2nd grow indoor start then outdoor

These girls are spending days outside and evenings inside. In a week or so, the can spend all their time outside. Growing in airpots, eventually, in part coco and perlite and part garden soil (not potting). My first grow was indoor in a 5 gallon airport in coco, which seemed to take up too much space vs the size of the roots. Also, I killed quite a few seedlings trying to figure out a straight to pot method. These seedlings are doing great, so we'll see how it goes.

These girls are spending days outside and evenings inside. In a week or so, the can spend all their time outside. Growing in airpots, eventually, in part coco and perlite and part garden soil (not potting). My first grow was indoor in a 5 gallon airport in coco, which seemed to take up too much space vs the size of the roots. Also, I killed quite a few seedlings trying to figure out a straight to pot method. These seedlings are doing great, so we'll see how it goes.

Almost ready to spend 24/7 outside but it's still low 50s at night. Grow is going well so far.

Early in week 4, these are doing very well. I just added nutrients, at half the recommended amount as per advice I received here. Thanks y'all. I'm not over-watering this round either. They are still inside at night because it gives me a chance to keep them under light until they're finally transplanted outside. That's this weekend if the weather holds. I thought folks might want to see my setup. 5 gallon "air" pots with a catch tray filled with a combo fill that I'll write about next week if anyone cares. Essentially, it's enhanced garden soil (not potting), about 1/3 coco I had leftover and Perlite. I'm using tomato cages I cut down some because I already had them and they'll support the ladies during LST. Once they are tall and dense, I can move them further apart by moving some of my other plants. That's why it's a raised bed with pots rather than a raised bed with fill. The raised bed is in an unused space between our deck and patio. On the deck is mounted PVC that rolls. I'm attaching outdoor fabric to that I can roll it out in case they need to be protected from the elements or simply covered for a bit. The fabric will go over the cages and attach to the bean trellis in front. A lot of this we had or were doing anyway, but that feature is unique to this herb. Finally, we're adding drip irrigation to our gardens this year. If by chance someone reads this and used drip irrigation outside for their grow, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Grow is going well. Everything is transferred to 5 gallon air pots and they're just now recovering and growing exponentially. I did get a nutrient burn on two plants early on but things seem to be corrected. 2 are a week of older than 3, just FYI. So far so good on plants and weather.

Crazy week as it's been torrential rain. I can see the advantage of the "air" pots in that everything isn't dead already. We'll see how much damage is done once the sun starts to come out tomorrow. I don't plan to cover these. Neem oil has kept the bugs away and they don't seem to have issues with wind yet. I'll tie them up further to add support. Hopefully they're not drowned already. Just in case, I started another 4, with labels this time. Haha. I removed OG Cali Kush from this grow and the first batch because that's where my seeds didn't germinate. I've had zero luck with that strain so far and may reach out to the Crop King. As you can see, everything else seems to be thriving even if growth was slowed down by the cloudy/rainy weather.

I still don't know which is which, but according to the flowering schedule, I think the first picture is not an auto. The autos are just starting to flower and everything looks good despite the consistent rain. If someone knows how often it's okay to spray Neem oil, I'd love to know. Right now I've been doing it once a week and so far the pests are staying away. For anyone who cares about outdoor smell, they're starting to be smelly but it disapates about 5 feet from the plants. This space has a consistent, light wind so there's almost no chance that odors will build up. If some strains become a problem, I can move them inside. The Rainbird drip watering system is great and was easy to install. It's a bit time consuming but I did my entire garden in a long day. Haven't had to use it much so I'll update when I do.

All is well, except I think I added to much Flower Girl. My 100 pound dog loves it and squeezed under my raised structure to grab the bag and eat it. Luckily, there's nothing harmful and I caught him quickly. 🙂 But the bag was destroyed so I gave each of my plants a portion of the remainder. Cucumbers, peas and strawberries loved it but these ladies have a bit of yellowing leaves. I'll figure it out before I fertilize again. For now, just water. I've also used Cal Mag, so it's a bit if a cluster. Doesn't seem to be harming anything at this point. The drip irrigation is great. It means I never get water on the leaves, can give the plants a long soak, especially important with air pots given their structure. I'm a bit worried about the heat at 90s, but all good so far.

All good here. They seemed to be slowing down somewhat so I added a 15 30 15 fertilizer and it was a big boost. I'm still not sure how much I should be pruning but am resolved to testing the theory that anything below flowering stalks can be removed then anything that looks weak or is blocking light. My method is not hurting anything but it may not yield as much since I keep removing fan leaves. Anything over a dry ounce per plant is an improvement over my last grow We'll see. In terms of watering, it's very hot and humid where I live. I've been watering about 5 pm and they're thriving. It's a good, slow, soak daily via a drip system. That may seem like a lot, but air pots and hot equal more watering. It is drying out between. Pests are still not a big issue. Regarding smell, even with 5 plants, it does not permeate beyond about 5 feet. Though we do have a steady breeze that seems to disapate the smell. If anyone else is growing outside, I'd love to hear from you or have you direct me to your diary. I'll miss next week because I'm having a corneal transplant and will need a week before I can get out to do this again. Hubby will be tending the garden for a bit. We're both hoping he doesn't kill anything. Hehe.

Another rainy week but all doing well. Added Blackstrap Molasses to help the girls absorb existing nutes and add some cal, iron, and other nutes. This is my first time with that. Putting what I think is the white widow into flush now. She flowered too early but is looking good nonetheless. Eye surgery w by better than expected so I can still post. Moving to he other plants to a new grow since they're thriving.

