Arizona Outdoor Growing

[highya]

Hi Tortured Soul,

"I bet that method of "in and out" gives you a nice harvest."

From your lips to the God of Cannabis' ears!

This is my first grow, all experimental, so I'm hoping you are right about getting a nice harvest! I have had nightmares about waking up in the morning, opening the grow room door, and finding them all dead.

"Are you at all troubled by insects?"

Yes, definitely. Lots of aphids get on the plants in the back yard, especially the roses in the spring, but Ladybugs do a great job of eating them. This year I put 1000 ladybugs on my girls at night, and they stayed on the plants for several days, ate all the aphids before they flew away.

I have had mites, but since I inspect every plant with a 30X loupe every evening before bringing them inside for the night, I catch them before they do much damage or reproduce. I've found that Safer Soap works wonders, and does no damage to the plants.

"Do you allow the humidity to drop towards the end of flowering?"

Since this is the first grow, That's an NA question for me! But yes, that's my plan. I have this cute little penguin humidifier that I can dial up or down to any level of humidity I want. It's analog, not digital, but it works splendidly!

I've made so many mistakes--and I suspect most all beginners do, but I'm serious about learning to grow, and have always enjoyed gardening in general. Here in the desert, I'm especially drawn to anything green.

Our Mojave Desert landscape resembles the surface of the moon. HyphyNstoneD lives in the Sonoran Desert, which is much more green and diverse. It can be challenging to grow non-desert plants of any kind in either of our arid climates. Especially anything with broad leaves--like Indicas. Still, I'm amazed at how well they can do with a bit of vigilance and pampering.

Thanks for your response, TorturedSoul!

[l8tnightskunk]

Looking forward to seeing some pics!

[LiveTour]

I was growing Nirvana's Big Bud until the end of june when someone stripped it down to the stalk, (those A-Holes) just started to bud no real bud sites. But the plant was thriving at that point, temps over 100. The plant will adapt and you still will get higher yields outdoors thanin under the AZ desert sun! Good luck.

A large portion of cotton comes from southern az from its soil, which means with a lil bit of nute help you can grow straight in the ground if you want (which I was doing), yet I recomend digging out a good size hole and filling it with your Fox Farm or something that is designed to grow in.