Early New England grow

Chizzarules

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Started about a month and a half ago guys. Two to three week difference on certain plants as some I bought and the mystery I already had. I have five kaya gold, five aurora indica, and eight mystery seeds going. Just went out and mixed their soil in the backyard today and threw in some good amendments. Made the base last year at the end of the season and let it sat. I need to move the houseplants upstairs soon so I can utilize the third light.20170220_121437.jpg 20170220_121456.jpg 20170224_170057.jpg 20170224_170100.jpg 20170224_170126.jpg 20170224_170132.jpg
 

Jaybodankly

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Curious, beginning of April 12:45 minutes of daylight. End of April has 14 hours. Guess you are growing trees and not trying to flower them early. Do you cover them for cold protection?
 

Chizzarules

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I'm in connecticut, last few seasons have ended in a drought. Weather has been warm earlier and allowed me to grow early and later into the season. Going to be seventy on Wednesday!
 

pockitsPM

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I was thinking of building a green house to get them earlier like mid March. Got over crowding going on and I refuse to let anything die lol.. I figured the hours of light building up from 12/12 ish would give it time to undo the flowering progress that being outdoors would cause and I wanna trellis the poop out of them lol
 

Jaybodankly

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Seventy on Wednesday. Can still freeze into May. Soil Biology goes dormant around 50 degrees soil temp. Takes awhile for it to warm up. Better to raise them up in excellent conditions indoors them shock them early outdoors. It is a gamble to think it wont get cold again or last years weather will be the same. I would have a 50 gal plastic trashbin to cover them if a bit of cold weather comes in. I hope I am wrong but April can be a cold month.
 

Chizzarules

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Totally. I work in landscape/land management so I am pretty on top of my growing game. I do a slow transition for the plants. Had a few plants get hit with frost a few years back. Amazingly enough they grew back but I'm pretty careful about the beans I actually buy/grow compared to bag seed that I just throw out into the garden for the hell of it.
 

Sortastupid

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I was just curious what you would recommend for a southern New Englander like myself. I am looking to buy some beans for this summer's outdoor grow and could use some advice on what does well in this part of the planet
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks
 

Boatguy

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I was just curious what you would recommend for a southern New Englander like myself. I am looking to buy some beans for this summer's outdoor grow and could use some advice on what does well in this part of the planet
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks
I think for us up here, any auto makes sense. Couple of harvests in a season without fear of early frost or whatever.
Otherwise stick with a fast flowering indica. Weather changes too quick around here in sept, oct, a cold snap or an early noreaster can ruin things quick.
 

northeastmarco

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I was just curious what you would recommend for a southern New Englander like myself. I am looking to buy some beans for this summer's outdoor grow and could use some advice on what does well in this part of the planet
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks
I think for us up here, any auto makes sense. Couple of harvests in a season without fear of early frost or whatever.
Otherwise stick with a fast flowering indica. Weather changes too quick around here in sept, oct, a cold snap or an early noreaster can ruin things quick.
No need for autos,plenty will work up this way,just have to take care of them.
Check out getawaymountainseeds
 

sauceulike

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I was just curious what you would recommend for a southern New Englander like myself. I am looking to buy some beans for this summer's outdoor grow and could use some advice on what does well in this part of the planet
Any thoughts would be great.
Thanks
Go here.This cat breeds strains specifically for your environment. http://getawaymountainseed.com/.
 

northeastmarco

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Maybe im just overcautious. The late season weather around here has become alot better in the last decade.
I get a couple frosts before Halloween,sometimes a hard one.as long as they finish by oct 20 you are fine.i have noticed early September has been more humid than usual,so you need that extra few weeks
 

pockitsPM

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So back to the greenhouse thing... I hear people saying the uv of the sun will cause 6mil plastic sheeting to crack and shatter like glass.... buuut they are in Colorado in the mountains and we are like at sea level so is that as much of an issue here
 
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