Beautiful, Beez!
Damn, so many huge, frosty colas on that girl, she looks like a record breaker to me!
Damn, so many huge, frosty colas on that girl, she looks like a record breaker to me!
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Interesting dialog. Your setup is surprisingly close to mine. You live in southern Cal and my setup is in northern Fla. I've been growing outdoor for 5 yrs and start my grow in mid April, same as you, just finished harvesting less than a month ago. My son grows indoor during the winter months.Hey there everyone!I've started my season of growing so it's time to start a new journal. I'm a bit late with the journal, but I'll try to catch everyone up pretty quickly. I'm contemplating making this a perpetual journal so I made the title a little bit generic, but this is my 4th outdoor grow.
A little background here for any new visitors: My son (@Liquidintel ) and I have been growing since 2018, here in San Jose, California (37.3°N). Up to this point, we've been strictly outdoor growers. We grow in large fiber pots (usually 10 and 20 gallon sizes) using soil. You can check out my past journals - links are in my signature.
Here's the original line-up for this year's grow - it's already been changed a couple times.
Liquidintel's plants: My son only wants to grow photoperiod plants after his experience last year with some autos. He doesn't feel autos are worth his time and effort. Now that he has his own home, he'll be growing these at his place and hopefully we'll get some picture updates from time to time.
Zkittles (fem / photo) from Black Skull Seeds
Amnesia (fem / photo) from Dope Seeds
OG Kush (fem / photo) from Dope Seeds
Red Dragon (fem / photo) from Barney's Farm
Phantom OG (fem / photo) from Barney's Farm
Dream Queen from my back yard.
Dresden Green Diamond (fem / photo) from Garden of Green
The Phantom OG didn't crack after 3 days of soaking so it got replaced with a Dream Queen seed that we found on our plant from the 2018 grow. That seed also didn't crack after 3 days of soaking, so it got replaced with Dresden Green Diamond.
BeezLuiz's plants: My planiswas to grow 3 photo plants and 3 auto plants and then 3 more auto plants later in the summer after the first 3 are harvested.
Granddaddy Purple (fem / photo) from Weed Seeds Express
Purple Haze (fem / photo) from Weed Seeds Express
Gelat.OG (fem / photo) from a Spanish seed company
American Pie (fem / auto) from Pyramid Seeds
Zamaldelica (fem / auto) from Ace Seeds
Gorilla Cookies (fem / auto) from Fast Buds
Round 2 later this summer:
Glueberry O.G. (fem / auto) from Dutch Passion
Lemon (fem / auto) from a Spanish seed company
Northern Lights (fem / auto) from a Spanish seed company
These seeds were all started in early April and seedlings were above ground by 4/15 give or take a day. Since all seedlings look the same, I didn't really take any pictures of them that are worth sharing.
My grow this year really sucked, of 14 plants, I managed to save 5 due to mold and partial of the others. Our humidity was in the mid 90's from mid August until September, as well as rain most every day, all of the ladies were in flower, the indica's were the first to show signs, the sativa's followed suit couple weeks later.
I've learned a lot about mold and mold prevention from some really smart folks the past few weeks, one being 013 who has given me ideas how to handle the mold situation next year.
Nice thread and spark up
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If by fun, you mean "trim jail" then yes! The first couple hours is fun, but then it becomes torture by the end.Now the fun starts!!!! Soon!!!
What Shed said next ↓↓↓Reading about your watering routine, it surprises me you haven’t made yourself a watering trolley yet! Maybe next year?
When my doctor asks me what I'm doing for exercise, I'm always tempted to tell him about this hobby.
It is dry where I am. I don't think we've had any measurable rain here since April
I think my bud rot might have been induced from spraying the buds with BT caterpillar juice about a week or two before the rot showed up.Thanks Carcass. The bar is kinda high for record breaking. My Sour Diesel from 2018 still holds the title at 31 oz, but these plants are gonna treat me well just the same.
Glad you could stop by, Garybo. It's impressive that you can grow in that humidity! Fortunately for me, the humidity here during the summer is typically 40% - 50% and we don't get rain here during the summer.
garybo
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Thanks for your acknowledgement BeezLuiz, always nice chatting with you.
Usually the rh value here is less than it was this year, we still have the daily rain. I guess its because of the hurricanes we are plagued with, although our part of Fl avoided any direct hit, we still received residuals such as high humidity and too much rain.
Oh well, such as the woe's living in paradise. The other 9 months are glorious.
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A few days ago I got some pics from my son's grow. They are all getting quite close to harvest - hopefully not all ready at the same time, but probably.
