The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[TheGreenReaper]

One more for you Doobie

I see Toms and HL's/GD...others...all I can do is laugh anymore as the plants seem so ridiculous in terms of their growth rate...like mutant icelandic steroid olympic powerlifting MMJ training going on up in those hills.

If you figure out some bioelectronics you could turn those leaves into solar panels for your indoor season...or to save the planet!

 

[Feb2006er]

I see Toms and HL's/GD...others...all I can do is laugh anymore as the plants seem so ridiculous in terms of their growth rate...like mutant icelandic steroid olympic powerlifting MMJ training going on up in those hills.

If you figure out some bioelectronics you could turn those leaves into solar panels for your indoor season...or to save the planet!

That's one HUGE fan. I thought I had seen big, but I was wrong!

 

[ianSF]

Greetings everyone! A mid-July update from the farm.




My seven largest plants. Left to right, they are:

#1, 3, 6, 7 - Trainwreck x Purple Kush. The plants are from my landlord.

#2 - Sour Diesel
#4 - XJ-13
#5 - Sweet Tooth

#6 is the comeback story of the year. I received #6 first as a gift from the landlord when I signed the lease. He was making hash in a sidewalk-size cement mixer in the fall and dumped the seeds and leaf all over one corner of the back yard. In February, some started to sprout and soon over 75 were growing by March.

I signed the lease, he gave me a few ounces and some hash as a welcome gift. On the way out, he gave me a box of bat guano and said "Here, take one of these, they're a great strain." He yanked one of the semi-wild 8" plants out by the roots and gave it to me. Then, before I could leave and get it in dirt, he wanted to introduce me to a neighboring grower.

After 20 minutes, I went back to get the plant and the guano. The plant was all wilted and almost dry. I drove 10 minutes back to my 40 acres, watered the plant and got it in some FFOF. After a week it was back and healthy and now is one of my largest overall. If that little girl can come back after all that, anything is possible with these plants.



My light dep tent. First and foremost, next year I'll do the hoop house style others here have done. Flipping a 24x20 super dura tarp by myself when the assistant is gone is hard on the back. The plan was to have 21 in rows of 7, but six of the full season went into early flower and were moved here. My gf's clone moms and some other plants form her house all made it in here. My small solar panel can be seen in the background. I use it for charging the laptop, camers, flashlights and such. The large (123 watt Sharp) panel runs the irrigation pump.

It's jumbled and disorganized, but it seems to be working.



This is my first year and I'm really learning a lot thanks to everyone here.

Best to all!

 

[Norkali]

If anybody knows, it's the guys in here:

Just used a 1/6 HP pump for the first time to water....*cue heavenly chorus*

I'm never watering outdoor ladies by hand AGAIN!!!!!

 

[danimal7]

just tied her down some more after these pics

 

[nomaad]

1/6 HP is pretty low, man. last year I kept upgrading as the season went on... wound up with a 1/2hp... still took forever to water. by the end of the season we were filling 5 gallon buckets and dumping em on the plants. It was a good workout for sure.

Hey fellas... I have some unhappy shit going on in one of my black boxes. Photos and description on page 67 of my current thread. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Norkali]

1/6 HP is pretty low, man. last year I kept upgrading as the season went on... wound up with a 1/2hp... still took forever to water. by the end of the season we were filling 5 gallon buckets and dumping em on the plants. It was a good workout for sure.

Hey fellas... I have some unhappy shit going on in one of my black boxes. Photos and description on page 67 of my current thread. Any help would be appreciated.

lol, 5 gallon bucket routine is what I've been doing....nothing big for me outdoor this year, only a couple plants and the 'mixing/prep station' is conveniently close enough for 1/6HP to do the trick.

Sorry, I don't think I will be much help w/ your box problem...nothing more than peanut gallery suggestions...You thinking a pythium? I would be pissed about the Mycostop drama as well...especially now, but c'est la vie, right? If I were you, I would pull any affected plants immediately and hope whatever it is doesn't spread any further.

 

[nomaad]

I am going to pull it in the morning... the black box is closed right now. Stupd move? Should I sneak in the after dark and yank her?

 

[Norkali]

Damn, tough call. I'd wait till morning....but definitely make it a priority once up...

 

[g0vnaa]

One more for you Doobie

Lol now thats a huge leaf

 

[nomaad]

Damn, tough call. I'd wait till morning....but definitely make it a priority once up...

I did... and she is pulled. I will have an arsenal of properly stored MycoStop and Trichoderma harzianum by the end of the day to innoculate the rest of the garden. I will be using the Mycostop as a soil drench and full plant drench.

Any reason I wouldn;t put this stuff in my ATV sprayer?

 

[Trinity Gold]

Put what stuff? The MycoStop?? ATV Sprayer is the preferred mode of application. Spray the soil surface, water it in after spraying on top. Spray all the plants. Spray everything everywhere and then water in the MycoStop. Make sure you get in there and spray the base of the stem very very well...

