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Agricola_Borealis Agricola_Borealis
3 years ago
After a rather wet juli and august in which I lost one of my autoflowers, the glueberry, my 2 frisian dews started flowering in the last days of august, the bigger plant a couple of days ahead of the other, just had a week of sunny summerweather with temperatures around 25 degrees. Flowers are growing very rapidly, plants are well over 3 meters high, and the biggest one allready shows milky white hair. Because they are abit close to eachother I pulled them a bit apart with a piece of hempwire to astick in the ground. Hardly done anything, this year water comes falling abundantly from the sky. Soil was very sandy, but during last years I have gradually added marine clay from apark on the edge of Amsterdam, and some benthonite clay in the form of cat litter, so the soil can hold on to water and nutrients, so even with no rain I don't have to do anything, last week I have been weeding the rest of the garden after some weeks of neglect, and dumped everything around those plants which will probably feed my plants next year. Feed the earthworms and they will feed my plants. A week ago I allso put some diluted urine over the plant matter heap, after reading about this subject in someone elses growth diary. My neighbours who grow on their balconies are astonished by the height of my hemp trees. I will try to add some photo's tomorrow and write a bit more about my soil preparation year round, its all about the worms! Edit 3 days later Yesterday was overcast and had some small showers, today there is some sunlight, so that my Fryske famkes can fotosynthesise perfectly. the plants are allso very solid, in 2018 I had big bud, which grew equally well, but the plants were very brittle, maybe an idea to crossbread with a textile producing hemp. At the moment the plants are unsupported, there is no wind in the forecast the coming week is two cloudy days, after which drry weather, around 20 celcius, and increasingly sunny. The grapes are ripening now, which is normal, but alot later than in previous years because of a late start in spring. The cold and dark spring has allso reduced the yield of my automatic plants, growing very slow but still flowering soon. Summer was, apart from june, a summer like back inthe eighties, I spent about a sixpack of beer weekly for slugtrapping, and hundreds of these naked mollusks have ended up as nitrogen for my plants, but still a day I forgot to buy them beer, they climbed in my plants eating the youngest leafes at the tip of the plants, seriously slowing down growth. Not that i haveto complain about the size of my biggest plant, but still, Next year I will carpetbomb with slugpellets, especially because weed is not even themost preyed upon plant, I can forget about sunflowers and courgettes /zuccini peppers etc. Something about my two frisian dews makes me wonder, seedsisters do not seem to be clones, there seems to be a difference of at least a week in the developement of the flowers and I would have thought that the later one would catch up now that the daylength isdecreasing 4 minutes everyday. but not. Yesterday night I saw that i accidentally had switched on the light outsidemy kithen door, but i doubt if that makes any difference, because in the garden it is less than the full moon. It would off course be a good idea to produce sexhormones by putting a trashbag over the plants, but hell, thw plant is well over 3 meters high! Same problem with humidity and rain, I cannot practically coverthem with transparent plastic, Way too high... For the difference of timing between my two plants, there isa sunny side to it! A famous dutch filosopher sais that every downside has its advantage, and this means that Ido not have to trim everything at once! and maybe october will show some Indian summer,
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
Growing in the ground / Flowering nutrition. Someone told me that when flowering starts plants need different nutrition, my plants are growing directly in the ground (no watering needed this year), Can it help to give extra Potassium and Phosfor? Plants look perfectly healthy.
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MrStinky
MrStinkyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Growing in the ground you have a huge beneficial eco system and nutrition from various sources - I would top dress with some Guano or some other PK booster (but low doses) and maybe water in some low dose organic outdoor bloom booster on subsequent feeds. It is unlikely you will need it but epsom on standby. You may even be able to get your soil properly tested and they can give you approximate contents which is great for growing (anything) outdoors. After this season you can amend the soil around and effectively build your own supersoil in the garden (that what I am aiming to do in the new house for next year!).
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
¿Can molds from compost heaps jump to the buds of my plant or are the moulds and funghi in a heap of decaying weeds different species than the funghi responsible for bud rot?
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MrStinky
MrStinkyanswered grow question 3 years ago
Certain species are more or less tough towards different mold or fungi or bacteria etc. But infected compost can jump to plants, yes.
