June 11 too late for Holland's Hope? Autos instead?

I was planning on starting my first outdoor grow the start of may and harvesting in mid September. But for various reasons I now cannot start until June 9-11 and I live at almost exactly 45 degrees north.

I was planning on planting 5 feminized Dutch Passion's Holland's Hope which finish flowering typically by mid September. If I start them half way through June though will they have enough time to grow? I also got some free Cheese and Trainwreck with my Holland's Hope, would those be able to be planted? The finish later in the season, so would they have longer to veg?

If this won't work I was thinking of planting Short Stuff's MI5 or Onyx instead, being that they are good outdoor autos, which take around 12-14 weeks outside from seed to harvest and can grow as tall as 40 inches. Their yield doesn't seem to suffer as much as other auto strains either with yields as high as 3 ounces. If I were to go with with the Short Stuff plants they would be grown in 3 gallon microkoted pots filled with a combo of Fox Farm and Light Warrior and using both veg and blooming nutes.

The only problem is I already spent about $70 on the Holland's Hope and I really don't want to spend more money on seeds. Would I get comparable yields even if I am planting them late? Would it be possible to sell the seeds to someone in the states?

Thanks for reading and any advice.

You can't start them indoors earlier? I don't have much experience with this problem but my understanding is that they'll still finish at the same time, but since they have less time to 'veg' they will finish far smaller and have a relatively small yield. They'll have about 6 weeks of full veg I'd think and then would probably begin to flower. I'm at about the same latitude, and am gonna try to start mine inside in March and get em big but they won't go out till late May, which would be too late to get a big plant if I were starting outdoors then. Good luck!

vtguitar88 said:

You can't start them indoors earlier? I don't have much experience with this problem but my understanding is that they'll still finish at the same time, but since they have less time to 'veg' they will finish far smaller and have a relatively small yield. They'll have about 6 weeks of full veg I'd think and then would probably begin to flower. I'm at about the same latitude, and am gonna try to start mine inside in March and get em big but they won't go out till late May, which would be too late to get a big plant if I were starting outdoors then. Good luck!

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I am away at college living in dorms, so growing inside is not an option, nor do I have the equipment to start them indoors unfortunately. Thanks for the reply and good luck with your grow.

Can anyone tell me if the yield would be even high enough for it to be worth it?

I only plant in the early/middle of june where I live because of frost risk.But I start em indoors anywhere from 2-4 weeks before.I had a few almost 1 pounders.

Do you mean starting them from seed outdoor or putting them outdoor after germination and growing for a week or two?