Trying my first outdoor grow in the Great White North.

[Farmbuck]

This week I'm planning to grow outdoor instead of indoor. With the so called climate change in the Ottawa area the weather is getting warmer for this summer. Well is what the "experts" are predicting. Anyway, I'll try my chance by growing some GSC fast flowering strains beside the wife Roma's tomato plants.I figure 6 girls is a good start and hoping some will survived the growing period. Sooooo for my outdoor grower friends any advices for the old Buck ?

[Going2fast]

Think you Will be fine growing fast flowering strains. They are basically long veg autos. They cross an auto with a photo and the first generation will be all "fast flowering" They will flower by mid july in the mid Atlantic states. Not sure what zone Ottawa is. I'm in 7b.

[Farmbuck]

Hi Going2fast I'm in zone 4B

[Bluey]

Climate change will typically result in more crop losses as a result of more extreme weather, ie., higher highs, lower lows, stronger wind, no wind, wetter wets, drier dries, bigger storms.

Don't expect just a higher average temp. Expect extremes and disasters and a huge impact moving forwards on food security.

[No3odiesShad0w]

Hey good luck with that. 👍 Fast flowing is definitely a good choice for your location. If that's too long, maybe 56 day auto flowers would be the way to go.

[GreenState]

We had a frost here last night! Be careful out there

[Bowhunterwoody]

Hey GreenState. Wow! Didn't hear about that. We got cold but man!

[No3odiesShad0w]

It got down to 12 degrees here....needless to say, the auto didn't like it.

[GreenState]

Bowhunterwoody I haven't put my down comforter away yet!

[Bowhunterwoody]

Yea we're still using flannel sheets.

[Farmbuck]

It might sound crazy but I'm trying a little experiment by putting some limes around the girls to discourage our friendly squirrels to come and dig some holes around the garden. But then I'm a crazy French-Canadian old fart who is crazy in the first place.

[No3odiesShad0w]

Crazy is just an awesome kind of fun

[dirtymike]

Been eating fried squirrel since me pop showed me how to skin them out proper. Don't cook to long, be tough as shoe leather.

[Bluey]

I've had serious issues with all types of wildlife and critters trying to keep them away.

I tried heaps of natural do no harm feel good about yourself remedies and none worked for me except for bigger and better fencing and firepower.

Where I am now I need something big and expensive as I have everything from veracious rats that eat all and any fruits and veg to large deer that destroy chicken wire fence type setups to birds that can get through standard size chicken wire and just eat everything plus a whole lot of other things with big teeth that burrow and chew through 4" tree roots for fun.

[Gingerbeard]

Forget the lime. You know what'll happen next.

[Farmbuck]

Ok then Gingerbeard !! Land mine ?

[Gingerbeard]

Tweeked out Cerberus.
The SPCA frowns on the blowing up of their animals. You do not want to piss off the SPCA. The SPCA would be happy if you adopted one of their Cerberuses.

[Farmbuck]

Ah bien oui, la mythologie grecque ! Hope I never see a Sciurus carolinensis Cerberuses wandering around my backward.

[Gingerbeard]

Holy crap! I will never be able to think of a three headed dog without thinking of the grey squirrel again. I will also never be able to think of a grey squirrel without thinking of a three headed dog!
Mind... blown...

[Smallgrow]

Yes fast flowering is key. People may remember how my summer grow ended last year.
I’m in the Muskoka region so not too different from Ottawa, these were not fast flowering (although they claimed 8-9 weeks, they were not).

I’m done trying to grow outside in the forest. My roof shingles can’t take the traffic, nor I the effort.
This year I will send there babies to my buddy’s place where there is more sun and he can try out his green thumb.
I got these from a local medical grower so hopefully the strains have appropriate flowering periods. He grow something like 200 plant out side so I think he probably knows what to pick 🤞

[Farmbuck]

Hi there, I guess both of us are at 49th parallel north or I could be wrong. My first attempt at outdoor (I'm an indoor grower) so this will be a learning curve for me. So will see how it will goes and how many mistakes I'll make. They are Fast version strains from Blimburn so will see.

[Bootsy]

Hi. I spent a couple of years in Petawawa, somewhat north from you. Both seasons had a nice outdoor grow. I grew faster indicas both years, including GSC and White Rhino. 1st year I made it beautifully. thinking it was eay with so much sun. Better than back here in Nova Scotia. 2nd summer i lost almost all to bud-rot. Based on my experience, 50-50..Good luck. If i could make one suggestion, last summer i tried not thinning out the girls so that there wouldnt be open wounds to get fungus. Worked absolutely horribly as I lost most of harvest. This year back to thinning out so wind can get through. Except for the frustration, if you keep the cost low, it's like low rik gambling. Good luck.

[bboyfromwayback]

Autos sound like a wise choice. I haven’t had luck with photos outdoors. They get huge but it’s too humid in my area so you get to watch the baseball bat sized colas rot away on the plant before harvest 😭

[Bluey]

That's been like that here these past 4 seasons but it will revert back to too hot and too dry soon.

[RustyBud]

I’m about 20K north of Lake Ontario/Cobourg, and I’ve had 6 plants outside for about 2 weeks now. Regular photos. Apple Fritters, Gorilla Glue4, and Kush n Cookies. So far they’re great. If you’re concerned about frost, cover your plants with row cover material at night. It’s light, it’s cheap, and it will buy you the equivalent of about 3 or 4 degrees. Good luck.i