India_Calcoen The preparation for the outdoor growing season have started! I really loved my indoor grows and harvests: easy to trim, no pests, no mold⦠But I also like being outside and l love watching my (large!) plants enjoy the sun. I decided to grow several āearlyā or āfastā versions, containing ruderalis. Hopefully I can harvest all the plants before the rain in October starts.
The strains Iām growing this outdoor-season:
- Dutch Passion ā GMO Fast
- World of Seeds ā Amnesia Early Version
- World of Seeds ā Appalachian Kush
- World of Seeds ā Burger Kush Early Version
- World of Seeds ā Northern Lights x Big Bud Early Version
Iām pre-growing the plants indoor in Batmix (Plagron) topped off with 2cm of Seeding & Cutting Soil (Plagron). The soil is a leftover from my indoor run. I mixed the soil with Mycotrex and watered it with a solution with Bactrex. I want to use Biotabs products outdoors, because I had a hard time last year walking through the garden with heavy watering cans with feeding solution. With Biotabs I can use our sprinklers to water the plants, at least during the vegetative phase.
I sowed the seeds on 12-04-2026 and they all sprouted on 15-04-2026!
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Directly In Substrate
Germination Method
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Week 1. Vegetation
5mo ago
1/2
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 2
Bactrex
1 mll
Mycotrex
1 mll
India_Calcoen 24-04-2026
The first week of indoor pre-growing went fine, nothing special happened.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5mo ago
1/4
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 2
Bactrex
1 mll
Mycotrex
1 mll
India_Calcoen 4-05-2026
Second week of growing went fine. I did the first topping. I plan to do another topping before the plants go outside. They look strong and dark green šŖ
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Topping
Technique
3
Week 3. Vegetation
5mo ago
1/4
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
22 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
0.1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 2
Bactrex
1 mll
Mycotrex
1 mll
India_Calcoen 13-05-2026
GMO Fast is still doing fine. She receives plain water every day. The pot is small and dries out fast. I topped her for a second time. Now I need to prepare her for going outside. Unfortunately the nighttemperature outside is still very coldā¦
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Topping
Technique
5
Week 5. Vegetation
4mo ago
1/4
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 6
Bactrex
1 mll
Mycotrex
5 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets
2 mll
India_Calcoen 29-05-2026
I didnāt want to update the last two weeks. The plants were struggling, leaves were yellowing. After I saw the first signs of a deficiency and because of the advice of Kushycat, I gave them a watering with Orgatex (Biotabs). Some extra liquid fertiliser. It helped and I managed to keep them in their small pots for an extra week. Yesterday they got planted outside.
GMO Fast received two Biotabs, Mycotrex and Silicium Flash in her planting hole. Unfortunately I was out of Startrex. I think I gave the other plants too much by mistake. All plants got watered with Orgatrex and Bactrex. I covered the soil with a sheepwool mulchcover. It helps to keep the soil moist and it saves me from a lot of pulling weeds (the ones I donāt want, ofcourse).
The plants are doing fine at the moment. They have space and everything they need. GMO Fast grows next to poppies, lots of garlic ?, mint and chives. Hopefully they will like each other š
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Transplantation
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8
Week 8. Vegetation
4mo ago
1/10
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 6
Bactrex
1 mll
Mycotrex
5 mll
Organic Fertiliser Tablets
2 mll
India_Calcoen 18-06-2026
GMO Fast, Burger Kush and NL x Big Bud are thriving! They get eaten a bit by snails, but it's nothing serious. These plants donāt mind the cold and wet Dutch weather. Amnesia and Appalachian Kush are struggling. The last few weeks it was cold and rainy. Their leaves are yellow and clawing downwards. Fortunately today was a hot day and more hot days are coming! I hope Amnesia and Appalachian Kush will recover. I think sativa-dominant plants need more heat and less Dutch weather.
