First of all big thanks to Mendo Dope and their youtube channel. Two female plants made it through to this point, which is currently the beginning of flower.
First grow ever, I chose outdoor because it seems much more simple and because I could
Strains - Durban Poison or Super Lemon Haze, I think the smaller one is durban and the tall one is SLH based on smell. purchased from MJ seeds canada, non-feminized.
I germinated 4 seeds sometime in march, using red solo cups and a small desktop lamp (I had issues with seedlings falling over but having a window sill helped). Then transplanted to 2L soda bottles.
My first big mistake was too much nutes and not poking drainage holes on the bottoms of the 2L bottles... though the leaf curling could have been something else since I have no idea what was doing it
This is when I first started seeing ball sacks on my biggest plants, so I tossed those two away and was left with the sisters.
I struggled to keep them in the 2L bottles until the weather was a bit warmer and not fluctuating so much, I can't recall when I planted in the garden
So, now they're in the ground and I've built a cage around each plant and I'm starting to LST with green tape... I've switched from using general hydroponics fert to making compost teas. I made the first one with local compost and alf alfa pellets.
I start experiencing pests, mostly spider mites and leaf hoppers. Im pretty sure the leaf hoppers were doing this, and maybe too much N
I purchased some neem oil and made a neem/soap spray and went to work on everything. This shit works. I havent seen a mite since and have been re-spraying every two weeks. I also purchased some monteray BT for worms down the road.
After this just more green tape and finding that the fencing I built the cage with is pretty tight so I've had to cut a LOT of the cage apart so stems werent rubbing apart.
Still in veg so I'm finding ways to take care of my soil, I placed hay over all the areas being hit by sunlight to keep moisture in and heat away. I also begin adding dry kelp meal, unsulphured mole asses, and maybe cal-mag to my teas... whatever I thought they might need at the time.
I currently have this issue where a few main branches began getting yellow leaf edges and crispy tips. I believe I solved the issue (at least like to think that) by flushing the soil a bit and adding some sulphur dust (the soil Ph was about 7.7?)
high enough to maybe be locking some nutes out... Doesnt seem like it is spreading anymore but I cant tell
Here they are in their current state, waiting for them to flower and pitifully trying to block sunlight with fingers crossed
If you have any not so obvious suggestions let me hear them, I dont know how I'm going to trellis... maybe some bamboo sticks and trellis netting?
First grow ever, I chose outdoor because it seems much more simple and because I could
Strains - Durban Poison or Super Lemon Haze, I think the smaller one is durban and the tall one is SLH based on smell. purchased from MJ seeds canada, non-feminized.
I germinated 4 seeds sometime in march, using red solo cups and a small desktop lamp (I had issues with seedlings falling over but having a window sill helped). Then transplanted to 2L soda bottles.
My first big mistake was too much nutes and not poking drainage holes on the bottoms of the 2L bottles... though the leaf curling could have been something else since I have no idea what was doing it
This is when I first started seeing ball sacks on my biggest plants, so I tossed those two away and was left with the sisters.
I struggled to keep them in the 2L bottles until the weather was a bit warmer and not fluctuating so much, I can't recall when I planted in the garden
So, now they're in the ground and I've built a cage around each plant and I'm starting to LST with green tape... I've switched from using general hydroponics fert to making compost teas. I made the first one with local compost and alf alfa pellets.
I start experiencing pests, mostly spider mites and leaf hoppers. Im pretty sure the leaf hoppers were doing this, and maybe too much N
I purchased some neem oil and made a neem/soap spray and went to work on everything. This shit works. I havent seen a mite since and have been re-spraying every two weeks. I also purchased some monteray BT for worms down the road.
After this just more green tape and finding that the fencing I built the cage with is pretty tight so I've had to cut a LOT of the cage apart so stems werent rubbing apart.
Still in veg so I'm finding ways to take care of my soil, I placed hay over all the areas being hit by sunlight to keep moisture in and heat away. I also begin adding dry kelp meal, unsulphured mole asses, and maybe cal-mag to my teas... whatever I thought they might need at the time.
I currently have this issue where a few main branches began getting yellow leaf edges and crispy tips. I believe I solved the issue (at least like to think that) by flushing the soil a bit and adding some sulphur dust (the soil Ph was about 7.7?)
high enough to maybe be locking some nutes out... Doesnt seem like it is spreading anymore but I cant tell
Here they are in their current state, waiting for them to flower and pitifully trying to block sunlight with fingers crossed
If you have any not so obvious suggestions let me hear them, I dont know how I'm going to trellis... maybe some bamboo sticks and trellis netting?
