MrBreeze911
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Awesome, I can't wait! Those autos look pretty. I haven't ever grown autos before.
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Mr. Breeze-- Thanks! Plants should be watered before they go into water deficit stress. You want to keep them with enough water to stay turgid/ plump with water. Once the plant goes into water deficit and loses momentum, the cell division/expansion rate will never go back to the rate it was before.
Mulch should be a bark mulch which has gone through the composting process to promote a healthy, humus-rich mulch. This type forms a crust and can hold in water much better than loose wood chip type mulch.
iTarzan--Autos are fun to watch, they come out branching like they're been growing all year! Need to have good light exposure since they are so short. It will be nice to have some early medicine!
Mulch should be a bark mulch which has gone through the composting process to promote a healthy, humus-rich mulch. This type forms a crust and can hold in water much better than loose wood chip type mulch.
iTarzan--Autos are fun to watch, they come out branching like they're been growing all year! Need to have good light exposure since they are so short. It will be nice to have some early medicine!
I'm doing a little different water regimen this year. I watered a couple times this spring to keep the plants pushing. Now that they are tall, I am backing off a bit at least until flowering sets in. So long as there is still moisture in the soil, and we get a little rain each week, I will probably leave them alone. This allows the roots to search for moisture, and go deeper to access new areas of the soil. When you water deep, the plants can be prone to falling over because the soil is so wet. Also I am pretty rough on the plants when I water with the watering can. Its too easy to break branches and leaves, so I will only water when necessary now.
Above average rains moving in next week. I will be leaving them alone. God's drip irrigation works so much better. I need to get some guano put down asap.
Above average rains moving in next week. I will be leaving them alone. God's drip irrigation works so much better. I need to get some guano put down asap.
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The twisty leaf growth at the top, the variegation and lighter green splotches look similar to mosaic virus damage. It also looks like thrip damage, I get this sort of thing on my plants when the thrips are heavy during hot dry weather. Especially the ones up against blackberries and other weeds. It gets dry and they move on to the nearest green healthy plants. I've never tested for viruses but I've never had the symptoms at harvest. Thrips carry viruses and can spread them to your plants which complicates things. You'll be able to tell if it's a virus in the coming weeks.
If the mosaic type pattern of yellow-green and curling gets worse as it goes into flower you'll know it's sick. Not much you can do but cull it or let it finish at that point but to me it looks just the thrip damage I've seen in my garden. I've never sprayed or done anything to battle the thrips, the natural predators move in and destroy them. (for me; I've heard horror stories from other people) That's what appears to be happening here, the small yellow black bug in the middle of the pic on the longest finger of the middle leaf looks like a predator to me. I could be wrong but the fly looks like the predatory type, forget what they're called, but they'll snack on aphids and thrips. There's also an odd looking black bug on the lowest big leaf, with antennae that stick straight out. It seems predatory to me. Of course I could be wrong and they might be pests or simply visitors chilling out on your plants.
It seems like there's a 6 week cycle for the sap suckers to multiply, then predators move in, then the predators multiply and the leaf damage is reduced to a minimum. Any spray you use at this point would wipe out your predators but not all the thrips, they'd be able to reload and you'd have to continue spraying every couple weeks until nearly harvest. Once the predators build up they'll stick around all season and keep the thrips manageable. It's important to know your area, know when to spray and when not to. If you move this plant indoors or take cuttings you'll definitely have to spray or come up with a bug controls scheme because there won't be predators inside.
Went to check the plot. Plants are doing good, many are up around 7 ft some are 8 ft now. Got some Espoma bat guano 10-3-4 so I will top dress feed that before the rain. Biggest plants in my experience looking forward to watching. The tallest one without branches is finally shooting out a couple 1 ft long branches at the very top. Seeing calyxes starting to stack on some plants!
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Got me a mean red rooster
Too laaaaazy to crow for days
On a serious note, this feathered fellow appears to be in a contemplative mood as he surveys his realm during a break in the day's busy agenda around the barnyard.
Looking great! Thanks or sharing en mani! Plants are pushing fast. The way the plants are growing, I would assume you use some composted chicken manure for fertilizer. Ramon really earns his keep! 
Ramon takes care of it all, security, bugs, and fertilizer for the plants! What a good friend! Have a good one!
Ramon takes care of it all, security, bugs, and fertilizer for the plants! What a good friend! Have a good one!
Gumsgi I used to be out late at night doing my outdoor thing. In the woods and cornfields at night time is an adrenaline rush. One time I was planting a clone in the corn and I heard this heavy breathing right behind my head. Then I could feel it sniffing me. I turned around ready to be mauled by a bear and it was a huge, friendly farm dog (mastiff), which when I first saw it, I still thought it was a bear. It took a minute to gather myself and realize what it was.
I got a few more pics of my stuff. I didn't take the camera into the cornfields because I had to lug a bunch of water and potions with me. It was 97 today. 97 can kill an old fat man. But I am tough. I love smoking joints in the corn and taking care of plants in broad daylight when the corn is over my head and nobody knows. I always make a corn tunnel. Tie corn stalks together at the top. One row to another. It makes a Tpee type tunnel that you can hide under if a plane comes. I also where green and brown shirt, pants and hat. I have seen lots of planes during the day but not when I am in the corn. Usually as soon as I step in the corn I need an air traffic controller. I don't see many choppers now because they moved the state police and army reserve choppers about an hour away. They used to be 10 minutes away.
Here is the original diesel (weasel diesel) that I had put in late and treated for 2 spotted mites. First pic I already posted but here again for reference. The next 2 pics are from today. It has been LST'd for about a week. It has a nice amount of even tops and no signs of mites. It looks pretty good now.
Here is the original diesel (weasel diesel) that I had put in late and treated for 2 spotted mites. First pic I already posted but here again for reference. The next 2 pics are from today. It has been LST'd for about a week. It has a nice amount of even tops and no signs of mites. It looks pretty good now.
Next up are the Mephisto Genetics Sasquatch OG feminized automatics. They have been stretching and are flowering, some more than others. The taller ones are around 2 feet tall and the shorter ones are about 1.5 feet tall. They have lots of branches. They won't be huge but they are not going to be little, poor yielding runt plants either. I wish I had about 100 of them and had gotten them in way earlier. I would be harvest a few pounds or so right about now.
