Oh, what a week.
The massive storms that crossed the US last Friday was heading toward us. It was huge. I live just by the airport, and hurricane wind were reported.
The funny part is the DIY exhaust I am using. I've built it out of what I had a few years ago to exhaust straight outside: it's 1/4 inch Sheetrock to replace a full windowπππ...??!!.π³ Yep.... (For those who don't know more than me about building, 1/4 Sheetrock is not any way strong enough to replace a full size window under hurricane wind.)
The wind came strong suddenly. The noise of wind is pretty scary for a city guy. When I realised my setup would not stand a chance I had to re-enforced it with other stuff I had on hands... The middle section is what I added. Usually, the Sheetrock was only holding by the corners. I was pretty nervous. Setup was pretty ridiculous. I could only find a few small nails to try to make it hold.
Garage were blown away, centennial tress broken, the skating ring at the park is ruined... But the window made it!! I could not believe it as this window is full West exposure and same as the wind. We had about 30 hrs power outage. Temps went down to 10C.
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Plants made itπ!
A little upgrade was done in the tent: Plant 1 was raise about 16 inches of the ground. She was standing in the shadiest corner. Raising her allow more light to hit more bud surface. One more thing it does it curiously provide more light to nearby plants, reducing shadow from her leaves and better reflection thanks to the off-white colour, of the container.
So plant 1: staying short, very bushy, small leaves, smell is pine, tigerbound, and hearty. Not a lot of resin so far.
Plant 2: similar to plant 1 for bud structure, leaves, smell, but she is wider. Nice 4 colas are on the way !!
Plant 3: the keeper phenotype, starting to fatten up, showing purple on leaves and calyxes, strong Pine Sol smell, nice resin production. Some pistils on specific buds turned amber and recessed: I am hopping for an unknown pollination. I think I still have some Congo pollen from previous run in my fans: I found 3 seeds in last Bublawi harvest so far....
Thanks for checking it out! You are always of great help and I appreciate your work!!
I've red again the Terms and conditions of GD. Just to be sure I am going to Edit my post, and keep it simple. There is 2 Humboldt seeds retailer: Humboldt Seeds Organization and Humboldt Seed Co. Here it's the 2nd one.
Hurrican blowing outside and the gardener still worry about his plant πππ
Scarry to hear about the damage. Happy to know that you guys are okay enough to be worrying about plants. Actually pressure drops with strong wind. Middle re-inforcement is the way. Excellent thinking in time of crisis.
Hi @sativaman, my "bad" weather is normal seasonal part of living in the tropic. Wiser heads would grow in-season. Hurricane is something else.
We live in the land with hardly any natural disaster. It is warm and food is available all year. Our hotest and coldest temperature differ only by around 10 degree C. Light hours varies only from 13 hours in June and 11 hours in December. Our season is differientiate by torrential rain, light rain, and dry.
@Med_in_Tropic, Thanks Med. You had more than your share of bad weather! The wind was something we've never seen before here.. And it's far from over with climate and storms over the next decades.
@AsNoriu, What a gorgeous couple of plants they where!!
thanks=)
When I start a run as plants grow, I rank them as what I believe are the most promising pheno. Here, I was totally wrong, plant 3 finishing the strongest.
However I will always put the best plant to close the diary!
@Med_in_Tropic, Thanks Med .. you're right: guess she's potent already.. But I had great expectations for her, a bright future ahead.. ππ!!!
I bet she's gonna make it. (and would love a few free seeds π) just doing my best not to disturb her, and see how it goes.
in these times of sharing and learning SativaMan, you are speaking my language Growmie.
Hugely appreciated. These are Calendar Crunchers these Activities! Love it
Merci ~ d
@1Right_Angle, Thank you my friend. These seeds were bought in the People's Republic of Ontario =) I've made a special trip last summer as they were available from some dispensaries in Ottawa. I have one seed left. I will send it to you. I am growing a 4th one at the moment and she is very stinky, and showing some purple colours.