The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[nomaad]

I mean that it isn't abruptly dropping in temperature any more. It's still warm till about 1 or so then it cools off to the high 50s and the sun is coming up around 5:30 sooo there isn't as big of a period of "chilling" time on them, at least in my yard..which has made for a big growth spurt.

for sure. everything is on the mellow when it comes to night/morning temps. the plants love it. i have had a short bubble of stress from overwatering (damn new automatic system!) but everything seems out of it now and explosive growth should resume.

Got any closer shots, TG?

 

[Trinity Gold]

No I haven't walked around in there with a camera yet...Just walk out side and snap a couple. I'll get to it in the next few days right now its prune prune prune...Tom looking great..You're double our mutural friend and I...Fucking Blue Dream...

 

[nomaad]

fuckin blue dream....

 

[humboldtlocal]

Tom's sherpa looks like he is in better shape than your's Nomaad. I think yours needs to be brushed. The local term for these guys in my neighborhood is shwoogies. Always remember to spay and neuter your shwoogies.

 

[ClearBarbedFunk]

Tom's sherpa looks like he is in better shape than your's Nomaad. I think yours needs to be brushed. The local term for these guys in my neighborhood is shwoogies. Always remember to spay and neuter your shwoogies.

hehe, so whats the goin rate for a shwoogie, gotta be better then a chicken hand, lol.

CBF

 

[Trinity Gold]

 

[Hash Man]

nice, trinity looks like your place is heating up. its a relief after this cold beginning of summer.

 

[ROOTWISE]

Fuckin C99/Kush Crosses

 

[Trinity Gold]

All you growers with your large marges..

 

[BotanicalBill]

How do you guys get yours so damn bushy so early? Ours are anywhere between 4-6' long but only 10" vertically because of the horizontal training, but they have nowhere near the branching/bushiness everyone else seems to have.. Even when ours originally went out June 1-7 at 3-4 feet they didn't have the branching.. Are you guys topping them when you're growing them up indoors/greenhouses?

Everything is going well with ours, they've all grown a foot or more since the original pictures I posted that probably got lost in the mix of everyone and their giants.. From what I can tell Thrips are the common pest in our neck of the woods because I see the typical stippling as well as the little back thrip-shit I've read you'll see. I've not actually seen a thrip in person, however. Regardless, they'll be dosed with a spinosad based insecticide this weekend (Green Light products in my area)..

The stalks were consistently breaking the green stretch-tape we used to hold down the main stalks so I moved on to 8" zip ties.. We'll keep an eye to make sure the next set of branches don't grow up against them and when they do we'll just snip them and add new ones on the backside.. If that makes sense..

I learned one lesson so far that may help anyone training horizontally.. That was not to tie them literally right to the cattle panel/dirt with no gap.. It seems the smaller branches I did this to ended up getting some mold and dying off. We've had a ton of excellent rain here, every 3-4 days for like 3 weeks so we didn't have to water at all, but the smaller branches being right on the dirt didn't seem to like that and molded and we lost a few really small ones..

I also saw some what I think was light mold on some of the leaves that were in the center of the plants where they were most dense and not yet spread out but it wasn't anything to be concerned about I dont think.. just some small white patches that seemed to have stopped spreading as soon as it dried out and we had our 100 degree heat wave.. I'm not even 100% sure it was mold. but it was tiny little circles of what looked like white primer paint.. If it's not mold it may be some kind of web/cocoon of a caterpillar but we've found VERY few eaten leaves so we don't think it's that either.. There are mostly various colored beetles hanging out on the leaves.. And I've never heard too many people complain about beetles so I'm not sweating it just yet..

Pics wouldn't look much different than what I posted a couple weeks ago so I'll wait until early July sometime to bother..

BB

 

[GrnMtFinn]

how do you guys like fox farm nutes? greetings from the east coast. thanks for all that good pot.

 

[danimal7]

how do you guys like fox farm nutes? greetings from the east coast. thanks for all that good pot.

I went to there web page and they proudly post "we drug test all employees" in highly visible area ....as far as nutrients quality ? im gonna say most of the folks here will say foxfarm is ranked somewhere in the mid to low range ...far as public opinion goes

 

[danimal7]

How do you guys get yours so damn bushy so early? Ours are anywhere between 4-6' long but only 10" vertically because of the horizontal training, but they have nowhere near the branching/bushiness everyone else seems to have.. Even when ours originally went out June 1-7 at 3-4 feet they didn't have the branching.. Are you guys topping them when you're growing them up indoors/greenhouses?

