Amy Gardner’s High Brix Dreams

Early Miss survived the first night under the stars with honours! I went out about an hour after sunrise and there she was as perky and happy as ever. I moved it into a spot that gets the morning sun and will move into the shade again later for a bit of protection. It’s nice hazey cloud today so the sunshine is a bit gentle.

I’ll drop another DDA today, maybe just another d#4 and then run a d#3 next time... hmm decisions!

Speaking of decisions... here’s evidence of a long decision process in our Australians parliament. It landed in my email inbox this morning - from Greens senator Richard Di Natale

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I’m wary of the statement about a “tightly regulated legal market” and what that could mean for folks needing to grow and process their own medicine, but time will tell. Unfortunately “tightly regulated” often just means exclusionary and in favour of big business, and oppressive to small projects. Time will tell... at least there is movement afoot!
 
Nice first step. Go green (literally and literally!) :thumb:.

I'm pretty sure the “tightly regulated legal market” is in there to appease the "law and order" folks whose votes will be needed to pass legislation. "Free-for-all" just doesn't get the same support ;).
 
Smeegol said:
Good morning ms.Amy, so nice to see the animal pics coming out again, love seeing al the critters from your side of the world. Your Blues is doing mighty mighty fine, and the early miss is spot on...

Our weather is pretty much the same and I have seedlings outside from day one but I'm realizing winter and early spring sun are two different ball games in light intensity so sticking to indoors and regulating how much time they go outdoors each day to acclimatize is very important as we already hitting 100f and springs only started really....

Have a great day ms.Amy..
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Hi Smeegol! :ciao: Nice to see you in the garden. It’s wonderful to be in the throes of spring and be able to spend more time outside, enjoying the critters and the plants. My transition to outdoors is happening slowly with the first overnight outdoor adventure just navigated sucesssfully. So far So good. Our temps aren’t ramping up too far or too fast. In fact we’ve had a fairly cool spring so far, which delayed me putting the EM out, because the nights were too cold.

Glad you’ve got a routine going for your ganja babies it sounds like. ONe day I’l visit your garden, but ‘m pretty overstretched at the moment - here and elsewhere! So many gardens, not enough time!

Great day to you too Smeegs
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InTheShed said:
. "Free-for-all" just doesn't get the same support ;).
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Dang it!

Yes - you’re probably right. Maybe one day, sooner than I thought, I’ll have my own medical card to grow and use... man how amazing that will be!
 
Photo dump. Early Miss loved the first night outside. I moved it into the full sun in the early morning and the response was good - a couple of
hours later
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Reaching for the early sun

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I moved it back in the shade

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Back in the dappled shade for midday and afternoon sun.

I won’t have to move it much the next few days as it to be overcast. It’s rained a bit today actually and while it doesn’t quite need a stench yet, I’m thinking I will do it anyway if it rains solidly tomorrow - I’ll drench it in the rain!

Now - for the sake of science I dug out the taproot of the DDA that was dying (slowly - I had to end the pain!)

Thought I’d dug down deep enough but heard and felt a little snap ... the tap root gest long, fast!

So in these you can see where there’s some kind of trauma just below the soil line. There was a piece of perlite stuchbto it right at that point, but surely that wouldn’t cause what happened? :hmmmm: Anyway... check it out!
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Here’s how long it was. Halfway through day 3 - remembering that it lay it’s head over at the end of day one. I think you can see that the root development was fine for a bit and then it was hampered by something along with the seedling above ground, which makes sense. The taproot still got long, just lost its girth. I wonder if it would have been very much longer had it stayed healthy ... it was really trying so hard to live on!
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G’night all :Namaste:
 
Smeegol said:
Morning ms.Amy, I also use burlap bags outdoors this early for warmth and coolness from the hot sun...
Have a wonderful day...
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Yay - that’s my plan exactly. I think Graytail suggested it to me. Yes I’ll get that out tomorrow! Thanks for the reminder :)
 
Amy Gardner said:
Photo dump. Early Miss loved the first night outside. I moved it into the full sun in the early morning and the response was good - a couple of
hours later
EarlyMissday21.jpeg

EarlyMissday21.jpeg

Reaching for the early sun

EarlyMissDay21b.jpeg

EarlyMissDay21b.jpeg


I moved it back in the shade

EM.jpeg

EM.jpeg

Back in the dappled shade for midday and afternoon sun.

I won’t have to move it much the next few days as it to be overcast. It’s rained a bit today actually and while it doesn’t quite need a stench yet, I’m thinking I will do it anyway if it rains solidly tomorrow - I’ll drench it in the rain!

Now - for the sake of science I dug out the taproot of the DDA that was dying (slowly - I had to end the pain!)

Thought I’d dug down deep enough but heard and felt a little snap ... the tap root gest long, fast!

