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Anyone ever tried it?
Its nearly that time of year,the weather is changing,ive got a couple of mothers going and im thinking of planting some clones.
I dont own land so it would be a gorilla type of grow,but im a bit undecided and nervous about the risks.The last few weeks ive been taking the dog for long walks scouting locations and have found a few where i dont think anyone would really go.
Anyone had any success with outdoor grows? Do you think its worth it or too risky.
no my friend,i have always grew in my shed,,i know a polish guy who dose grow out doors with some success,took him loads of tlc,,he plants in dublin mountains..:rastasmoke: :hippy:
I grew out me back once wasnt a great success but it was one of mt first times so it got smoked lol branches an all.There ar some great spots around wicklow and wexford.I've always wanted to do it especially now,were getting some fantastic weather would give plants a great start.And it looks likethe summer will be promisin too.Theres a couple guys here on CC that'l be able to help yah,
Good luck bredrin!
Jah bless!
Get a nice greenhouse, its outdoor..ish but should work better since irelands weather is up the shitter...one second it rains...one second its sunny.
ive been thinking on this myself, found a few interesting types to grow, the kinda seeds that grow in harsher conditions.
Buy Purple Power marijuana cannabis seeds from Holland.
That looks like it would do well ,but its a skunk cross and very obvious looking when it starts to flower.
I wonder how an Indica strain would do,less obvious.
Thats sooooo trueQuote:
Originally Posted by pass_the_dubbie
dont be blinded by science.its a weed, john innes compost , large pot, sunny pot, away yee go :)
out of sight of neighbours of course.....
I have grown once before outdoors, 3 plants 2 turned out to be female and i got a lot of nice bud off both of them, killed the maleonce i recongnized tat it was a male. Just planted my germinated seeds today 3 plants again. I dont know the strain but the seeds were from a real nice smoke.
away:jointsmile: ye go
Ive been considering growing my own herb for ages, but the only thing that i found discourging was the price it would have on my esb bill. Now im hearing that with the right strain of plant and a little tender loving care it can be done, especialy with the summer here. I hear that the plant to go with is the lowryder, but its pretty weak. so the question im askin ye kind wise people is, is there any other good strains out there that would do well in our dodgy climate & still pack a decent punch?
Trance and euforia seeds work well outdoors here. So I've heard.......
Cooleo rastagal, ill take that into consideration. im gonna invest in a mini green house in argos, only 24. Im a first time grower so i wanna tip the scales of success in my favour as much as i can. Can anyone recomend good nutes tecniqes etc? pretty please with sugar on top!!
I'm only getting into it myself but All depends on if your buying your nutes from a local shop or online.
If it's from a local shop and your in the country then the best nutes are what ever they have :) If your in dublin you have an option but you mainly just need a Vegitative nute and a flowering nute and that will get you by on your first grow.
So are you buying lights or a green house?
If you were growing outside then 4-5 weeks ago you should have been germinating your seeds so I duno about inside a green house, should be alright.
If you think you will ever want to put a light in there then just get a shed and insulate it like mad (don't want the helicopters seeing a glowing box in your garden haha)
As for the seeds, go into your head shop and tell them what you want them for and look at the packets, sensi seeds have little symbols on the packets that tell you what there good for and how many days to flowering... So get a indoor/outdoor strain with a small enough harvesting time that is within your budget and you will be fine.
Also don't forget that you dont have to buy everything all together ... Go out today and get plant pots and some john inn's potting soil and some seeds ... plant them today and then you have 7days at least before you need anything ... It's a great kick in the ass having little babies growing :) then you have about another 3-4 weeks where they won't smell and don't need exact lights (just a timer for 16hours light or even 24 when there babies) and go from there
Cheers for the wisdom plt32. Im headin upta capel street 2moro to have a look at the strains on offer, then im buying a green house for 24euro so im not sure how good it is. I dont intend to use lights, all naturalll. im gonna germinate them 2moro an keep my fingers crossed that ill be smokin my own crop in about 2months. whats your opinion on miracle grow? ill definately go with those nutes. weather has been a bitch lately, so i dunno what my chances are like without the lights.
dont waste your time with there seeds, there fucking shite
Some of the hydr nutes can be used outside also. If you can bypass the miraclegrow, and get a good one in Capel street, proper bloom shit.It helps a lot. But as u'll see nature will take care of it for you, nature was around long before bottled ferts :)
Old bill still have all my stuff, wonder if I'll ever get it back.Would like to try that hydro farm.