The snapdragons I planted and the spontaneous popped up poppies are blooming! They look so lovely ā¤ļøššš§”
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Week 15. Vegetation
2mo ago
1/18
18 hrs
Light Schedule
29 °C
Day Air Temp
No Smell
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 2
Bactrex
1 mll
Orgatrex
2 mll
India_Calcoen 24-07-2026
My plants are growing for 103 days, almost 15 weeks now. Iām a lazy gardener. The only thing Iām doing is turning the sprinklers on every now and then. I like how the Biotabs make outdoor growing easy. Especially because I have so little energy lately. But I love to watch them grow, smell them, feel their leaves between my fingers, watch them and the flowers around them. My idea of a āpleasure gardenā succeeded.
Today I gave all the plants 5 litres of water with 20ml of Orgatrex (2ml/L) and I added an extra fertilizer tablet because the leaves are getting a bit light. GMO Fast got my last 5 grams of Bactrex in the feeding solution. I havenāt seen any signs of flowering yet. If they start flowering I will give them Bio PK 5-8.
Some plants turned tall and wide, like Big Bud x Northern Lights and Burger Kush. Amnesia recovered very good and became a nice bush. Only Appalachian Kush stayed small. But Iām still happy with her. I thought she would die and now she is growing and having green leaves.
GMO Fast is a very special plant. Her stems are very dark red and she became very tall! Unfortunately one large branch blew off in a heavy wind and hailstorm and I had to cut one branch off because of mold. The garlic that grew around her is harvested (and tasty!). The pumpkins that grow behind her are taking over the garden and I will have to make sure they stay away from her.
Iām so happy I donāt have to buy any vegetables lately. We have zucchiniās, beans, bell peppers, tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, herbs, all so tasty! During the last few weeks I was very busy with the small turkeys and chickens. We had seven baby turkeys in the living room and that was quite intense. They peep all day long! Iām happy we moved them to the orchard. They are happy too, the plums are getting ripe and sometimes fruit falls from the trees and they get lucky.
I hope to āshave the legsā of my plants next week. The plants have too many small side branches and the leaves on the inside of the plant are turning yellow and wilting.
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Week 20. Vegetation
1mo ago
1/18
14 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 1
Bio PK 5-8
5 mll
India_Calcoen 27-08-2026
Somehow itās hard for me to keep updating the progress of my cannabisplants. I wanted to do it weekly, but it just doesnāt happen. Our fruits and vegetables need to be harvested and our animals want a lot of attention too! Iām so happy growing with Biotabs, I hardly have to do anything and if I donāt have time, my plants are growing anyway.
GMO Fast isnāt flowering yet. She is only showing a few pre-flower hairs and only when I search for them with a magnifying glass. I think she wonāt make it in time⦠GMO Fast also had some issues during a summer storm with heavy winds and rain. One of her main branches came down. It was still attached to the centre of the plant, but it began to rot and I had to cut it out. I lost 25% of this plant. Itās my own fault. She is over 2,5 metres now and her height makes her susceptible for wind. It makes me think about securing all my cannabisplants with long bamboo-poles or sticks. If the flowers start growing, all those branches will get heavy eventually. Maybe itās time to prioritize the cannabisplants at this momentā¦
In week 16 (first signs of pre-flowering) all the plants got watered with 5 litres of water with 20 ml of Bio PK 5-8 and this week, week 20, again 20 ml of Bio PK 5-8 diluted in 5 litres of water. This is the third time I had to water the plants manually. I just love this way of growing. Perfect for someone with a chronic illness.
The plants have a nice green colour. I still need to āshave the legsā and cut some branches and leaves away at the inside of the plant. Especially now when it rains sometimes I want them to dry quickly. I already removed two baskets of leaves and small branches from NL x Big Bud and Burger Kush.
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Week 23. Vegetation
12h ago
1/23
300 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 1
Bio PK 5-8
5 mll
India_Calcoen 13-09-2026
GMO Fast still isn't flowering. She is doing other things, like dying. All her main stems died. Everyday a new surprise with this plant. But the full story isn't complete yet. She is missing all her main stems, but she left a small surprise on the side alive. We will see what happens next.
