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OUTDOOR GROWS 2024 ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE-
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FTL
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Awesome so you can grow basically everything then.
Can you sneak and a second season in?
I tried this 36S didn’t work so well for me
I can get 3 grows in during a year if i use lights. February starts come out starting in March/April outdoor lights to veg a little bit, lights off, harvest early before summer heat.
Then june 20th normal grow season with croptober varietals...and somewhere in late summer i start a third crop, with lights keeping them in veg till i finally let them have their 2 months to flower...if i time them right I'm trimming plants xmas week..
Maybe a New Years harvest but that's pushing it and always the end of the fun that week.
FTL
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FTL
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I agree completely,I HATE DST,dread darkness at 4:45 pm,it's depressing and zaps the drive to accomplish anything IMO. Also longest day of light darkness at 8:45 is TOO much also,leave the clocks alone I'm fine w.the shortest day darkness at 5:45 and the longest day darkness at 7:45 PERFECT.Yeah everyone has trouble adjusting to it.
Daylight saving time is used for more months of the year than "Standard" time. Try and figure that one out. I like it helps keep me on schedule, but I used to like Standard, which is closer to the times that I do things and my biological rhythm. Time is a measurement. Its like calling a football field 90 yards instead of 100 for one game, then later in the year the 100 yard field is considered to be 110 yards. The distance is always the same, the paint just gets changed.
Measurement of time should never change.
40degsouth
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Hey everyone, l hope you’re Christmas is shaping up well.
Here’s the carrot patch plant. It’s the only one in the garden that’s hardly grown; it’s looking a lot happier and it’s still a touch over 900mm, or three feet.
The other plants are cranking it out and most of them are 800mm tall, this means they’ve been growing close to an inch a day but I’m hoping to push this to one and a half to two even next month.
The odd few have reached the magic meter mark. In my experience a massive plant needs to be around one meter at the beginning of December to end up 12 plus feet. I think the biggest one I’ve ever grown was a Blueberry Headband from HSO and that ended up about 15 feet with buds as big as my head all over it half way through April.
The Blackdog girls this year ,will hopefully, end up about 8 feet tall and eight to ten feet across which for me is a very manageable size.
And finally a close up picture of one of the girls. I saw some pistil development and had a closer look to check it wasn’t going into flower. On close inspection I’d say it’s just an unusually prolific pre-flowering and there’s nothing to worry about because of the staggered lateral development, up the stem and the node spacing’s far enough apart to tell me she’s in vegetative growth.
Cheers,
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Here’s the carrot patch plant. It’s the only one in the garden that’s hardly grown; it’s looking a lot happier and it’s still a touch over 900mm, or three feet.
The odd few have reached the magic meter mark. In my experience a massive plant needs to be around one meter at the beginning of December to end up 12 plus feet. I think the biggest one I’ve ever grown was a Blueberry Headband from HSO and that ended up about 15 feet with buds as big as my head all over it half way through April.
The Blackdog girls this year ,will hopefully, end up about 8 feet tall and eight to ten feet across which for me is a very manageable size.
40
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying themselves and family! Best wishes to all!
40degsouth
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Hey everyone,
l really hope today’s going well for you ….it is one of those days that can go either way.
Here’s a couple of pictures from the garden today.
Biggest Blackdog just hit 1.2 meters, or four feet
And the smallest one,800 mm or two and two thirds feet tall. I’ve got three, multiple leader plants this year, all with three leaders each. I used to do this when growing tomatoes, to reduce the height of big plants and make them a bit more manageable. I did this by tipping early and tying the growing leader to a support that’s out on a 45 degree angle.
I’m doing this to see how a plant structured like this will yield. I do prefer one main leader because the stem won’t split like it will if two or more growing leaders attach at one point; so I’ll have to secure them properly to the cage.
And even if you cut the bottom out of pete pellets and allow a tap root to go down, into a pot or directly into the growing media, the lateral supporting roots, for the plant, still get strangled and the natural development retarded.
I grew these Radiation Exposures, from seed and got them from Rebel Grown l had to put them in full term because l had some late cloning issues and had these as backups. Yet another example of why it’s very important to support your plants properly from the start.
Have a good one, everyone and remember, “if you can keep your head while all around are loosing their’s and blaming it on you”……must be Christmas.
Cheers
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40
l really hope today’s going well for you ….it is one of those days that can go either way.
