PDX Dopesmoker
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What I'd really like to know is the earliest anyone has planted autoflowers in the Willamette valley outdoors and gotten good results, but that would have been too long of a title.
The info is out there, but those auto growers are tight lipped on that valuable info. I think that ruderalis makes them paranoid.
Maybe if you tell us when you've planted autoflowers outdoors in the past, then someone might be able to judge if they've planted earlier.
I've only been growing since legalization. I've started superautos indoors in April and put them outside in the middle of May.
Well thats a good sign anyway
Thanks, I've never tried autos before so it seems like I'm going to end up staggering them out there and learning whats what that way.
Your better off planting autos out late than too early. Cold weather will stunt them bad.
Peace GG
Robrites nailed it. From Washington to Eugene, Mother's Day is usually around the earliest you can put plants out in the ground without shelter. It varies year to year. Sometimes the ground's cold and closer to May 20 is better. Sometimes it warms up early, 70 degree days in early May and you can start earlier, May 5.
I have a protected area next to the house, I can put my plants out in April. I've started Autos around April 1, shuttling them between outdoors and indoors for the first couple weeks. This isn't ideal, I don't like them finishing in June the weather's too damp. I like them to finish after the solstice and July is ideal. So April 20 is the perfect early date for Autos. If you don't have a hoop house, cold frame, or shuttle them between outside and inside wait until May.