First time growing in the UK

[wil86]

Me and a friend are planning to grow for the first time in May to hopefully harvest for June/August. As we are both teenagers, with parents who wouldnt be best pleased if they found out that we even smoked let alone grew our own, we have decided to give guerilla growing a go and are going to buy some Papaya seeds from BuyDutchSeeds.

We have found 2 good places to sow the seeds:
One is in the woods of a golf course with good rich soil and access to a good amount of sunlight. The site is only a minute from my house so water isnt a problem.

The other site is a jump over a 8 foot steel fence behind a childrens play park, there is good access to sunlight and the soil is good. There is a river running by and it is out of sight.

As we are in the UK the weather isnt always very reliable but i'm hoping we can pull it off.

Any advice or helpful tips would be much appreciated. Thanks.

wil86 Reviewed by wil86 on 04-07-2005. First time growing in the UK Me and a friend are planning to grow for the first time in May to hopefully harvest for June/August. As we are both teenagers, with parents who wouldnt be best pleased if they found out that we even smoked let alone grew our own, we have decided to give guerilla growing a go and are going to buy some Papaya seeds from BuyDutchSeeds. We have found 2 good places to sow the seeds: One is in the woods of a golf course with good rich soil and access to a good amount of sunlight. The site is only Rating: 5

[cannabislover]

You two shuld be very carefull when carring water to the site,and also avoid making a path to the plants.Are you sure that in thouse sites arent never no tresspassers?

[GTC21]

You'll probably have to start the plants off indoors before you put them outside. I've grown a couple of times outdoors with OK results but only because I started them indoors. You may get away with planting them outside but only when the weather gets warm enough like may or june; but planting this late reduces your growing time. It depends on the strain too, I grew Afghani which is a very tough plant (survives cold, rainy weather) but it's not worth chancing it if you don't know how tough your plants will be. An established plant will be able to take harsher weather much better than baby seedlings, seedlings wouldn't stand a chance I don't think. That's why it's best to start indoors or in a greenhouse, you can buy those mini, plastic greenhouses from Argos or somewhere, they work good. It's important you grow a strain with an early finishing time. My Afghani finishes flowering in about 49 to 56 days maybe a little longer outdoors. The weather in the UK starts getting really shit around late September (where I live anyway) you want your plants to be finished around mid October at the extreme latest. The buds do not cope with rain and cold too well, they just rot. I noticed you said you'd like to harvest in June/August- No chance, they only get going properly in June-July and they don't even think about flowering until about mid-late August. They only begin flowering when the days get shorter.

A few security tips-

Do not tell anybody, try and get some bad dirt on your friend and threaten to expose it if he/she tells anybody about your plants or threaten to kill him or something (just kidding about the death threat LOL!) Don't make too many trips to your plants, the more times you go, the more chance somebody will see you, only go when you really have to. Don't have a direct trail to your plants like don't disturb/flatten any bushes, these are your cover, if someone is out walking and they see a trail they'll walk down it. Always have an excuse for being there, take a football or something or walk the dog if you have one. Choose the time of your visits carefully.

[raman]

is it a good idea to plant at the back of my house? its a little alley which is full of nettles and junk and in the last 10 years no one has ever been down there - however people would be able to see me there from their back windows?
another place i have is in some woods nearby...

[cannabislover]

Hey,i think that you may grow in your back yard only very small plants,in the middle of needles,when your neibhours see them,then you should plant some bushes in your yard,to cover the mj plants.

peace

[rapid88]

I would choose neither, bother are verry accessable spots, the woods by the golf course will have wondering golfers looking for lost balls, and although kids cannot get over the big steel wall, im sure others your age that will hang out there can, a good crop smells, and a keen nose will find.