New To Growing. (Florida)

Okay, so I'm new to growing in general. ive only grown once before (outdoors), and i fully underestimated the population of deer in my neighborhood (everything got eaten). Besides, the spot I picked wasn't too good anyways and I was halfassing it.

This time I've decided I'm going to make it an actual project. I have 4 grow sites (all with different pros and cons) but all good. I haven't decided which one I want to use. As I said earlier I live in Florida and I was curious about how outdoor growers get around certain things. The first thing is rain, when the plant is young and just starting out, what would be some good ideas to protect against flooding? (The sites are all deep in the forest, and very hard to get to... All the scratches on my legs can second that). I've seen pictures of people seran wrapping sticks together and making sort of like a green house cage... Does that actually work? Also, I've read a lot of topics on here specifically in the outdoor section and I've seen people post about burying the plants in the ground, but from what I've read your suppose to keep it in pots.

My plan was to fence off each individiual plant to protect from deer (there are alot) and even though it would look artificial the spot as I said is very hard to get to. If the seran wrap actually does work then that would eliminate bugs, and rain. If the seran wrap thing isn't a very good idea then maybe screen? Also, wouldn't the saran wrap promote mold due to the humidity? Not to meantion at nighttime?

Another thing I'm worried about is what strains to use. This may seem out of the question, but I'm looking for something that's considered high quality but isn't going to cost me a fortune (mainly because I'm worried about failing, and I'm not very well off to where I can throw money around.) Also, these online sites where you buy seeds online, are they legit? What are the risks of getting caught? And has anyone had an experience with a certain site that was good or bad? You may say, why don't I get seeds from someone personally, not off a website? Well, I'm worried they may say it's something else than it really is. And then I'll spend all this time growing and end up with shitty stuff. Not to meantion, everyone in my surrounding area it seems just got done watch 8 mile and boys in the hood and wants to make a name for themselves, not do business correctly. (I've had 2 knives pullen on me on 2 seperate occasions.) Lastly, what strains are easy to grow? I think the sites have difficult level on them. I just scanned through it, I think I saw "first girl", how's that?

My last problem I can remember is drying. I've read of different ways you can dry outdoors which is what I have to do. And I'm nervous about rain and the integrity of these methods. (Hanging them on closepins inbetween two trees while having brown bags on the top and bottom of each batch.) I live in Florida, what about winds and storms... Rain, animals?

Oh... One last thing, when they're in the flowering state I was a little confused while doing research about the deal with even distribution of sunlight and darkness. I read you can't even shine a flashlight on the plant during nighttime at this stage. What about moonlight? And what if my area doesn't get an even straight-down-the-middle 12 hours of day, 12 hours of night split? Does that mean I have to go out in my jungle of a forest and put garbage bags over the plants when light is no longer needed? And take them off when it is?

Shit, I keep thinking of new things as I'm typing. As for determing the gender, I read this can be done in the flowering stage, but advanced measures can be taken to determine it in earlier stages (I want to keep it all basic). I'm just worried that by the time I determine the gender of the seeds it will be too late. How earlier do I have to seperate the males from the females? And what are some good methods to seperate them before it's too late?

Okay, that's it. I'm sorry it's so long. Any help is much appreciated.

Here's the pictue of the Saran wrap thing:


( this was taken from https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/111824-outdoor-grow-box-ventalation.html and is not mine. I hope he doesn't mind im using his photo)

What part of FL? Rain has been pretty scarce for us the last few years so you want to plant in an area with water near by, preferably something that is near a flood plain of a swamp/stream etc.. I wouldn't really bother with the saran wrap thing, just do chicken wire around some trees around them. Also don't bother wasting money on seedbank seeds. Mexi Sativas go 10 ft here Just grow 2-3 of those beasts in a plot and it won't be big enough to bother going after with heat, yet you'll yield atleast a pound of truly wacky tobaccy. Key to surviving flyovers here is keep your numbers down~

