Best time to grow in Texas?

I live in Houston, and was wondering around what time of the year would be best for an outdoor crop.

Currently started growing around the beginning of July and results are pretty slow 1st time grower and would gladly take any advice

I am in Dallas and my young ladies were sprouted in July. I am under the belief that if your grow room is dark, well painted Flat White, or lined with foil..I don't like mylar..that the plants themselves have NO idea that it is February.

I have some seedlings now and a 6 week old grow as well. I guess we will see if my theory is correct.

Good Luck..........

Well I am glad that you got a rapid reply, Promethazine (can I call you Phenergan for short? lol) Even though the answer was not much of what you were expecting or needing. Your first reply has a very good point... You could mitigate any climate or seasonal changes with a indoor grow operation, but since you want to know about an outdoor scheme I will tell you that Texas is the prime growing Zone for just about anything you could want to grow outside. houston is about the same latitude as Jackson so I would hazard the guess that your Autumn comes at about the same time as ours and that would be about the end of september is when you woudl start to see some changes depending on the strain. So I am thinking you should start to see the end of the grow by about the middle/end of October to the middle of November. I am not a Gaja-growing Guru, but I am a big fan of growing my own food though fan leaves couldn't possibly be good eatin'.There you have it... Very vague but hopefully helpful.I plan on moving out a rural part of texas and doing my own growing after I save up some money to build a house... Let me know how it goes! Oh! And are there any good places about 20 or 30 miles from a big city? You know... not too many close neighbors and good rainfall and fairly constant wind? (Wanna be as 'off-the-grid' as possible)Hackel

I really appreciate the advice thanks a lot guy's! I've read enough on these forums to have basic knowledge of how I'm going to start my 09 crop

Im in houston as well and i would deff. like to know the answer to this, its just now starting to get in the high 80s low 90s

Conroe, about 30miles north of houston, u can get some places in the middle of nowhere

bump for some good Houston area outdoor grow tips/strains. I have not even gotten any seeds yet? Is it too late?? Can't wait to get started I know that!

For Houston area... not too very long ago, the low's was in the upper 40's & lower 50's. It is really just now the idea time for outdoor, while your in short pants & T-shirt on Thanksgiving day, your plants will still be doing good. We could do 2 crops in this area. So Your still in the game. Due to the extreme heat, pay special attention to your soil & very good water retension, while having good drainage. I suggest checking out Lava Sand. The Pros. in the Greenhouses will spray mist the plants up to 7 times per day to compensate for the plant's transpiration during very hot weather. Get them seeds in the ground.

I have done a few outdoor grows. The problem with Houston is the humidity. The plant will take the heat but the humidity will mold your bud. I always start the plants inside. I get the plants at lest 18" tall and then I move them outside. usually the plant will start budding immediately. I anticipate this and usually veg 24hrs until they go outside. I do this so they will bud as soon as they see the sun. Mt best crops were placed outside in mid/late march. By the time mid/late may comes around they are done. I have tried the all summer long grow and finish in i think October. It just doesn't seem to work. My advice is grow in the colder months and keep them in pots in case it freezes you can bring them in. but for me it always works better to do an inside grow. WM

I'm Houstonian, don't dare give advice to your ignorance! Grow, Baby Grow!

It's been 5 years sense you posted this, but I live in Montgomery which is very close to Conroe.

The County jail there SUCKS, in 86