 

[localhero]

it depends on what kind of sprayer. heres what microbeman says:

2007 Test With 1200 gallon (US) Brewer;
We made an attempt to run a test to record the effects on microbial life when distributing Compost Tea (CT) through an impeller pump, irrigation lines, shrub head sprinklers and a cheap hand operated sprayer. One objective was to grow fungal hyphae in the CT to see how it tolerated the impeller pump and sprinklers but we failed to do so. We did see the growth of bacterial structures which are about the same volume as fungal hyphae (roughly speaking) so we decided to proceed using the bacterial structures to get some estimate of how fungal hyphae might survive the ride. See below for a similar test with fungal hyphae.

The pump we used is an impeller irrigation pump; 2 horse power; 20 PSI; 65 gallons per minute.
Our water line is 1.25 inches reducing to 3/4 inch. The strainer baskets
on our overhead shrub head sprinklers are about 500 to 600 microns
(just guessing; may be larger). These sprinklers create a fine mist
and are great for coating leaves.

Besides the preliminary 27hr sample I looked at and recorded 4 sample types;

The video clips presented are comprised of the best of quite a number of clips recorded.

1/ Sample from 1200 US gallon brewer; low active bacteria; very high
immobile bacterial 'biomass' (very large bacterial complexes); high
numbers & diversity flagellates click here to view video (9 MB)

2/ Sample through pump and water line: could see the effects of the
impeller pump as some of the bacterial structures were broken or
malformed but many remained intact. Flagellates were about the same;
Click here to view video(5 MB)

3/ Sample through pump, water line and shrub head sprinklers: about the
same effects as through the water line except the flagellate
activity seemed down a little. Click here to view video (4 MB)

4/ Sample taken right from brewer and sprayed through one of those hand
operated spray bottles set on mist; this, surprisingly had the most
devastating effects. The bacterial structures were mostly torn up
and many flagellates were killed. Click here to view video (6 MB)

I'm going to need to do a repeat trial but my thought is that if you have
hyphae that break up in the application process, unless they are
mashed, they will likely continue to grow in the soil if the
conditions support them. The same can probably be said for spores which are put off by hyphae grown.

 

[Trinity Gold]

MycoStop isn't like compost tea. It must be applied via sprayer to the top of the soil then watered in.

 

[localhero]

well i know but it is a bacteria, and i figured that might help someone to not put their sprayer on high mist.

 

[straintester]

Greetings everyone! A mid-July update from the farm.




My seven largest plants. Left to right, they are:

#1, 3, 6, 7 - Trainwreck x Purple Kush. The plants are from my landlord.

#2 - Sour Diesel
#4 - XJ-13
#5 - Sweet Tooth

#6 is the comeback story of the year. I received #6 first as a gift from the landlord when I signed the lease. He was making hash in a sidewalk-size cement mixer in the fall and dumped the seeds and leaf all over one corner of the back yard. In February, some started to sprout and soon over 75 were growing by March.

I signed the lease, he gave me a few ounces and some hash as a welcome gift. On the way out, he gave me a box of bat guano and said "Here, take one of these, they're a great strain." He yanked one of the semi-wild 8" plants out by the roots and gave it to me. Then, before I could leave and get it in dirt, he wanted to introduce me to a neighboring grower.

After 20 minutes, I went back to get the plant and the guano. The plant was all wilted and almost dry. I drove 10 minutes back to my 40 acres, watered the plant and got it in some FFOF. After a week it was back and healthy and now is one of my largest overall. If that little girl can come back after all that, anything is possible with these plants.



My light dep tent. First and foremost, next year I'll do the hoop house style others here have done. Flipping a 24x20 super dura tarp by myself when the assistant is gone is hard on the back. The plan was to have 21 in rows of 7, but six of the full season went into early flower and were moved here. My gf's clone moms and some other plants form her house all made it in here. My small solar panel can be seen in the background. I use it for charging the laptop, camers, flashlights and such. The large (123 watt Sharp) panel runs the irrigation pump.

It's jumbled and disorganized, but it seems to be working.



This is my first year and I'm really learning a lot thanks to everyone here.

Best to all!

For a first year outdoor grow you are doing exceptionally well. That is going to be a nice harvest
Nice strain list you have as well.

 

[localhero]

a question for everyone:

most of my plants have started flowering already. only ones not to are the more sativa dominant strains. is this normal?

i thought flowering started in august. the first 2 weeks of july here were 10 to 15 degrees below average and its only the last 4 days that temps have been up @ normal. that almost 2 week stretch also had alot of "june gloom" along with it. where the sun wouldnt come out til almost 1 pm.

im in socal any other growers out this way having this happen?

this is my first proper outdoor go so ?

 

[nomaad]

seems a bit early. i had some early flower reveg problems last year. but that was a REAL early flowering. seems like anything that is flowering right now will not get confused and try to reveg, though... you might just be in for a very early harvest on those strains.

 

[Trinity Gold]

I think localhero is just seeing the slow switch from Veg to Flower out door plants do. Don't worry bro. They're not flowering QUITE yet..but they sure are females..if you know what I mean..the real stretch will kick up in about 2 weeks

 

[localhero]

thanks guys,

yeah trinity, they sure are females. looks like intense preflowers.