New Grower Am i making a mistake buying all these seeds? ATTITUDE

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Sorry, thought you were growing indoors. They will be fine in a greenhouse. I grew them in 15 gallon pots and averaged about 4.5 oz per plant. I had 5 plants, 1 being a "runt" that only got to about 3.5' tall. The buds were big, almost no popcorn on them. The smoke is very sativa dominant, a good daytime smoke. Doubt I'll grow it again as there are other strains I prefer for day time. Sorry, no plant pics but I do have this bud shot.


Super Cali Haze.jpg

Surely my greenhouse would be big enough for the Super-Cali Haze? and did you get any pictures of it I would love to see it. http://www.mazeproducts.com.au/Products/6_x_12_Greenhouse.aspx
I dont think i will put the cfls on any more then 12/12 a glowing greenhouse would be abit sus, and 2 130w cfl light kits+good Aussie sun should be enough right? I might get more cfl light kits if its not enough, im hoping for 3ounces+ per plant. (Grown in organic compost mix/Big pots with cyco Grow/Flower AB idk how many gallons in the pots got them from the tip ;)
MrMcBud Do you know the chances of it getting stopped by customs? is it very high? And how was the super-cali haze smoke?
 
Ahh the good ol attitude "spend $10 more and get these freebies"
orders tend to get big quick,but if you have the space and the skill...why not.
i do feel it is putting all your eggs in one basket customs wise,i generally split larger orders,so even if one is intercepted i can still continue.

How often have you had problems??
 
Just a word on the Super Cali Haze. Super autos were bred as a fast finishing alternative to long flowering sativa photos. While some have grown them well indoors they are best suited for outdoor growing. I grew some last year outdoors and they got to 6' tall, so expect them to get pretty big indoors.

Will look for them, when I buy seeds.
 
I'd throw in a pack of non fem seeds also- you'll be able to take cuts from your photo moms, keeping you in the game- but when you're out of auto seeds- your done... Some male pollen may be handy to have down the road.

What about sacrificing one with colloidal silver to produce a hermaphrodite, that will produce feminized seeds.

Some one even suggested, just spraying the lower flowers, so the top is still usable.
 
mate, Go with the stealth option for shipping. There has been a couple of cases in QLD, where the cops show up at you door with a search warrant.
 
Flash Sour Diesel Haze and Blackskull Jack Matic are my two current favorites. Also like Auto Assassin.

What is your preferred daytime smoke strain? Thanks for advice
 
A 6x12 greenhouse? You are planning on cramming it to the rafters with weed right?

First of all, I probably would not bother with the cfl's - they are going to add an insignificant amount of illumination compared to all the sunlight. Only the leaves within 3-6 inches of a flourescent bulb get any benefit from the bulb so why bother?

3 gallon or 5 gallon square containers? (You lose 20% of you floorspace if you use round pots).

You have to be able to move around the floor of the gro op to water and inspect the plants. If you crowd them too close together it makes it really hard to water and inpect for nutrient deficiencies - unavoidably somebody will get neglected. Also, for me, it is nice to have some shelves to use for storage of supplies and equipment (like a co2 generator - definitely get yourself a co2 generator - you can almost double the rate of growth.)

Also, if you crowd them too close together, it is hard to move them around and you will end up breaking branches and causing other damage.

Assuming that you leave enough room to work conveniently in your greenhouse, you could easily set up 16 BIG plants in there (a five gallon bucket is 15" across; two rows of 8 five gallon buckets would just about fill 'er up)

I noticed that you only have a few autos in your seed order - those are going to do well and you'll have some good smoke in 2-3 months.

I think that you are going to be unnecessarily taking a very serious risk by planning such a long grow with photoperiods. You could easily avoid the risk of a disastrous crop failure and set up a perpetually harvest of autos.

You are Down Under right? Your Spring starts next month, so your Autumn equinox is not going to happen until next March, so that means that (9-14 weeks later) you can harvest in ... May, 2013? Are you prepared to wait 8-9 loooooooong months before all those photoperiods yield a harvest? Do you really want to do that? Planning on staying in town for the next nine months, are ya? Alot of things can go wrong in eight months.
And what if something goes wrong? If anything goes wrong, you risk wasting alot of time and valuable seeds.

Most of those seeds you listed are indica hybrids. Indica hybrid photoperiods were designed for a 3-5 month grow operaton. I doubt that you are going to get much benefit by stretching it out so long.

Why not just grow autos?

Does your greenhouse has glass or plastic roof? Either way, glass and plastic both effectively screen out ultraviolet light. You will lose alot of essential oils by depriving the plants of uv.

But if you do not have a roof, altho you increase the exposure to pests, at least they get hit with uv (google "UV index" for the various months of your grow - the higher the better for MJ). If I were you I'd shitcan those cfl's and get some t8 10.0 lizard lights for supplemental lighting inside the greenhouse. Learn about uvb on the internet - it can be dangerous but it makes a huge difference in the quality of the weed.

That's my .02!

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ok ill look into it. My greenhouse is made of plastic but it's very strong. I completely changed my order only photos are LSD and free ones. First grow will be putting 4 plants there. already got the cfls are you sure the combined 16000lumens wont help much? I just started my grow 2Mi5 1 Think different and 1 cheese Photo. Might give that to a friend after what you said and plant another Think Different. overall I will never have anymore than 8 plants as i fill it up half full with tomatoes for security reasons, also cant invest in a co2 generator just yet but i am thinking i will. Check out the grow here https://www.autoflower.org/f44/think-different-mi5-greenhouse-supplemental-light-grow-first-grow-11410.html#post216384
 
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