Maximising THC content of an outdoor grow?

[caspr420]

So next year is going to be my second grow. I wont have ALOT of plants, but hopefully more will sprout next year than did this year.

The thing is, due to privacy issues the only place I can grow is out in my woods. So I know with indoor hydroponic setups and the like you can fine tune everything to maximize the THC content- since everything in under your control. But what variables are (at least somewhat) under your control when you grow outdoors? And what are the best ways to use them to your advantage?

So what are your opinions on:
The best way to treat the soil? (the dirt stuff. not store bought)
The best fertilizers and nutrients to add (and at what stages?)
The best additives (if any) for the water?
The addition of gibberalic acid (a plant growth hormone) to a seedling? (This one I am particularly worried about trying, since its growing faster and taller, wouldn't that make the buds smaller, less potent, and less dense? Or would it help?)

Any other variables to the outdoor growing process that you can think of to change that will maximize the overall THC content would be greatly appreciated by me, and others I'm sure.

caspr420 Reviewed by caspr420 on 09-16-2007. Maximising THC content of an outdoor grow? So next year is going to be my second grow. I wont have ALOT of plants, but hopefully more will sprout next year than did this year. The thing is, due to privacy issues the only place I can grow is out in my woods. So I know with indoor hydroponic setups and the like you can fine tune everything to maximize the THC content- since everything in under your control. But what variables are (at least somewhat) under your control when you grow outdoors? And what are the best ways to use them to Rating: 5

[BlackBerry]

use warm water n seaweed n stay organic n learn about ph n check it regularly

[Earthy Dank]

The best way to treat the soil? (the dirt stuff. not store bought) BUY GOOD SOIL. This is the best advice I can give you. Buy the good fluffy stuff. Soil is a huge factor when it comes to yeild and potentcy... don't take short-cuts. Look for Pro-mix or Foxfarm or something and get some bone meal for flowering and blood meal for vegetative.

The best fertilizers and nutrients to add (and at what stages?)I like the GH 2 part (FLoraNova), Bonticare has a line out called pure blend. That one is all organic and has good feedback.

The best additives (if any) for the water? There are a bunch of additives. Superthrive is a good one. Just a couple drops per gallon.

The addition of gibberalic acid (a plant growth hormone) to a seedling? (This one I am particularly worried about trying, since its growing faster and taller, wouldn't that make the buds smaller, less potent, and less dense? Or would it help?) No... Gibberalic acid is an extremely poisonious chemical used for inducing hermies' so you can make feminized seeds. DON"T USE THIS STUFF...

[The Green Reaper]

Maximizing potency comes down primarily to putting good genetics in good growing conditions. Add appropriate fertilizers and soil mix, make sure they get lots of sun and thats really all there is too it. Potency is primarily genetic.

I allways laugh when any good weed everyone calls "hydro" and they somehow believe hydro magically makes shit weed potent and soil grown weed is shit.

You can grow hemp hydroponically it will still be garbage. Its all about the genetics of the plant being provided adequate conditions to realize its genetic potency potential.

[the image reaper]

only real way to boost THC, is to grow healthy plants ... THC content pretty much depends on genetics, and overall plant health ... 'THC boost tips' are pretty much 'urban myth' in my experience ... we used to think high temps would boost resin production, etc.., all it really did was stress the plants, and slow the growth ... :wtf: ... we live and learn :jointsmile:

[rhizome]

60% genetics, 30% plant health, 10% harvest/post harvest technique.

[Dutch Pimp]

Any other variables to the outdoor growing process that you can think of to change that will maximize the overall THC content would be greatly appreciated by me, and others I'm sure.

If you are going to plant in the ground...prepare the site this fall. Spade up the earth and add all-purpose fertilizer or manure, remove weeds, leaves and cover with mulch. If the soil looks poor or hard clay, add humus or top soil and maybe some perlite.

[caspr420]

The soil I have is already rather nice, and is pretty fertile since it's at the edge of a cow pasture (but not where the cows can reach it). But I guess I might buy some soil to mix cover it with anyway. I'm definitely going to spade up the ground and add some fertilizer next year though.

The seeds I have are from a bag of some kind of dank orange haired weed I bought a while back. It's the same kind I used this year and I just tried my crop from this year (one plant) and I was wandering around baked in the woods for 3 hours. And I didn't really prepare the soil much or anything for that plant. Thats why I'm wondering what I can do this year to make the bud even better (actually, bigger is more important to me, since this year I planted wayyyy to late and only got a 2 foot plant with a guesstimated weight in buds of about 4 grams). But the plants I REALY want this information for is my 2+ white widow strains I'm getting next year. (I know, thats not a lot to most of you, but for me finding any kind of good strain that somebody actually knows the name of it almost impossible, let alone finding seeds for such a thing).
So I guess I have the soil and the strain of plant down.

Next year I definitely need to spray something on them to keep bugs off though. This year I lost a plant to slugs when I went on a 2 week vacation . So once I get that (keeping the plant healthy) down I'd be all set, right?

[BlackBerry]

if u environmentally stress ur plants during the last 2 weeks THC production will increase-? dramaticly well the whole Cannabnoid - tric

[hardcharger]

did anyone ever hear of putting a battery powered fan on an outdoor plant to stimulate thc production?