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thejoe1212 posted an update in the group
3 months agoAsk a Grow Question What’s the benefits and issues with outdoor growing? I don’t see many people doing it. I live in Oklahoma. Ot just makes sense to use free lights (sunlight which is better than anything you can buy). I’m doing all the things I’d do indoors, I’m just outside. My plants seem to be happy. Judge for yourself.
lakeeriemonster, Dude and 6 others7 Comments-
Fully agreed when you have tolerant neighbors, no light pollution and a secure place that gets enough sun, outdoor is awesome. Allows for HUGE returns when you commit. Pests and unpredictable weather would be the only real downsides that I can think of, but I’ve only done a few outdoor runs.
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A lot of benefits from outdoors that’s true but some folks don’t have a proper place to grow outside , I live in between two city parks in my instance, humidity would be a problem in this area outside we also to this day have industrial hemp growing wild everywhere from WWII
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Pest and climate can make some years better than others, but in exchange the cost of growing is much less and potencial quantities much more, so even with the ups and downs over the years, you get more bud outdoors and with indoor you get more consistency/potency
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Yeah the aphids are a little rough this year. We’ve had hail a couple times as well but my beach umbrella saved the grow.
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Well the only real drawback I know of really is you only have the possibility of 2 harvests a year and you have to time that just right . You can hit it as the light is transitioning to longer days in early spring if you have pre grown indoors, and then toward the end of fall. You absolutely will get large plants outdoors but as said before their are variables to mitigate outdoors that maybe impossible to change such as contact rain or temps in your area… Realistically indoor growing started because of probition and once there people saw how much more they could push the plants indoor to really bring it closer to its potential. Now that said if you live in a Goldie locks zone you might very well have that outside one year but not the next based on rain or drought. So indoor has more control with generally a higher grade product for most of our country (USA) where as it comes at the cost of electricity to run all of our terrafirming needs for humidity, light and temp but out door if close to free or can be completely free but you have far less control so you may end up with pounds of rotten bud or killer it can be a roll of the dice but with everything it is a high risk high reward as budrot can and has destroyed many a man’s field of dreams.
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Started my grow indoors and put them out in mid may. Put them away at night during flowering. And I’m done for the year. 😎
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One benefit is you don’t have to defoliate the lower half of the plant. I get some nice buds from the lower branches.
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