Hey guys, I've been doing alot of reading up on here in preperation for (hopefully) my 1st succesful outdoor grow in the upcoming long season. I wanted to thank all of you guy 1st for all the knowledge you guys have shared, in this thread alone I've learned sooooooo much.
I've tried once previously outdoors, but at the time had no knowledge at all and basically just threw a clone I got from a friend in the ground and it didn't go so well haha. Since then I've done a couple succesful small cabinet grows and I'm looking forward to giving it a good serious effort this season outdoors and I'd love some input and have a couple questions so whatever help you guys can give would be awesome!
Before the questions just a little about my planned setup, I'm on Oahu my spot I'm planning on is about a 30-40 min hike, theres no trails or anything just brush and trees so I'm hoping it will be isolated enough to prevent any rippers. I want to dig out maybe 4 or 5 small plots in the hillside spaced about 100 yards apart from eachother. My thinking is that if anything should go wrong (rippers, bugs, mold etc.) at one plot the others should be fine, so hopefully worst case scenario even if something disastrous happens at a couple of the plots I should still have a decent harvest, and best case scenario they all go well and there'll be a whollllle lotta ganja. Finally I can't get a hold of any clones at the moment so I'm going to be just starting from seed onsite using the little screen cage someone posted earlier in the thread (thanks).
Okay on to the questions! Damn this post is gettin long and im probably rambling haha im kinda
Even if you guys can't answer all of them any input is greatly appreciated.
1. Feminized or regular seeds? If the extra cost for the feminized isn't an issue is there any downside to them?
2. How much room do they need to grow and take full advantage of the light outdoors? How far apart should I space seperate plants?
3. How often will I need to visit the site to give the plants water and nutes?
4. Partially depending on the answer to question 1, I'm leaning towards buying the Sativa Mix from Greenhouse Seeds
http://www.seedboutique.com/store/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=107&products_id=1793 I've read alot of good things about their genetics, wondering if any of you guys have grown any of them and have an opinion.
5. The area is about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from any populated areas is that far enough for the smell to be a nonissue?
6. About how much dry yield can i expect per succesful plant? I realise its my 1st grow and estimates they give on the seed sites are from advanced growers in optimum conditions and I want to get a more realistic figure for my level of experience, although I am going to put as much effort as I can into doing as good as possible, there are bound to be some issues. I want to plan for them ahead of time so I can plant more then I need, and if nothing goes bad its always better to have too much then not enough! Hehe too much.
7. Fiancee is cool with the herb, not sure so much with the growing though, planning on harvesting and drying on site on a string with some cover most likely, any opinions on this?
8. Due to the same reason as above and also in the event that things do go very well and it is a very bountiful harvest, I am thinking about digging a hole onsite and building a small watersealed cache into it that i can hold my jars in for curing and storage and just taking what I need throw some dirt and leaves over it and go, I figure if I go the whole long season without getting some big trees ripped, the chances of them finding a hidden cache would be small. I just kinda came up with this so I'd love your input on this in particular.
That was alot to read haha sorry, I appreciate any help you guys can give thanks!
Oh wait, it did already!I think it's that "soma" that stinks so good. What you think?
