The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[OvergrowDaWorld]

Warthog and Overgrow Just wondering why the pots and not in the ground. How often is the watering? Thinking about doing pots but my native soil is really nice and I might just end up doing more work than what it's worth.

I dug a 50gln hole under each 45gln growbag. Cut the bottoms out of the growbags so the roots can go deeper and wider than the bags. Big Storms can roll through at any time. Even tornados on ocassion. Its good to have an anchor and raised beds.
I havent had to water 1x yet this season due to lots of rain every 3 or 4 days.

 

[mendo-local]

Just curious. When you guys post up final plant pound #'s do you add in the b bud? Even if you sell them un-trimmed for 500 a lb. Or do you just count the main stuff?

 

[StanKDanK]

500 gallon boxes

818 headband

 

[mr.shiva]

Great pics stankdank, I'm a fan of boxes like that

 

[bamboogardner]

Does anyone happen to have marked the post number of Tom Hills amended soil recipe. I know it is buried in here somewhere but someone may have written it down. I actually did make a note of it, if I could just find the notes, LOL.

Thanks

 

[Guyute54]

Hi Jenn,

I've played with a lot of different soil recipes over the years, 1rst year new soil mixes, as well as yearly additives. Here's a very simple mix that is well proven and I am comfortable recommending for those large outdoor containers. It gives about 50 cubic feet or just over 300 gallons (dry U.S), and fills a 6ft diameter container to a depth of about 18inches - perfectly.

25 bags black gold potting soil (1.5cf ea)

4 bags stutzman farms chicken manure (1 cf ea)

1 bag perlite (4 cf ea)

1 bag (50 lbs) bonemeal (steamed, not precipitated)

1/2 bag gypsum (aprox 1/2 cf) - Edit -> 1/2 of a 40 lb bag (20lbs).

Mix well, water thoroughly, let rest for 2-3 weeks minimum, transplant, and stand back

Best Regards,

Tom

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This one Bamboo?

 

[bamboogardner]

That is the original one at the beginning of this thread. Somewhere, buried in all the posts, is one he amended to be better than the original. That is the one I was looking for. Guess I need to find those notes somewhere, lol.

Thanks,

 

[bamboogardner]

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[Bulldog420]

Just curious. When you guys post up final plant pound #'s do you add in the b bud? Even if you sell them un-trimmed for 500 a lb. Or do you just count the main stuff?

I always say, if it's not trimmed it doesn't count. For me that means a lot of B grade gets turned to concentrates, and not counted into final flower yields.

 

[milkyjoe]

I am not blessed with a long enough season to take multiple cuttings. On top of that I am gonna be fucked by rootbound plants the way it is going...basically 20% more volume of water to foliar week after week. So I chose to cut the guts out of these things plus have gone all Butte on topping. Hopefully it will work.

you think a guy would learn to listen to the big soil talk sooner or later...fuck me runnin backwards.

 

[Cep]

Milky if I remember right your plants were that big at the end of the season last year. I'm seeing crazy growth rate too and before they are full into flower I'll have topped twice. I don't like having to get up on a ladder to foliar feed!

The pro to root bound pots is that you'll probably be able to chop earlier and avoid the cold weather in your zone.

 

[milkyjoe]

Double size pots...so bigger than they finished last year. And the crazy thing is my soil is only at an EC (or ergs) of 0.3. I don't feel like I am pushing them at all.

 

[epicorchard]

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I am not blessed with a long enough season to take multiple cuttings. On top of that I am gonna be fucked by rootbound plants the way it is going...basically 20% more volume of water to foliar week after week. So I chose to cut the guts out of these things plus have gone all Butte on topping. Hopefully it will work.

you think a guy would learn to listen to the big soil talk sooner or later...fuck me runnin backwards.

Hey Milk, check out my greenhouse in the donkey show thread. Ive got some monsters in 200gal smarts. They just need a lot of water. In the ground is always best, but you can make a small container do some serious work.

 

[Backyard Farmer]

Starting on my auto blackout finally after having it sitting here since may

Big plants are coming along

T posts are 8'

 

[FillthePotmore]

2014 Incentive

2014 Incentive

Reach for the sky - Happy stretching and Blooming to all the Green Thumbs! Blessings on the wind...

 

[FillthePotmore]

Sacred Pakalolo

Sacred Pakalolo

Aloha... Exciting times ahead of us. Hope all is Blessed!!! Here's a dose of medicine... Inspirational Flower Mana!!!

 

[Shcrews]

inspirational for sure.

 

[OvergrowDaWorld]

Damn! The plants just grew 12" in 3 days, now that there in stretch.
I went to take pics but my battery was low. DOH!
Im getting Horti-Trellis on Thursday. Had heavy rains yesterday and it broke off an 8' branch of the Blue Dream. Strung it back up and will put duct tape around it this evening.
I needed the netting a week ago, but....you know.
They are gonna double in size this week and next and they are already rubbing branches HARD with the plants next to each other.
I never expected them to get this large. I really didnt. I guess 100glns of soil is to much for my needs guerilla style.
Ill have huge colas for sure. Leg sized colas..... dry!
The 8' green metal stakes and the Horti-Trellis will be a saving grace with these monsters.
Im surprised there not rootbound yet! The short round bushes are 6' 5" at the beginning of stretch. The tall BD is at 8' at the beginning of stretch.
I have 4 shorter (OG Kush X's) seed plants that are between 4' and 6'.
They wont stretch much. Ill take pics Thursday. The GG#4's main stalk is like a fist! Gnarly.
I bought 1 bottle of Liquid Copper and it only did 3 plants. LOL!!
I need to get 5 bottles and put them into the pump sprayer to really do them up now. Damn there huge!

 

[Luther Burbank]

Fill! Fuck yes good to see you here.

 

[ROOTWISE]

A little more inspiration for the home-stretch! Hope everyone has been doing well, nothing new here, just keeping my eye on the prize. Big Love to all the Big Plant Crew!