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OUTDOOR GROWS 2023 -ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE-
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Strawberry Lemonade from Barney's.
Chuck Jägerschnitzel
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Pipeline, I have strong doubts about your Feds.gov weather forecast for the PNW, I'm about to get slaughtered with a week of nonstop rain and high humidity, but I guess thats the forecast for October. Hope its correct of course, that would be great news for me, I've got a lot of plants that need another month of nice weather.
Good to see Strawberry Banana is still popular, that plants is fantastic to breed with, It adds resinousness and resin density to everything it touches. Not a good finisher for PNW growing unfortunately, but further south it must be excellent and its top notch here for indoors, dep or in auto crosses. Its a pretty strong breeder too, the additional resin seems to come through ever time.
Heres a cross with some Strawberry Banana blood in it, this is one of my South African BX1s with Strawberry Banana being the other 25% of the genetics.
As you can see it needs another month or so to finish
This is one of the full blooded South Africans on the 10th, I cut them down 3 days ago
Here it is closer up, if you look close enough you can kinda maybe imagine you can tell how the BX1s are more resinous, but the two plants are in different stages of flowering so maybe not.
This is a purple one I got of a the first generation semiauto of South African x Jägerschnitzel BX1, pic is from 6 days ago. The other ones of these are all green flowering. Making autoflower backcrosses takes forever, but it seems like its going to end up being worth doing, I'm getting similar odors off of all the BX1s so it should be a somewhat solid and consistent genetic once its done being refined into a purely autoflowering plant and I'll be able to grow it outdoors without worrying about fall weather ruining the crop.
This is the two slightly later flowering Honduran Jamaicans from TychoMonolith, first pic from Sept 16
And one from this morning
These two aren't all too late, but they're not nearly as progressed as the earliest blossoming ones.
Good to see Strawberry Banana is still popular, that plants is fantastic to breed with, It adds resinousness and resin density to everything it touches. Not a good finisher for PNW growing unfortunately, but further south it must be excellent and its top notch here for indoors, dep or in auto crosses. Its a pretty strong breeder too, the additional resin seems to come through ever time.
Heres a cross with some Strawberry Banana blood in it, this is one of my South African BX1s with Strawberry Banana being the other 25% of the genetics.
As you can see it needs another month or so to finish
This is one of the full blooded South Africans on the 10th, I cut them down 3 days ago
Here it is closer up, if you look close enough you can kinda maybe imagine you can tell how the BX1s are more resinous, but the two plants are in different stages of flowering so maybe not.
This is a purple one I got of a the first generation semiauto of South African x Jägerschnitzel BX1, pic is from 6 days ago. The other ones of these are all green flowering. Making autoflower backcrosses takes forever, but it seems like its going to end up being worth doing, I'm getting similar odors off of all the BX1s so it should be a somewhat solid and consistent genetic once its done being refined into a purely autoflowering plant and I'll be able to grow it outdoors without worrying about fall weather ruining the crop.
This is the two slightly later flowering Honduran Jamaicans from TychoMonolith, first pic from Sept 16
And one from this morning
These two aren't all too late, but they're not nearly as progressed as the earliest blossoming ones.
Calle Minogue
Brother of the COB
Hey Otto!
Terrific grows there all around. Not sure what your weather there has been like, just wondered how you Purple Satellite and her crosses hold up to rain for you?
Oh amazing grows all you above!
OttoPankrock
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The last 2 years the PS were with the Lebanese crosses the most resistant, almost No mold
I'm in the same boat, literally, but my two week forecast says the rain will let up on Oct 1. If it doesn't my year is finished. Already had two little storms pop up out of nowhere, breaking branches, knocking plants over, and completely soaking everything. Setting the spores for botrytis to come. Already have a plant completely girdled by mold. Next week is going to be horrible. 1/2 an inch of rain predicted for Sunday night. I looked at the radar map of the Pacific. It's a Conga line of brutal storms headed our way, starting in Japan and Indonesia.
Your stuff looks great Chuck. I'm guessing you're on the other side of the 49th, sometimes one of us will get lucky. The Olympics and Vancouver Island will bust up the storms and send the worst of it to one side or the other. I luck out much of the time when that happens. These will be too big for that, they should crush everybody.
You wouldn't know it today, sunny 75 degrees F. No wind at all. Just beautiful. The last day of summer. When the sun goes down I'm bringing in my lawn chairs, my table, everything that's not tied down. It's interesting being in a part of the world that's like that, one day it's summer the next nearly winter. Interesting I say, I think it sucks.
My only plant that's nearly ready is my Super Ape. I love this plant.
