Some shit I learned this year.

Best time to start seeds outdoors? To answer that I need to know your goal for the year. On this log I started my re grows in early Febuary. If I started them in Jan, they would jump to 5 ft and bud totally, which messes up the chances to re-grow.

So if you want to go the re grow route plant in mid to late Feb. By April/May the tops should be takable. Leave a few unbudded branches behind, and your good for the rest of long season.

If you are using mainland seeds plant in April. They react differently to our growing season and tend to go off early. It worked out well for me this year because I got to harvest those 7 early, and at my leisure, before all the local re grows went off at once, burrying me.

Moving cuttings... If they have adjusted to the photoperiod Late April is good. Put them out too early and they will try to bud, that will slow things down til they figure out weather they want to go short or long. By April they should go straight to vege mode.

Once again, what do you want to do that year? The above planting times are what I used (or should have) on this years log. My goal was to push as much weight as I possibly could out of my garden. For that, re grows were the logical choise. Done correctly, re grows can and do yield huge. But they are not built to support weight, so you must frame them up and tie the branches in place because they will not handle rain weight at all. Many are a disaster waiting to happen. So if you can monitor them daily go for regrows. If they are out of your control, forget them, wait a month, then plant. No regrows then.

I consider this year to be an anomoly. Tail end of el nino, Not a single hurricane in the Central Pacific this year, no cabbage moths (drought killed them off) just one heavy rain, at a great time before buds, and almost a month of solid sun to finish. I could not have scripted this year better.

Now if only I could post some pics....Bummer.