Cheers for the info folks, my seeds are germinating as we speak. ill keep ye posted on my success or failure, whichever happens
How 'd Herb do urself a favour dont smoke MG use a organic feed.
Remember u want to consume ur end product so putting Mg in ur lungs ant wise.....
Just a tought Best of luck. Ive 4 mango's out in my yard so keep
us posted..
Peace D
Miricle grow will burn the roots off the plant, for the first 2-3 weeks there is enough nutes in the soil if you buy good quality potting soil. But then definitely use a proper nute made just for cannabis.
How'yez, Well I took my well overdue trip upta Capel street, buncha rip off mercants when it comes to seeds, you can get them for a fraction of the price on the net. Anyways I gotta strain called easy rider, ever heard/smoked it? I wanted to get a better strain, but my partner in crime wudnt splash out the extra cash, so easy rider it is. LOD I know watcha mean when it comes to the miracle grow but i intend to stop using it towards the end, kinda like letting the plant detox.
Whoa just saw your post plt32, we must have been posting at the same time. Well if thats true bout the miracle grow then thats that idea out the window. Any brand name organic nutes i should be keepin a eye out for?
I Recommend Biobizz or advanced nutrients for good organics..i get mine in temple bar in irish hydroponics upstairs from the dublin head store..nice people
The best way to pick nutes is to look at your wallet :) If your after spending serious money on equipement then go for the best nutes ... If your on a budget then get the best nutes you can afford with what you have I don't really think brand names matter once the nutes are for cannabis only.
Maybe some people could post links to good cheap online shops with there favourite nutes in the link?
Yea i think strictly cannabis nutes would be the way to go. All that aside for a moment, can anyone give me a price range on some high intensity discharge lights? Weather is being a unreliabe cuntux and i reckon were gonna get at least another week and a half of it. So maybe on the shitty days i could give them a few hours under the lights, likesay making up the difference. I noticed that most of the users on this site use lights to cultivate that oh so fine herb that we know and love, so whats the damage?
i grow outdoor in ireland every summer.. all you need to do for a sucessful grow is buy seeds that will grow in a colder enviroment (ask your headshop for help with this), i would recomend kc33xmasterkush from nirvana seeds, big bang feminized from greenhouse seeds co., or early girl... i've had sucess with all these strains for the last 3 years and would recommend for anyone interested in growing outdoors in ireland.
another good thing to do is make sure your plants get a good few hours sunlight a day.. if your back garden does'nt get good sunlight just look around your local area and parks for good, remote grow spots.. where i grow outdoors is a forest near enough to my house.. to get a good amount of sunlight you will probably have to break aload of trees down.. what i done was put my plants on the top branches of trees in hanging baskets..
all you need to worry about after picking a suitable strain and a good plot is decent soil, perlite and some good feed and grow..(i would recommend iguana juice which is available in hydrophonics).. the more time and work you dedicate to your outdoor grow the more you will be repayed with lovely potent buds..
happy growing
:) my plants are surviving the weather brilliantly... heres some pics of my 2 and a half week old kc33xmasterkush and a few new bigbang plants i started on thursday
some more pics:D .. i have pics of some plants i started in may but their on my digital camera but i have no batteries... the ones from may are northern lights#5 x haze they are huge
Did you start them outdoors as in just plant the seed or did you germinate indoors and move out?
I tried to find a few spots out of the way but in dublin it's impossible, I'm way to late to get a sucessful one this year but hopefully next year I'll find a few spots
Them some purdy plants, im really amazed your havin so much success considering the unbelivable shite weather thats been doging us for bout a month now. My plants have all sprouted on my windowsil and are pushing towards 3inches, but im worried they wont survive the harsh outdoors. Dunno when this weather is gonna ease up, and to think i heard off many people that this was gonna be one of the hottest summers yet. Watta loada shite
i didnt bother germinating them since it wastes alot of time.. i threw down 3 seeds and 2 grew.. i was pretty happy with that..Quote:
Originally Posted by ptl32
if you live near a park or anything like that i'd say you would easilly find a nice spot.. hmmmm, i dont think your too late, i'm planning on planting about 8 more seeds in the next month, theirs still a good few weeks till the flowering stage starts in ireland so if you get a few plants goin your still looking at harvesting a few ounces.. look at it this way, all you need is 30â?¬ for 10 seeds, out of them 10 seeds you will more than likely get 5 or more females and out of them 5 plants you will get over 10 ounces.. 10 ounces for 30â?¬ is a great deal to me and it's your own smoke so you know its not mixed down:rastasmoke:
Haha there is no way I could find a spot in the 3 parks that are close to me... Way to public and open. One of them is full of little knackers so they would smell it a mile away aswell.. maybe im just terrible at picking spots or overly paranoid but I spent a whole day looking for spots for next year and found feck all :)
Gorgeous man Not to big not to small.. about a month old id say ...noQuote:
Originally Posted by kc33xmasterkush
KEEP HER LIT
TBB
A few years back myself and house mate grow some indoors and it was divine. Im very interested to find out about out door cultivating(Grilfriend wont let me grow indoors). I imagine I need to plant around end of April Beginning of May. The information provided here is very informative thanks, Any other tips. I probably growing from Seeds so would I need to germinate them first indoors ?
