@912GreenSkell
I worked with autos bred by northern growers. one guy was from finland and he has been working autos for over 10 years. extreme tolerance to wet and cold. They were diesel ryder crosses. They did great here but not the yields I wanted. So now I decided to go with more mainstream strains and see how it goes. I will read your guide, look forward to it!
My first auto grows outdoors were 120-160 liter raised beds. I planted seeds, covered with the dead wild grass. Blended in great. seedslings grew. Plants did great except required water nearly everyday. Too many plants and not enough rain. I had to backpack to water. It was a nightmare.
The year after i took green tarps and dumped about 800 liters of soil on them. Folded up the sides and uses rope to keep it in place. A much better raises bed. It was seperated from the ground but the slugs found it. I spent weeks replanting seeds. Again I had too many plants and watering became a nightmare and finding and pulling runt males was a headache.
Now I dig holes. Use feminized seeds. Start the plants indoors. Use copper slug collars Weed block fabric. Pymethrin. slug killing pellets. On site water storage. This year I have 750 liter water barell and a water runoff ditch for refilling. Also a GSM game cam hidden on a pine tree. Anyone goes near my grow I will know the second they find it. I will wipe my phone and computer and remove anything dealing with growing and thats that.