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May 13: still early enough to start photoperiods for outdoor. This longer flowering sativa is an experiment to see if I can get it to finish in time. I will force flower all photoperiods starting in early July for about three weeks which means this might be done by the end of September. Sunlight gets weak quickly after mid-August here, and my grow area is partially shaded starting in early September so there will likely be a need for supplemental lighting to finish this one properly.
May 20: this plant is not appropriate for this climate, but like the Jamaican Lamb’s Bread, I.want to see if I can grow photoperiod sativas here by force flowering them in July. Always fun.
July 9: started light deprivation for the photoperiod plants. Was planning to start July 4 but weather was poor. Last few days have been nice but there was a bit of hail.
July 11: looks like it would get really tall if I left it, so I fimmed top bud today.
July 23: will continue light deprivation (force flowering) for about another week.
I’m sure this plant would become a monster given a long enough outdoor season. I have to force flower because I’m so far North, but she is definitely a vigorous grower.
July 26: switched from Cal-Max to gypsum to provide calcium. Cal-Max has N that I don’t want at this stage. Dissolving 500 g in 1000 L to get 100 mg/L calcium.
July 28: last night of 12:12 light cycle.
July 31: added second round of Power Bloom and malt as top dressing. Started using soluble wood ash as K source. See today’s Gorilla Gelato diary entry for details.
This is the plant least suited to my location as it takes too long to flower. However, by force flowering in July it has, along with all the other photoperiods, formed some really nice flowers and is looking good. Force flowering is pretty awesome for northern growers as it vastly increases options as to what you can grow and the buds are much better as they form under stronger sunlight.
Nice plant. I’m sure if it was in the ground and unforced it would get huge, but it definitely would not finish in time. With a small container and force flowing I should be able to still get some some nice buds off this plant.
Sep 9: this was probably the worst hit plant from the hailstorm two nights ago. Just the size, thickness and flexibility of the fan leaves meant this plant got clobbered by the hail. Most plants had some minor fan leaf damage but this plant pretty much lost all its mature fan leaves. Other one that was badly hit was the Okanagan Grape.
This is likely a 10 week flowering plant in ideal conditions but we’re only at week 8 and it’s getting colder. Leave it going for now.
Sep 16: looks kind of pathetic after the hailstorm on 7 Sep. I will leave her to finish as long as I can but we are getting near the end of the season.
Sep 24: the hailstorm on Sep 7 really damaged this plant. The size, thickness and flexibility of the fan leaves meant that they were completely shredded by the hail.
The buds are surprisingly good though. I harvested first round of 120 g wet today mostly to check ripeness and bud rot. Not much rot at all, and the buds are nice but need a bit more time.
Oct 1: still going after bad hail damage on 7 Sep and partial harvest last week. Looks pretty rough but still alive.
Oct 4: the buds are actually looking pretty nice being quite large and decently firm. Almost ready to harvest.
Oct 7: she got shredded by hail on 7 Sept but the buds have continued to ripen and are close to done. Soon.
Oct 9: great fall weather continues.
Oct 14: final round 320 g wet for total of 440 g wet.
Beautiful big buds despite being hammered hard by hail on Sep 7 about five weeks before harvest. This was the worst hit plant and the hail totally shredded the fan leaves on this plant. But she survived and the buds still matured nicely. Was grown in a smallish grow bag and was force flowered in mid-July to ensure it would finish in time. Without forcing this plant would not finish flowering in time this far North.
Robust plant did much better than I thought it would outdoors here. Overnight temperature can be pretty cool in the spring and some plants really can’t handle that, but this one was good. Was hit very hard by hail but went on to produce great big buds anyway.
@GYOweed, a true believer. What the hell, I love lemony weed and I’m doing this knowing it will likely go back in a tent under a light sometime in September.
@GYOweed, I tried an ATF last year. It almost worked, but it revegged a bit after force flowering and didn’t finish in time. I was doing some Delicious seeds Early Versions at the same time last year and they did better than the ATF. Autos are the easiest option and photoperiods are possible but more work and less certain.
@GYOweed, Edmonton 🇨🇦 which is the most northerly major city in Canada at 53N latitude in the middle of the continent. The RH reflects the overnight temperature drop, and it’s pretty common to have dew forming in the morning.
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