Planting Outside in Pots

newbie here. guerilla farming with pots. what are the pitfalls of it? i see these pros/cons:

pros:
1) elevated over the ground to stay away from small animals
2) control your soil quality


cons
1) fingerprints on the pots
2) need to watter more often
3) can blow over in the wind.


do you all think this is right?

Man you must have hurricane type wind where you live.

use a big pot, it won't blow over. I did this about 5 years ago. I had a giant plant. It budded, but not a lot, probably because of the short time between when it started and 1st frost, and my lack of knowledge of nutes at the time. It's still a nice way to do it. Maybe the biggest con being you can grow a plant all summer, only to find out late in the season it's a male(I was lucky). I was home during the day alot and had a secluded backyard. I was able to move it around during the day for optimum sunlight, and also able to hide it well when needed. If I ever grow outside again, I'll do it that way again.

Last year when growing outside my cats decided to spaz out in the "patch". I caught one climbing one of my best plants. I freaked out and ran over to my plants (which was a mistake because that just made the cats freak out more and dig their claws in). A also have a cat that liked to spray on my plants. Yuck! When everything was over we all were fine. Me, my plants and my cats. Another reason to grow indoors.

bleorg said:

use a big pot, it won't blow over. I did this about 5 years ago. I had a giant plant. It budded, but not a lot, probably because of the short time between when it started and 1st frost, and my lack of knowledge of nutes at the time. It's still a nice way to do it. Maybe the biggest con being you can grow a plant all summer, only to find out late in the season it's a male(I was lucky). I was home during the day alot and had a secluded backyard. I was able to move it around during the day for optimum sunlight, and also able to hide it well when needed. If I ever grow outside again, I'll do it that way again.

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I plan to grow some plants to medium size indoors in April. sex them, and transport to some remote locations (way off my property). I wanted to put them on soem rocky locations with sun, but wonder how often i'll have to travel there to keep the soil moist. any idea on this? in general, can I be sucessfull with this plan?

raster said:

newbie here. guerilla farming with pots. what are the pitfalls of it? i see these pros/cons:

pros:
1) elevated over the ground to stay away from small animals
2) control your soil quality


cons
1) fingerprints on the pots
2) need to watter more often
3) can blow over in the wind.


do you all think this is right?

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Pitfalls are increased visability and potential for easy theft. As well, animals are curious little critters and have a tendancy to hone in on items foreign to their environment, especially when they're hungry. Pots outside are attractive to slugs, ants, and anything that flies and lays eggs for that matter. They're easy access all around.

Controlling your soil quality can be done very easily when planting direct to soil. Toss in some compost and blend doing a quick ph test and adding or taking away natural soil as necessary. If you're able to find a remote location to grow, why not just go direct to soil. It is far more advantageous for your plant. You'll get increased root depth, natural drainage, increased stealth etc..... When planting near or on rocky locations, be careful to check for water flow patterns. It's never a good thing to check on it one day to see it's been washed away.

raster said:

I plan to grow some plants to medium size indoors in April. sex them, and transport to some remote locations (way off my property). I wanted to put them on soem rocky locations with sun, but wonder how often i'll have to travel there to keep the soil moist. any idea on this? in general, can I be sucessfull with this plan?

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It was about 5 years ago that I grew outdoors in a pot, I forget how often I had to water them. If you sex them, I think you're going to want to wait until very late in the summer before you put them outside. My outdoor plant started showing hairs around Sept 1. It depends on your area though. If your daylight hours are still longer than the darkness, they'll probably revert back to veg growth. I guess maybe they'll start budding again as autumn approaches, but I really don't know.