Here’s a couple of pictures from the garden today.
Biggest Blackdog just hit 1.2 meters, or four feet
I’m doing this to see how a plant structured like this will yield. I do prefer one main leader because the stem won’t split like it will if two or more growing leaders attach at one point; so I’ll have to secure them properly to the cage.
I grew these Radiation Exposures, from seed and got them from Rebel Grown l had to put them in full term because l had some late cloning issues and had these as backups. Yet another example of why it’s very important to support your plants properly from the start.
Cheers
,40
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JDubsocal
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Pollen chuck is over, just waiting for the seeds to be ready now
not all buds were hit so there will be some nice bong rips come February.
The studs are spent
pretty relatable, right guys?
we will see what these seeds bringing next 2025's outdoor anything. Great season growers!
The studs are spent
Charles Dankens
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40degsouth
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Hey everyone,
I like the look of a couple of those males JDubsocal.
Quick update for you guys.
Thought I’d start off with the phosphorus deficient plant, it’s growing tall but hasn’t filled out. I’ve delt with the deficiency by upping the phosphoric acid from 2.7 grams to 4 grams per 200 litres and it seems to be recovering. Phosphorus deficiency slows root and shoot development and it’s pretty obvious when you compare this plant to it’s sisters.
Here’s a picture of the volunteer plant, it’s the tallest in the garden going into 1.5 meters tall and has got a really unusual terp profile of gas, meat and fruit.
Here’s one of the biggest Blackdogs. I took the opportunity a few days ago to clean the inside of this one out. It was absolutely perfect for this because we had no moon coupled with a rainy low pressure. This means that the plant pulls it’s brix into the roots and plant itself, away from it’s extremities, allowing for quicker healing of the wounds.This is a pretty radical procedure for a plant to undergo and can slow growth but with the weather and a feeding this plant hasn’t missed a beat.
Note the structure compared to the first plant. These two were the same size when they went in.
And a few other shots of some of the bigger girls in the garden. Most of them are 1.1-1.2 meters tall now and going through what I call consolidation; a thickening of the stem, expansion of the root zone and the overall structure increasing for the explosive growth that comes with the new moon.
Cheers,
40
I like the look of a couple of those males JDubsocal.
Quick update for you guys.
Thought I’d start off with the phosphorus deficient plant, it’s growing tall but hasn’t filled out. I’ve delt with the deficiency by upping the phosphoric acid from 2.7 grams to 4 grams per 200 litres and it seems to be recovering. Phosphorus deficiency slows root and shoot development and it’s pretty obvious when you compare this plant to it’s sisters.
Note the structure compared to the first plant. These two were the same size when they went in.
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Greetings to all, from the Southern tip of Africa. Im new here but been growing organically outdoors for years.
Some history I grow Sativa's or at least heavily Sativa dominant plants outdoors, organically in 55 gal bags.
My herb garden is humming along, the sun is shining and the Girls are getting big and unruly, their personalities are starting to show but that’s to be expected at their age. I have done my best to strengthen them, keep them happy and prepare them for the storms that come like any parent would. But Hayyy they are young beautiful women and have already outgrown their existing 9ft wooden support frames and their 55 gallon bags. They may go as long as late May here in the southern hemisphere, if that’s the case I can promise you now, they will not look anywhere as nice or happy as this, hahaha. These girls are gonna have to toughen up some to handle what the Cape of Storms will throw at them between now and May.
I have many wild visitors to my herb garden, mainly birds, lizards and snakes. The largest visitors are a Cape Mongoos family, who live under the wooden deck on the terrace below the herb garden(Extremely camera shy). They keep the poisonous snakes like the Cape Cobra and the Puff Adder (Similar to a rattle snake but without the warning rattle) under control. Here are some pics of the ones that stuck around for the photo shoot, they are easily my most formidable ground troops. Some are on duty during the day and others do the night shift, this lot eat any insect that moves, and they spend most of the day/night hunting on the ground in and around the herb garden.
Have a good one all.
Side
Some history I grow Sativa's or at least heavily Sativa dominant plants outdoors, organically in 55 gal bags.
