Week 10 .Mimosa auto x 3 and Purple Queen Auto x 1. All outside in soil in a Poly tunnel. All ladies in Bloom using cal/mag and bio buzz bloom nutrients. Watered with rainwater harvested from the shed roof. Plenty of rain in the Emerald Isle. Never used any fancy gadjets for testing ph or anything like that. Just old school gardening and a bit of weeding.
Main issues are not enough sun , too much rain, low temperatures for may and june and increased humidity.
For the frosts in may when the plants were tiny i put a gas bbq in the tunnel at nights it helped the tomatoes too. To help reduce humidity levels I'm keeping the doors at either end of the tunnel open and did a defoliation week 2 in flower when i spotted what appeared to be rot on on of the Mimosa's. No re appearence since then. Also had a small localised area of powdery mildew which got amputated and again that affected area sprayed with a shop bought organic solution to combat pm. That appears to have sorted out that one.
I'm happy enough all 4 plants are much taller than their outside growing reference ranges so i guess thats a good sign. Atleast 2 weeks probably more till harvest time I'll let the tricombes lead me on that one. More pictures to follow. Purple Queen first then the Mimosa's .
No real scent of the plants unless your nose up to the buds. Two of the Mimosa seem to be 2 weeks ahead of their sister and are getting frosty and sticky.
All comments appreciated
May the force be with you all!
Obi.
Ps the last picture is a mystery anyone guess what plant it is?