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Hello everyone! I am in the middle of my first ever grow indoor, but I am planning an attempt at outdoor growing next spring and I wanted to start preparing. I have a handful of friends that are planning to do the same and of course it immediately turned into a friendly competition, even though none of us have done it before. I am hoping that my indoor growing gives me enough experience to be dangerous! So far, the criteria of our competition is the overall size of the plant and then the final yield.
Question #1. Does anyone have any recommendations on strains for outdoor growing in Ohio? I am about 20 miles south of Columbus. For sheer size, it sounds like a Sativa strain is the way to go, but I would like it to be a good match for the central Ohio climate.
Question #2. Location. I have plenty of space to grow here at the house, but my primary concerns are the amount of sunlight and then the other concern is wind. Since the front yard is out of the question, I have about 2 acres of back yard that I can pretty much plant anywhere. The rest of my property is woods, so that ain't gonna work. :-) Do I want to approach this to grow where they pretty much are getting sunlight all day, or am I looking for some morning and/or evening shade before sundown? I've got some white pines that would be a good wind block, planting in those spots will take away several hours of full sun. I think I want to stay closer to the house vs the woods to hopefully avoid the local wildlife from bogarting my refer!
Question #3. Do I want to go with large pots, or is it better to plant directly into the the ground (with amending/conditioning the soil). Reading a lot of the weather woes during flowering actually made me think about buying a smallish tunnel type of greenhouse to keep rain and wind at bay.
I know this is quite early, but I am sitting around waiting to be able to put my first indoor grow into flower and it is a nice (BUT WINDY) Sunday afternoon, so it got me thinking about what I need to prepare for an attempt at outdoor growing next spring!
Thank you,
Smoke
Question #1. Does anyone have any recommendations on strains for outdoor growing in Ohio? I am about 20 miles south of Columbus. For sheer size, it sounds like a Sativa strain is the way to go, but I would like it to be a good match for the central Ohio climate.
Question #2. Location. I have plenty of space to grow here at the house, but my primary concerns are the amount of sunlight and then the other concern is wind. Since the front yard is out of the question, I have about 2 acres of back yard that I can pretty much plant anywhere. The rest of my property is woods, so that ain't gonna work. :-) Do I want to approach this to grow where they pretty much are getting sunlight all day, or am I looking for some morning and/or evening shade before sundown? I've got some white pines that would be a good wind block, planting in those spots will take away several hours of full sun. I think I want to stay closer to the house vs the woods to hopefully avoid the local wildlife from bogarting my refer!
Question #3. Do I want to go with large pots, or is it better to plant directly into the the ground (with amending/conditioning the soil). Reading a lot of the weather woes during flowering actually made me think about buying a smallish tunnel type of greenhouse to keep rain and wind at bay.
I know this is quite early, but I am sitting around waiting to be able to put my first indoor grow into flower and it is a nice (BUT WINDY) Sunday afternoon, so it got me thinking about what I need to prepare for an attempt at outdoor growing next spring!
Thank you,
Smoke