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    Cali outdoor just got rained on

    Me too, lost 6 branches luckily not too bad of a wind. Half are 10 days off and the other 4 are still 3 weeks away. Good problem to have kind of, outgrowing the hoop house but.... Anyway, I'm going to put some big fans out tomorrow but I was wondering what anyone else thinks about putting my...
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    Outdoor Soil vs. Soil-less mix

    Just my take, if you use soil you can reuse it. Throw it in a kiddie pool with amends and keep using it year after year, while adding the necessary raw bone/blood/guano/lime etc. to the mix. I have my Ocean Forest soil from 5 years ago and just keep adding raw amends and aeration (coco and...
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    Takeing sugestions, when to plant outdoor

    Necessity is the mother of invention...it will be a jungle before it goes outside ;) Hope my daughters remember it like that, dad and mom's bright room was really...
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    Seedlings stretching too much??

    Not sure if you already have it solved but I always try and put my beans half way into the pot and fill soil as able. Once in a while though you have a really stretchy bean that pops and I use just skewers (like you'd do shish-kabobs with). I just lean the fragile stalk on the skewer as I've...
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    No question to stupid(seedling feeding)

    Gonna be hard to pull worth while cuts off of those seedlings at this point without shocking them, best to top or fim and once that grows out take a cut. It looks like the issue at first was being root bound. It is a hard thing to tell when in Dixie cups, now you have some nice pots. I always...
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    Takeing sugestions, when to plant outdoor

    I've found that air tight with LOTS of space is best, balancing air flow with humidity/temps in cramped spaces has been problematic for me from time to time. Mostly, I've worked with that issue in flower finishing but I've feeling I may have to get the hoop house clean and up sooner this year...
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    Moving indoor plants under 18/6 to the outdoors without triggering flowering

    WOW, tons of good info on this thread, things I'd never thought about. I've come to adopt popped beans indoors (don't have indoor accommodations for moms just yet) in Feb and given them 18 hour light cycles under my T5 until I put outside. I've been burned by not mitigating cold weather/snow...
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    Takeing sugestions, when to plant outdoor

    I'd (and do) wait until last frost around mid-late May here and be prepared until June if you're above the snowline to put babies outdoors if you have space inside. I learned this a couple years ago (PIC). Climates change and cold temps outdoors hurts young plants even if prepared. What's your...
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    2012 was an off year, needed to scale down a bit. 2013 back to 5 strains (from beans) and 17...

    2012 was an off year, needed to scale down a bit. 2013 back to 5 strains (from beans) and 17 non-fem beans.
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    Any help?

    I agree with lex, look for seclusion with southern exposure, the more southern sun the better, ideally full sun in the morning and evening and filtered sun during the hottest parts of the day. If you're set on this year bagged soil might be best, Ocean Forest with coco and pearlite is what I...
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    outdoor light dep?

    I've been tinkering with ALD (Artificial Light Deprivation) for a couple years now as it is mandatory to grow any long flowering sativas where I am. The last 2 years I setup a section of my garden for just such a purpose. I used black plastic from Home Depot and started covering for 12 hour...
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    I Need Cheap Greenhouse Materials

    I hit OSH here in Cali for .6 mil plastic. Rented a hole digger and put up 9 posts(this was the toughest part in our hardpan) to build a 15' X 15' with 2X4 framing brace on top I then took the plastic and attached 8' 1X1 in the middle of the 30' lengths of plastic (giving 2 30' lengths of...
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    first time grower

    Depends Is this accessible regularly or guerilla? If you can tend it I'd go with the FF bags. It is an investment if you have more than a few plants. I like the smart pots too. I have a batch of FF Ocean Forest that I have had for 3 seasons now. I just "rejuvinate" it with some of...
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    What is everyone gonna put outside this year?

    Thanks G. Much appreciated! I may hit you up for some advice as time draws closer.
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    What is everyone gonna put outside this year?

    Outdoor this year Have Laughing Buddha seeds that I recently purchased. The seeds have taken off (100% germ rate). Living right at the snow line here in the Sierra Foothills just at the snow line I've already built a 9 post framed structure that I'll be running bowed PVC over if necessary for...
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    Greetings from Nor Cal!

    Thanks for the welcome! They are indeed ;)
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    Greetings from Nor Cal!

    I live in the gold country of Nor Cal and have been a 215 card holder since 98 and dabbled with some indoor at that time. I took a couple years off but finally have a place I can do my thing. I grow strictly outdoor, soil and 100% within my script guidelines which is perfectly fine for my...
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