My herb garden is humming along, the sun is shining and the Girls are getting big and unruly, their personalities are starting to show but that’s to be expected at their age. I have done my best to strengthen them, keep them happy and prepare them for the storms that come like any parent would. But Hayyy they are young beautiful women and have already outgrown their existing 9ft wooden support frames and their 55 gallon bags. They may go as long as late May here in the southern hemisphere, if that’s the case I can promise you now, they will not look anywhere as nice or happy as this, hahaha. These girls are gonna have to toughen up some to handle what the Cape of Storms will throw at them between now and May.
I have many wild visitors to my herb garden, mainly birds, lizards and snakes. The largest visitors are a Cape Mongoos family, who live under the wooden deck on the terrace below the herb garden(Extremely camera shy). They keep the poisonous snakes like the Cape Cobra and the Puff Adder (Similar to a rattle snake but without the warning rattle) under control. Here are some pics of the ones that stuck around for the photo shoot, they are easily my most formidable ground troops. Some are on duty during the day and others do the night shift, this lot eat any insect that moves, and they spend most of the day/night hunting on the ground in and around the herb garden.
Have a good one all.
Side
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FTL
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Coooooool photos man!
Have you thought about starting a thread for your grow?
Edit: i see you have already
Thanks man, I will just wanted to dropped a few pics here and see if I can make some ganja heads smile. If something interesting goes down in the garden and I catch a pic I will drop it on this thread..... dig the title...Coooooool photos man!
Have you thought about starting a thread for your grow?
Edit: i see you have already
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Tommy_Tucker
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Keep the photos coming.
40degsouth
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Hey everyone,
here’s a few for you Tommy Tucker
fantastic Side. Iots of work keeping those girls in check. I’ve tried to grow sativas here but with no luck, the Golden Tiger from Ace, in particular. The Malowie leaners didn’t do too bad and finished in June, the first month of winter here. The Thai leaners never finished and I was hoping they might go all the way through winter and finish up the following year but that didn’t happen despite the best micro climate they could of possibly have been in.
Anyway I’m looking forward to following along with your season and hoping the very best for you.
Both these plants are 1.5 meters tall, or five feet, they’ve grown one foot, 300mm in a week The other single leader plants have too and are now all around 1.1-1.2 meters. The second plant is the one l cleaned out last week and I thought id do a side by side experiment to see if the one l don’t clean out grows bigger and healthier because it has no wound sites and more leaf surface area for foliar feedings.
The triple leader plants are also doing well and are all around a meter tall and starting to be pulled through the support cage. I like the way they’re growing into a uniform structure and not to big.
Here’s another picture of a tri-leader behind the volunteer plant. I’m estimating her at 1.6 meters. It’s a bit harder to give an exact height because she’s not caged; the weld mesh is 100x100mm, or four by four inches.
And another experiment into multiple planting for maximum production. Leaning the cages over in an attempt to maximise bud sites, airflow and sun.
And l almost forgot to add the phosphate deficient plant. She’s recovered well and is 1.3 meters tall and the laterals are just starting to develop. I’m really looking forward to seeing how this plant turns out.
And I thought I’d get a close up picture of the leaves that were purple a few weeks ago. As you can see when you zoom in, there’s still a few leaves there which have a bit of purple. This is really interesting for me because phosphorus is a highly transient element within the plant and instead of fixing these leaves completely, the plant’s focused it’s energies elsewhere but still fixed some of them, probably, in order to photosynthesise more efficiently while it didn’t have a lot of leaf. Really cool stuff.
Cheers,
40
here’s a few for you Tommy Tucker
fantastic Side. Iots of work keeping those girls in check. I’ve tried to grow sativas here but with no luck, the Golden Tiger from Ace, in particular. The Malowie leaners didn’t do too bad and finished in June, the first month of winter here. The Thai leaners never finished and I was hoping they might go all the way through winter and finish up the following year but that didn’t happen despite the best micro climate they could of possibly have been in.
Anyway I’m looking forward to following along with your season and hoping the very best for you.
Both these plants are 1.5 meters tall, or five feet, they’ve grown one foot, 300mm in a week The other single leader plants have too and are now all around 1.1-1.2 meters. The second plant is the one l cleaned out last week and I thought id do a side by side experiment to see if the one l don’t clean out grows bigger and healthier because it has no wound sites and more leaf surface area for foliar feedings.
The triple leader plants are also doing well and are all around a meter tall and starting to be pulled through the support cage. I like the way they’re growing into a uniform structure and not to big.
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