Prepping for outdoor grow (in New England) Need to make some decisions

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TrichomeChaser

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hey everybody. Just finished up a nice MOB indoors and started some seeds to put outside this year. I live in New England and the weather certainly is not even close to ready for plants yet. I plan to have some well established/trained plants when it comes time to put the girls outside. I'm thinking that time is going to be late April early May. This past grow indoors was in promix bx. I was topdressing with stonington blend plant food throughout the entire grow cycle. In flower I used the stonington and some Jamaican bat guano. As well as the fox farm powders such as open sesame and cha Ching. I ended up growing what is by far the nicest buds I have ever grown or seen in as long as I can remember. Sooo my first question is would you recommend I stick with the method I explained above or should I go with a bottled nutrient system. I dont have much experience with outdoor growing but I know what I'm doing indoors. My second question is am I better off digging holes and refilling them with some Good dirt, or should I do potted plants in 15-20 gallon pots? I pulled 4oz on one of the MOB plants and almost 7oz on the other. I'm shooting to pull a full unit (lb) on each outdoor plant. So let me know what your thoughts and recommendations are based on my expectations for the season.
Thanks in advance
 
thumper60

thumper60

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TrichomeChaser said:
hey everybody. Just finished up a nice MOB indoors and started some seeds to put outside this year. I live in New England and the weather certainly is not even close to ready for plants yet. I plan to have some well established/trained plants when it comes time to put the girls outside. I'm thinking that time is going to be late April early May. This past grow indoors was in promix bx. I was topdressing with stonington blend plant food throughout the entire grow cycle. In flower I used the stonington and some Jamaican bat guano. As well as the fox farm powders such as open sesame and cha Ching. I ended up growing what is by far the nicest buds I have ever grown or seen in as long as I can remember. Sooo my first question is would you recommend I stick with the method I explained above or should I go with a bottled nutrient system. I dont have much experience with outdoor growing but I know what I'm doing indoors. My second question is am I better off digging holes and refilling them with some Good dirt, or should I do potted plants in 15-20 gallon pots? I pulled 4oz on one of the MOB plants and almost 7oz on the other. I'm shooting to pull a full unit (lb) on each outdoor plant. So let me know what your thoughts and recommendations are based on my expectations for the season.
Thanks in advance
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north of mass nothing goes out till mid late may,even with green house,
 
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TrichomeChaser

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Lucky Luke said:
Gorilla set up or?
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im doing three locations. One will be a greenhouse grow. one will be in the woods and the last one will be in a backyard up against a house.

thumper60 said:
north of mass nothing goes out till mid late may,even with green house,
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Thanks for the tip. Yeah i know the weather can change quickly out here. As i mentioned i dont plan to put them out until late April to early may but that is based on what the weather does of course. I can keep them indoors until the time is right. My real question is what would you guys recommend for feeding once the time comes. The nutrients i used in my previous indoor grow which worked awesome or switching to a different route. And then if i should go with big pots or dig holes and fill with new soil. I may try some of both but just wanted to see what others prefer and recommend

Thanks for all input
 
folkemord

folkemord

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Stick with the way you are doing it, or go to a no till organic set up. If you set up some nice living soil with worms in the pot all you need to do is water them. Check out the organics section of this page for tons of good information and soil recipes.
 
sandhill larry

sandhill larry

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Chizzarules said:
Hell yea, winter makes me depressed so I gotta start early!
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I did that last year. I put my first seeds down on 2-18. This year I'm doing a Spring Crop. I was so amped up, I planted last Fall. Seeds were planted December 1, 2 and 11.

But then I'm not in New England.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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Gorilla plots do take some time setting up.

Holes are better than pots for a few reasons. First one is that pots dry up fast, can fall over and dont have the buffer of soil. Bigger roots =bigger fruits.

Dig decent holes, wider is better than deeper but wide and deep is best.

Lug in your soil, compost and additives like Clay kitty litter, Dolomite lime, Fongarid and Perlite. Try to get that stuff in early so it cooks well. This can be very time consuming and hard labor.

Turn it over every few weeks.

Water is always a concern. Close to water is best for the grower but also more chance to be found. Tarps and water traps like garbage bins can be used to collect water for plots not located close to a water source.

Cages and fencers can be useful. Smoking chicken wire renders it nearly invisible as does matt black paint.

Sizes of plants can be a concern depending on the isolation of your plot. I and a few others have plants around 7ft tall atm. If you dont want that or taller then do your homework on what sort of training suites you.


Goodluck for the season, a few of us Gorilla growers on here and we are only happy to help if we can.
 
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sandhill larry

sandhill larry

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I love those length of day calculators. Much easier than it used to be to figure safe sunlight.

I have a low of 36F coming up next week. Hope it doesn't fuck up my Spring crop. I'm needing 5-6 more weeks to finish flower before the days get too long.

thumper60 said:
haha thanks larry wind chill 20 below right now
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BcDigger

BcDigger

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Lucky Luke said:
Gorilla plots do take some time setting up.

Holes are better than pots for a few reasons. First one is that pots dry up fast, can fall over and dont have the buffer of soil. Bigger roots =bigger fruits.

Dig decent holes, wider is better than deeper but wide and deep is best.

Lug in your soil, compost and additives like Clay kitty litter, Dolomite lime, Fongarid and Perlite. Try to get that stuff in early so it cooks well. This can be very time consuming and hard labor.

Turn it over every few weeks.

Water is always a concern. Close to water is best for the grower but also more chance to be found. Tarps and water traps like garbage bins can be used to collect water for plots not located close to a water source.

Cages and fencers can be useful. Smoking chicken wire renders it nearly invisible as does matt black paint.

Sizes of plants can be a concern depending on the isolation of your plot. I and a few others have plants around 7ft tall atm. If you dont want that or taller then do your homework on what sort of training suites you.


Goodluck for the season, a few of us Gorilla growers on here and we are only happy to help if we can.
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Solid advice right there bongsmilie
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