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Hello everyone!
Welcome to one of my outdoor grows this year! We'll be growing VCDC F3 by Moxie 710!
This was actually a fluke. I am currently growing this strain indoor in my raised bed, but I planted two of them to have a backup, just in case things went sideways. Well, they both runted out on me, but the indoor plant is doing just as well...err...just as small, but still seems like it will kick into gear soon like this one.
I originally planned on killing this one, but I didn't have the heart to do it. All plants deserve a chance, and now that the weather is nice, she found a home outdoors!
Side note: She is growing in the same hole in the ground that Purple Ghost Candy was in, who won 1st place in Seedsman's outdoor competition last year.
Day 11:
This seedling, as well as its indoor sister, were not growing, and didn't have true leaves until about 2 days ago -- just cotyledon. This one finally formed some true leaves. These seeds were a year old and not stored the most efficiently, so I am not upset.
Day 12:
I made a LAB serum and performed a drench and foliar spray today. It's a first time making LABs, and we had a lot of cheese. We'll see how it goes. I preserved about a gallon of it split between being refrigerated and stored with molasses.
So, she made it outdoors, and is starting to take on some form. Some form, indeed. Runted and deformed, but we will keep her!
This was actually a fluke. I am currently growing this strain indoor in my raised bed, but I planted two of them to have a backup, just in case things went sideways. Well, they both runted out on me, but the indoor plant is doing just as well...err...just as small, but still seems like it will kick into gear soon like this one.
I originally planned on killing this one, but I didn't have the heart to do it. All plants deserve a chance, and now that the weather is nice, she found a home outdoors!
Side note: She is growing in the same hole in the ground that Purple Ghost Candy was in, who won 1st place in Seedsman's outdoor competition last year.
This plant has been outdoor for more than a week now, and is doing just fine, despite the looks. We usually plant seedlings directly into the ground like this, and the result for the first few weeks is that they get bitten by small grass insects due to being so low to the ground, and get a little yellow because of that too. It's not ever a problem though, and I think it always makes my outdoor plants stronger. In a couple weeks, this plant should look a vibrant green with no leaf damage.
This was a mutant with deformed leaves and, like her indoor sister, has been 1 inch tall for 4 weeks. Unlike her sister though, she responded well to being outdoors, and grew up to 5 inches tall, and snapped out of her deformed leaves. I'm looking forward to seeing what the power of the sun brings as the weeks roll by!
I don't have high hopes for this one. Maybe a bad phenotype, maybe my wrong-doing. Who knows? I am not upset as I have another phenotype growing in a raised bed indoors. I don't kill plants because I've learned anything can happen during the transition to bloom. So we'll just ride this one out, despite her terrible looks. I have the space anyway, so there is no need to cull it.
This week was pretty rough for all of my gardens, indoor and outdoor. We had a heat wave in the triple digits (Fahrenheit) all week, with humidity, at times, over 90% outdoors. However, this little plant seemed to not be phased by it. I mean, it's a runt and hasn't grown much, but this week it seems to be a little greener and hanging in there better. All we did this week, besides add plenty of water, was defoliate its two first true leaves that were deformed and close to the soil line.
Week 8 of vegetation is complete. What a tiny, weird-looking thing she is. She started out with stunted growth since birth, with a genetic mutation causing deformed leaves. She is starting to look better this week, finally. She might actually grow up to be a decent plant, as there is still plenty of time left for her to flourish.
For this runt entering the 10th week of vegetation, she looks better, but smaller than most plants on their 3rd week. We have to remember though, that this plant was just a duplicate seed I sowed as a backup for one of my indoor plants, and we were going to toss this one, but decided to let nature run its course. Well, nature is still being nature and whatever it brings to this plant is better than throwing it away before getting to see it grow up. Time keeps on ticking...
I haven't had a chance to go outside to check on my plants in a few weeks, but after doing so this week, I had to chop them all early. They were getting some powdery mildew on lower leaves, and the rest of the leaves were depleted of color, drooping, and falling off (not senescence), telling me the soil and very little rain this year was not ideal.
It's okay though. This was the last year I intended to do photoperiods outdoors. Actually, last year was, marking 20 years, but my indoor game was not down yet. So 21 years it is. I will still be doing some autoflowers outdoor next year, as they are the only ones that do good in my climate -- it gets very cold too early, and I don't have the patience to do any light deprivation techniques. Additionally, it is always close to 100% humidity in mid-late summer, which is far from ideal.
I didn't take any pictures before the harvest out of disappointment, but if any of the bud turns out to be decent after drying, I'll update this harvest report. The picture below is from a few weeks ago.
I haven't had a chance to go outside to check on my plants in a few weeks, but after doing so this week, I had to chop them all early. They were getting some powdery mildew on lower leaves, and the rest of the leaves were depleted of color, drooping, and falling off (not senescence), telling me the soil and very little rain this year was not ideal.
It's okay though. This was the last year I intended to do photoperiods outdoors. Actually, last year was, marking 20 years, but my indoor game was not down yet. So 21 years it is. I will still be doing some autoflowers outdoor next year, as they are the only ones that do good in my climate -- it gets very cold too early, and I don't have the patience to do any light deprivation techniques. Additionally, it is always close to 100% humidity in mid-late summer, which is far from ideal.
I didn't take any pictures before the harvest out of disappointment, but if any of the bud turns out to be decent after drying, I'll update this harvest report. The picture below is from a few weeks ago.
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