The Weakly (Week #16 / Day #109)
Hey gang! I hope you are all having a great weekend. I missed last week. There was nothing new to show. Still nothing worth noting, but I want to keep this journal going. Someday we'll see some buds out of these girls, the Cannabis Gods willing.
Everyone got all the usual drenches at 150% of "normal" and their foliars. Brix again tomorrow morning.
Weather has been ideal until a couple of days ago. We are into the dog days now with temp's well over 100. I went down at sunrise this morning and it was already mid-70's. The high will be about 107 today. Possible thunderstorms later this week, but not likely to be much of anything.
We do have a couple of major fires burning which is making everything look and smell like Hades. If my pictures look weird, it may be because of all the smoke in the air. I also have a major whitefly infestation on our Brussels sprouts which are right next to the MJ. So far the plant don't show any effect.
They keep growing - now all are close to 6 feet tall (Pitbulls) to 7 feet tall (Ace of Spades). Both AoS plants are adding height really well again (stretch?), but the PB's are slow to add inches. At this point I wish I could flip a switch and get them to 12/12 or 11/13. We are still have about 14.5 hours from sunrise to sunset. They have to start "showing" something soon.
I pulled a top fan leaf from the AoS. The brix reading looks like 18 to me.
Here's what they look like this morning. More of the same ol' same ol'. In the background you can see the hop cones coming on strong. Maybe the MJ will take the hint.
I can't help but feel like I'm growing giant bonsai plants. I can tell putting them in pots was a mistake. Even though I'm only growing two plants in a "kit", I know they want more soil. A LOT more. Like Doc said, these are technically not HB plants since the roots are through the pots and into the surrounding non-kit soil.
Things I think I've learned:
Planting 4 feet apart is way too close. Next time, 8 feet between them.
I don't think I'll use the HB kit outside again. It works great, but like Doc always says, environment is number one. It is also completely out of our control. IMO, if you want to take full advantage of the sun and the kit, I'd use at least 5 kits for each plant (as in buy in bulk).
All the plants are very healthy and seem to be able to withstand heat, pests and other nasties quite well. Other plants in the garden are not faring as well, but the MJ plants are cruising ... so far.
I started these in mid-April and moved them outside near the end of May. Way too early for being in pots. If I did this again, I probably would push everything back about one month.
Cheers to all of you. Have a fan-fricking-tastic weekend!
Thanks Budley and welcome neighbor!
...how's the neighbor workin out...the one with the "produce"? Have you figured out when harvest should be ? Have a great sleep ....later.