Edit: I missed the part about planting in the ground. You definitely want to plant them in the ground if you want to get giants. Prepare however many clones or whatever you're using before hand so you can just plop them into the hole from their pot. Preferably clones as you wouldn't know the sex of the seedlings unless they were femmed or you believe in the "sexing from seeds" philosophy and if you're like me you won't get to check on them too often in the woods. The next to last thing you want is a male to crop up in your small plot while you're gone. It might be a good idea before hand to pick your spot, prepare your holes and wire up before grow season starts. There are alot of threads on here about prepping ahead of time, just do some digging. GL~


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cool (wouldnt use that saran wrap helicopter see that easy}. if it rains alot grow the plant about 6 inches tall inside then put them on a slope so wen it rains wont flood it out.a good strain for outside would be a sativa dominant get big produce more bud outside. amsterdammarijuanaseeds is a good site cheap seeds but great strains. best time to plant outside would be about mid june around august throw out males have ball like structures with pollen, then another month or so harvest females have calyxes with white hairs .

Thanks for reply, btw. West Coast. And yeah, I know, but I'm just thinking ahead, it tends to get crazy rainy during summer time, the unpredictable kind. The forest is on the coast of a lake, would that be okay? Other than that, it's been pretty dry. (I went back there today to explore.) What would suggest I do for seeds, then? And Mexi Sativas? I don't know a lot about different strains, but how's the THC and yeild on those? Have any ideas on drying? And about the 12/12 sunlight thing during flowering?

Also, as for bugs, I heard you can spray insect repellant all the way up till the flowering stage, in which you should stop.

i would get a dominant sativa like haze or blueberry, thc like 15% to 20% thats good medical grade you plant outside in june when plants are 6 inch tall around august it gets fall 12 hour light 12 dark the plant will flower it self.if it floods out cuz of rain put it on a slope so the plant dont flood. a good way to dry i use get a back pack some paper bags some scissors go to grow site cut all leaves off trim buds good leave on branch then put them in paper bags wen you get home hang up for a week to dry

Mexican Sativa bag seeds, people underestimate the power of a pure Sativa. Most of the reg that has always come through here is a Mexican Sativa of some sort so seeds are super easy to get. Buy a dime bag for some seeds and you get 10 ft Sativas that make you silly.

I took a look at the Haze strain and the difficulty is moderate/experienced. Lol. I couldn't find the blueberry, but ive heard of it. im just worried about ordering seeds online. so chicken wire around the plants and thats it? still, what about drying outside?

I hope double posting is okay. do you know of any others that grow well in florida, other than the mexican?

Blueberry is a heavy Indica, grosssssss. I've really only grown different kinds of Sativas outside but really anything would work. Purps and Durban Poison are the only "Named Strains" we've grown outside. Named strains are seriously overrated. What fun is growing other people's strains? Our girl Ivy can hang with any of them to anybody who's never actually grown a cannabis plant. The pic in my avatar is one of her clones outside this year.

I'm more looking for easy rather than fun.

Anything is easy, it's a weed, it wants to grow. Pick something you want and go with it. I'm ordering some Maui Wowie seeds from Nirvana for outside this time I think. California Orange Bud was another we were looking at but I think I've decided on MW. COB would probably do really well for you, it's supposed to be really easy to grow and clone. Pretty sure it's a Indica/Sativa blend heavy on the Sativa side so that's A+++++ Also seeds for this good smoke are cheap.

alright, thanks alot. Is cloning hard? and im still unsure about drying.

Cloning isn't hard at all if you're not greedy with your rooting agent and you're using a good strong plant as a mother. Ideally you want to use as strong of a plant as you can get to become a mother. A cup of rooting agent water/perlite in a good humid space will just about always root clones.

Any ideas on drying outdoors?

Why wouldn't you be able to dry inside in a closet?

Other people in the house, wouldn't it smell?

Also I was looking at seeds on Attitude Seed Bank and any of their Sativas would be fantastic for outdoors here. They're all monster yielders and being mostly single cola plants they will get great light to the buds giving you big fat tight nugs.

I dunno about drying outdoors, I've hung some in my greenhouse to quick dry though and that worked rad in a pinch.

I'll take a look. Thanks so much for the help. For the amsterdammarijuanaseeds website, they say they give 20 free seeds? how does that work?

What if I used the seran wrap gig to dry them?