Clones are branches from cannabis plants that are cut off and then rooted in order to obtain a replica (clone) from the mother plant. As a result, the plant grown has the exact same traits as the mother plant. This allows for a balanced grow, as well as high yields as you can grow the same exact plant over different grows. In this post we’ll talk about how to grow cannabis clones outdoors, its benefits, and tricks to get the best results.

Advantages of Growing Clones Outdoors

Growing cannabis outdoors can produce great results but it also needs quite a lot of care; generally speaking, growing clones outdoors can save you quite a lot of issues and can provide plenty of benefits.

You can replicate your favourite plant; you can clone a plant that’s growing indoors or outdoors in order to have smaller clones, allowing you to either share strains or multiply the size of your grow in no time. If you’ve planted outdoors in the ground, you can take cuttings and place them out alongside it or even preserve the strain. You can take clones from one strain and preserve them inside in order to plant them again next season. You can keep your clones indoors using a small grow tent and a low light such as an 2x55w fluorescent system to cover half a square meter, or a 4x55w in order to cover one meter. You can also use an extractor designed to get rid of excess heat and renew air in the grow.

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How to Grow your Own Cannabis Clones

Most seed Banks have a selection of feminized cannabis seeds and many of them can be grown outdoors unless the manufacturer indicates otherwise.

Feminized cannabis seeds allow you to guarantee female plants, which are the ones that produce buds and the most planted type of cannabis seed. On the other hand, regular seeds produce both male and female cannabis plants and growing them takes more work.

How to Choose Feminized Cannabis Seeds for Outdoors

Nowadays it’s possible to buy high quality feminized cannabis seeds that are easy to grow. These seeds can guarantee a decent harvest at affordable prices, considering the extra expenses involved in obtaining high quality cannabis in a dispensary or by other means.

Autoflowering cannabis seeds or automatic seeds are obtained when light-dependent cannabis plants are crossed with Ruderalis strains. Growing auto seeds is a specific job, and you’ll need to understand where they come from and how to grow autoflowering cannabis seeds if you want to make the most out of them.

Ruderalis Cannabis is a subspecies of hemp that grows originally in colder areas such as Eastern Europe, Central Asia and other areas with climates that aren’t right for normal cannabis. It’s known for its small stature, and low RHC content, although its mainly known for flowering automatically, regardless of the amount of light they receive.

When crossing these plants with normal ones, autoflowering seeds are obtained, which generally start flowering towards the second/fourth growth week, regardless of the amount of light they receive. These plants have similar qualities to light-dependent plants, such as a larger amount of THC, yield and aroma and flavour (compared to Ruderalis).

Cannabis in its natural state is a yearly plant; seeds germinate during spring when the conditions are right and it grows until the end of summer. When they days get short enough, it starts to flower, reproduces, grows seeds and dies. During the winter, seeds stay in the ground waiting for the right conditions, and only some seeds actually survive. When growing outdoors, you should right for the right moment to be as efficient as possible.

When can Cannabis be Harvested Outdoors?

Cannabis, just like all plants, needs a series of conditions in order to grow properly. If you’d like to know when to harvest outdoors, you’ll have to keep in mind two conditions:

Temperature: cannabis plants stop growing when the temperatures drop. Don’t start your grow until the outdoor minimum temperatures are above 10°C; winter isn’t the same in all regions of the planet, and temperatures can differ also. Get used to seeing low temperatures in spring; you can check the weather online or using an app. Light hours: feminized and regular seeds need a certain amount of hours in order to grow and flower. In the northern hemisphere, most strains have the right amount of hours to grow from may onwards, and start flowering during august.

The only strains that grow regardless of the light they get are autoflowering seeds. Even then, they still need a lot of light to start flowering properly. The pro here is that you don’t have to wait for the light to change for them to flower.

Every year we see how people repeat the same mistakes when it comes to growing outdoors, and we’ve decided to put them all together in one post to help others out and prevent them from making the same mistakes. Pay attention to these 10 common mistakes when growing cannabis outdoors and get ready to fill up your pantry this season!

Germinating seeds wrong

One of the most common and most deadly mistakes happens at the very start, during the germination. Germinating incorrectly or not taking care of the saplings can be lethal during this stage, so to avoid this you can follow these steps:

Germinate the seeds between moistened kitchen towel; if you plant the seed in soil and water, you’ll most likely end up sinking the seed in deeper and making germination take much longer. Plus, when germinating in soil it’s much harder to keep stable temperatures between 20 and 24°C. Take care of your saplings. Cannabis plants are never as weak as they are at this exact time; a soaked flowerpot can cause growth to stunt and even kill the plant. If you plant during spring when nights are still cold, growth can be slow; we recommend using a greenhouse or propagator to keep them safe. A propagator can also help to protect recently germinated cannabis seeds from birds.

If you want more information about how to germinate your seeds, check out our post on germinating cannabis seeds.

If you’re planning on getting started in outdoor growing, keep in mind that although it may be cheaper than setting up an indoor grow, you’ll have to deal with all of the problems that come along with an unpredictable climate.

In order to do this, you’ll need to choose your growing material depending on your needs, choosing the right gardening tools that will help you to have a successful outdoor growing experience.

Propagators and Flowerpots

The first thing that your plants are going to need is a home where they can root and hold on to their substrate. The size of the flowerpot is super important, especial for photoperiodic plants.

At La Huerta Grow Shop we don’t want rain or bad weather to end up ruining your harvest. That’s why we’re here to help you to find the strain that fits best with your tastes and also allows you to harvest successfully; let’s have a look at some of the fastest feminized strains for outdoor growing.

Fastest Photoperiodic Cannabis Plants for Outdoor Growing

Photoperiodic cannabis plants can be either feminized or regular plants that grow and flower depending on the amount of light received. The difference in flowering times in these strains can make or break the quality of your yield when growing outdoors. Let’s go through a list of the 10 fastest feminized strains on the market.

Jamaican Dream by Eva Seeds

At the top of the list we have Jamaican Dream by Eva Seeds, the fastest sativa strain in the world and definitely one of La Huerta Grow Shop’s best-selling seeds for years now. This amazing strain fell into the hands of Eva Seeds in 2007.

When it comes to growing cannabis, you need to keep in mind that most cannabis plants need a specific photoperiod (light period) in order to grow and produce the flowers that we’re all after. This means that if you’re growing outdoors you’ll need to do so within the right season in order to obtain the best possible results.

When Does Cannabis Flower Outdoors?

As a general rule of thumb, the flowering period of photoperiodic cannabis plants starts once they begin to receive less light and more hours of darkness. This can be done indoors whenever you want by simply flipping your light schedule to 12h light and 12h dark. However, outdoors this happens naturally over summer at different moments depending on the latitude at which you grow your plant.

If you want to understand when you can still germinate and if you’re in time to plant this year, first you’ll need to differentiate between three different types of cannabis plant:

Photoperiodic cannabis plants: feminized or regular. Automatic or autoflowering cannabis plants. Fast version photoperiodic plants. Photoperiodic Strains