Jamaican Lambsbread Summer outdoor 2021

I started this plant indoors in March. I hardened them off and put them outside in late April under a plastic shelter to protect them from the cold. The thing I didn't account for was the fact that in April the days are still very short in Ontario. The result was that the plants went into flowering!! I had no idea that it could happen, and it took me a while to figure out the source of the problem. They were hardened off and brought out of 18 hrs of light, and put into the garden when the days were still too short. They tolerated the cold, and even a dusting of snow... but there just wasn't enough sunlight. So by mid May the plants in my garden were all flowering! I was so disappointed, and I thought my grow was going to be a total write off. You'll notice I missed a few weeks in this diary during this period because I was sure the grow was done for. Rather than rip the plants out, I decided to just sit back and watch to see what would happen. And then, as the days got longer the plants went back into veg... by the time the summer solstice rolled in, the plants were starting to shoot up new growth... but the leaves were all single blades until they started to stretch for flowering. This is when I started the photo diary back up. This variety grew very nicely in Ontario summer climate (Zone 5). She resisted the powdery mildew epidemic that my garden suffered this season. She was mainlined and her structure supported the weight of 8 top colas very well. The plants were not tall... compared to the other varieties I grew, but they were bushy with fat flowers ALL over. The yield is pretty crazy... stay tuned for the smoke report.