She would benefit from another week of sunny weather but I'll take what I've got. As much as I hate cutting early she smells so good I don't feel that bad. She's already gotten shaken, rattled, snapped, and rolled by the last two storms. I've been seeing a couple tiny spots of botrytis. I imagine she'd turn to grey slime in two days. I've barely got her upright, she's so top heavy there's quite a few branches pointing sideways and at the ground.
May as well post a picture of this Shishkaberry. Knowing the strain and the weather I don't think she has much of a chance. Anything that survives next week is going to be precious. I love this strain but both times I've run her the late September weather hasn't cooperated.
Would I be licking my chops right now if it wasn't for the damned rain! This Jah Gooey Fruity is a standout, some of the best stuff I've come across. Nuggynic says the parents tested over 5% in terpenes last year. Between 22 and 30% THC. I believe it, she's amazing. My only regret was that I didn't stick her in the ground until mid July. I thought her brother was a girl, grew him into a massive bush, only to have to hack him down when his balls showed. This strain has the potential to get big. Nic is already harvesting his, it's an early finisher.
I really don't know what to do, hack her or let her ride. She needs another week or two but I don't see how she can survive the rain. She smells incredible, wonderful sweet gooey fruity. Maybe I'll take some of the tops, leave the rest. I don't know...
I know I'm going to have to harvest this God Bud. She's been popping little moldy bits here and there for a week now. They aren't catastrophic, they're little foxtail dealies that don't ruin the entire cola, but I know if she gets wet again she'll be about done. The God Bud is strange, the 3 I have are all finishing at very different rates. There's one that's nearly done, one that's halfway done, and one that's barely started to flower.
She has a purple sweet smell but also an underlying subtle foulness. I really like it, really like this particular plant because it's early and dense. Hopefully the Jah Gooey Fruity pollen takes.
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Yeah that model may be off because its a long period, the month of October. Depends on where you are it looks like. Hopefully there will be some mercy!
Been getting the list checked off. Getting ready to water tomorrow. Dry, sunny and 80F here thankfully. May start to change in a couple weeks so trying to be prepared. Will hopefully chop mid month to allow some sun while drying outdoors.
Been getting the list checked off. Getting ready to water tomorrow. Dry, sunny and 80F here thankfully. May start to change in a couple weeks so trying to be prepared. Will hopefully chop mid month to allow some sun while drying outdoors.
Old Piney
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I hope so .don't know how you do pipeline ,chop process and dry All That Weed and outside to boot.not to mention making seed and keeping your lines going and a Hybrid or two . Looks like more than a full time job to me lolWill hopefully chop mid month to allow some sun while drying outdoors.
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Weekend warrior, I go by the saying from the nursery I used to work at, "Speed is king!". You can always go faster, just have to find a way to do it. Rainy conditions can be difficult. I used to dry in the barn, but we use it now. I could get a filtered tent and dry it at my house, but still have to trim and it would smell too much. I used to dry under a semi trailer so this has been my method from day 1 really!
Cut while its dry!
Cut while its dry!
Old Piney
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Yeah I know not exactly out there counting cloudy and amber trichomes with a jeweler loop .if it looks ripe and conditions are good, chop
Reverend-- That Jah Gooey Fruity sure looks like a good plant, very upright with fat leaves and purple. Covered in trichomes. Looks like they've had a cold night or 2. Yeah if the rains end up being bad enough, take the tops and maybe the rest will survive. You can't see the tops to pick out the mold anyways!
I mainly go by dates and weather. I know the plants are ready. They're smoking good and are ripe right now, but as they mature the flavor will intensify, potency will go up a little, and they will yield higher.
Need to leave plenty of dry windy weather and use some hangers to suspend the big flowers because had a few of the thickest flowers have a touch of mold in the center. Was a sweet crop last year though. Goes so much smoother when its dry because checking every flower for mold to cut out after trimming is very tedious and time consuming.
It can rain a little but they need a few days to dry before any rain. I've learned some lessons and had heavy losses to mold before when cutting before a big rain event, they need time to dry initially then it can rain.
Need to leave plenty of dry windy weather and use some hangers to suspend the big flowers because had a few of the thickest flowers have a touch of mold in the center. Was a sweet crop last year though. Goes so much smoother when its dry because checking every flower for mold to cut out after trimming is very tedious and time consuming.
It can rain a little but they need a few days to dry before any rain. I've learned some lessons and had heavy losses to mold before when cutting before a big rain event, they need time to dry initially then it can rain.
fulltimehuman
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fulltimehuman
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