First Time Grower In Brisbane

[laricca]

I haven't successfully grown any plants yet. I have plenty of seed from different batches I have bought. I tried to grow some earlier in the season, but they flowered and went to seed months ago and were only about 2feet high. Does anyone know what will happen if I start again now? I'm growing outdoors near Brisbane. I'm only growing for my personal use so I don't need a big result, but I do like good Heads rather than leaf.

Any ideas?

[BlazinMarty]

its about outdoor harvest season now so your a bit late. better off growing indoors

[wack0]

i'll just post here instead of starting a new topic. can anybody give me a definite time to plant and approximate harvest time. i've heard its around september that u plant, and march when u harvest. is that right? i'm looking at growing sativa strains outdoors, mabye start them indoors so they don't die early in growth. how many months do they need to grow fully? if u plant late in the season, say october or december instead of september, then the plant will just be smaller right? thanks in advance

-wack0

btw when is the exact date that the days start becoming shorter, (im in queensland if that matters..)

[BlazinMarty]

i think if you vegged your plant indoors for 24/0 and then transplanted outdoors it would start flowering

[wack0]

even if the days are getting longer? wouldn't it go back into veg?

-wack0

[Ozzy420]

Hey wack0, it is not nice to high jack some one eales thread, but it can depend on the strain u are growing some take longer than others if u want a not so big plant just plant it latter in the year but before the days get too there longest peroid, if u start them off under 24/0 under lights then put them out side thay should not turn too bud until the days get shorter, but i think it manly comes down to what strain it is on how long budding takes.

[wack0]

yea sorry about that, just thought it was relevant to the topic.

[Guest Wilderbud]

Yeah late September is a good time to plant - just after the ground starts warming again during the nights. Harvest time depends on the strain but April is probably the average harvest time.

 

A good idea is to grow indoors and flower outdoors until you get a proper setup - you can flower at most times outdoors here if you switch from 24/0 but watch out for mould and re-vegging if you flower out-of-season. You can grow a decent plant to 1 foot under compact fluorescents [CFs] and still get a few ounces in about 4 months if all goes well .

 

Have fun!

[laricca]

Cheers Dude - thanx for that. I'll give it a go.

So, Compact Flouros do the job quite OK?

I suppose though that growing indoors, I'll need an extractor fan as well. I'm pretty short of space though. What sort of physical space do you think I'd need.

I have height, but can't afford a large footprint. Would it work in a box of say 40cm square by about 1.8 metres high?

Cheers and thanx

[BlazinMarty]

i thought if you put it from 24/0 to outside it would start flowering, coz it'd be the same as turning it to 12/12 or 8/14. i dunno, you guys are the experts not me ::