1st Outdoor/Balcony Grow

Sadom Unfortunately, I didn't think about making a diary. At least I'm catching up with the photos now. The plant doesn't look really good here, which is because I repotted it way too late. This was mainly because I didn't have the right soil and nutrients yet. As soon as everything I needed was there, I immediately transplanted it into its final pot.

Sadom The plant has now been topped for the first time.

Sadom The plant is being further trained with LST clips and supercropping.

Sadom The training continues

Sadom The plant is growing and getting bigger and bushier. I keep working to keep the shoots at one level and let them grow wider.

Sadom So far, I haven't removed any leaves to let her get as much energy as possible. I'm already pretty happy with her growth and size. The days are slowly getting warmer, so she's drinking more and more. To keep her a bit in check, I topped her at the end of the week on all the shoots.

Sadom I cut off quite a bit of vegetation from the lower part of the plant so that it can fully concentrate on its tops in the upcoming flowering phase.

Sadom By now, you can hardly tell by the height of the plant that I cut it back so much during topping. The plant should be slowly ready to go into flowering. I'm curious to see how my first outdoor grow will turn out.

Sadom The Good one has become quite pale and has more of a lime green color. Since it's only in a 20l pot, it's probably run out of nutrients. That's why it first got a top dressing of worm humus and re-amend mix. Finally, it's showing the first signs that it's in flowering.

Sadom I treated the good one to a nice top dress again. For this, I mixed about 100g of bat guano, some soft rock phosphate, and crushed malted barley into the top layer of the pot and then watered it with a bit of Epsom. Before that, I watered her with a 1:10 nettle manure solution to hopefully cover her nitrogen needs. The structure of the buds doesn't look too bad, and the first trichomes are already visible.

Sadom Oh man, you guys are definitely not doing well. The leaves are still more lime green, and some leaves at the bottom are already completely yellow. I'm diligently watering with nettle tea and fertilizing with various top-dress. Unfortunately, she's also picked up spider mites, which probably migrated from the neighboring tomato. I hope the suboptimal conditions outside are giving the spider mites a hard time. She's also starting to smell really nice. Right now, she doesn't look like a resin miracle, but as long as the taste is right, I'm happy.

Sadom The weather has become a bit warmer and drier again, which is of course good for the plant but also for the spider mites. Hopefully, they won't multiply too much so that I can keep the plant until the end. More and more leaves are turning yellow and falling off. I'm currently just struggling to keep up with the organic amendments for fertilizing. Next time, I will keep the plant smaller so that the soil life can keep up better. However, I will continue to try to manage the nutrient deficiency with nettle tea and an amino fertilizer that is immediately available for the plant. The amino fertilizer is actually a foliar feed, but it can also be absorbed through the roots. Additionally, an ACT is brewing right now, which should get the soil life moving a bit. The smell has also developed well so far and is getting stronger.

Sadom I just let them do their thing. Every now and then I water with nettle tea and EMs. The spider mites are coming off well, so I hope she'll be done soon so they don't multiply even more. The trichomes on the buds are already looking pretty good. I think it will take another 2 weeks. Hopefully, the weather holds up somewhat until then.

Sadom She's definitely leaning more towards harvest now. Upon closer observation, I can already see some brown trichomes, but the majority are still milky. So I think it won't be too long until harvest. She's been getting only water for over a week now and has already beautifully changed to a purple hue, probably due to the somewhat cold temperatures. The smell is also really intense and definitely makes me eager for a taste test.

Sadom Unfortunately, the Critical wasn't spared from mold. Of course, I had to deal with the mold during my first outdoor run. That's why 3 large head buds and some smaller buds had to be removed and disposed of. For this reason, it was harvested a bit earlier so that the mold wouldn't spread any further and all the work wouldn't be in vain. Since my indoor plants are now also finished, I was able to take the opportunity to dry everything at once.