outdoor tips and pointers needed

[stickynugs]

i have one small plant. and do not know if its male or female yet.
it is growing outdoors in a backyard in a pretty big california city.
it is about 8 inches or so tall.
i have it in a small pot with soil. i do not know what kind because a friend gave it to me like this.

i have a few questions for someone with outdoor experience.

1: how much water should i give the plant?
2:at what time of the day or night should i water my plant?
3:is shade bad for plants?
4:what kind of soil is best for outdoor pot grows?
5:do i need to give my plant any nutrients or anything other than just water?

i would appreciate any help. i will include photos of my plant. thank you

[Kole477]

Read the stickys in every growing forum, they have a lot of useful information.

heres a good basic outdoor growing one : http://forum.grasscity.com/general-o...-outdoors.html

good luck with the plant, it (hopefully she) looks nice

[stickynugs]

thank you for that link but i am looking for some home outdoor growing guides. the link and all the stuff i find online is for guerilla growing in the woods.

[Full Melt]

hey sticky!

Plant is looking pretty nice.


1. If there are holes in the bottom of the container you are growing in you should water the plant until the water starts to leak out of the bottom. You should only water when the soil in dry and crumbly to the touch. If you are watering to much or to little the leaves will droop.

2. I usually water mine somtime before noon. I do this because the plants are working hard to take in the heat and sunlight so I figure that this would be a good time to help it out with some water. Its not extreamly important to have a schedule for water and staying to it but it doesnt hurt.

3. Shade doesnt hurt the plants at all. If a plant is having to much shade that means its not getting enough sun so make sure your plant gets at least 6-7 hours of direct sunlight per day. This being said indirect sunlight means that it needs light but it does not need to be directly under the sun. The point is dont put your plants in the sunlight for 7 hours and then put it in the shade.

4. Everyone has there own opinion of the best soil and there are many different additives that you can put into regular soil such as worm castings, peat moss, perlite and such. They all do different things and its deffenetly worth reading into. You can also just use regular plain topsoil with good results.

5. Its hard to tell by the picture of your plant but i would say that yeah i would use a little bit of nitro dominant ferts every week gradually increasing untill you are at what the container of fertilizer tells you if the recommended dose. It all takes practice and experiance to figure out the perfect fert, water mix.

Best of luck.

[doob3r]

sticky nugs,

the same watering and feeding schedules apply to out door plants just like indoors.

all you need to know is n the guides that have been linked, you just need to learn more about the plant its self, and just make sure she is getting direct light contact atleast 5 hours a day,

would continue with just water for a few weeks, it will let you know when it s hungry.

just read about the plant, its all the same wether under a 1000 watt HPS or the natural sun.