We are in the country, but not that far away from neighbors, but more than what I had in the city for sure. The houses there were so close you could hear someone fart inside with the windows and doors closed! But our one neighbor down here is nosy, and people have a boundary issue so I would never dream of growing outdoors, unless I hit the lottery and am able to buy acres and acres, in that case I intend to grow hemp for income and cannabis for me.
Before we moved we always had someone to get something from, here we have no connections who we trust and don't charge an arm and a leg for 3 buds of so-so shit, I decided to try my hand at growing out of necessity. I've been an avid flower and veggie gardener for years so I knew I could do it.
I thought we only had one cop, but found out different when the house next door got busted for meth, there were 15 cop cars in my yard, on the street and next door and pickup trucks were hauling more cops in in the back of the trucks! Every gov't agency you can think of.
Now I am very, very careful, so you see why I don't grow outdoors! And it's already hot here, 90's during the day and upper 70's at night, and we have plenty of humidity!! Come August and September it'll be over 100 for weeks at a time and humidity so bad it will feel like a wet blanket thrown over you when you walk out of the house. But it will rain most every afternoon.
I just harvested my first grow in over 30 years yesterday, it wasn't much. I call it a bonsai plant. An autoflower Northern Lights. It only got 10 inches tall, and the sister plant is almost half again as tall but not flowering, (with the same exact soil, light, pots, water, fertilizer, airflow, everything) I have been told on here that it could be a photo instead of auto so I switched it to 12/12 yesterday, and am going to wait 2 weeks and see if anything happens. I took clones off that plant and am worried that the clones won't produce either, but if they are photos and I know it in advance, then I can adjust the lights accordingly.
I've learned a lot on here, and hope my next grow is more successful than this last one. I wish I had all the seeds I threw away, but hindsight is 20/20 huh? I'll just get some more and start again if this last plant and the clones are duds. I want to keep a perpetual grow so I never run out of medicine. It helps me in so many different ways. You're lucky you can grow outside, sounds like you have the perfect climate. Good luck to you!
