Tough week for my entire outdoor grow... exceedingly high humidity is the biggest concern and not much to do about it! I've got two fans going and even brought all plants inside to the a/c yesterday for the day as the humidity didn't get below 93%! I've had bud rot on one grow (but they're indica) and I don't want to see it rear its head on any of my OTHER plants. This strain has a better chance of avoiding bud rot as it's a sativa but I'm still not wanting to take many chances. #1 has my highest hopes as she's not as leafy as #2 so I did a little defoliation on #2 this week... other than that, the bug problem has been taken care of, I now just do preventative spraying of Dr. Zymes and BT once a week (on different days). I swear, this is my first and LAST outdoor grow! Next year, I'll take the summer off from growing!!
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 you’re 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!