First outdoor (gorilla) Auto grow (help needed)

Hello, everyone!
I am preparing now for the first outdoor grow. I had a few indoor auto grows. Never have grown outdoor, though.

First question is to grow in pots or in ground using potting mix? Place where I plan to grow is all send. Which way is better?

The second one is what soil mix to choose from what I have in my disposal? I would prefer the easiest way and not have to feed plants for the hole cycle. It would be nice, as well, to reuse soil mix for the second grow.

I have following mixes in the shop nearby:
1) Peatfield Peat Substrate Universal
2) Sabika Light Mix (pH 6.2, EC1.1, N-P-K: 20-5-10)
3) Bio Nova Soilmix A-quality
4) BioBizz All- and Light-Mix
5) Canna: Terra Professional, Terra Professional Plus, Terra Seed Mix and BioCanna Bio Terra Plus
6) Top Crop Guano Soil Heavy Mix

Any other advices will be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

If you can grow in ground I say do it... You won't have to water as often and it won't stand out as much as a bunch of potted weed plants sitting outside.

You may end up going back indoors. I hate growing outside. You can't control anything in the environment.

wil2279 said:

You may end up going back indoors. I hate growing outside. You can't control anything in the environment.

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Sure I will come back to grow indoor. But I don't have other option than grow outdoors this summer.

Can you advise me on soil mixes as well?

i would recommend using a super soil or a water only soil like great lakes water only... you can use something like the fox farm ocean forest for sure. but you will definitely need to top dress around week 4 and maybe again around week 7. the ocean forest will be good for a solid 3-4 weeks. i grew outdoors last year and it was very wet... and my crop suffered from a lot of snail and slug damage. I was pulling 10 plus slimy little bastards off each plant every time i went in to check on them... even in the middle of the day. I might try putting 3 or 4 out this summer but if it ends up like last summer it will be the last time i do it outside.

wil2279 said:

i would recommend using a super soil or a water only soil like great lakes water only... you can use something like the fox farm ocean forest for sure. but you will definitely need to top dress around week 4 and maybe again around week 7. the ocean forest will be good for a solid 3-4 weeks. i grew outdoors last year and it was very wet... and my crop suffered from a lot of snail and slug damage. I was pulling 10 plus slimy little bastards off each plant every time i went in to check on them... even in the middle of the day. I might try putting 3 or 4 out this summer but if it ends up like last summer it will be the last time i do it outside.

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Thanks!

I would grow in fabric pots personally. If you get a shitload of rain it will help keep them from drowning.