Finishing a plant in a wet British autumn

Merseyside does not care about your flowering chart. Here is how we select, and grow, for the weather we actually have.

Most seed catalogues are written for a Dutch indoor room or a Californian October. Liverpool gets neither. We get a maritime autumn: salt in the air, humidity that sits on the leaf, and a sun that clocks off early. If a plant cannot finish in that, it does not go in the outdoor list. That is the whole method.

We run every outdoor candidate through at least two UK seasons before it is offered as 'excellent' on this site. Greenhouse is a different badge. Indoor-only means we have watched it rot in a wet September and we will not pretend otherwise.

What 'mould resistance' actually means here

The score on each strain page is not a marketing dial. Five means we have finished it outdoors in a bad year without a bag of ruined colas. Three means you want a cover or a tent. Two means do not even try it on a Wirral allotment.

Airflow beats any spray. Wide spacing, a morning sun aspect, and the discipline to strip inner growth in week three of flower will do more than a bottle with a Latin name on it.

When to sow

Photoperiods destined for the ground should be started so they see a full summer of veg and still flip in time to beat October.

If you only have a windowsill and a hope, start with Jammy Dodgers or Black Punch. They are the plants we give to mates who ask for 'something that will not die on me'.

Seeds are sold as souvenirs and for genetic preservation. 18+. Cultivation of cannabis is illegal in the UK without a Home Office licence. These notes are not a grow guide.

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