Progress: Just finishing up,
Lava cake and marathon og trichomes are milky and we’re waiting on the amber; I did see maybe 1-2 percent, but not enough yet. I am noticing the trichomes are getting lengthier and developing more swollen caps. Marathon is showing purple leaves and thick trichomes. Lava Cake buds are so heavy they’re hanging sideways and are fully supported by netting.
Purple Push Pops- PPP, which appears more sativa, is a week behind with some pistils still light at the tops; but mostly milky trichomes. Nice purple buds and leaves.
Nutes: just water humid acid and molasses.
Weather: lows were 56-63 and highs of 76-85; partly cloudy with higher humidity last week. Just slightly cooler this week.
Pests: consistent losses on the cats. Right now it’s about an even trade off between quality and quantity, but I’m hanging and waiting for the right day to harvest.
I had a fungus just start to hit one marathon og plant so I cut it and fresh froze it for bubble hash. No spreading of the fungus, so that’s good.
No ghetto birds so far.
1 Plant Yield:
Harvest on the one cut marathon OG looked great; super dense buds full of trichomes - just no amber trichomes. The one Marathon OG plant produced 53oz fresh (no stems or fan leaves - which translates to about ~10oz dried and cured- with 8oz buds and 2oz sugar trim). The buds smell super cheesy. This plant is going to be a💯 hash run. (Update: bubble hash is cheesey, smooth and dank)
The other marathon OG plant will be dried and cured. That plant is in a 20 gallon and it is huge.
Update: I did dry and cure some buds from branches that broke off (see last pic) - about 1/4 lb.
Im suffering from moth caterpillars too T_T. I go through my plants every morning and squash every caterpillar I can find, but they've taken out a lot of nice looking buds. How is your BT regiment working? I've never used or heard of it before your post. Is it safe to smoke plants that get sprayed with BT?
@Todzilla, Ya this is my first time growing outdoors, so I wasn't too familiar with outdoor pest and how to stop them. I've just been killing them by hand, but its so time consuming and those fuckers are hard to spot. Only when I see a brown patch on my buds is when I know there's a tiny fucker eating and shitting inside.
I'm going to get some BT asap. I thought I could stop them by hand but they've fucked up a good chunk of some nice tops. Time for the nuclear option.
Yeah, before my plants started budding, I was contemplating if I should wash or not. But after seeing all that caterpillar shit, I'm definitely going to give em a nice bath.
I'm out here in Whitter/City of Industry.
@CriticalBush420, I spray for caterpillars using BT every morning. I soak the buds good. Buy it at Home Depot in 8oz concentrate for $10.
My first time I lost 40% due to cats, that was about 8lbs…
Once I started spraying I got losses down to 10-25%.
In some grows, like in one city away, I see zero cats. In another I saw a 100% losses to cats. The cats love those top colas.
BT is approved for use on cannabis in CA. I’m guessing almost all commercial outdoor grows in ca must use this stuff.
Just understand that the cats will die only after eating the BT, this means you’re only limiting the cats from taking out the entire cola; you will likely still have losses, just a bud - and hopefully not the entire cola.
I wash my buds at harvest for contaminants. You should see what comes off … yuk. I suggest all outdoor buds be washed.
BTW what city/area?
Cheers TC
@Northern_Ent,thanks man, especially coming from a seasoned grower like yourself.
I saw some of your other grows and they’re ALL quite impressive. I’m sure I can learn a lot from you!
I’m in the SoCal Long Beach 🏝️
Looking good. You might apply BT in the evening rather than in the morning because it’s photodegradable. Using before dark gives it time to work. BT is a soil bacteria so it makes sense that it doesn’t appreciate direct sunlight. Cheers.