$martie's Outdoor Blueberry Cookies

Good day everyone!! Very proud to present the newest member of our 2020 Outdoor family: Barry, the Blue Cookie Monster aka Blue Barry Monster 😎 Check out Big Brother Jack's Outdoor Adventures: https://growdiaries.com/diaries/76793-green-house-seeds-jack-herer-grow-journal-by-smartie/week/376690 Barry was actually not planned for, more a panic backup when my first Strawberry seed didn't sprouted, let's say an unplanned pregnancy.. We all know that Barry in the family, we might even be a Barry ourselves 😂 All good, I'll take care of it like the others, well.. I ordered just enough amendments to make 60L living soil (2 x 7Gal) + feed (topdress) for 2 plants for the complete growing season. I should have some cured soil left after filling the pots and I still have a bit aeration mix and peat left so all that mixed up with added compost/casting/perlite should give me another 7Gal pot. Maybe not as good as his siblings and I also will not be able to give the same feed but hey, it is what it is right? He should get the organic supplements in every watering and depending how fast alfalfa mulch decomposes, I probably can mulch him as well.. See how we go 😉 As for Barry's first week, he is way ahead of his Big Bro at 7 days.. But Jack only had 6 watt led for half of that time whereas now everything is cruising at 100 watt/sqft.. I might gradually lower the lighting hours from 18h to 14h over the next few weeks, just to try and slow down growth for as much as I can.. Reason being a slight miscalculation in timing for an outdoor Ozzy grow, 4-6 weeks kind of slight 😂 In the wormhole of researching organic soil and everything else related to that I missed a very important factor: timing. I was in the stupid understanding that beginning of Spring was the earliest 3-4week old seedlings could be put outside (timed with last frost ofcourse). The normal outdoor schedule would be more like germinating after Spring Equinox (September 22) and planting out towards the end of Spring (end of October - start of November).. My genius schedule however: I have 3 plants 2 weeks apart, Jack being 3 weeks (next Wednesday), Miss Strawberry 1 week (next Wednesday) and Barry will be almost 2 weeks (next Wednesday). Ideally I want to wait untill the youngest one is 3 weeks old to put them out together but that means Jack will be 5 weeks in a 1L pot, which I'm sure he won't like. In this situation, planting out would be around September 20 so yeah 4-6 (actually almost 6-8) weeks earlier. Also might have to provide some extra light (Sep 20 = 12h:02m:35s day light hours) so yeah, timing, super important for outdoor grows!!! I wouldn't be worrying if I had bigger final pots or no final pots at all but now 7Gal is what it's going to be.. And now I added 6 weeks veg to an already long growing season lol.. I don't mind it maxing out in this pot and having according yields even if this means weeks of wasting potential growth, as long as everything stays healthy I'm fine 😉 So far I read that potential problems can be water/nutrient uptake and ofcourse the stretch. But I'm confident that with the correct LST/topping/manifolding + good general care + with trusting Mother Nature, thing's will find their way!! Anyway, Barry and myself would like to thank you for your time, sure we will have some fun down the road 😎 Cheers, catch yas next week!!! ✌️