Any uk outdoor growers out there?

Unlikely to be able to get cuttings as I am pretty much on my own regarding this subject here.


As mentioned earlier, the 1 plant I had 3 (or was it 4) years ago went just fine.
The funny thing was it produced great buds in late August, this is well before 12 / 12 so I reckon it mast have been the type known as "auto-flowering" ?

Thinking next year to try a Lowryder auto-flowering plant from feminised seed, start them off early(ish) on the window sill, and hope for the best.

Do ya reckon this is a good idea ?

i got 4 roadrunner feminized auto seeds this year 2 of them went into a green house (beg aug)bit late but they both died two wks ago and the other two are at a friends house doing ok .


if u are going with auto riders maybe try the non-fem seeds just plant more.. u can get a 10 pack there not that exspensive!


the fem seeds are very sensative to any change and will hermie if treated wrong man

it is strange that u never got a female from those 3 plants again its a 50/50 chance with a regular seed.



peace and love

geeman

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Originally Posted by F1SEEDS

if u are going with auto riders maybe try the non-fem seeds just plant more.. u can get a 10 pack there not that exspensive!

the fem seeds are very sensative to any change and will hermie if treated wrong man

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Good info, glad you told me that - thanks :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by F1SEEDS

it is strange that u never got a female from those 3 plants again its a 50/50 chance with a regular seed.

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True, 10 in total over 2 years in a sealed packet from a local "head shop", the only one that worked was not treated properly by the nearby neighbour I gave it to, (as a seedling) and though female, produced only a small amount of "product".

From a bit of research I think it might be to do with our poor summer weather recently. The pots, compost, watering and modest feeding etc were all lovingly looked after.

Appreciate your input friend :)

John

Anyone got any good strains that thrive outdoors in the U.K ? , my sativa bagseed is just flowering now (noticed first white hairs today) and I've been covering it for 3 weeks tomorrow,

I feel lucky only one of my seeds germinated and I ended up with a female (not trying to rub it in johnni-in-the nw), I've also got a few clone off her so I'm happy (got a feeling with my luck it may hermie).

But this is just a tester for a proper grow next year ,I just need to know anyone who's had good results outdoor in the U.K (early flowerer) and what seeds to buy.

Pics are not the best but macro on the N95 isn't that good.

Good Growin All.

not sure what seeds,i've got an n95 too and know what you mean,thats why i have no pics up!!lol

john nw,you could try bubble/ice hash with the males,may not get much but better than nothing!!

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john nw,you could try bubble/ice hash with the males,may not get much but better than nothing!!

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Well I have now chopped them down and hung them up to dry.

I wonder if it is worth doing an Ice hash job on them ?
(I read up on it and I suppose it is "do-able")
Quite a lot of greenery present !!

Would it be worth it in your opinion ?
(They did smell OK on a warm day if that's any guide !!)

this is from a n95 with the light on

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Originally Posted by johni-n-the-nw-uk

Well I have now chopped them down and hung them up to dry.

I wonder if it is worth doing an Ice hash job on them ?
(I read up on it and I suppose it is "do-able")
Quite a lot of greenery present !!

Would it be worth it in your opinion ?
(They did smell OK on a warm day if that's any guide !!)

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hi john,likewise i've only read about it,its gotta be worth a try!i have done it twice with trimmings from a friends hydro set-up,man that bubble hash is something else!!:stoned::stoned::stoned:

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i have done it twice with trimmings from a friends hydro set-up,man that bubble hash is something else!!:stoned::stoned::stoned:

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What did you use in place of the silk screen thing for filtering ?

(I know the filter has to a certain grade to allow the trikes (sp) through)

really guys its a waiste of time doing a run with males in the bubblesacks as there is very little if any thc in male plants!


u need trim from a female plant to get any sort of return in the bags!


id just bin the ,ales like u said man !



peace and love

geeman

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Originally Posted by F1SEEDS

really guys its a waiste of time doing a run with males in the bubblesacks as there is very little if any thc in male plants!


u need trim from a female plant to get any sort of return in the bags!


id just bin the ,ales like u said man !



peace and love

geeman

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Yeh that is what I suspected :(

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I don't want to have to keep buying green from here and there.
I use it partially for pain relief, but love it for "the other benefit" too :)

My latest plan is to start an indoor grow with an auto-flowering lowryder as it looks like I could fit it in a large cupboard in the spare bedroom or in the roof space. (can we talk about this on this backwater of a thread ?)

I have done a bit of research on here and I know about fans n stuff but I am a bit confused re lights. I know from reading how much wattage and timing etc but there does seem to be 2 opinions on what type of bulbs.

One group of folk say you need the real deal in lamps, whereas another say a mix of simple growlux and daylight tubes is OK.

