Outdoor multi strains

I am growing 2 Humboldt Afghan plants in a box with no bottom, the box contains 3 plants one being a strain from Ethos. The box was filled with Coots living soil mix, some worked into the soil below & I do add organic fertilizers to enhance growth. My nutrient’s are homemade compost, Concentrates 3-5-3 general purpose, blood or feather meal & BioAg TM7 1x/month & BioAg Nitro mino 1x/week when pushing them also use their Fulvic acid 1 to 2x/ month. During bloom phase I use AgSil 16 & PacificGro Sea Phos to boost flower growth. And I follow the manufacturer directions because my soil has a lot of nutrient content to begin with and I am looking for healthy growth vs excessive growth. I top dress with a mix of chopped alfalfa silage and our compost and as the season progresses & am always thrilled to see small feeder roots penetrating that layer. Beginning in August I purchase malted barley from the brewers supply & 1x a week grind it in the blender and use a cup or so per plant which also kicks soil life into high gear.

I’m not good at regular reporting but here is my mid September 2023 update & I am including info on some of my other plants in addition to the two Afghan plants. Of the 11 plants growing 10 are well into their bloom phases & I feel pretty good about the potential for harvest this year though it is still 2 to 4 weeks until they’re mature. Just today I noticed a few of the pistils beginning to change from white to orange & the flower structures are really beginning to fill out the branches. I’ve cut way down on any additional nutrients as my soil should easily provide anything the plants need at this point in the season, that said I am adding malted barley flour weekly at a rate of approx 1 cup plus per plant & watering it in. I will possibly add some Ag Sil & Sea Phos but that’s probably just to make me feel involved🤖 The weather here in the PNW has been warm & dry with a similar forecast for they next few weeks so my need to do anything much is not very demanding other than monitoring for health & pest problems. Growing plants from Ethos has been a good first experience, their descriptions are reasonably accurate though my idea of a medium plant size is 6’ to 8’ & these are in the 10’ range but I did not do any topping so… I’ve previously grown plants from Twenty20 & HSC so knew what to expect though my Snow Girl is well over ten feet & stretching - Will try to get another update out prior to harvesting and will try to get the post harvest info posted as well Wishing you all a happy harvest

Well it’s the last week in September and we are getting a week of rain with some heavy half inch days forecast, I have decided to sit it out and see what happens, I’ve been through bad weather with Twenty20 & Humboldt Seed Co plants before but not the Ethos plants so we will see… If we make it past the storm ok I’ll begin harvesting in a week or so judging from the rosin appearance the other day but I have to get past this weather first… Happy Fall to you all🎃

I grew 2 of the Humboldt Afghani plants in a bed ammended with living soil & our compost, not the yield of other plants but the quality is what I was after and what I got. The weather drove our harvest decisions this year with 3 rain storms coming in during the harvest window so sme secondary buds were left on the plants after the primary buds were removed, those buds left were removed after about a week when the weather cleared up. These were easy to grow, handled bad weather well and I got the old world smoke I was looking for, can’t wait to make some hash with the trim from this season👻

My first experience with Ethos Genetics has been good, the plants were easy to grow & produced lots of buds. With the wet harvest weather experienced in the PNW this year I had some concerns but these plants did well considering the drenching’s they received but I wasn’t sure they’d take much more of that so we took 1 plant and did a two step harvest on the other, primary buds first & secondary buds a week later when the storms passed.

This is an easy plant to grow with good production and durability in adverse conditions which included extreme heat, winds & three harvest period rainstorms. One was grown in a 50 Gal. bag & the other in a bed they were 7’6” & 9’6” tall & were the the garden winners for productivity with Blueberry Muffin & Cherry Gar-See-Ya as close seconds.

I really like this strain & have grown it before, it was around 11 ft tall so I will be topping it next year as I’m nearing 70 & don’t much like ladders anymore this strain is easy to grow and I will grow it again but you need to keep an eye on the buds near harvest time(late September)as they can start to have some minor fungal issues but it tends to be minor just pay attention. I will probably grow it in a bed next year & top it so we will see how that affects the yield 😎

This was grown in a 25 gallon bag in living soil with some supplemental fertilizations, it was only 5’6” tall due to the smaller root area but this is an easy plant to grow overall and is very durable when faced with environmental challenges, this strain handles rain well even when nearing harvest. Yes we will grow it again-

Another Humboldt Seed Co winner, we’ve been growing this one for awhile and will continue. It’s easy to grow, a good size, stands up to environmental stresses / pests and is ready for harvest at the end of September / early October. The plant was 6’6” tall, grown in a 50 gallon bag in living soil with additional fertilizations. These can get a bit of powdery mildew but it has been a minor issue