Herbies Gelato Auto - Outdoor SIP

[Ke0ncp]

Day 28:

Well she is still taking her sweet time. I think she is looking a little lite in color so I fed her a dose of 1/4 strength nutes from a batch I had for my flowering plants that I watered down to about 1/4 strength haha. If she doesn’t darken up a bit by Thursday I will make a batch just for her that’s a little stronger. I just didn’t want to over do it with the slow release that was built into the random soil I used.

Her reservoir is full and awaiting those roots to hit it! Once they do it is game time!!!

It’s going g to be really close if she makes it to the end before we get to hard frost on the regular ……

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 30:

Well 1 month in and she is tiny LOL. I think the nutes helped her coloring and she got another feeding today.

Still not much growth. Waiting for this roots to hit the reservoir and for her to take off.

Luckily we are still warm for the next 10 days with the highs in the mid 80’s and lows in the mid 60’s but we do have rain for several days next week it looks like.

 

[Granny420]

Day 23:

Well she is still building her roots

I’m sure in the next week she will start to take off a bit more, I sure hope so at least!

Hey Ke0ncp! If you look back on your Day 18 pics and then forward to Day 23 - you do have growth! That’s only 5 days. Edit: And to day 30 - much growth! So I think those roots are getting to the bottom and you will soon see her sprout out everywhere! She sure looks to be enjoying the sun… the good life.
Granny Hugs

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 33:

Well seems the little bit of feeding helped darken her up a bit. Hard to tell in the pics. She is also starting to grow a tad as well.

Was gone for the weekend and came home to a yard full of leaves! So not much left in the season!

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 35:

Gave her another dose of MegaCrop and there is a squirrel that I’m fighting with that keeps digging in the damn sip!! 2 days now I’ve come home and she is on her side!!

Doesn’t seem to bother her much though!

 

[Ramblinrose1965]

Day 35:

Gave her another dose of MegaCrop and there is a squirrel that I’m fighting with that keeps digging in the damn sip!! 2 days now I’ve come home and she is on her side!!

Doesn’t seem to bother her much though!

You need a pea shooter for that damn squirrel.

 

[Ke0ncp]

You need a pea shooter for that damn squirrel.

Right!!

I’m not really sure how to handle it honestly, I might have to get creative this weekend and marry some hardware cloth to an upside down tomato cage!

 

[Ramblinrose1965]

Right!!

I’m not really sure how to handle it honestly, I might have to get creative this weekend and marry some hardware cloth to an upside down tomato cage!

Do you have a place indoor for her when the snow starts flying?

 

[Ke0ncp]

Do you have a place indoor for her when the snow starts flying?

Nope ! LOL I’m really hoping I can make it to harvest before then! I might be able to finish her in the tent if needed depending on where my PGC is or if I’ve started my next grow.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Day 35:

Gave her another dose of MegaCrop and there is a squirrel that I’m fighting with that keeps digging in the damn sip!! 2 days now I’ve come home and she is on her side!!

Doesn’t seem to bother her much though!

I put decorative rocks on top of the soil in my pots and this is the first year I haven't had the little bastards digging in there.
Even now they're avoiding them, even though I usually find a hole or two, or a few buried nuts when I dump them out.
$6 Canadian at the despot.

 

[Ke0ncp]

Not a bad idea. I will pick some up this weekend

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 39:

Well I haven’t made it to the store for rocks and I just sat down after yard work all day and realized I hadn’t taken care of that problem….. will have to wait for another day unless I get a hair up my ass here in the next hour or so!

I’m deciding on if I should top or not and I’m leaning towards a yes! So that will happen this week at some point. I need to look if I’m supposed to top between nodes 3 and 4 or nodes 4 and 5, I can never remember that for some reason!

Temps are dropping here and we are going to see over night lows of low to mid 50° and daytime highs of 70° - 80° and no rain for the next 10 days as of now.

I am really questioning my decision to try and squeeze this grow in so late in the season and outdoors. According to Herbies I’m halfway to harvest…. This little lady is not screaming I’m halfway to harvest.

 

[Azimuth]

I need to look if I’m supposed to top between nodes 3 and 4 or nodes 4 and 5, I can never remember that for some reason!

Depends on what technique you're using. I like quadlining and that's topping above node 4.

 

[Grand Daddy Black]

Hey @Ke0ncp!

I hope you don't mind me stepping in. I've been watching from outside through the window, but decided I had to come in!

I like to make predictions and this grow is just begging for one! As regards to whether that auto is going to make it to the end before the cold weather sets in, I kinda' doubt that's going to happen.

I'm not going to make one of my "official" predictions though, 'cause I don't want to jinx you (and because I'm always wrong.)

According to Herbies I’m halfway to harvest…. This little lady is not screaming I’m halfway to harvest.

I'd laugh at her if she even whispered such a thing!

 

[Ke0ncp]

Depends on what technique you're using. I like quadlining and that's topping above node 4.

I thought that’s what I’ve always done.

I need to read up on quadlining, but if I remember correctly you top and then take the 4 off shoots from that and LST out to create a plus sign so to say?

I need to get more familiar with the different training options out there as I think I’m going to have to figure something out for the next tent grow as I won’t be able to scrog with DWC well not easily anyway. I guess I could build a scrog that’s connected to the top of my tote instead of the tent poles

 

[Ke0ncp]

Hey @Ke0ncp!

I hope you don't mind me stepping in. I've been watching from outside through the window, but decided I had to come in!

I like to make predictions and this grow is just begging for one! As regards to whether that auto is going to make it to the end before the cold weather sets in, I kinda' doubt that's going to happen.

I'm not going to make one of my "official" predictions though, 'cause I don't want to jinx you (and because I'm always wrong.)


I'd laugh at her if she even whispered such a thing!

Always happy to have you!

And I agree with your prediction! So I need to figure out what I’m going to do about that!

I might take my smaller viparspectra xs1500 pro and stick it into the “greenhouse” along with an oil based heater or 2 into there to keep the heat where it needs to be.

My tent will be full with either growing PGC, hang drying PGC or a new DWC grow.

 

[Azimuth]

I need to read up on quadlining, but if I remember correctly you top and then take the 4 off shoots from that and LST out to create a plus sign so to say?

Link in my sig, but basically for seedlings, top above node 4, remove nodes 1 and 2, and then lst the remaining four branches.

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 40:

Well here is my first attempt at keeping the damn squirrels out of the SIP. I topped her off and used some terracotta pots.

Will see how this does. I’m fully expecting to find the pots tossed out of the SIP by tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 43:

Well I think she found the reservoir finally!!

Also the terracotta planters worked and the squirrel has moved on

I’m going to go ahead and quadline her when she gets to that point.

Still undecided as to where she is going to finish…

 

[Ke0ncp]

Day 45:

Well that’s all she wrote. Squirrel got pissed at me and killed her.

Oh well. I guess now I don’t have to worry about what to do with her once it get too cold out…