Hi Ace people!
After some time I'm finally growing again, sadly can't grow indoors anymore(for now) so I decided to go the old way - outdoor guerrilla.
This season I was starting some autoflower plants and gave them all away for friends with balconies, I decided it's a good summer for trying it outdoors again.
The genetics:
Obviously the circumstances are favoring feminized seeds so I went through my seed stash to find a suitable variety, mainly looking for vigour, descrete smell, sturdiness and resistence to pests and molds.
After narrowing it down I decided to go with Ace's R&D cross - Bangi Congo x Panama.
I have experience growing it indoors, the plant had pretty much exactly what I wanted. Honestly not my "all time favorite" type of smoke but still a very good compromise for my needs.
The spot:
It's located in between the sea and the mountains(carsic region), basically an arid forest/savannah type of growth with lots of deer, jackals and boars.
The spot was selected with certain criteria in mind, mainly I was looking for absence of deer and boar tracks along with no hunter towers in vicinity. It's not far from a populated area which makes it easy to access, also there's a hiking starting point nearby.
The climate:
Typical mediterranian climate with a twist, basically a pretty arid area but with a good potential for summer storm formation right above it, so I don't need to go there too frequently for watering. Right now we are in the middle of a heat wave(max 35°C, min 23°C) which is lasting for 2 weeks and expecting at least one week more, maybe two.
The story so far:
I started 2 plants indoors at the window, they were slow to grow because of zero direct sunlight. Their grow pace was ok for me because of the transplanting timing. I was monitoring the coming heat wave and storms, so I put them out right before 4 days of storms which were preceding the heatwave. Good for the transition from indoors to outdoors.
I had help from my friend who was a blessing for digging the hole, made it way easier with another pair of hands.
We removed a lot of stones as the natural soil is pretty shallow, added 50L of Biobizz Allmix plus some guerrilla biotabs.
I visited twice during the max heat to add 10L of water for the two sisters and take some photos.
Before transplant - packed for the journey
Outdoors - day zero
After 12 days outdoors
After 17 days outdoors(today)
With surrounding vegetation
So far I'm very happy with how they're developing.
I don't want them to get big, so maybe I'll top and bend them in the coming weeks.
It was interesting to see the early leaves which developed indoors were all burnt from the strong sunshine and the new growth is way more "meaty" and healthy. The stem rub smell is quite piney and fresh which I really like. Smells subtle which is perfect, I don't need hungry deer around my plants.
I'm hoping for some rains but will take care of them if needed. Adding just water as the soil will hold enough nutrients until october.
That's all for now, I will post some more pics when I visit them again which will depend on the weather and rains(and heat).
Cheers
After some time I'm finally growing again, sadly can't grow indoors anymore(for now) so I decided to go the old way - outdoor guerrilla.
This season I was starting some autoflower plants and gave them all away for friends with balconies, I decided it's a good summer for trying it outdoors again.
The genetics:
Obviously the circumstances are favoring feminized seeds so I went through my seed stash to find a suitable variety, mainly looking for vigour, descrete smell, sturdiness and resistence to pests and molds.
After narrowing it down I decided to go with Ace's R&D cross - Bangi Congo x Panama.
I have experience growing it indoors, the plant had pretty much exactly what I wanted. Honestly not my "all time favorite" type of smoke but still a very good compromise for my needs.
The spot:
It's located in between the sea and the mountains(carsic region), basically an arid forest/savannah type of growth with lots of deer, jackals and boars.
The spot was selected with certain criteria in mind, mainly I was looking for absence of deer and boar tracks along with no hunter towers in vicinity. It's not far from a populated area which makes it easy to access, also there's a hiking starting point nearby.
The climate:
Typical mediterranian climate with a twist, basically a pretty arid area but with a good potential for summer storm formation right above it, so I don't need to go there too frequently for watering. Right now we are in the middle of a heat wave(max 35°C, min 23°C) which is lasting for 2 weeks and expecting at least one week more, maybe two.
The story so far:
I started 2 plants indoors at the window, they were slow to grow because of zero direct sunlight. Their grow pace was ok for me because of the transplanting timing. I was monitoring the coming heat wave and storms, so I put them out right before 4 days of storms which were preceding the heatwave. Good for the transition from indoors to outdoors.
I had help from my friend who was a blessing for digging the hole, made it way easier with another pair of hands.
We removed a lot of stones as the natural soil is pretty shallow, added 50L of Biobizz Allmix plus some guerrilla biotabs.
I visited twice during the max heat to add 10L of water for the two sisters and take some photos.
Before transplant - packed for the journey
Outdoors - day zero
After 12 days outdoors
After 17 days outdoors(today)
With surrounding vegetation
So far I'm very happy with how they're developing.
I don't want them to get big, so maybe I'll top and bend them in the coming weeks.
It was interesting to see the early leaves which developed indoors were all burnt from the strong sunshine and the new growth is way more "meaty" and healthy. The stem rub smell is quite piney and fresh which I really like. Smells subtle which is perfect, I don't need hungry deer around my plants.
I'm hoping for some rains but will take care of them if needed. Adding just water as the soil will hold enough nutrients until october.
That's all for now, I will post some more pics when I visit them again which will depend on the weather and rains(and heat).
Cheers
