One lady is a real giant! 42" already with loads of airy space between the nodes and leaves - great air flow - and she's starting to stack up really nicely. The other is 7" shorter and has much larger leaves in more abundance... I've done a small amount of defoliation on her to increase air flow since the humidity outdoors is not going below about 60% and I don't want to encounter any issues. Another plant in my grow outside showed signs of thrips so ALL my plants have been treated for this (drenched 3 days in a row with Dr. Zymes Eliminator just at dusk)... so far, no signs of thrips or anything else has cropped up. I intend to do a weekly preventative spray of this as well as a weekly preventative spray of BT (on different days) as something started munching one leaf of these ladies about a week ago (BT took care of the problem and there's been no further damage).
These ladies have proven my initial worry about their spindly appearance to be totally wrong - they're good and strong and GROWING LIKE WEEDS!!! LOL!
Looking good!
I have a few girls growing outdoor 24/7 as well....they too, literally get ready to go to sleep for the night, they relax everything and then as soon as the sun rises..boom!...they're like "good morning!"
My eldest is really bushy now but the beginning she was quite stretched, as are my youngsters, but sure enough they fatten up and grow good stocky stems.
Are you in the temperate climate zone?
@GrowingGrannie, well your right to be fair, the climates are all screwed up where we used to have 4 seasons which used to be quite predictable, now sometimes we can have 4 seasons in one day at some times of the year.
I'm growing hybrids, mostly Indica, 20-30% sativa with ruderalis, suited slightly for cooler climate.
Maine in theory is in a temperate zone yes.
@@HigherTimes, hey, thank you! Yeah, they really freaked me out when I first saw them do their nighttime droop.. Are you growing a sativa, too? I'll have to check out your diary!
I don't know what a "temperate zone" is any more... I'm in the US, in Maine... we USED to be a fairly cold climate (in fact, I used to joke we had two seasons: winter and the 4th of July)... but things are heating up all over the place ...
@Cyrusdavirus, thank you so much! I've also learned that growing in POTS - unless they're HUGE - isn't a terribly good idea as the roots get too hot in a heat wave? Makes sense...
Very nice. Dontcha love growing outdoors? Sure there are challenges along the way but somehow it just feels like youโre more in tune with the plants that way
@GrowingGrannie, aww thank you! Actually I keep pruning the dead stuff off and this pouring rain has MAYBE flushed the medium? The bag is raised and drains fine. The plant looks like it's holding on. Only time will tell. I've been spending time with her though. I have a lot of work to do after this rain. Take care and if you don't mind stay in touch!
@masterofsmeagol, hey there fellow Mainiac! Yeah - they're autos... and I THINK they might be ready for harvest in about 3 weeks but we'll see... they're sativas so they might go even longer... all is now depending on the stupid weather! Good luck to you as well! Did you figure out what happened to your two plants? Your question just made me cry!!
@jwesty, yeah!! Isn't it amazing?! This particular strain is REALLY impressing me! I just hope the harvest is nice and heavy but sativas generally aren't... we'll see... Thanks so much for checking it out!
@JamesBarre, the humidity has helped SOME of my plants and really hurt others... I now know which strains I would grow outdoors and which I will ONLY grow indoors in a tent! This one has been really happy outdoors. Encore, merci beaucoup!
@Ancient_Genetics, LOL! I thought the same thing! She had a really pretty shape, didn't she?! Might try to grow another and time it for Christmas/New Year's harvest!