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jordan wead

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I know when it comes to outdoor grows to start them after the last frost, but generally when is the last frost in Ohio? I guess what im asking is, when is the best time to start in Ohio? I have some white russians and a couple tangerine dreams, super excited to start!!
 
if you go b3fore may plants might start flowering. you waant go around may 15.

I agree I don't put plants out before the 2nd week of May either. The longer you can veg them indoors, though, the better chance they have of surviving.
 
Please excuse my noob question here, but what do you mean exactly if I start before may they might start flowering? Like to early in the season or something?
 
you just gotta make sure there hasn't been frost for a week. check ohio's frost dates in the online almanac i live in cleveland and it's usually around april 18th you can plant but i wait til may 1. but i veg indoors for about a month. also if you put them in pots instead of the ground they will be above the ground and not catch the frost so much if it is there. but yeah i'd start prepping areas now and veg in march or april
 
Akron OH Apr. 18 Oct. 28
Cincinnati OH Apr. 13 Oct. 23 last and first frost dates.... google it and you can get specific to your location.
 
Please excuse my noob question here, but what do you mean exactly if I start before may they might start flowering? Like to early in the season or something?

I've never had it happen to me, but I've read about people where spring came early in the Northeast so they put their plants out like 3rd or 4th week of April. The days were short enough that going from 18/6 or 20/4 cycle or whatever they were running was enough to cause them to flower then revert back to veg. That process stunts the growth.

Outdoors, the days get longer until the summer solstice around June 21. After that, the days start getting shorterand flowering usually starts late July/early Augusts. They don't require 12/12 like we do indoors. If that was the case, outdoor plants in the northern hemisphere would start flowering until late October and wouldn't finish until Christmas.
 
Also, since the summer solstice is june 21, would the best time to start a couple lowriders be like late may? I got a couple afghan kush riders for free, so why not, right?
 
I usually put autos out 2nd weeks or May with the rest of my plants. For me, the autos are more about having a few ounces of fresh bud in Early July rather than awesome yields.
 
well our weather here in oHIo is a bit outta hand who knows when the last frost will be with temps of 56 degrees in the middle of jan. but id say start them inside and just wait patiently.. usually a few weeks into May VOTE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN OHIO :P
 
And DO VOTE yes, I worry about getting busted sometimes. But if I do then fuck it I'm growing on my property for personal smoke so I don't have to buy it, and I love growing, it's awesome!
 
they can handel a frost or 2. if there over 12 inchs. an not a stretched 12. like 4 nods or more. but if you put them out before may15 and there a early harvest strain. theyll start buding. not always a bad thing they will reveg and grow bushes. but your going to lose two weeks for trans plant shock then anther two for the reveg. so thats for and now your geting a late start. i start in may 1 with my late oct harvest strains. they do fine then i go to my early ones later in the month. i put alot of plants out and i run out of time. so thats y i start so early. also you gotta watch those early plants the aniamls have no food yet they look for plants that are green and they smell that fresh growth. and they will eat your p[lants. anther reason to wait tell may 15 the native plants start growing and they leave them alone.
 
I have 2 Australian sheep dogs that stay outside, haha they kill and eat pretty much any little critter that wonders inside the invisible fence line. Needless to say im not worried about rabbits or anything at all. And thank yall for answering me questions, happy growing everyone!
 
dude i live in cleveland but go to school in kent, it's 50 degrees today and going to be 19 on friday. Only in Ohio.
 
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