my first outdoor cycle... soil or coco in 10gal pots?

ricky6991

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Like title asks...

i am using 10gallon pots and not sure to use fox farms soil and do organic all the way or use coco with parts a/b ...

i am putting them outside in my yard for most of day and then inside a poly room in my shed(10x10) under t5 for the rest of day so need them moveable. unless they are fine to leave outside entire day/night during veg cycle... then at the end of first week of august i am going to put outside in sunlight for 12hours and put them inside dark poly room to control flower period and get the nice sunlight while weather is good.

any suggestions? 4-5 week veg with direct sunlight an if bad weather then they go inside around 2 vertically hung 1000ws during flower cycle. This is first outdoor grow for me but i have several grows with hydro and bunch of hids. Only did one grow with fox farms soil ever and no grows with coco.

strains are BLZ/pineapple express/super skunk/ catpiss haze
 
try roots organics or their 707 for the soil, a bit better than FF imo. if youre doing outdoor, just leave them girls outside unless you are worried about extreme weather. no need to bring them in and out constantly. you dont want to be bringing outside plants into the same area as your inside plants, too many pests to worry about.
 
ok so i grabbed 10 bags of ffof and 12, 10gallon fabric pots... that should cover them for the 4 -5 week veg time an then i have some organic bloom fert.

second i put the plants along fence a bird came down an started eating shit out of the soil that clones were given to me in... hopefully it was eating any bad shit in there.
 
quick question...

where i plan to put them along the fence is where sunlight is direct from 830am - 4pm then they are shaded from the fence. from what i read 6hrs direct light is plenty. i will get alittle more than 6.

question is, should i put the plants inside my room with t5 light and hid lights when they begin to be shaded or would it be better to let them stay in the shade the rest of time?

i dont mind the electric of using the hids during flower and the t5s during veg after the sun isnt in direct contact with them. just unsure if they will have more lumens in the shade or under the lights. its only shade from the wooden fence so the whole yard is still bright.
 
Can you move them out of the shadow? Most yards with get shade at some part of the day but if you watch the shadows throughout the day you can usually find areas that get maximum sun.
 
I can move them to opposite side of yard but then my neighbor can see from his top floor window. He cant see them when they are right against his fences. I have the black fabric which nails to fence so hard to see through it.

I think i may just leave them be in the shade and when sun starts to set i will put them inside under the t5.
 
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