)

Yup i move plants in an out from mid april-oct pics are late june last yr 10 gal pots its a bitch but its also my job cant be late at this job i give up a lot to be there to move. when it rains thats a vaca day for me no moving. going to run a bunch of autos this summer on top of the full photo Green house.

 

[CCGNZ]

Yup i move plants in an out from mid april-oct pics are late june last yr 10 gal pots its a bitch but its also my job cant be late at this job i give up a lot to be there to move. when it rains thats a vaca day for me no moving. going to run a bunch of autos this summer on top of the full photo Green house.View attachment 5101516

Sea of green,Looks like my B.yard minus some sunflowers for cover,I'd like a Ghouse also,but it would cause too much interest from the hood if I built a huge Ghouse(though the thought has crossed my mind plenty of times),I'm not rural enough,the amt. of weight I pull out of my spot,considering the surroundings is MAXED out and even makes me nervous,when everything is done it's a huge relief.

 

[Radicle420]

When I have plants in the ground or big smart pots and obviously cant move them i use those easy up canopy's to protect plants from the rain. It works to get them through the October rains. I just take the canopy off when its done raining and leave the frame there for the next rain event. Poor man's fix really, but efficient.

 

[p59teitel]

I’ll stay in-ground with no cover for the third year in a row and see what happens. Last year I had relatively little rot on the eight big Tirah despite the extra wet fall, and got nearly 100% of the crop in. I credit that to the plants being stretchy airy things and also that I had no problems with caterpillars on them whatsoever.

My much denser Hawaiian Hashbud x Balkh female OTOH was a pain in the ass. I fought rot on her for a month before chopping on October 11, would have liked to let her go a couple more weeks but it wasn’t in the cards.

Will be running some combo of Afghan strains this year, all of which look dense in the pics so wish me luck in my continued defiance of Mother Nature lol