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
Buds are definitely growing. I was just wondering if someone coud guesstimate how long I will have to wait till I can saw it down. at average weather conditions of about 17 celcius lower 60´s frisian dew. Excuse for the quality of Photographs. Need a real camera.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 3 years ago
You are still a way of mate. Possibly up to 7 weeks left. You might be lucky and it be ready in another 4 weeks. I hope the climate where you live will hold out until it finishes.
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
Would It be helpfull to use some kind of PK booster for plants standing in the ground? And what? Apply liquid fertilizer? Soil is probably packed with nitrogen. Plants are big and green. Would it increase speed of bud growth? Applying solid fertilizers would be late I guess.
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GMSgrows
GMSgrowsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Have a look at my huge girls. Their all fed Massive Bloom Formulation. I swear by this stuff. All natural, made from bees. Best I have found since I started to use bloom boosters. Did a clone side by side comparison to no booster, the plant with massive bloom formulation, through out an ounce and a half more than her sister, with bigger harder nugs, and the girl with the booster tasted much nicer than without. Cheers
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Rap_a_cap
Rap_a_capanswered grow question 3 years ago
Yep Bro, you can add PK nutes in the irrigating water. Looking at you plants they seem to have all they need. IMO you are doing well and balanced until now.When the plant will need something she will be the one to tell you, yellowing and discoloring the bottom canopy (which in any case would turn yellow due to senescence). Balance is the trick! Balance is the trick!
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MrStinky
MrStinkyanswered grow question 3 years ago
For organic PK booster you might wanna try Bac PK boosterb maybe some biobizz top max or some guanos, kelp (dry or liquid) or even banana tea :)
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
I see a lot of pistils, but still very few trichomes, while the pistils seem to change colour allready, seems different from last year when buds were very leafy but those little leafs were full of trichomes. Is this going to change?
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MrStinky
MrStinkyanswered grow question 3 years ago
You are only a couple of weeks into flower, be patient young jedi, the trichomes will come :) If your pistils are browning very quickly all over the plant well before it is ready you may have been pollenated so just keep an eye on your seed bracts to look out for seeds.
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
It must be aquestion asked a lot, by beginners in autumn weather, but my question is how long untill I can harvest Sietske the early one and Tsjitske the later one, my frisian ladies, thank God the weather forecast is improving!
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MycoDan
MycoDananswered grow question 3 years ago
The best way to tell when your plant is ready to harvest is by looking at the trichomes. Use 60x magnification or better. A USB microscope or a jewelers loupe will work well. When all the trichomes are milky with a small percentage of amber ones it's ready to harvest. The percentage of amber trichomes is completely personal preference. I harvest my I divas when all the trichomes are milky with about 10% amber and I harvest my Sativas when there's about 15%-20% amber.
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisanswered grow question 3 years ago
@Grow3rPT My question was when can I harvest my plants, something must have been lost in automatic translation.
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Grow3rPT
Grow3rPTanswered grow question 3 years ago
Olá amigo Não entendi bem a tua questão Podes explicar te um pouco melhor Abraço
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
Just some curiosity, but how does photoperiodic marihuana grow in the tropics where the light is allways about 12/12?
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Chow_13
Chow_13answered grow question 3 years ago
They go to flower right away. look at SOG grows( not SCROG ). Most will be 12/12 from seed. This grows small plants since they veg for 2-3 weeks and then start to flower. But for outdoor grow with a 12/12 sun schedule growers will do one of 2 things if they want larger plants. 1. Grow indoors then bring them outside to flower 2. Add a supplemental light at the end of the day to keep the plant in veg then stop the supplemental light when they want to flower.
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Grow3rPT
Grow3rPTanswered grow question 3 years ago
Olá amigo, eu acho que a planta de cannabis em si é uma planta que se adapta às várias regiões no mundo e vários horários de luz. Por isso ela por ela própria entra em floração. Eu acho que também a países muitos frios e que tem poucas horas de luz mas os cultivos são bons :) Mas é uma boa questão irmão. Abraço
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GMSgrows
GMSgrowsanswered grow question 3 years ago
And how does a photo period plant go into full bloom while there was still16 hours of daylight??
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
I read a trick for indoor growers to give the plants 36 hours of darkness before switching the light schedule to 12 / 12 to kickstart flowering. Would it be a good idea to do this outside, just at the moment that they give the first sign of flowering?