Any thoughts on this from my friends in this thread ? ( I would like to avoid the costs involved in buying fancy lighting )

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What did you use in place of the silk screen thing for filtering ?

(I know the filter has to a certain grade to allow the trikes (sp) through)

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i have another mate with a mini washer(bubblater),it comes with the bags!!
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ill happily help u out johni:)

id forget about the auto flowerers man the yield is way to little to keep you in supply man

if space is a problem then u just flower more plants at an earlier time like 2wks old !


id have to say that hps are the best for u to grow under man and if ur growroom is small there is 150w and 250w hps grow lights that u can get for as little as £80 for the 250w.


for u if u have not grown indoors before id just go with 18/6.
24/0 would keep the plants small but they do need extra care when growing this meathod . so maybe do that for ur next grow

grolux come in 400w and 600w BUILBS........... so u will have to go with a SON T PRO or SON T PLUS they are the same builb and are nearly as good as the grolux just dont have as much blue spectrum as the GROLUX.


PEACE AND LOVE

geeman

hey guys from the uk! been outdoor growin for years! here some of this years nerely finished one of the girls anyways the other one got snaped as a little baby... i have a story of them in my own thread if anyone would like to see!!
heres some pics of my girls!:D btw they abouts 5 ft 5 !

>!i grow to smoke!<

Nice XGR33N ,they are looking well , do they get much sun in that spot because I've been having issues with my neighbours conifers so my plant gets roughly about 5 to 7 hours direct sun and I was a bit worried about how they would flower ,
its not much of an issue on overcast days like this though.

Can anyone explain why as soon as the sun goes down the clouds disappear? , but september has not been too bad so far,lets hope for more of the same.

Good Growin All.

yeah mine get about 6-7hours aday, where they are at atm they get sum in the morning then the house next to me gets in the way for about 2-3hours then the rest of the day they alll goood ! :D

dont want to rub it in guys,but my greenhouse gets sun all day,nice!!

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dont want to rub it in guys,but my greenhouse gets sun all day,nice!!

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yoo busybee got any pics? :thumbsup:

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yoo busybee got any pics? :thumbsup:

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not much of a pc user,c if i can get the misses to show me,been thinking of starting a thread!!:thumbsup::jointsmile:

dmcefc,whats goin on with your baby,you've not updated your thread in ages,are you still covering her?

:Dwot u think:thumbsup:

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dmcefc,whats goin on with your baby,you've not updated your thread in ages,are you still covering her?

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hello busybee,get that thread started I was wondering if you had one on here,
not much to show so far but all is well ,yes I am still covering her and my clone that I'm not covering hasn't started to flower yet so I'm glad I did force flower her .

Question - the side branches are flowering but the top is a little bit behind , is this normal? , I thought the top of the plant flowers first.

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Question - the side branches are flowering but the top is a little bit behind , is this normal? , I thought the top of the plant flowers first.

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yo yo yo dmc yeah im not 100% sure but i made alot of stress on one of my girls (the one that snaped) and i have the same problem the top of the plant is behide everything on the plant itself. maybe bcoz its a clone and had stress when it was being cut for the clone? if you get me? orr..... sometimes these things happen! hope it helps at all..;)

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yo yo yo dmc yeah im not 100% sure but i made alot of stress on one of my girls (the one that snaped) and i have the same problem the top of the plant is behide everything on the plant itself. maybe bcoz its a clone and had stress when it was being cut for the clone? if you get me? orr..... sometimes these things happen! hope it helps at all..;)

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yeah I'm not stressing too much about it , it's just that when I was reading endless threads about 'how to tell the sex of your plant' or 'how can I tell if my plant is flowering', the answer was usually look at the top cola, but that is probably the last place to start flowering and is the least develoed on my plant.

oh right, shweeet. take it easy mate!:jointsmile:

dmcefc,mine where all germ'ed at the same time,but are at different stages,so dont worry,she's an individual,lol!

allways have a little grow in the summer, started with 4 plants one was a male and executed 2 are with a friend in a poly greenhouse and doing nicely, the last one is pictured, unfortunately the top kept getting mold so a few days ago i chopped 2ft of the top which was a shame as the buds were starting to bulk up and it would have been a nice cola instead i've only managed to salvage the buds pictured had to throw away 3x as much. at the moment trichs are 70% cloudy 30% clear, the chopping will put her back a bit, but hopefully she will carry on, looking for trichs 80% cloudy 20% amber for harvest. oh yeah the strain is pure dutch don't know how good the smoke is but nuked a bud in the microwave for a idea of potency and was pleasently surprised if it goes full term should be a good smoke.and as you can see a snail liked it and had a good munch on a couple of the lower fan leaves lol.:D

hello Weedmaster I just read through your grow thread and you mentioned you got your seeds from everyondoesit.com ,are you still using them because I'm looking for a good supplier for next year , or if anyone's got any recommendations I'd be grateful to hear. Thanks.