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Week 28. Flowering
12h ago
1/15
170 cm
Height
14 hrs
Light Schedule
26 °C
Day Air Temp
Weak
Smell
15 °C
Night Air Temp
1.3 liters
Pot Size
1 liters
Watering Volume
Nutrients 1
Bio PK 5-8
5 mll
India_Calcoen 08-10-2026
The small side branch that is left of GMO Fast started flowering! The first hairs emerged the 15th of September and white tiny buds started forming around the 24th of september. I have no idea what is going to happen next with this plant. I will leave her alone and hope she will have a nice autumnal surprise for me! At this moment her buds are developing nicely and I don't see any bud rot yet!
Wow, what a gardenāand that forest thatās grown there out of giant cannabis treesāIām really jealous! I still donāt quite dare to grow trees that big; itās legalāthree plants per personābut I always worry about the neighbors and stuff⦠Unfortunately, our gardenās pretty visible to the neighborhood, but oh well, guess weāll just have to compromise. I think you really need to join the Bio Tabs teamāIām just throwing that out there since I havenāt been there long myself and Miaās the one calling the shots.šCheck it out, @Mia_BIOTABSālook what these things have turned into. Just like at your place šŗ
@India_Calcoen, Hihi, yeah, thatās trueāgrowing is great, and growing together, even if itās just from a distance, is even better. š
I think the problem here is that Germans can be very conservativeāreal narrow-minded people sometimes, basically. š¹ I really donāt want the city inspector or anyone else coming by to check whether everything is in order here.
Of course, the four plants in the garden also belong to my parentsātotally by the book, obviously! A maximum of three plants per person per household. Iām a law-abiding citizen, after all! šš
I agree with you there, even if you could say Iām a little biased.
But itās really trueāgrowing with BioTabs is laid-back, and yet you donāt feel like youāre just sitting around doing nothing. Every now and then, you can add a nice little topping: some Bactrex here, a little P/K there.
Honestly, even if BioTabs said, āSorry, but thatās itāno more collaboration in the future,ā Iād still keep using it. Itās productive and, in the end, not as expensive as it might seem at first glance. And hey, the results you get when you stick to the dosage guidelines and everything else are pretty impressiveāyou can see that with your fir trees! š²š¹
Okay, enough rambling for now. Talk to you later! š
@Kushycat, I donāt want any police on my property either. Maximum 5 plants is not legal, but you wonāt get persecuted if the police comes. I just donāt want them to take my pretty plants away š±ā¤ļø
Iām happy about the fact that your grow is entirely legal. You just need to hide your abundant harvest in different places to not exceed the maximum grams š
Today I tried to make CBD capsules with some last years flower. But the CBD-alcohol tincture and MCT-oil didnāt mix and now every capsule has a different dose. Iām glad I didnāt try this with a THC-extract, it would be like Russian Roulette š
@India_Calcoen, Yeah, they actually do look kind of dangerous. Iāve only ever seen that kind of color and consistency in oil, and thatās a whole different league. I think once my Outdoor Medical Mass is ready, I might use it to try making some ointments and stuff like thatāif I can bring myself to do it and find the energy. There should be plenty of test material lying around.
Do you take the capsules every day? I keep noticing that while CBD doesnāt help with pain as much as Iād like, it does seem to have a positive effect on my mood.
@Mia_BIOTABS, it would be hard to build a roof over them. Behind the cannabisplants we have a cage for our berries (strawberries, blueberries), but there is no structure around the cannabisplants.
I hope they do fine with the wind blowdrying them after the rain. The only one Iām concerned about is GMO Fast. Itās my slowest plant⦠It is a bit of a gamble, but we will see how everything turns out āŗļø
Just a few more days until the Ice Saints are over, and I think the nighttime temperatures will be bearable. The little ones are looking really good. ššš±āš