Hello ladies (and gents?), I haven't spent much time on MP for a couple of years. But I am so happy to have found this Female Grower's Group!! I love it.
A little about me...I am fairly new to growing, I, too, grow in a very rural area on the West Coast with an extremely warm summer climate. My hubby and I are grandparents to our beautiful little 19 month granddaughter.
My first grow was in 2007, same time SmokinMom grew her girls!! I grew White Widow, started them indoors, then moved them into large pots outside in the garden. I used Fox Farms Ocean Forest soil in large pots. With the assistance of Big Bloom, Tiger Bloom and Grow Big Fertilizers. I found that the WW was fairly sensitive to nutrients but we got past that with the help of some awesome growers here on MP.
After that I was definitely 'hooked' on growing MJ! Yeah, tomatoes and cukes are nice, but they do not even compare to the excitement of growing MJ!! My next grow was an indoor grow of Speed Queen...I set up a wonderful little grow 'room' in a closet and had a great time 'building' it...getting the ventilation set up and the lighting (thanks PB!) sadly they all turned out to be males!
Then I decided I needed some different strains...found I prefer something with more of an indica high. And grew another outdoor grow, although no grow journal this time...not as much time since I started working full time. Loved the strains I grew in this order: Sadhu (Mandala Seeds), El Nino, NLxShiva, SkunkXHaze. This was another outdoor grow, which I prefer, but growing inside is good too.
I want to try some autoflowers next time I grow inside, but can't do that with my daughter and granddaughter living here...but I think I can do a good stealth outdoor grow this Spring/Summer on a deserted section of our property. I'm looking for seeds now, and have loved the Thread on Aphrodesiac strains!! Gonna try a couple of those!! I can't find any White Satin in stock right bow, but found Kali Mist and Mandala's KaliChakra sounds promising! Anybody try them, or have suggestions?
I guess I'm getting a little 'long winded' here, so I'll stop and just say Thank you TC for starting this group! I am delighted to be part of Female Growers Group!