When is it a good time to start plants in north-eastern Minnestota, and when do they usually start to flower there?
Please I need this information I've looked places on the internet but cannot find it. Thank you for anyones help.
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When is it a good time to start plants in north-eastern Minnestota, and when do they usually start to flower there?
Please I need this information I've looked places on the internet but cannot find it. Thank you for anyones help.
bout all the same really 7-10 weeks they bud. plant when its the warmest up there
When to start depends on how and what you want to grow, If growing massive plants that yield many ounces you will need to start them indoors during the late winter and move outside when the risk of frost is gone however if you want to grow several smaller plants you can start the seeds anytime all the way till june at least (remember small plant can be kept hidden with far more ease than monsters).
As far as when they start flowering it all depends on what strain you are growing. Some strains like Lowryder will flower within a few weeks and can finish in about 10 weeks (Autoflowering strains) while some others like Haze won't flowere till light levels reach 12/12 in the fall and can take a further three months plus to finish (not going to mature unless you have warm weather until december) however most plants fall in between these extremes and will start flowering from late july to late august and finish up in september-october.
for best results just pick strains that can finish before your first frost date and let nature do the rest.
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im asking when they start to flower in north-eastern minnesota. because the photoperiod for minnesota doesnt start enducing flowering until august 20th(14:01 hrs of sunlight on that day, and it decreases from there). is it feasible at all to get a plant to fully bud or would it need to get picked early? or would flower-enducing spray hormoes work and start flowering them early? please tell me a way that works to get a fully mature plant at the end of the season, if there is one.
He already stated that plants that have the hybrid "auto-flowering" gene don't require the specific light schedule to begin flowering.
The specific hybrid genes you want for auto flowering come from any ruderalis strain
Look it up
You have a couple of options i would say.Start in spring indoors if possible.Then transplant outdoors the last week in may or first week in june.You would be able to use quite a few differents strains if you go that route.You are correct about aug.20 th up here.Depending on strain you will begin to flower closer to aug 7th trough 14 though.If you can not start indoors then just simply get strans that flower in around 45 to 55 days.I know you will be cutting it close with temps in the high 30s at night in sept.But i think you will be fine. Just keep eye on low temps as they are finishing up.Minny is agreat place to grow .You get the right strian and you will be fine.I always take a drive along 61 along the shore every fall.It is some of the prettiest senery the state has to offer you are lucky to be where you are.
after your last frost, plant outdoors.
KISS, Keep it simple stoner..
There are a ton of good strains that will start flowering in july in your neck of the woods and finish by late september (well before killing frosts in your area i would assume) Gurrilla Gold, Mighty Mite, Early Wonder, etc PM if you want some seeds for next season that will finish good and early. I am at 45 deg north and in eastern ontario and usually start harvesting around sept 1. Here are a couple pics from last week
a week after ur last frost, jsut like anywhere else, and it flowers in 8-12 weeks, like anywhere else.
thank you for your responses, it put it in a little better perspective of how this grow will go and what is needed to make it successful.
Just got done harvesting several plants. Lots of buds and the plant was about 6 feet high in Minnesota location. Just did 2 plants as I'm a newbee but they turned out great. Started indoor and moved outside in early July when they were a foot high. Good luck to you!!
yeah , minnesota can be a great place to grow outdoors. i lived there for like 10-11 years and grew outdoors 4 or 5 of them. u just got to use really short
flowering time strains. we did Northern lights and afghani#1 from sensi seeds
that always finished no later than early october which is still plenty warm enough there for them to finish perfect and we always got some cool looking
colors from the plants when harvest time got close because it was starting to cool off quite a bit by that time.
Ya i too am going to be growing outdoors in Minnesota this year and found a great site that tell frost dates all over the place.
Garden Guide: Frost Chart United States - The Old Farmer's Almanac
would the plants be a lot bigger by harvest time if i start them inside until a foot tall each compared to if i just plant the seed in a few weeks outside?
Well, obviously yes. If you put them outside after last frost and they are a foot tall you just cut out about 4 weeks right there.Quote:
would the plants be a lot bigger by harvest time if i start them inside until a foot tall each compared to if i just plant the seed in a few weeks outside?
