Hey Guys,
I currently live in North Bay with a cottage in Sudbury. I've been growing outdoors up here in the North but haven't had any great harvests. I'm wondering if anyone has had success starting in doors and moving outdoors to finish and what is the ideal time of year to end. Last year we had a hard frost 3rd weekend of August which nearly killed my crop.
Looking for any suggestions to grow up here in the cold North.
thanks!
Posted Apr 14, 2020, 7:16 PM UTC
Your only choice are autos tbh. If you're getting fricked in august, then you simply don't have enough time to flower a photo outdoors. Fast flowering autos can do seed-harvest in 65 days sometimes. I'm doing a fast auto to get a good crop dried and cured before my photos even flower in september.
That is literally the process for anyone wanting success growing any fruiting annual plant.
Ive never considered doing it any other way.
Watched my grandparents have a mini green house in their apartment to start the veggies to be grown at the cottage every year. Soon as it stayed "warm" was a weekend gathering to plant the cottage up.
No matter what you are growing always start indoors to give it a good start. And an early one.
I grew up in Sudbury, we used to dig a hole, fill with top notch soil, plant one thats 6inch tall just after may long, then add the moisture crystals, they absorb the rain and release back. That's the old guerilla grow method. Nowadays I recommend autoflower, if its a good season you can easily get 2 or 3 crops off.
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Happy growing! 💪
I grow on the east coast at same latitude as you (46° ). I've had great success with feminized seeds. Best crops include green crack, white widow and super silver haze. I can shelter my plants though. In the fall during heavy rains or even snow I place them in the garage and dehumidify them down to <50 humidity. That tactic has proven to be a boon for increasing bud density while promoting trichome production too. I've heard LSD is a good crop as well as Norther Lights - both can handle some frost ands have relatively fast flower cycles (7-9wks).
Bottom line, the advice for growing auto-fems is spot on if you can't shelter during bad weather. Yields will take a hit but your quality is likely going to be much better. Plus where your flowering during the peak summer months you can grow pretty much anything you want without worry about flowering times.
If you're getting hard frost the third week of august you either need a greenhouse or auto flowers.
Autoflowers, started indoors under lights in May, to give you an 'early' harvest in August, avoiding all that unpredictable fall weather.
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Sorta the only time I'd consider autos.
Thanks! I've got some seeds from a grower up here I'm going to start soon so I can sex them but I've had bad luck in the past with unknown so most likely will try the autos.
Cool, hopefully some more knowledgeable folks can chime in on what genetics are best suited for your climate.
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