Growin Outside In Winter

[FRAY]

Hey PPL,

Just wonderin if the outdoor varietys will withstand the winter if they am in a greenhouse???

I grow cheese mainly which is indoor/outdoor me thinks!!!

Nice One Peeps

FRAY

[Arnold Layne]

No. They'll freeze. And daylengths would force flower and death.

You'd need to heat and light your greenhouse. Pricey

[FRAY]

No. They'll freeze. And daylengths would force flower and death.

You'd need to heat and light your greenhouse. Pricey

Nice One Geeza,

Thanks for the quick reply!!!

FRAY

[stonned_joe]

so basically you cannot grow outside in winter, what about on a window sill in your house?

Edited August 30, 2006 by stonned_joe

[Herbert Spliff]

so basically you cannot grow outside in winter, what about on a window sill in your house?

Same issue with lighting as with a greenhouse.

[stonned_joe]

so when should you be planting for outdoor growing

[Arnold Layne]

Spring. Germ your seeds when frosts are a thing of the past. Check the outdoors forum to seewhat peeps do.

[Herbert Spliff]

germ start of april inside ready to plant out late april early may

[Guest be_my_flame]

germ now and take clones if you have an indoor set up come spring you'll have your fems ready and waiting for the last frost.

If you have big plants can they withstand a light ground frost in may?

cant you grow lowryders with some heat and no added lighting?

Edited August 30, 2006 by be_my_flame

[Dalbeag]

cant you grow lowryders with some heat and no added lighting?

No. You can't grow any outdoor plant inside in winter without artificial light. It will simply become spindly as it stretches for light that isn't there. Result = plant that won't finish.

Growing in winter requires the grower to replace the difference in energy received from the sun between summer and winter.

Winter is great for maintaining mothers though - nice cold roots

Edit - you can (if you have some experience with plants) reduce the feed drastically and prune roots. This will help somewhat with the amount of energy you have to supply over the winter but with cannabis the photoperiod is the problem - other outside plants can be overwintered without artificial light (if you know what you are doing).

Edited August 30, 2006 by Dalbeag

[chizzle]

i started one of my bubblelicious in mid march and it was fine we had a good march this year though

[starway]

i started mine in winter on my window sill and i planted like 14 seeds all next to eachother its been like 5 months now they all germinated next to eachother and i have one dominant female the rest havent shown sex yet !

you right about growing spindly jese mine is so spindley ! but he only reason i commented was because someone was saying you cant grow in winter on your window sill ! wel you can just dont expect good results

[watermelon]

agreed, ive seen lots of friends plants growing on a windowsil during winter. alot of the time bad growing methods are being used due to lack of gardening knowledge, but they do certianly grow.

However as you would expects they are weak growers, there is little light and theyre probably too cold. with that said i reckon if you can keep it heated a greenhouse could veg plants fine, but i wouldnt want to attempt flowering with the lack of light and high humidity.

im gonna try it with some masterlow after summer to see what happens. id like to be able to grow masterlow year round in the UK even if the winter buds arnt as high quality, at least its some smoke and maybe some seed stock for summer.

Edited March 29, 2007 by watermelon