What are the odds of an outside grow reaching maturity in Northern Colorado?

What are the odds of an outside grow reaching maturity in Northern Colorado?
I've got a 'Heavy Duty Fruity' that was planted outside in April when it was 1 month old. Also a 'Dark Star'.

They look good so far, but here again, should I have checked genetics and planted something more apt to rippen in N.Colorado?

If you planted them as early as you say you did then i believe hdf is on the indica side and should finish in time. As for the dark star i have never heard of the strain

After thinking about it. I probably should have figured that since sprinkler systems are drained by Oct 15th due to the possibilities of a freeze, that I should have planted something that had a shorter flowering period. The 'heavy duty fruity' is 2 and 1/2 months. The 'dark star' only 2 months. I'll cry if they've gotten this beautiful and don't have enought time to fully ripen.

debbie1950 said:

After thinking about it. I probably should have figured that since sprinkler systems are drained by Oct 15th due to the possibilities of a freeze, that I should have planted something that had a shorter flowering period. The 'heavy duty fruity' is 2 and 1/2 months. The 'dark star' only 2 months. I'll cry if they've gotten this beautiful and don't have enought time to fully ripen.

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You should be alright you may have more of a heady high but if you prefer a couch lock you'll just have to cure longer. Youll still have some nice dank when its time to harvest

One option,.. Get a bucket. Pull the plant, get as much of the root ball as possibile. Put it in said bucket w some quality coco with lots of kelp for the transition. Voila, indoor till theyre DONESKI. You Gotta Mr. Miyagi that shit with lots of love and nice temps inside to make sure they sont shock too bad.. Good luck.

Tried to post a picture, but obviously not doing something right. Anyway, it would take at least a 100 gal bucket for this girl. She's close to 13 feet high and 7' 3" wide. She started braching out in 10 directions from the base and became totally unmanageable. A big thank you to ATTITUDE SEEDBANK for crediting me with a generous amount of free female seeds. This gal is called 'Heavy Duty Fruity' and everything about her is BIG.

Here she is. It would take a 100 gallon container to keep this girl happy. She started branching off into 10 branches when she was born and just got bigger from there on. She's already turning red on the bud.
Everything about her is huge. She's getting difficult to hide.
My thanks to ATTITUDE SEEDBANK for being so generaous with their free seeds. This is their 'Heavy Duty Fruity'.

haha, what you dont have any 100 gallon grow bags sitting around?? Nice bush, er tree. good luck, I wanna smoke some when its done.

Nope. Just keeping it simple here. Thought I'd try outdoors since the electric company keeps raising their rates. I simply thought that she would be about the same size as the ones I grew indoors, being that the soil isn't all that good and that I had no plans on fertilizing her. I'm seeing now that I need to think things through a little better and plan accordingly.
I should have read Sticky's Outdoor Growing FAQ before I started. Thanks for responding.