high desert with a green house start, sexing

redking11 · #1 02-20-2008, 11:24 AM

help a brother out, here are my questions and if you have any other suggestions let me hear them.

1. I have a south facing area of my house covered with windows that stays warm like a green house, is it possible to start the babies out early ie March and grow them inside from march to May before taking them outside? Or will the shorter days of March harm them even if the Temp is good?

2. I have blue plastic 50 gal. barrels that I was going to cut in half and use to plant in outside, but I saw your use of trash bags. Whats your take on the half barrel above ground vs. the trash bag?

3. what do you do to keep animals away?

4. When will they show their sex? I know it depends on the strain but I assume it happens once the days begin to shorten or just after the summer solstice any clue? Ive not grown out doors yet?

5. What kind of fertilizer and soils are you using for outdoor grow?

Sorry to lay this all on you, but I have not grown outdoors yet and plan on a rather large crop(not as large as yours) I live in the desert at about 5500 ft We have almost constant sun and the high altitude i heard makes for potent weed so I though I should try outside. Ill have to water every other day or so but i have that figured out. tanks man.

redking11 · #2 02-20-2008, 11:30 AM

I dont have access to artificial light, so I'm hopig that the south facing green house deck will suit to start the plants out in but in march, there is only 12 hour of light, i dont know what that does to young plants, as I have only ever done indoor 2-3 at a time and this time im trying for 30.

Strain I have ordered are
Durban poison
early special
Purple plant
Pure Power Plant
Afgani
44
and one or two others.

redking11 · #3 02-20-2008, 11:34 AM

and of course I plan on doing a grow journal from seed to harvest with plenty of picks

letmeblazemyfuckingbong · #4 02-20-2008, 07:10 PM

dude window will be fine aslong as u keep a l;ight near on on em for more than 12 hours a day it will be fine a little strechhy but thats allways good for starting lsting
and just make em shine lots of love man thats all they need but not to much or theyll die

Patricia · #5 05-17-2008, 06:34 AM

I plant directly in the ground. It allows the root system to expand, therefore bigger healthier plants. I don't know the purpose for the buckets or bags. But, I am new and don't know a lot. Could you enlighten me? BTW I am in the high desert also. r u n Cali?

Patricia · #6 05-17-2008, 06:37 AM

Oh, and I started my babies indoor in Feburary (I have south facing windows as well), put them in the ground late April. I wanted to get a jump on things to extend the growing period. They are doing beautifully. I just got a greenhouse, so from now on I will start them in there. Good luck.

Patricia · #7 05-17-2008, 06:40 AM

Also, I started out with seeds I collected to see if they would sprout before i used my good seeds. they did, i did, and its all good.

Patricia · #8 05-18-2008, 08:12 AM

Here are my in ground babies. Aren't they beautiful!

I feel like a new mommy. They look very happy to me. I know I over did it but, this is only my second attempt and last year I only had 3.