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hello Weedmaster I just read through your grow thread and you mentioned you got your seeds from everyondoesit.com ,are you still using them because I'm looking for a good supplier for next year , or if anyone's got any recommendations I'd be grateful to hear. Thanks.

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haven't used them for a year as my mate supplies me with seeds now, but when i was useing them never had any problems, allways seemed to be good quality seeds with 90% of them being female, don't know if i was just lucky or what:D

Had to chop of another branch because of mold,bloody english weather :(heres a couple more pics of my plant taken today, she is quite chrystally but you can't see that in the photo, sorry only got a shit camera but gives you an idea. the last pic is some of the top i chopped curing in the jar and a bit of the branch i managed to salvage from the last chop

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Had to chop of another branch because of mold,bloody english weather :(heres a couple more pics of my plant taken today, she is quite chrystally but you can't see that in the photo, sorry only got a shit camera but gives you an idea. the last pic is some of the top i chopped curing in the jar and a bit of the branch i managed to salvage from the last chop

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try putting a magnifying glass in front of your camera ,I got some good close ups of crystals this way,you might have to take a few to get the focus right.

You said that this is your fourth grow, do you graduate your harvest or do you just chopped your whole plant down in one go ?, have you had problems with mold every grow?.

Been clear sunshine for the last 2 days in the north west, temps are staying low , my plants ok though, there a little bit tougher than those plants from down south.lol.

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try putting a magnifying glass in front of your camera ,I got some good close ups of crystals this way,you might have to take a few to get the focus right.

You said that this is your fourth grow, do you graduate your harvest or do you just chopped your whole plant down in one go ?, have you had problems with mold every grow?.

Been clear sunshine for the last 2 days in the north west, temps are staying low , my plants ok though, there a little bit tougher than those plants from down south.lol.

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i useally chop the whole plant but if the lower branches have immature buds i would leave them:)
i had problems with mold last year for the first time when i started useing the small greenhouse i'm useing, so this year i have left the doors wide open all the time and have sat it on bricks 5 high to add ventilation,but i'm surprised i still got mold so next year i'm going to be useing a larger greenhouse and have a fan which should hopefully prevent this happening again, allso looking for strains that are more mold resistant like Early pearl or hollands hope:thumbsup:
going to have to get some clones from up north cos these southern plants just aint hard enough LOL:D

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i useally chop the whole plant but if the lower branches have immature buds i would leave them:)
i had problems with mold last year for the first time when i started useing the small greenhouse i'm useing, so this year i have left the doors wide open all the time and have sat it on bricks 5 high to add ventilation,but i'm surprised i still got mold so next year i'm going to be useing a larger greenhouse and have a fan which should hopefully prevent this happening again, allso looking for strains that are more mold resistant like Early pearl or hollands hope:thumbsup:
going to have to get some clones from up north cos these southern plants just aint hard enough LOL:D

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mold in a g/house..your not kidding,the wet weather made it explode in mine.only 3 bricks under mine!how do you deal with insects with the door open?hollands hope does look good(dutch passion),maybe some taiga or tundra for an early smoke!:jointsmile:

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mold in a g/house..your not kidding,the wet weather made it explode in mine.only 3 bricks under mine!how do you deal with insects with the door open?hollands hope does look good(dutch passion),maybe some taiga or tundra for an early smoke!:jointsmile:

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problem with greenhouses is condensation, not to bad in the summer but as the cold damp nights arrive, it's a bastard for mold, you need good ventilation thats why next year i'm getting a larger ghouse and going to have a couple of fans, hopefully that should sort it:thumbsup:
i haven't had a problem with insects, i had snail in there, but then put some copper tubeing on the ground around the ghouse, it's meant to give them a shock, haven't had any since.:)
i was looking at hollands hope as it is meant to be a hardy plant and quite mold resistant, same as early pearl but early pearl is allso a early flowering strain, so i might go for that next year:jointsmile:

well i use a greenhouse really but here are some pics.

hi robndebs,i can see they are sativa,but what strain?when where the pics taken?

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hi robndebs,i can see they are sativa,but what strain?when where the pics taken?

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the pics were taken about a week and a half ago.
strain unknown as a good friend at work gave me the seeds. were 9 seeds altogether. so 5 out of 9 is good i think. but 5 females out of 5 plants is fantastic i think. i will take some more pics tomorrow and put them up here. two or three different strains. two clones in an old vivarium at the mo. working towards a continuous farming.:stoned:

took a few pics of the girls this morning here they are.

and a couple of nice bud pics