So in these you can see where there’s some kind of trauma just below the soil line. There was a piece of perlite stuchbto it right at that point, but surely that wouldn’t cause what happened? :hmmmm: Anyway... check it out!
BirthingTrauma1.jpeg

BirthingTrauma1.jpeg


BirthingTrauma2.jpeg

BirthingTrauma2.jpeg


Taproot.jpeg

Taproot.jpeg

Here’s how long it was. Halfway through day 3 - remembering that it lay it’s head over at the end of day one. I think you can see that the root development was fine for a bit and then it was hampered by something along with the seedling above ground, which makes sense. The taproot still got long, just lost its girth. I wonder if it would have been very much longer had it stayed healthy ... it was really trying so hard to live on!
Taproot2.jpeg

Taproot2.jpeg


G’night all :Namaste:
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Hiya ms.Amy looking at your photos and by what you say it toppled over at soil level.. That looks awfully like " dampening " to me as I asked some guys here at home cause yesterday a bunch of my seedlings toppled over ( 5 so far ) so I also dug about to take pics and show them and that's what they replied.... Pics on my phone will get one in a bit for ya..... And it was my star of the show seeds too...
 
Amy Gardner said:
Dang it!

Yes - you’re probably right. Maybe one day, sooner than I thought, I’ll have my own medical card to grow and use... man how amazing that will be!
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That's exciting! This is so big for folks like us. I don't know if you know but we're legal to grow here in Massachusetts. Life is better and it's coming to you soon!
 
Derbybud said:
That early miss was praying to the sun. I would have left it out there.
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Yeah maybe I could have. It had about 2.5 hours of it though. And it was starting to taco the leaves a bit as well, which they can do against light intensity. On an older plant that would be fine, great even. I just decided. as this was the first day in full on sun, that I’d err on the side of caution ;) And it still had some direct light on & off through the snow peas, plus full sun again later in the day - except yesterday it had a lovely thunderstorm instead!!
 
I'm with you on easing the plant into the sunlight Amy! Better less light for a few days than chancing it with burning. That's why I get my sprouts into the sun on day 1. My rooted clones aren't even out of the bike shed yet. That's this weekend's transition.
 
Dampening off..
I think the evolution of cannabis included the Sun :rofl:
 
On that thing you said back there @Smeegol about the ‘dampening off’ causing the seedlings to collapse (which has nothing to do with hardening off when moving a baby plant outside for the first time - so I think I’m missing the joke that Grizz is enjoying ;) ).

So at first when I read Smeegs’ post, I thought, “nah I still think it’s the gnats”.

Well, turns out gnats can cause this. So Smeegol, maybe there was gnat lava in your medium too.

Gazoo copied the salient bits from the GWE article on fungus gnat damage into the DBHBB thread so I’ll quote it here in case anyone is having any of these issues and mistakes them for something else.

Gazoo said:
This is part of the article I linked to earlier, there are a number of ways that may help in it as well

How Fungus Gnat Larvae Cause Damage to Cannabis Plants

Larvae attack tender new plant roots and root hairs, which cause these problems:

  • ?Damping off? – seeds or seedlings are weak for no apparent reason; sometimes stems weaken and seedlings can even just fall over and die
  • If the fungus gnat infestation gets out of hand, even adult cannabis plants start looking unhealthy, showing many symptoms such as wilting, yellowing, drooping, spots
  • Cannabis leaves may show signs of nutrient deficiency (or deficiencies) which seem to be unrelated to pH, nutrients, or any other identifiable nutrient problem
  • Plants will start growing slowly and may even stop growing altogether
  • If the infestation hits in the flowering stage, yields can be reduced
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The main point I take from this, apart from the obvious, is that contrary to the article, the infestation does not have to be ‘out of hand’ to cause these problems or to cause probs on an adult plant.

I didn’t start seeing more pronounced effects until some ways in and that was after I’d hung the sticky traps. And it’s not like it’s a massive infestation. This is the sticky trap after many days in the tent...

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In the future, I will treat with the BTi at first gnat sighting (mosquito dunks for those stateside). I have some due for arrival today and will treat the topsoil of all of them. Unless I decide to drench the Blue Dream even tho it isn’t bordering on wilty yet (still perky as hell this morning!) - then I’ll just dissolve it into the drench.

If anyone is interested or in need, the article Gazoo and I are referring to (thanks @Gazoo ) is on the Grow Weed Easy site... and includes pics of what can happen.

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats for Good! | Grow Weed Easy

Kill em. Killem All!!

:Namaste:
 
Great info! I had a couple of slow starts last fall due to gnats. Autos that never managed to overcome the issue even after I got it under control with DE...too late.

Kill 'em all indeed!
 
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Ooh - I just remembered it’s day 3 after the first weaponised foliar spray. So I’d best rally myself to do round 2! Just as well the Blue Dream still isn’t in need of a drench... it’ll be possible to carry it out for the spray down!! I still have deStess left from the other day so I’ll use that. Prolly a good idea too if the roots are indeed a bit compromised. I’ll also use more roots powder after I treat with the BTi - help them get back on their feet.
Up I get!
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No I wasn't enjoying a joke, lol.. seedling that fell over is due to dampening off. I don't read much, mainly look at pics and saw it wasn't mentioned...
As for hardening off, what the, lol.. just more misinformation through interpretation that effects the cannabis growing nation...
 
Not sure what part of hardening off plants is misinformation Grizz. It's a real thing for plants of all types when moving from inside to out.
 
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