My clones will be ranging from 6 inches to just over a foot by last frost when they go out. My 3 moms, which are going too, will be masive bushes.
check out cbs seeds through kind seed .com It is impossible to import now as customs gets the envelopes, however,take a trip to b.c. Have a solid itinerary including tickets to a game as canadian custums can be pricks. coming back is a sinch. on kind seeds cbs, you will find several potent strains that can tough out northern weather and finish no later then mid sept. My favorite is lethal purple. unless it gets cool early you wont see much purple but who cares. these f1 were some of the most uniform plants producing very heavy resin and a consistan finish between 12 oz. to a pound a a peice by mid sept. they stunk so bad that I could smell them from 30 yards awawy and only had five plants. It was a favorite all over. All i did was dig 2 foot wide by 3 feet deep holes, put 3" rock on bottom and filled rest with a mix of fox farms ocean forest,light warrior, earth worm castings and sustain for a innitial nitrogen boost. this is not available at midwest or brew and grow. type in a company called jr johson. In fact check all there supply as they supply the grow shops and are often cheaper. wait at least a month before fertililising, and use nitrogen rich fertililiser until late july then top dress plant sites with bat guano, and begin using phospherous rich fertiliser. my first plant finished sept 10 and the last by the seventeenth. I know it sounds extensive but caring for a few strong plants often will give not only higher quality bud, but more weight then probably 20 half ass planted plants. I know its a little late this year but consider the trip for next year.
I just brought back "The Pure" seeds also known as skunk #1 back from Amsterdam... those fucks as customs confinscated my absinthe bottle but didn't find my seeds in my sock... :p
Yea...unfortunately, the "real" absinthe is a strange predicament in the US.Quote:
Originally Posted by joeiskrunk
According to greendevil.com:
In the United States, Traditional Absinthe was banned in 1912, following the French ban three years before, but the current US Customs restrictions on the importation of Absinthe only are dated from 1958 while the USDA and FDA regulations still ban the sale or importation of any beverage containing wormwood.
So...you can "have" absinthe...but not the real shit...
What I don't understand is why the possession of just the seeds themselves is illegal in the US. What if your intentions are simply to prepare a fine collection of rare seeds?
I wish I was into politics...maybe I would go pre-law instead of bio haha
SMG
would you guys say its to late to plant 4 pure plants outside in minnesota? My other plants were eaten by rabbits and was wondering for those who have grown outdoors in minnesota before would have any advice for me?
Nice to see someone else reppin Northern Minny too!! One of my girls has started to flower already, but I would assume it depends on strain. If your plants are yet to be germinated I would say wait til next year. Otherwise go for it. It might be a small harvest but at least you tried, and you may learn a thing or two. I wish you the best luck.
The seeds i germinated were a strain a got in Amsterdam so im really anxious to see some some bud from The pure seeds i got. They are about a two weeks old but the are all very small. If the plants are small then ill hopefully get a male and make some bomb seeds for next year... And i still have 6 left of the ones i bought.
sounds like a good idea to me!! Good luck man, and keep us posted. And being you are from the area you should check out my grow log.
I grow in the mn/wi region and have had nice results from starting plants right before may indoor and then outside first or second wk of june. Second wk this year cause we have had it soo cold and really no good rain that will soak. I planted six already sexed plants outside and now down to one. damn wind and dry temps and don't forget the deer and rabbits... oh and the one left is still vegging with warmer temps this coming week and a bit of rain I am hoping to make up some growth before flower.;)
Thanks for all of the advice Cheeba and Frosted... Today i went to the store and bought 2 energy smart light bulbs which produce 1750 lumens each.
Do you guys think that it would be best to place the plants under the lights 24/7 or only bring the plants inside during the night and place under the light?
Hey Cheeba the meadow your growing.... Is that your own land or just random land your wandered upon; because that looks like an amazing spot to grow... i would just be worried about people stumbling upon it.
That place is my own land. It is a fantastic place to grow. Don't have to worry about anyone!
Hey guys!
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yeah i am also from the north eastern mn area and started my babies april 21 indoors and didnt move them outside till end of may, out of the three different strains i have growin...power skunk, pure power, and some random afghan beans i pulled out of a sac...... they didnt show sex till about 2 weeks ago, i finally have my first confirmed females, 2 being the afghan strain and 1 being my power skunk. I still have a few more plants left to go in showin obvious sex which worries me about being able to harvest in time. My skunks are over 7 feet tall now and my Afghan strain is about 4-4 1/2 feet tall. Also my pure power was supposedly a feminized seed and it still shows no sign of sex yet and seems almost stunted (about 3 n 1/2 feet tall) but it's finally takin off good now that i got it some good vegin food in it a month ago...now i just gave them their initial flowering feeding of Fox Farm Big Bloom which I am hoping will speed things up a lil or at least pay off with a larger harvest ;) . But checking that site listed above showing the freezin dates i am afraid if i will have any mature plants in time! :( ...........
I included pics of one of my flowerin afghans ( the first one), (2nd pic) is my pure power, and 3rd pic is my whole garden in general.