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This is my first outdoor grow and yes I am in a legal state. For the past three weeks they have been in an indoor grow tent with an 18/6 schedule. They germinated fairly quickly and were transplanted to red solo cups with holes in them set in trays so I could feed them from the bottom and encourage root growth. Their root ball had taken up the entire cup so I figured it was time to transplant. Plus, temperatures look to remain above freezing from here on out.
Soil in the area is mostly clay so I planted using 1 part MiracleGro potting mix, 1 part MiracleGro seed starter and 1 part MiracleGro performance organics. I also charged the soil with Fox Farms fertilizers, specifically Bush Doctor, Big Bloom and Grow Big. The area receives most of its sun in the morning and is fenced in, protected from large herbivores such as deer.
Lots of rain this week and temperatures remain cool but I am seeing more leaves sprouting and there has been some growth. Some bugs have been chewing on this one while leaving the other one alone so I may look into companion plants that might help protect them. Mostly though I will continue to observe and let Mother Nature do her thing.
This poor lady has been thru a lot. She got chewed up pretty bad in the last week despite the other cannabis plant just a few feet away barely been touched at all. Her stem was nearly cut in half by some critter so I added some additional support to prevent her from falling over. While her bottom leaves look to be gone she’s still putting on new leaves up top. I also added a cage to keep out the bigger critters such as rabbits and squirrels which I assume are the only ones big enough to cause such damage. I will be keeping a close eye on this one.
Despite getting practically decapitated this plant is still going strong with an explosion of leaves at the top. No plans to remove either the stake or the caging until it’s much larger and sturdier.
I continue to be very impressed with how his lady pulled thru though I’m still not ready to remove the stake that’s still holding her up. But she looks great and healthy and I hope to keep it that way.
Lots of rain lately which has likely helped this one continue to keep growing. I cut back on the feeding, will probably let mother nature do most of the work with this plant.
Still not a whole lot to add, just letting these ladies do their thing. Continuing to monitor the dark coloration, I even got some NEEM oil but haven’t applied it yet.
No major change to report, height is the same, smell has increased. Overall, these just look very different from their indoor counterparts at the same stage.
No major change to report, height is the same, smell has increased. Overall, these just look very different from their indoor counterparts at the same stage.
Growing this outdoors presented some new challenges. I’m a bit disappointed in the height given how large the indoor grow was but that may have been due to where I positioned it with some shade during the day. This particular plant recovered from nearly being decapitated by a critter.
I felt like I took these as far as I could. Leaves were yellowing at an increasing rate, the smell wasn’t getting any stronger and we just got hit with a heat wave. Figured now was the time to harvest them. I was hoping for a larger harvest but the smell of these is so much more different vs. growing the same strain indoors. Can’t wait to find out how they smell at the end of the cure.
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