My First Georgia Outdoor Grow

[dgsgandalf]

Ok guys. So my seeds finally came in the mail. Here are some pics.

My plan is to germinate about half the seeds a week from today inside and grow them for 2-3 weeks in cut down solo cups full of organic potting soil. When they have a few leaves and a basic root system i will transplant them outside. If for any reason (I saw deer in my back yard today) the seedlings should not make it, i'll still have half the seeds to try again. If they do make it, i can do the rest of the seeds the same way or save them for later.

I'll keep everyone posted on what's going on.

[Nathan604]

i like the seed starter idea, very deiscrete:thumbsup:

[dgsgandalf]

So in my OCD thoroughness i was checking the almanac for my area to see when the sun rises and sets. It turns out that the time i was planning to move the plants outside, the days are only about 13 hours long from sunrise to sunset. I am getting a little worried that that wont be long enough to start good vegetative growth. Here's the information i'm looking at.

SUN
Begin civil twilight 6:45 a.m.
Sunrise 7:11 a.m.
Sun transit 1:40 p.m.
Sunset 8:09 p.m.
End civil twilight 8:34 p.m.

Can anyone help me out here? Should i be worried?

[street312punk]

You can grow inside till they are 1 ft tall and then move outside.

[FrostAie]

grow to 5 feet lol

[dylan]

How much light are they getting now?

13 hours is enough to grow in a veg. state if they are used to it. If they're in 18 hours until they are sexually mature then they will probably start to flower outside. However, if you only grow them for a few weeks indoors they should be fine.

[dgsgandalf]

I would grow inside a little longer but i don't have enough space to grow ~20 plants more than a few inches. That and my roommates don't know i'm doing this and i can't let them find out. I'll probably grow them to 3 or 4 inches, then i have to move them.

Are there going to be any negative consequences to moving them outside under only 13 hours of real sun light?

[dgsgandalf]

So my original idea for a starter box kind of flopped. No matter how hard i try, i can't keep light from leaking out of the dresser. I ended up improvising and using a tupperware container instead. I have 1 20w CFL in there right now to keep the heat around 80 degrees. Is this going to be enough to keep seedlings happy for 2 or 3 weeks or do i need to switch to a 42w CFL?

Here's a pic of my current setup.

[street312punk]

No i dont think youll have a problem if you move them outside at 4 in. with 13/11 cycle. As long as they stay healthy.

[FrostAie]

So my original idea for a starter box kind of flopped. No matter how hard i try, i can't keep light from leaking out of the dresser. I ended up improvising and using a tupperware container instead. I have 1 20w CFL in there right now to keep the heat around 80 degrees. Is this going to be enough to keep seedlings happy for 2 or 3 weeks or do i need to switch to a 42w CFL?

Here's a pic of my current setup.

I dont think that light will be good enough for all those small plants even though your not growing them for a long time some will stretch towards the light If you were to get 3-5 it looks like it could work just be careful to keep fresh air moving inside and when its on its dark cycle to keep it completely dark