Indoor/Outdoor

sbcbd

sbcbd

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What is easier?

I like the idea of an outdoor grow, I have visions of a big farm out in the bush! Downside is I’m based in Canada, so right now I have obviously missed the boat this year.

Indoor, I could see me doing. But space etc is a little bit of an issue. I have a closet roughly 3x5 which could definitely house one for sure.

Does anyone do both? Or tried both?

What’s your positive and negatives?
 
Magicole

Magicole

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The biggest positive of indoors from my eyes is the controlled environment. I am all about preventative care and haven’t had any mites, fungus/mold and insects ever! The only exception is gnats that came in a bag of compost. Sounds like bull but I take a shower and put new clothes before entering my room, to only starting from seeds. Plus, this is up for debate but I feel after building experience you can grow higher quality indoors.
This year is the first time I put a plant outside. I have it in a greenhouse with soil I build my self. I started seeds last December and took clones off of my own plant in March by May I was ready to flower my indoor plants and I had one I didn’t have space for one. I put it in one of my garden beds and it exploded in size, besides hydro indoors it was the fastest I had every seen a plant grow. I’m now about 5 weeks into flower now with it and it has shocked me with how well it’s doing in flower. One of the biggest upsides of outdoors is the sun is free.
For a first time grower I would advise starting indoor over the winter and getting more comfortable growing. Now outdoors is a different animal but if you wanted to go bigger getting some of the beginner mistakes out of the way is a lot easier indoors. If you fuck up outdoors you eat up a lot of your growing season. If it’s at the end of the season then it’s all for nothing. It’s one of those thing that you can research all you want, and you’ll have a better idea, yet experience is the best in my opinion.
 
Weouthere

Weouthere

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Magicole said:
The biggest positive of indoors from my eyes is the controlled environment. I am all about preventative care and haven’t had any mites, fungus/mold and insects ever! The only exception is gnats that came in a bag of compost. Sounds like bull but I take a shower and put new clothes before entering my room, to only starting from seeds. Plus, this is up for debate but I feel after building experience you can grow higher quality indoors.
This year is the first time I put a plant outside. I have it in a greenhouse with soil I build my self. I started seeds last December and took clones off of my own plant in March by May I was ready to flower my indoor plants and I had one I didn’t have space for one. I put it in one of my garden beds and it exploded in size, besides hydro indoors it was the fastest I had every seen a plant grow. I’m now about 5 weeks into flower now with it and it has shocked me with how well it’s doing in flower. One of the biggest upsides of outdoors is the sun is free.
For a first time grower I would advise starting indoor over the winter and getting more comfortable growing. Now outdoors is a different animal but if you wanted to go bigger getting some of the beginner mistakes out of the way is a lot easier indoors. If you fuck up outdoors you eat up a lot of your growing season. If it’s at the end of the season then it’s all for nothing. It’s one of those thing that you can research all you want, and you’ll have a better idea, yet experience is the best in my opinion.
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Experience beats all. Get those hands dirty and soil under your nails! I killed my first plant after many mistakes, but now I’ve got 2 plants doing great, and I’d attribute all of that to my experience. Wether that’s knowing when to come on here and ask for help, or just getting to know the plant.
Outdoors is my goal, nothing beats that summer sun.. unfortunately I live in a copy and paste neighborhood.
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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Outdoors IMO is better; less hassle, just let Mother N do the work for u.
I only move my gals indoors when heavy rain ( I grow in pots which I dig into the soil).

Trying indoors for the first time to extend the season; so far it’s going alright, but quite an expense to start u off; Lecky bills are higher plus there’s a lot more to look out for indoors.

Hope I’m not sticking my neck out here too much - it’s a preference thing; a mate of mine scoffs at the idea of outdoor growing, but then again doesn’t live out in the middle of nowhere.

Maybe try both?!
 
Weouthere

Weouthere

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OH I forgot to mention I have one indoor and ones outdoor. I got a clone, made sure it was stable and just threw it outside in mid August. It’s about a foot and will probably give me an ounce. It grew like crazy!
The one indoor is from seed and also loving its environment.
The only constant between the 2 is the ffof I’m using
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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I agree.... I would use the space you have to start plants early and let them get established and then grow them outdoors. I usually start in Feb and plant in late may. I get 4+pounds a plant outdoors.
If you do it this way you do not need to spend a lot of money on lights. T5s are great for veg
If you grow indoors you will get smaller yields and you could easily spend $1000+ on a decent system.
 
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piratebug

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Just something to remember... (in regards to growing outdoors)

if you strictly want to be a outdoor grower, make sure your environment supports it, because if it doesn't, you will still have to maintain a full-fledged indoor grow area to start, and or finish a outdoor grow, Why? For example... this year, where I live, the last frost was on June 18th, and the first frost happened just the other day on, September 6th. So realistically... my outdoor growing season this year was only 79 days, which wouldn't really allow me to grow any cannabis plant to its full potential, and that even includes the quickest growing auto, entirely outdoors! So even if I was strictly a outdoors grower I would still need to maintain a full-fledged indoor growing area just complete a outdoor grow.
 
ganga gurl420

ganga gurl420

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piratebug said:
Just something to remember... (in regards to growing outdoors)

if you strictly want to be a outdoor grower, make sure your environment supports it, because if it doesn't, you will still have to maintain a full-fledged indoor grow area to start, and or finish a outdoor grow, Why? For example... this year, where I live, the last frost was on June 18th, and the first frost happened just the other day on, September 6th. So realistically... my outdoor growing season this year was only 79 days, which wouldn't really allow me to grow any cannabis plant to its full potential, and that even includes the quickest growing auto, entirely outdoors! So even if I was strictly a outdoors grower I would still need to maintain a full-fledged indoor growing area just complete a outdoor grow.
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That is not necessarily true. Yes a frost when they are young can kill them but there are many things you can do to prevent that, however late frosts a plant can go through many times.
Our last frosts start here in may or June depending on the yr and our first frosts can happen any time starting in Sept as well.

I harvested my last plants last yr all the way up into November. They went through snow and frosts like you wouldn't believe and they were fine and I still was pulling 4+ pounds off each plant. They are more hardy than most people think.
 
Dalek Supreme

Dalek Supreme

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sbcbd said:
What is easier?

I like the idea of an outdoor grow, I have visions of a big farm out in the bush! Downside is I’m based in Canada, so right now I have obviously missed the boat this year.

Indoor, I could see me doing. But space etc is a little bit of an issue. I have a closet roughly 3x5 which could definitely house one for sure.

Does anyone do both? Or tried both?

What’s your positive and negatives?
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See the tutorial in my signature for some ideas on what can be done in a small space (turn your phone around if you don't see it).
 
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