Greetings, ladies and gents! Welcome to my wild and wonderful outdoor adventure this year. Little late start on the grow journal, but better late than never. It's never to late to learn new things and to share what I have already learned from this wonderful community.
The land I'm growing on is some overgrown (no pun intended) farmland that is now hunting land that I know well. The two plots are at the bottom of a ravine (no water present, just vegetation) surrounded on both sides by steep slopes and heavy vegetation, fallen, trees, thorns, etc. Lots of wildlife out here, plenty of deer and snakes. The plots are actually along a deer path but I had chickenwire fencing covering the plants when they were young and now I have the area fenced off with 50lb pull fishing line.
I'm fortunate to have awesome natural soil, I'm talking this shit is the cat's meow. Due to this I'm not amending the soil with anything but a little lime. My holes are 3' in diameter and about 30-36" deep. Bigger holes = bigger plants. The seedlings (after germed using a germ machine (damp sponges cut in half with seeds in the middle inside a closed tupperware container floating inside a bigger container with water and a fish tank heater to keep the temp at 76 degrees) were started in a mix of 1/3 Ocean Forest and 2/3 Light Warrior Seed Starter. The seeds were germinated on 5/17 and put outside in their final holes on 5/30.
I have 9 plants going this year, 6 of which are KC33 and 3 of which are Green Poison from Sweet Seeds. All are fems.
My fertilizer of choice is Jack's Classic All Purpose 20-20-20 and Jack's Blossom Booster 10-30-20. I prefer to use fast-acting water soluble ferts because I can keep my native soil which doesn't dry out nearly as quick as an organic soil mix, which means much less watering and possibility for heat stress.
I might be forgetting some things that I should mention, but I'm in a hurry so if there's anything else you'd like to know just ask. If you have any suggestions I'll take any I can get because there are always many more things to learn.
Without further ado here are some pictures:
Seedlings when I brought them out on 5/30:
To show the size of my holes:
A picture of Plot 1
My biggest girl as of right now (a KC33)
And if anyone could help me diagnose whatever the fuck is going on with this leaf I would greatly appreciate it. There are like these translucent spots on one of my Green Poisons that you can see here:
The land I'm growing on is some overgrown (no pun intended) farmland that is now hunting land that I know well. The two plots are at the bottom of a ravine (no water present, just vegetation) surrounded on both sides by steep slopes and heavy vegetation, fallen, trees, thorns, etc. Lots of wildlife out here, plenty of deer and snakes. The plots are actually along a deer path but I had chickenwire fencing covering the plants when they were young and now I have the area fenced off with 50lb pull fishing line.
I'm fortunate to have awesome natural soil, I'm talking this shit is the cat's meow. Due to this I'm not amending the soil with anything but a little lime. My holes are 3' in diameter and about 30-36" deep. Bigger holes = bigger plants. The seedlings (after germed using a germ machine (damp sponges cut in half with seeds in the middle inside a closed tupperware container floating inside a bigger container with water and a fish tank heater to keep the temp at 76 degrees) were started in a mix of 1/3 Ocean Forest and 2/3 Light Warrior Seed Starter. The seeds were germinated on 5/17 and put outside in their final holes on 5/30.
I have 9 plants going this year, 6 of which are KC33 and 3 of which are Green Poison from Sweet Seeds. All are fems.
My fertilizer of choice is Jack's Classic All Purpose 20-20-20 and Jack's Blossom Booster 10-30-20. I prefer to use fast-acting water soluble ferts because I can keep my native soil which doesn't dry out nearly as quick as an organic soil mix, which means much less watering and possibility for heat stress.
I might be forgetting some things that I should mention, but I'm in a hurry so if there's anything else you'd like to know just ask. If you have any suggestions I'll take any I can get because there are always many more things to learn.
Without further ado here are some pictures:
Seedlings when I brought them out on 5/30:
To show the size of my holes:
A picture of Plot 1
My biggest girl as of right now (a KC33)
And if anyone could help me diagnose whatever the fuck is going on with this leaf I would greatly appreciate it. There are like these translucent spots on one of my Green Poisons that you can see here:
