Too late this season?

[Blackadder]

High everyone,

 

I'm very new to all this. 

 

Is it too late to germinate seeds for this season? I've just got some bagseed (I know it's a lottery) and I hate having to chase supply so wanted to grow my own outdoors.

 

I'm just a bit concerned that if I strike some seeds now and plant them out they may not flower at all as it is nearly February already.

 

Thanks for putting up with a newb question (I did try searching).

 

Lord Blackadder.

[louise]

Never too late to throw in some bagseed Edmund... they will flower when the light hours are right... once they are through the seedlings stage they will go into flower fairly quickly. So the plants will be much smaller than if you had started earlier.

 

I'm germinating seed now and have a few small motley plants currently vegging. To prevent flowering I have in place a cunning plan... and no there are no turnips involved. I have the plants under an LED solar powered shed light from dusk until 11pm. Nothing will flower until I stop turning on the light in the evening.

 

If you are in one of the hotter areas, you will need to be extra careful about where you leave the seedlings during the day. Better to have them weak light than have them fry in the fierce heat.

 

Best of luck with it all, louise

[Brimstond]

Hello blackadder , lou is right never too late , your plants will bud out just that with the later finish you may have more of a problem with mould when the rains come  ..... but all that being said .......Im going to try and keep some plants going outdoors all year this year

 

Alot of people have had success with winteries ....Ive had some grow like shit in winter and end up purple , spindly with f-all calyxes but that was because (I think anyway) I was hoping that the winter rain would be enough to see it through which it wasnt and they werent protected from frost very well.... the plants where crap but made good oil and kept me going for a bit ....so was worth it

 

Ive got some seeds sprouting now to be put out , but I realize that they wont be the biggest plants .... which is fine for me ... hoping for around approx 1 oz per plant

 

Another thing I like about putting out seeds / plants later is that it cuts the growing season in half ....  means less work  , small plants require less water ....less work

all in all it means less work for less buds ...which I can live with

 

Good luck Blackadder .......

 

  Brimstond

[Blackadder]

Thanks for the replies guys.  

Looks like I'll be soaking some seeds this weekend. I've got much learning to do - plenty of reading ahead of me (I've got Jorge's book).

 

It's good that the plants won't get too huge - keeps it discreet and I'm only growing for myself so it's not like I'm after a commercial yield.

 

Now to learn all about it and how to keep it sustainable so I can grow again next year. 

 

Peace,

 

Blackadder.

 

PS. I love the Blackadder references in your reply, Louise.

[defluxtor]

It depends a lot on where you are too as to how big your plants will get. Tassie and expect a single stem with  buds close to the stem (whereby I would bend it over upon flowering commencing) if you are north of say Brissie you could expect to get at least double the size. An alternative (if you are able) is to put them under artificial light till their a couple of feet and put them outside to flower. Cheers Pat.

[Vape]

Hi black adder, welcome...  and as usual Lou has nailed it..

. just so you know, the 'season' is basically photo period based, with regards to growing cannabis, "your" Season will be dependant on your location with regards to the equator.. the closer you are to the equator the difference between day and night doesnt differ much,  through out the year. 

 

for example some people in southern states have a 15hr day light period in summer, whilst people in FNQ only ever get a max of 13 hrs day light in summer.

 

hope this helps!

 

cheers best of luck!

 

http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/animations/coordsmotion/daylighthoursexplorer.html

Edited February 1, 2014 by sirvapealot

[Blackadder]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Seems like a good supportive community forum.

 

We are on the Great Dividing Range at around 1100 metres above sea level and roughly the same latitude as Canberra or Sydney. My concern was that with the days already getting shorter maybe I'd missed my opportunity but I've got a few seeds to use and it seems like it's worth a shot. I might grow four or five plants. That will use half my seeds and should allow for a couple of males or sticks. Next I've got to research how to grow more seeds. There's so much to learn!

 

The other factor could be if we have early snow - the earliest I've seen it snow here is late April - but from what I gather I should be flowering by then hopefully and we rarely get "snowed in". We get of lot of alpine mist which might be a mould risk also. I take it they are tropical plants and probably wouldn't survive a snow day.

 

Cheers,

 

Blackadder.