growin outdoors in ieland is easy. one of the main problem is mould but if u get the right strain you'll have few probs. i succesfully grew a crop of early misty and swiss miss the last two years. swiss miss is the business for this climate. (nirvana seeds)
ive been inspired :D
I've grown outdoors in West-Cork, Ireland and I've had good sucess, but nothing like growing in a tunnel. Heres how I did it:Quote:
Originally Posted by kully
First get the seeds. - seed from plants that have being grown outdoors in our climate zone are best if you can get them from a friend.
Otherwise get outdoor seeds from a head-shop, The Funky Skunk in Cork is my favourite - The Funky Skunk - Corks First and Finest Head Shop - Herbal Highs - Spice - Charlies - Red Devils - Happy Caps - Chillums - Books
Next step - germinate the seeds. Get a flat container and cover the bottom of it with cotton wool or tissue. Wet this and let all excess water drain of. Place the seeds on top. Cover with cling-film to stop it drying out. Now put this in a warm place like an airing cubbord. In about one week the seeds should have sprouted if they were warm and damp.
Next step - starting the seedlings. Plant the seeds in small pots just covering them up to the base of their stems. Use peat moss or potting compost and you can use liquid fertlizer if you want. Now place them in a south facing window or better again- a tunnel or glasshouse. You can also make a simple tunnel or glasshouse that only needs to be a foot or two in hight. Make sure the pots are big enough for the plants as they grow and make sure that they never dry out or this will really set them back or kill them.
Next step - Planting out. Dig big holes at least one foot deep and two feet across.
Fill the holes with the best compost that you can get. Cow or similar manaure is the best and can usually be gotton quite easyily in the countryside - just say to some farmer that you want to grow some vegtables of something . Plant the plants level with the groung level with manure all around and under them as they really need this for the best results.
Next step - caring for the plants. Once they are planted outside you hardly need to care for them, you just need to kill a few from time to time and by that I mean the males - they have flowers that will ferterlize the female plants and cause their buds to produce seeds thus ruining your crop. The males are recognised by their very distintive flowers that come out before the females start producing buds. Look for pictures on the web to show you what both look like. The only other thing is watering. This is usually only necessary during a drought or when they have just been planted although you might want to water them with liquid fertlizer from time to time.
Next step - harvesting. Before the plant start to get moldy they need to be harvested - after the start of september you need to check that there is no mold as it can destroy a crop very quickly. In late september - early october harvest and leave your plants hanging downward in a warm, dry place. A de-humidfier is better than a heater but a warm attice or clothes cubbord will do.
The whole trick of outdooor growing is to maximise the time that the plants are growing - germinate in Febuary and plant out as soon as growing conditions outside are good - in April or May.
:chainsaw: Think big....
Peace out
Hey man seansnap gr8 peace as in article as in not euphoria.wooo.
everybody that has yet to carry out a grow or even considerd a grow will now find it easy uuu d man :thumbsup: The other thing that fellow dubs like myself will be trying to get rigth! is spots to grow anywhere up around d Dmts would b worth looking into a place thats well enuf heed tat the gardi wudent evn bother wit i dnt even think they check it anyway theyd nevr find it thats the point getting the stuff back to ur house wen its ready will be easy to if ur not noticable or knowing to the Gards fkc em if ya get cuagth anyway just bring an ak47 & be ready to spray .......jokeinggg dnt do tat just gather up a load of bumble bees in a jar & if or wen ur stoped chuck em in the face of those bastards who try & halt ur smokeing thats my plaN anyway always has been. PEACE out
ordered seeds online and they should be coming in either tomorrow or the next day, what are the chances of them gettin through the post? would they be as strict as posting weed or hash?