Gro-n-again
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I read about the light cycle most of you use and it isn't the suns cycle at my locale.
Do autos perform well outside in full sun?
Do autos perform well outside in full sun?
Autos outdoors?
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Humanrob
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I used to grow photos outdoors, but where I live the season is on the short side, and fall comes wet and cold which is a recipe for mold and PM just when the plants are fat and heavy and trying to finish. The beauty of autos outdoors for me is that if I time them right, they wrap up in August. Yes, their overall potential size/harvest is significantly smaller, so it's probably not a great commercial idea. Last summer my plants, which were planted in the ground and only getting 6-7 hours of direct sunlight per day, averaged 6oz each. So if the math works for you, it can be a great thing.
Herb & Suds
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Indirect light is still daytime light
Gro-n-again
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Yeah but I'm talking about putting them out in a field, full sun from sun up to sun down. I just wasn't sure they'd do well with a short window of light, strong as it may be.
Trying to help my uncle, he grows photos in 30gal pots every year. He starts them early in the spring and transplants them soon after frost. Every year they grow huge in those lil pots and finish stressed as hell after a long summer of miracle grow diet. Terrible smoke
I'm thinking I'm gonna mix him up a batch of super soil and get some autos for him with strict instructions to start them no earlier than mid-late july. And water only
What autos would be best suited for outdoor grows?
Thanks for all the replies, think I'm gonna do this.
Herb & Suds
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That doesn't sound to secure
Gro-n-again
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Legal state, med license. Type of area where your closest neighbor is a mile away. No worries about the law or thieves.
Herb & Suds
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I have all that but I'm not putting bank on plants in an open field
To many guys own drones let alone make it easy
shushubandora
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I grow auto in last 2 years. For small grower It's easy compare to photo and harvest faster.
But u can't make mistakes with auto. If u don't get those finger size first leafs u are in trouble, u might get 5 gram plant if you mess up, there is no "I'll grow it for one more week".
Watch up the beginning, it will not grow bellows 15C and my advice is don't try below 20C. Try to sprout home at start and move fast to soil or big pot outside. (Pot u can move, big advantage)
But u can't make mistakes with auto. If u don't get those finger size first leafs u are in trouble, u might get 5 gram plant if you mess up, there is no "I'll grow it for one more week".
Watch up the beginning, it will not grow bellows 15C and my advice is don't try below 20C. Try to sprout home at start and move fast to soil or big pot outside. (Pot u can move, big advantage)