march 11 to sept 20th,,thats it..no more ,,no less,,i have to many years of experience ,,i dont even want to hear anything different,,cuz if is any different,,well they dont know or havent been growing enough in northern calif,,or even in so,calif,, Jack,,ps,,it was said to grow 6 months,,thats it,,no more ,,maybe with my experience,,a little earlier,,harvest,,i have never gone by moon,,meters,not a damn thing but being at one within my plants,,you have to be experienced at this tho,,so ,,with that said,,you can start to plant in april 11,,no later,,stop growing at oct 28,,,thats it,,the first frost will kill all your love and energy in the plant,,as for rain,,dont believe anyone that tells you rain hurts it,,it will hurt if buds are huge and break,,tie up to highest stems or build a net,, as for strains,,bulshitt,,to many myths,,,,i can grow black dom,white widow,,,those were seeds from a nother country,,hell i can plant a crap seed ,make it the best in the world,,my o-pinion,,it has been proved as well Jack