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About three weeks in I had to go off on a work trip for 8 days and I put as many as i could in a child's pool with a little water in it as we were expecting a heat wave. 9 out of ten fit in, the one that couldn't I simply transplanted into a corner of the garden and wished it luck.
I arrived back from my 8 day trip to find all the potted plants bone dry and basically dead. I throw them out except for one which o put in a massive 50L pot. The one in the garden was shaded by a overgrown hedge row and actually did really well for herself.
Starting to warm up out here, getting real hot in the garden. Blueberry is showing her tiny preflowers and they are looking nice and pointed and very female - still waiting on a pistil to make 100% confirmation. About a month of veg left and I'm thinking it's going to really add some size on in that time. Happy growing!
Just been tucking her and opening her up as much as possible. Super happy with her shape and growth. Added some bone meal and compost. Also added mulch in preparation for the January heat.
We're having some really high temps during the day of up to 34. Been keeping her well watered. So far still growing and no signs of heat stress. Starting to notice the fist pistils forming.
Getting hotter and hotter every day. I've started building a super basic shade house over my outdoor garden in preparation for the hottest month of the year here - February days can climb above 35 with 100% humidity. Added some cage to the side to stretch that bushy section out.
It's been a very busy week in the garden. Girls are all stretching beautifully as we go into flower. Been making nets to help with some of the intense wind we've been experiencing. It's also been super hot but the new shade house is making a huge difference! Finally a break from the heat expected this coming week.
High temperatures and lots of rain is how the last week went and by the looks of it, she's absolutely loved it. 25cm growth in a few days, had to raise up the shade netting. We're at the 6ft mark now, probably 6-7ft wide! It's actually becoming really hard to photograph her. Been keeping up the all organic approach and have just completed a very cool book on botanical teas and been playing with around with what I have on hand.
February has arrived and with it high humidity. Garden is looking great so far. Keeping an eye out for PM and doing prevention spraying with some organic fungicide. Expecting lots of rain next week too. The haze next door to this blue berry girl is stacking up huge buds. Getting excited! I've decided not to attempt to cover the plants as it's far too humid and some are 11ft tall. Just going to let nature do its thing.
More high humidity and lots of rain this week. She finally seems to be slowing on the stretch and starting to flower beautifully. Need to do a little cleaning up to improve air circulation in that big bush.
Wow what a week. After 2 days of near constant rain we ended up with a build up of moisture around the crowns and roots. Noticed fungal growth on the crown of a few girl's. Overnight I lost a huge NYD to stem/root rot. Went into full disaster management mode and did a soil drench with a organic white mineral oil followed by spray downs with H2o2 at 3%. A few beautiful, not too humid, rain free days later and all the ladies are looking good. I can't believe how healthy and vigorous these plants are doing on entirely organic, mostly home made feeds. Various teas and some top dressing is all I've done. Been loving Learning about the microbiome that is soil and feeding the soil rather than the plants. Organic herb is unbeatable in my opinion so I cant wait for harvest because who knows what's going onto the bud im currently buying.
@Grey_Wolf, I've found a few wild plants and one wild patch if you will. I see them growing all over the place but for the most part I've only ever came across one that actually had smokable buds.
Excuse me for saying this, but I feel you’ve wasted so much time. You could have a literal tree by now if you did things differently and by that I mean...
Why mess around with sub par soil/compost at a seedling stage.
If you use a potting mix you would have a plant double that size in half the time. Then when you’re ready to plant it in the ground the roots would be so establish they can move boulders out of the way.
More roots, more fruits...
Or Big roots, Big Fruits
Both apply.
I’ve tried the whole micro grow situation and when you have little room to use ever 1mm counts, count yourself lucky and start growing trees 😂
When you planted in the ground did you amend with EWC, Kelp meal, bone meal, fish blood, chicken manure, Dolomite lime, bar guano any of these?
@Mr_Growgreen, where in Durban are you based? I’ll be in the area around June and can bring you some Live Soil Bacteria which will enhance the health of your soil. Maybe a couple pips as well to trial run for next season.
@Mr_Growgreen, we are in Wilderness down in the Western Cape. If you can find someone with comfrey growing you can cut off chunks of the root and plant it, they will grow. It’s very hardy. Get some going all over your land. Another thing you can do is sprinkle ash around the base of your plants and water in the potassium.
Oh baby is that a beautiful site. I love outdoor grows. Great work. Ladies looking lovely. Keep it up. Best of luck with the rest of the journey growmie.
@Denzul, thanks bud, I so much prefer actually being in my outdoor garden as apposed to my tent, plants can tell too, don't give my indoor girls enough attention!
What I would suggest now is to stop with the high nitrogen seagrow and move to blooming nutrients high in potassium and phosphorus. Summer equinox was 21 December so days are shortening. You want to encourage flowering. If you can get Comfrey leaves half fill a 50L drum with leaves and fill with water. Leave for a few days in the sun stirring each day. You will get a stinky tea that Ganja flowers go mad for. Mix this tea 1/3 to water for every watering leaving the bulk of tea to carry on brewing.mane sure to keep the lid closed otherwise flies will go mad. If you measure ppm you could go half comfrey Tea to water making sure not to exceed 900ppm. A bone Meal trick is to put half a cup into 5l water and leave for a day or 2 stirring now and then. This will extract the phosphorus much faster into liquid form for your plants. Strain the water and use. Keep topping up fresh bone Meal for next watering. Couple this with comfrey tea and your buds should be dense and sticky genetics dependent always.
@HappySeedsResearch, thanks for the advice. I was actually just wondering about doing a bone meal soak, even just to make it easier to apply. Doing top dressings with all the mulch and cages is becoming a challenge. Finding all the nutes I have access too are very nitrogen dominated. Now to find some comfrey plants!
Wow man you are a master.. I been starting too with organic way.. I made may firt compost an compost tea.. I'm excited to learn and looking you for sure I will learn thanks for your post
Mr_Growgreen
