Heyo.
So I’m looking to start my first outdoor grow and I have so many questions so I’ll start with what I know so far. My plan is to start them indoors and harden them off I was planning on starting them in their forever homes Which will be 5 gallon buckets I’m planning on using a mix of FF strawberry fields and FF ocean Forrest the nutes I have are gaia green 4-4-4 and the 2-8-4 as well as worm castings my region is hardiness zone 7b
So my questions/concerns
First off is I’m worried about wind and rain we get some pretty crazy storms sometimes. So right now I’m on the fence weather to try and build a sort of greenhouse. And I use that term lightly because it would have to be pretty cheap probably pvc and plastic. The reason I’m on the fence is we also get some really hot days and I’m worried about humidity all the cheap greenhouse builds I’ve looked at don’t have a lot of ventilation. Im planning a small grow 3 plants max and I’m wondering if it would be better to build fortified cages around each plant individually
Secondly I’m wondering when I should start my babies. Farmers almanac says last frost is April 15 but my weather app shows temps being “lower then average” for most of may (like 60s daytime 40s at night) with a lot of rain. Also how old should the plant be before going outside I won’t have a whole lot of room in the tent so I don’t want to start them to early and not be able to move them outside.
Thirdly I’m a lil confused on the whole pH bidness lol our well water is around 6-6.2 should I be adjusting this? What is the correct ph for outdoor plants? I know soil pH is also a thing so is testing your run off how you would figure that out?
Lastly (for now) is I’m not sure the best way to administer the gaia green nutes I was planning on top dressing? Is that a good method for outdoor plants? Also the instructions say once a month for a 4-4-4 I know with the FF soil I shouldn’t need to add any for a while any recommendations on how to know when to give them their first feeding and what schedule I should use
Alrighty I think those are all my questions! Kudos if you read through all that and any advice would be much appreciated
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