Outdoor Germany 24 - Northrine Westfalia

——- Week 8 ——- —- Day 50 —- It will be a hot sunny day today with 33 Celsius .. but somehow forecast is telling there will be a bit rain midday (just short). This summer is really meh! Looks like the girls liked the nutritions a lot, they stood upright yesterday like a 1 and you can tell by watching them that they are happy! I might have to harvest the plants earlier, maybe I got two weeks left and then a period of rain will start (about 3-4 days in a row). During that time the forecast tells about 2 days with rain in that two weeks…. I am a bit concerned. I will try to push it out, but once I reach end week 9 I think I will have to harvest them or lose everything to bud rot. Humidity here is always a problem so there will be problems after that kinda rain for sure. I am wondering what will happen in those days that are left … :) They look stunning and develop very nice for all the circumstances they where from beginning (one plant nearly killed by me, all young and in harsh conditions like heavy rain, very strong winds and even hail) but they all survived!!! Lack of sunlight here this summer did cause problems of growth for sure, but so far I am happy for my first grow and that pointed out directly outdoor. P.S.: Currently I am investing time to find a drying solution and watching out for tents too! ;) —- Day 51 —- Today the weather was about 25 Celsius, just passive Sun. It rained in the night. Dang the girls start to smell really strong! They are growing and developing the buds nice. I think i finally found a solution for drying. I will dry it in my garden house. Humidity there was now about 67% with 25 Celsius. But this can change when direct sun hits. Anyway will do it there! It is not ideal but not as high humidity as I thought. It is even dark there and I got plenty of room. I am considering getting an IP44 certified fan to get air moving around there! Still thinking about wet trimming or dry the whole plants. I got time so I don’t mind waiting, if everything works out I will first try them at the end of December so it is no deal for me to wait. Somewhere I read drying the whole plant in higher humidity is not recommended, others tell that’s the way to go… It is all a bit confusing! I can dry them in a rack too… I really don’t know what is the ideal way to go with this conditions. —- Day 52 —- Took pictures of Day 52 into the journal! Sadly the second Jack Herer still is not flowering :( I don’t think she will make it… But let’s see! Temperature was about 28 Celsius today. Not the whole day the sun shined but it was okay! Weather forecast doesn’t look very good sadly! Let’s see what will happen!!! —- Day 53—- Weather will be 25 Celsius today. Tomorrow it will rain. Made a decision based on the community opinions: Will try to finish my grow outdoor! The second Jack Herer will be chopped of by me (it still isn’t flowering). Will dry the plants leaves for tea. Gave them water in the morning (tap water standing about 30hours outside). —- Day 54 —- Woke up, saw rain. My heart cried when I saw the plants. All I saw is rot, rot and rot… INSTANTLY: Decided to buy a grow light with same delivery. Found VIPARSPECTRA XS3000 Pro … Only light that would fit my 4x2 grow needs (I posted the pictures in the diary)… I am so excited to see it running but gonna do work first in the garage to hang it up safely haha… Gonna buy a circuit breaker for the light and safety (there is already one in the circuit but gonna hang another one on it). Wahhhh lets see what will happen. I am hyped! Will keep the diary with new pictures up 2 date as soon as I am done (today or tomorrow). Question is will I start another quick growth before the winter hits ? Hmmmm should be enough time before temperatures drop! UPDATE DAY 54: All developing buds are soaked with rain. The plants overall are wet. Shaked them gently! Glad I decided to get a light and move them today!! There will be more rain in the night and the further days with not potent sun anyway. I am 99% sure they would rot all away in this conditions! Hopefully it didn’t start yet :/ LAST UPDATE DAY 54 Prepared everything the whole day, plants took place in the garage… Then I saw the light … Meh! I don’t like stuff that isn’t IP Certified in my garage (not even the driver)! I don’t even think it is a good sign if a Producer makes a symbol of „life in danger“ on the manual.. What the hell? Only minimal requirements for safety given, the light will go back and very very very sadly this was it for my first run mainly! They will get cut down tomorrow or the day after and dryed. My wife couldn’t handle the smell anymore and me neither (my whole house started smelling). But now I know it can take place in my garage .. :) To my suspect… three plants already have a lot of milky trichomes… Checked them with a 50x micro. Let's see what will turn out at least.. Gonna look up for another run soon, but gonna check out a higher certified and high quality light which is as safe as possible! Feel free to make suggestions in the comments or the question asked if you read this :-) But I still got something going on for the Diarie! *TADA* My ace: the 3rd NL ;) the last survivor… it has a nice spot at the end of my garden. Gonna update! At the end of the day, something is better then nothing I guess… :) I tried everything to safe this run but something is against it! Who knows for what this is good for!!!!! —- Day 55 —- Looking up for a new grow light!! Will start a late (how to call it) indoor / outdoor grow .. It's halfway into my garage which is always on one side half opened.... Lets call it hybrid grow! ;D If I start today with Autos they should finish nearly mid November So far I saw Lumatek with the ATS 300W Pro or ATS 200W Pro ... I like their concept so far! Even the website and that you can look up all certfificates etc. is an incredible + for myself to have trust in the electronics I am operating. They aren't cheap for sure but as I would call out directly, most safest grow lights I found so far but f.e. the next Dimension (their Zeus 465W Pro) is nearly trippeling in the price! Dang! Still looking after other Producers with at least Class 1 IP65 certification, LVD certification with a real CE Certification not the "Chinese Export" one .. ;) Will decide today and then I will order one light (but I am 90% sure it will be a Lumatek). So well if I start the order, new seeds will go in and a new diarie will be born! Thinking about beginning soon to cut down the girls. I will dry what they so far made in a meshnet. Bought one with six towers, should be plenty of space to do the job. They will dry in my garage - Humidity yesterday there was 45-55 % while I was working there and preparing everything! Temperature a bit on the higher side with 25-26°C but this will be a banger for me while growing there. It safes a lot of warmth there and the heavy summer days here are anyway gone for this year!!! There will be only rain and cloudy days mostly with some kinda sunny days. Wanted to dry in my Gardenhouse, but now it is full because of the emergency situation I tried to handle and get a decent grow space made up in my garage as fast as possible .... Which I actually did and handled but ...... ;/ It was a good decision I made yesterday, the lights weren't trustworthy (that's just my opinion!) - not even the internet site of the producer was online, neither could I look up the light I bought on their site .. Overall absolutly no go for me! But beside that - It is raining today here as hell, they would have begin to rot 100%. Yesterday it rained the whole night and in the morning, all underdevolped/premature buds were soaked full of rain .. During the day at least they mostly dried up... The last survivor standing under a little shed is doing good, she is the prettiest plant I got anyway (didn't share pictures of it a long time because I tried to handle the jungle first). Will update the Diarie with her and with the drying of the young jungle plants! Overall so far it was a good first experience growing. I love to do it and to read and watch a lot about it. I got hooked up to growing I guess..... 😝