All is going well. Sorry I lost track of the varieties. If someone has a better guess, please let me know. I only feel confident about White Widow because I've grown this before. She was an early bloomer and I'm unlikely to get to 28 grams dry. But she looks good none the less. The other two autos have at least two weeks, probably 3 or 4 to go. The photos will just do what they do. 🤷🏼 My other girls are getting big enough for their own diary so I'm moving them over. Happy growing all.

I'll end up with about 1/2 oz dry. Disappointing but based on growing this once before, it's a good strain just low yielding for me. Since I'm successfully growing other strains, I don't think I'll order this again.

I'm a week off in the count since I harvested the White Widow. Everything going well and a few more weeks to go for the two autos. The photos are thriving outside. I'm not fussing with them. I prune the inside leaves and have it LST. Feeding every 3rd day. Watering every day it doesn't rain because it's really hot here. No pest problems.

All is well. The two autos are getting closer. They're not bulking up as much as I thought they would, but they're much better than the white widow auto that flowered early. I haven't had any major issues growing outside. Even though it rained yesterday, the photos now need to be watered every day. Essentially, I've proven to myself I can grow a plant to maturity, and now it's about yield and fine tuning. Seems a shame to go through the process then come out with 14 grams per plant, dry - even though the quality is much better than what's normally been shared with me by others. I'll probably get 20 grams dry out of each of these autos. We'll see on the photos as I've never grown them before. Maybe another two weeks on the autos and ? for the photos.

Very happy with this yield. Buds look great and I had no trouble growing this auto outside. Sorry to see it go because the anticipation is part of the fun. Drying now for ~5 days then will cure for 12 weeks. The trim is already in the oven since I don't need to wait for that to dry. From the resulting edibles, I should get a sense of potency. I love growing Early Miss and may end up as my favorite because the white widow has been somewhat disappointing. Two photo periods are still growing. I'll post their update soon. Both plants were flushed for a week and yes, I washed it after the trim with a solution of hydrogen peroxide and water. Saw a lot of videos on this and since it was an outdoor grow, it made sense. I only had to re-home one bug. Hehe.

It's a little hard to believe how well they're doing given its 90+ here all week. Had to water twice in one day, just once. Removed a few interior fan leaves this week and am feeding them about 3 times a week, half doses each time. It's going to be a boring 4 weeks or so before they begin to pre-flower. I've never grown photos, so we'll see. In the meantime I started two more white widow autos and three early miss autos. Early Miss was a great producer given my bad luck with white widow on both grows. I'm going to try a few different things with the white widow and see if I can get up to 30 or 40 grams per plant, dry, this time. Not sure why they've been so stunted. My goal is to grow enough high quality cannabis that I'll only do one grow (or two) in the summer to last an entire year. Not there yet so one more grow. Just FYI to others out there with medical conditions. I see you. I'm recovering from corneal transplant surgery and I'll still be on the anti-rejection drops for a few years. This helps immensely to manage comfort. I prefer not to grow indoors because I don't want the house to smell all the time during flowering 😉 and I don't want to buy all the expensive equipment to avoid that. Also, the sun is free.

They don't need much being regular feeding and watering. I am using Neem Oil to keep the bugs away. Defoliated interior and downward facing fan leaves. Since the aggressive vegging seems to be over, I likely won't take any more leaves off. I've never grown photos before, but they appear to be getting ready to be in pre flower. They're handling the brutal heat better than humans and dogs this week. 😉

I've read that adding a bloom nute at this stage might encourage early flowering. I'll try that starting next week. Gave them a bit more food this week to correct for some yellowing. All good.

All good. She's stretched mg and in early flower, just barely.

Fed, watered, and cleaned up a few interior fan leaves. Just hoping nothing goes wrong in the next 6-8 weeks. Sprayed with Neem Oil at dusk to keep preventing pests. No issues so far.

These nutrients are actually spread out between 4 plants. I haven't had to add much to the grow. They are fed about every third day. Next year I'll use a bigger pot because I think this is all she can take in a 5 gal air pot. ?? All is well. I did harvest the early Miss but forgot to take pictures. She was 4 grams dry weight. I just haven't gotten my autos to grow big for some reason.

All good. Successfully fighting caterpillars but otherwise no problems. This is the most anxious time because things can still go wrong in the last few weeks. The photos and the autos ought to be finished about the same time.

95% humidity and a constant mist that will go on for days. I'm doing my best to shake the water off them a few times a day to get ahead of mold. The regular checking also lets me look for any hint of mold for a potentially early chop, and remove any fan leaves that seem to be to crowded. 😭 Other than needing sun, the girls are progressing well. I just need a bit of good luck.

It's so hard to wait at the end.

I made some mistakes but she was a big yielder. She did well on 1/2 strength nutes the whole way. She did well in the air pot but needed to be watered every day during the heat of summer. She flowered like a photo and finished like a photo, though I still think she was an auto. Who knows? I did a test run between drying and curing and wow. I realize she's not a super high thc girl, so maybe its a bit of couch lock. :-)

I haven't tried this yet because she's curing. She looks and smells amazing. I could have let her go another two weeks for optimal yield. But she was about 10% amber, 90% cloudy trichomes, which is where I wanted her to be. I let the other plant amber up more and may make my own mix. Great experience but for the record, this is OG Kush Haze. I got that wrong initially and didn't know how to change it.