Trying an Auto outside

rembrandt100

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As the title suggests I want to try 2 Auto's outside this season. I do not have a place inside to grow to maturity so I intend to start my plants inside under regular grow lights. They will be started using the paper towel method then once sprouted moved to peat pellets, then transplanted to 5 gallon black cloth bags. As soon as it is posable I want to move them to a greenhouse for a few days until I harden them off. One plant will stay in the greenhouse and the other moved to the deck at the rear of the home. Right now I am looking for advice on when to start germinating the plants. If all goes well I want to have them in the greenhouse by beginning of May. I usually start my non-Auto plants at end of March ready to go out mid May. But I think that may be too early for Auto's. Any suggestions?
 

Nutty sKunK

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Don’t know if u have your seeds already but NL is incredibly hardy!!

If u kill a NL auto u shouldn’t be growing xD Bomb proof. Also good mould resistance.
 

Humanrob

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It depends on a lot of things, like what latitude you are at, what kind of weather you have. Where I live it's not warm enough out until the end of the first week in June to put them out (usually, seems every year is a little different). If I put them out too early, the cool nights can stunt them. It really depends on your climate zone.

Another way to plan it is to think about what the weather will be like when they finish. I like to finish them in August, because the sun is still high in the sky and strong and we get very little rain then, so the fat buds are less likely to get wet and moldy. I start them all indoors and then move them out when the weather looks right. If I have a 12 week strain I might start it mid-May, and then a 10 week strain late May, but they'll all go outside and in the ground early in June.
 

rembrandt100

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I guess I did not explain what I am looking for. The plant after sprouting will be under the lights in the attachment. There are 4 33w tubes for plants.
I know that is not strong enough to grow plants but I have started my last 2 grows under those lights in late March, then moved them to the greenhouse in late April to harden off, before moving outside. I did this last year with White Widow x2 and 2 unknown seeds. But they were not Auto's.
I have read about Auto's and I know they are going to do what they do when they are ready to do it. I also read that they grow fast. The seed I have is Northern Lights (8 weeks to flower) and Dwarf Low Flyer (6 weeks to flower). My concern is that if I start them the same time as I have done in the past they will be too big to keep inside under the lights that I have and too cold to move them outside.

Ok I just re-read Humanrob's 2nd paragraph. Seems like you are about the same weather as I have. Southern Ontario 43 degrees N. So working backwards I think it is best for me to start my plants late April to move to the greenhouse beginning of May, then move outside 2 weeks later.
 

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