Roy asks for advice

[royfree2grow]

Hello my friends, sorry for the read...

This grow hasn't went as planned so far, I hope to pick it up from here and I need your help to do some damage control-

basically, it started when I ordered some beans from divine back in march, then the post office went on a three weeks strike, then there were some local holidays for about another two weeks, which is always an excuse for the post office to go on a payed leave...

It turns out there's about half a million packages that were ordered to Israel from abroad, still stuck in the airport due to the workload cause they haven't been delivering mail to the entire country for over a month:wtf: so I went on and ordered again (this time in may 12), it got here yesterday and I'm happy!

I got GSCxChemd, GSCxCJ and another 5 pack with Bluberry Milkshake (Blue Queen x Milkshake) which I don't know anything about...

I have to say -this delay in shipment is only at the post office fault, I have nothing bad to say about Logic,on the flip side- he was swift and helpful through this. Yo Logic! thanks my man!

I had some Cheeto Kush, white widow and some other shitty beans from last year, I popped them in April 16, right now I got 4 happy females, three of them are cheeto, one is white widow, also got 2 males from the ww fem seeds- I'll pull em out pretty soon. My plant's are in 2.5 gallon pots, vegging outdoors.

I'm planning to pop the seeds and eventually plant them in smaller beds/pots than intended cause of the times... I was thinking about 20gl pots for the newly popped seeds and of 60gl beds for the four ladies I have growing now. I'm also planning to take some clones from the girls in the upcoming days .

I'm afraid the seeds wont have enough rooting time though... do you guys think i'm good here naturally? or should I plan on maybe extending their vegging period with supplementary lighting? how do I maximize this season?

ANY ADVICE regarding my situation will be greatly appreciated guys, thanks.

 

[Seamaiden]

I say, based on previous experience in the northern hemisphere at just about 41*Lat. North, plant what you have NOW. It won't be great, but it'll still have plenty of potential. I've planted seeds as late as July 27 and gotten a crop the following October. I don't recall how much, but if you give them space they *will* grow, so give them the space. Just plant and go, no extra lighting or anything like that needed. Alfalfa teas help spur vegetative growth well.

That's my advice.

 

[mastacheeser]

Is a few weeks of supplemental light a option?

 

[royfree2grow]

I say, based on previous experience in the northern hemisphere at just about 41*Lat. North, plant what you have NOW. It won't be great, but it'll still have plenty of potential. I've planted seeds as late as July 27 and gotten a crop the following October. I don't recall how much, but if you give them space they *will* grow, so give them the space. Just plant and go, no extra lighting or anything like that needed. Alfalfa teas help spur vegetative growth well.

That's my advice.

I'm at 31*Lat, I'm guessing it's about 1 hour a light behind... I put 15 seeds on paper towels... should have answers soon.
so if i go naturally you think I will still be able to crop on October? what about the pot sizes? you think 20gal is a safe bet?

Is a few weeks of supplemental light a option?

Everything is an option brother, sorry for the newbie question but that means I'll have to extend the flower period by three weeks as well, which means flowering into November with cold weather, strong winds and heavy rains. I think I have to transform my porch into a greenhouse for that, or can I avoid that? and if I do go that way, would you suggest planting in 60gals?

 

[mastacheeser]

I'm at 31*Lat, I'm guessing it's about 1 hour a light behind... I put 15 seeds on paper towels... should have answers soon.
so if i go naturally you think I will still be able to crop on October? what about the pot sizes? you think 20gal is a safe bet?




Everything is an option brother, sorry for the newbie question but that means I'll have to extend the flower period by three weeks as well, which means flowering into November with cold weather, strong winds and heavy rains. I think I have to transform my porch into a greenhouse for that, or can I avoid that? and if I do go that way, would you suggest planting in 60gals?

I didn't know you were going that big
My only outdoor has been in the so cal desert so I'm going to sit down and shut up

 

[caregiverken]

hey Roy! :)
What happen to the planter boxes you made last year?
and the soil?
If you need to go with pots, get smart pots (cloth pots)
or this is an idea

 

[royfree2grow]

hey Roy! :)
What happen to the planter boxes you made last year?
and the soil?
If you need to go with pots, get smart pots (cloth pots)
or this is an idea

hi Ken!
Still got em boxes, , these are the 60gals beds and I have even better soil and regimen.
My problem is that i don't know if i have enough natural grow time for the seeds and clones i'm about to take without sup light...
Did you try these bags as pots?

 

[caregiverken]

hi Ken!
Still got em boxes, , these are the 60gals beds and I have even better soil and regimen.
My problem is that i don't know if i have enough natural grow time for the seeds and clones i'm about to take without sup light...
Did you try these bags as pots?

You have time, and not much choice..Just germ more of them :)

Yeah I tryed the shopping bags..and they work..but they dont stand up very well...lol:p
If you leaned four up against each other ..that would work..lol
just throwing that out there for anyone reading this thread :)

 

[royfree2grow]

You have time, and not much choice..Just germ more of them :)

Yeah I tryed the shopping bags..and they work..but they dont stand up very well...lol:p
If you leaned four up against each other ..that would work..lol
just throwing that out there for anyone reading this thread :)

Yeah I figured they're a hassle, I did grow close to a hundred plants planted in garbage bags a couple of years back, that was a fucking nightmare, I think these things are designed to carry groceries/other stuff not for planting in them, now days I rather go planter boxes or ready made pots.

 

[Seamaiden]

I'm at 31*Lat, I'm guessing it's about 1 hour a light behind... I put 15 seeds on paper towels... should have answers soon.
so if i go naturally you think I will still be able to crop on October? what about the pot sizes? you think 20gal is a safe bet?

Can you go with 30? More is pretty much always better here. They will pump out that vegetative growth until August or so. Just keep 'em fed!