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Skinnytalls420
Skinnytalls420answered grow question 3 years ago
Just make sure there getting 12 hours of darkness otherwise they will go back to vegging stage
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Chow_13
Chow_13answered grow question 3 years ago
No the reason for this is indoor your doing a sudden switch from XX/XX to 12/12 and by giving the extended darkness your "Convincing" the plant its now time to flower. Where outdoor its a gradual change to 12/12. If you are already seeing flowering then she is flowering. Happy Growing
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
I once heard about 36 or 48 hours of darkness before harvesting, but my plants are standing in the ground. But.....you can keep branches alive for ages in a bucket of water. Now some branches I did not trim yesterday seem to get frostier.
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Chow_13
Chow_13answered grow question 3 years ago
No don't keep them alive in a bucket of water, You will want to harvest right before the sun rises. The reason for the darkness is during the day the plant collects energy from the sun. At night any leftover energy is used up. It will help with the curing process as the plant is not full of energy that has to break down. But it is not worth the hassle for the amount of gain you get. Nothing has been proven scientifically yet. There have been studies that show both yes and no answers. Every study I have seen that is more then 36h darkness has had either no effect or negative effects. Tests that have been done for 18-24h have shown the best results if any. Happy Growing
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisstarted grow question 3 years ago
This year pistils darkened fast, some said my ladies might have been pollinated, others said itwas the wet (western Europe) weather, but now that I am smoking I find about 1 seed every gram of weed, just curious to know how many seeds other people find in their "sin semilla."
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NatureSolutions
NatureSolutionsanswered grow question 3 years ago
U have had bad luck with open air polination it happenes alot in the netherlands, i have had it multiple times, now my harvest is very late and it looks all the pollen were already out of the air for me this year, but weather wasnt my friend aswell, truly perfect for vegging like yours, but badd season for flowering our beasts.
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Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealisanswered grow question 3 years ago
I did not have enough characters left to state that both of my plants were straight female, and that the neighbours growing on their balconies are very experienced growers, so I find it very improbable that my Femkes have been pollinated from there.
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Chow_13
Chow_13answered grow question 3 years ago
mine this year has only been one an i have smoked around 30g of it. pollen can travel kms with the right conditions. but also from the pollinators. Hummingbird are always eating from my plants.
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Ferenc
Ferencweek 5
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Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40week 2
Wish you best of luck and happy flowering 😊👌👍💪🙌
Cannabeast40
Cannabeast40
@Agricola_Borealis,i will cross my fingers for you and the ladies 🙌😊
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealis
@Cannabeast40,thanks! Growing outdoors at 52 degrees north one needs a bit of luck with fotoperiodic monsters, but the weather forecast looks reasonably fair for the foreseeable future.
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealis
@Cannabeast40,Thanks! At this moment it's all in the hands of the weather gods, plants look very healthy, cannot do anything but wait.
BlaggieGoesPotty
BlaggieGoesPottyweek 3
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Kitties_and_Colas
Kitties_and_Colasweek 3
Your plants look great!! We grew this strain about 4 years ago,it did really well for a guerilla grow imo...good luck with your harvest! 😽💨
Kitties_and_Colas
Kitties_and_Colas
Same here.. we live in upstate NY, 10min from the Canadian border..it gets cold fast..we got spooked and pulled ours down a few days ago but I have friends who haven't but are watching them closely.. we've lost way too much to bud rot over the years that we don't chance much lol
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealis
@Kitties_and_Colas, Nice to hear that they held out well!, Here aweather improvement is in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon onwards, and hopefully I can harvest during a period of sunny weather. This time of year can be anything, from balmy indian summer to cold windy showers with ice grains and everything...
Kitties_and_Colas
Kitties_and_Colas
We're on the Canadian border (NE) , it gets cold early and I remember they held up really well...it must be a popular, they were out of stock 2 months ago..its one of those strains I think we need to revisit, hopefully you enjoy yours! 👊😺
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Mr_Cannuccia19
Mr_Cannuccia19week 5
Mastodontica 😍😎
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealis
@Mr_Cannuccia19, ¡excuse me! Your name looked a bit Italian with double consonants which spanish does not have.
Mr_Cannuccia19
Mr_Cannuccia19
@Agricola_Borealis, Spagna amico, non so niente dell'Italia 👌🏻
Agricola_Borealis
Agricola_Borealis
@Mr_Cannuccia19, Grazie! dove stai? Ho capito che in Italia si puo legalmente avere quattro piantine adesso? Negli ottanta era un gran avvontura funare una canna in Italia.