too late to start seeds

Hello, I am in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Found a little collection of seeds I had hidden from myself a while back.

do you guys think it’s too late to germinate indoors and then put 'em outside?
My thoughts are the plants only lost some veg time and otherwise should be fine.

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Hi @theolecrow welcome to Overgrow!

You’ll be fine, your plants will be little smaller, but otherwise good to go.
However, hopefully, you have some early finishers, because you are pretty far north.

Good luck, and have fun

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You are three weeks from summer solstice, as @Calyxander said pop 'em and go!
Have some fun!!

Cheers
G

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Hey @theolecrow you should be fine. I’m in North Bay Ontario and up here it’s usually the 1st or 2nd week of June the ladies are safe to go outside 100% (that’s usually around the LAST frost time) However you want ur girls going b4 than obviously. And with seed get em in the Ground ASAP and you should be fine. Just Germinate them 1st instead of dropping 2-3/hole! Happy Growing.

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Old seeds. Nice. good luck. Make sure to post photos :hugs:

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I have some chemdawg I’m waiting to poke their heads out of the soil in cups. I won’t get the harvest I would like out of these, so I started 4 instead of a couple. Granted if I would have just started 2, I would really be punching the law of averages, but with 4, hopefully a couple girls.

Good luck!!

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You’ll be good. Plants might push first frost but you’ll get a yield. Happy growing!

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My first outdoor grow with bagseed, several of the ladies went through a few light frosts. It didn’t bother them, and one turned gorgeous purple.

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I’ve been growing at 45 north for the past 5 years, and even here it’s difficult to time my outdoor crops.
There are occasional frosts until the beginning of May. By the time I get all my seeds started it’s usually mid June. That seems to be pretty good timing to provide a margin of safety from unexpected frosts.

Some years I have been able to start seeds as early as march, but that seems uncommon here.

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It’s never too late to start seeds!
Plants grow according to their surroundings. The changes in sunlight trigger chemicals within the plant that regulate both growth and flowering and the plant will act accordingly.

If you’re growing sativas, they may not have enough time to finish outdoors at your latitude.

The second week of June is when most people put clones out. That’s been happening where I live since I can remember. But seeds may be germinated at any time indoors and brought outdoors for the outdoor growing season. Don’t forget to harden them off before directly planting them.

If you had a greenhouse, you could plant and grow at your leisure.

Good luck to you @theolecrow and keep us posted on your progress.

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I wouldn’t worry about it to much if u have some way of covering the plants via greenhouse hoop tarp something. If not I would only go with autoflowerers or super autos. Cuz in all honesty it’s late for regular seeds

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