Outdoor balcony grow in Southern Spain

Hi RIU

Just wanted to say Hola frol Spain! Great job everyone for the informatiok on even the smallest and many times repeated questions from newbies like myself!

I have 2 Critical Mass Auto Fems on the way but outdoors, on the balcony!

I have planted them into easy2grow 11ltr auto watering pots, with a 47 ltr water tank.

Dont have the opportunity to grow indoors but outdoors I think they are doing fine!

They are both at 36 days from germination and started flowering about 2 weeks ago! Question: when it says flowering time 65-80 days, is that from germination or flowering?

For the last couple of days started using organic nutes for flowering with higher Potassium
and they seem to like it! Is this correct? If so, Do I stop feeding the nutes a week before harvest?

Any information on growing in this way is more than welcome!

Gracias in advance!


I will try to post some pics soon!

I think my grow will be long as I cannot control the sun or weather by they are loving the
outside!

just thought to say hi, introduce my grow and post my first msg!

keep it up!

Vikingo said:

Hi RIU

Just wanted to say Hola frol Spain! Great job everyone for the informatiok on even the smallest and many times repeated questions from newbies like myself!

I have 2 Critical Mass Auto Fems on the way but outdoors, on the balcony!

I have planted them into easy2grow 11ltr auto watering pots, with a 47 ltr water tank.

Dont have the opportunity to grow indoors but outdoors I think they are doing fine!

They are both at 36 days from germination and started flowering about 2 weeks ago! Question: when it says flowering time 65-80 days, is that from germination or flowering?

For the last couple of days started using organic nutes for flowering with higher Potassium
and they seem to like it! Is this correct? If so, Do I stop feeding the nutes a week before harvest?

Any information on growing in this way is more than welcome!

Gracias in advance!


I will try to post some pics soon!

I think my grow will be long as I cannot control the sun or weather by they are loving the
outside!

just thought to say hi, introduce my grow and post my first msg!

keep it up!

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flower time means thats how long it takes once you set it to 12/12. with organics, feed till harvest. get some good potash and phosphorus, a little bit of nitrogen does them some good but for the last 2 weeks i wouldnt worry about nitrogen, just phosphorus and potash. some synthetic nutrients is also good for the last few weeks, mixing both organics and synthetics works very well and ive done it for a year or two now, plants enjoy both but you should feed them as much as you can without overloading/burning them.

Thank you for the info!

Like I mentioned, my beauties are Autos and Outdoor on the balcony so cannot switch to 12/12!

Usually my balcony has approx. 8 hours direct sunlight and undirect 4 hours.

Today it is raining and found a snail chewing on the lower leaves! snipped the leaf and gave to the snail to eat in another area. Ia this going to harm my plant?

Will try and get some photos soon!

Have a great weekend!

Vikingo said:

Thank you for the info!

Like I mentioned, my beauties are Autos and Outdoor on the balcony so cannot switch to 12/12!

Usually my balcony has approx. 8 hours direct sunlight and undirect 4 hours.

Today it is raining and found a snail chewing on the lower leaves! snipped the leaf and gave to the snail to eat in another area. Ia this going to harm my plant?

Will try and get some photos soon!

Have a great weekend!

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oh yeah my bad, i think they say seed to finish for autos but ive heard it takes a little bit lnger than what they tell you, which is usually like 60 days.

and dont worry about the snail, they'll live.

snails are crappy and migrate by nature to fertile feeding grounds. they'll smell your plants and arrive. it's harsh, but you should give them the kaibash, else they'll be back. They cling to the undersides, along with slugs, where you can't see them (running your hands along from the bottom up lets you feel them though) spreading some snail killer around the general area will get them before they get to your plants, or if you use an organic version, you can put it on the soil of your pots. As far as flushing, I would stop using your nutrients a week before harvest at least, even if they're organic. Organic nutrients can still leave a gritty, dirty flavor, its safest to just flush. I'm not sure why people get so passionate about not flushing, but they really do sometimes. With your light schedule, your plants will likely go to flower as soon as they're out there; they probably started switching when you put them out there but you didn't notice for a couple weeks as they were just stretching and not developing their flowers yet. Anyway it should work fine you'll just have to veg inside first or start with a decent plant, or just keep them small.

You can put a tuna can buried up to the rim in soil then fill with a strong beer. They are attracted, climb in, get drunk and drown.

^^^^^ ha alcohol poisioning love it.!!