Everything is going well with ours, they've all grown a foot or more since the original pictures I posted that probably got lost in the mix of everyone and their giants.. From what I can tell Thrips are the common pest in our neck of the woods because I see the typical stippling as well as the little back thrip-shit I've read you'll see. I've not actually seen a thrip in person, however. Regardless, they'll be dosed with a spinosad based insecticide this weekend (Green Light products in my area)..

The stalks were consistently breaking the green stretch-tape we used to hold down the main stalks so I moved on to 8" zip ties.. We'll keep an eye to make sure the next set of branches don't grow up against them and when they do we'll just snip them and add new ones on the backside.. If that makes sense..

I learned one lesson so far that may help anyone training horizontally.. That was not to tie them literally right to the cattle panel/dirt with no gap.. It seems the smaller branches I did this to ended up getting some mold and dying off. We've had a ton of excellent rain here, every 3-4 days for like 3 weeks so we didn't have to water at all, but the smaller branches being right on the dirt didn't seem to like that and molded and we lost a few really small ones..

I also saw some what I think was light mold on some of the leaves that were in the center of the plants where they were most dense and not yet spread out but it wasn't anything to be concerned about I dont think.. just some small white patches that seemed to have stopped spreading as soon as it dried out and we had our 100 degree heat wave.. I'm not even 100% sure it was mold. but it was tiny little circles of what looked like white primer paint.. If it's not mold it may be some kind of web/cocoon of a caterpillar but we've found VERY few eaten leaves so we don't think it's that either.. There are mostly various colored beetles hanging out on the leaves.. And I've never heard too many people complain about beetles so I'm not sweating it just yet..

Pics wouldn't look much different than what I posted a couple weeks ago so I'll wait until early July sometime to bother..

BB

Bill , I didnt see in your post if you are starting from seed or clone ...?
most all the real bushy stuff is from clone....thus very bushy branchy , thick plants ...also genetics plays a part too
also full sun is a big help ...if you are in a spot with out alot of sun,.. they can grow tall and skinny

 

[humboldtlocal]

Black Hindu

Shoe Goo

Black Hindu

 

[nomaad]

Tom's sherpa looks like he is in better shape than your's Nomaad. I think yours needs to be brushed. The local term for these guys in my neighborhood is shwoogies. Always remember to spay and neuter your shwoogies.

LOL. he looks a little ragged, but works like a mule. i'll give him a good brushing soon as I have a minute.

Everybody's gardens are looking great. I am hoping to have my new project plugged by the end of the weekend.

 

[nomaad]

I've not actually seen a thrip in person, however. Regardless, they'll be dosed with a spinosad based insecticide this weekend (Green Light products in my area)..

hit your soil with BTi and predator nematodes and the thrips' life cycle will be interrupted. Spinosad will only kill the adult thrips on your leaves.

 

[Dr. Purpur]

That land is Gorgeous.

 

[theJointedOne]

hey all

yeah thats how i like to see it, the outdoor progression!!

TG, Tom, HumLoc, Root, Nomaad... always a pleasure to see the herb being grown proper...


nice to see some wonderful plants growing up...and up ..and up!!

ok just wanted to check into this great thread and say hi to you all my fellow OD og's


edit- hey you gotta get that Redsox's shirt replaced with an A's bro...or at least a Gigantes'

 

[g0vnaa]

Hola gOvnaa, I am currently making Deep Chunk x Haze F2, should be ready in less than 8 weeks. This is the seed lot that I would be gladly stranded on a desert isle with. It's R&D stuff, I will hold back what I need then offer remnant seed @ half price ($45 a pack). Then there are several projects that I am getting ready to do this summer in a "spike crop" style, not to begin for a few weeks yet. -T

Sound awesome Tom
Thanks for the reply

 

[HorseMouth]

Keep the BoSox shirt on, at least while they are on the west coast playing the Gigantes.

I'd love to get down the S.F. to catch that series. The girth is outstanding on the specimens on display in this thread. Please keep taking pic's and posting. Makes me feel less secluded where I'm growing for sure.

From left to right.

Owl's Skunk, Purple Ticinensis #3, Purple Ticinensis #1.



Have a great weekend all!