Zkittlez has the largest colas of the group.
OG Kush got hit pretty hard by the caterpillars, even though he has been spraying regularly.
Red Dragon has the prettiest buds, and will be the first to harvest - probably next weekend.
Zkittlez has the largest colas of the group.
OG Kush got hit pretty hard by the caterpillars, even though he has been spraying regularly.
Red Dragon has the prettiest buds, and will be the first to harvest - probably next weekend.
Hey Beez! They all look fantastic, though that Zkittlez really catches my eye 
That's my experience this time Beez. Out of hundreds of rotten buds I found only 1 cat.It's been an incredibly busy couple weeks for me. My son and daughter-in-law had planned a large wedding for last October. Due to covid, they had to cancel it, and instead got married in a small redwood grove with only 9 guests - luckily my wife and I made the cut and were able to attend.
So this year, on their one year anniversary, they wanted to celebrate with their closest (vaccinated) friends that weren't able to attend the wedding. My yard was the chosen venue, so I relocated my plants to keep them out of harms way.
The yard was decorated with many of the wedding reception items they had already purchased but didn't get to use last year. The yard looked pretty good. Since this is a cannabis journal and not some other social media, I'll only share one photo - the area where my plants usually hang out.
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On to Granddaddy Purple... after getting it back into its usual spot, I fed it and inspected it. To my surprise I saw this on one of the upper colas:
My first reaction was
"Oh Shit!""Caterpillars!!" I ripped open the bud site to find the little bugger, but saw no evidence of caterpillars - no chewed stems nor poop.
I guess what I have is good old fashion "bud rot", which I've never really had before now. I removed the affected portion of the bud.
And a close-up of the botrytis.
Now instead of caterpillar watch, I'm closely inspecting for more signs of bud rot. These buds are super dense and pretty fat so it is probably no surprise that I'm getting some but rot here. I think I've got a couple more weeks until harvest. :fingerscrossed:
Congratulations on gaining a daughter!
LQDintel's garden is to drool over!A few days ago I got some pics from my son's grow. They are all getting quite close to harvest - hopefully not all ready at the same time, but probably.
Zkittlez has the largest colas of the group.
OG Kush got hit pretty hard by the caterpillars, even though he has been spraying regularly.
Red Dragon has the prettiest buds, and will be the first to harvest - probably next weekend.
That Zkittlez is stacked but the GOG is close behind! Looks like it's going to be a harvest for the bowl trimmer.
Oh, and it's nice to see yellowing leaves on a pic you post! Makes me feel better.
Oh, and it's nice to see yellowing leaves on a pic you post! Makes me feel better.
Great looking bunch he's got growing there! so much weed.....
Maybe she helped keep them away from the others...took one for the team, so to speak
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Yeah, that Zkittlez surprised me as well. I wasn't expecting much when I popped that 3-year-old freebie seed.They all look fantastic, though that Zkittlez really catches my eye
He says, "Thank you!"
He stopped by yesterday to grab it. Hope he's finished by the time I need it.Looks like it's going to be a harvest for the bowl trimmer.
Oh, and it's nice to see yellowing leaves on a pic you post! Makes me feel better.
I'm kinda OCD about that sometimes.That's pretty much what I told him. Great minds think alike!Maybe she helped keep them away from the others...took one for the team, so to speak
I'll leave you all with some bud porn.
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I found another spot of bud rot on Granddaddy Purple yesterday. I checked the trichomes and they still seem at least a week or two away from harvest. I hope I can hold out that long.
Yesterday, I also found my first sign of caterpillars on Purple Haze.
I removed 3 of them, but I'm sure there's many more. I had been so busy the past couple of weeks, I forgot to spray the plant with BT, and since I am seeing some bud rot on GDP, I was hesitant to add moisture to the buds by spraying. However, the trichome inspection suggests I still need another week or so on this one too.
The humidity here the past couple days has been especially low - so low, my hygrometer was reading LL% (below lower limit). I went ahead and gave PHaze a good dousing of BT, figuring the caterpillars will do faster damage than potential bud rot, but since the humidity is so low, the moisture should evaporate quickly, reducing the risk of bud rot somewhat. :fingerscrossed:
Yesterday, I also found my first sign of caterpillars on Purple Haze.
I removed 3 of them, but I'm sure there's many more. I had been so busy the past couple of weeks, I forgot to spray the plant with BT, and since I am seeing some bud rot on GDP, I was hesitant to add moisture to the buds by spraying. However, the trichome inspection suggests I still need another week or so on this one too.
That’s a real shame - f’ing cats!
Hang in there, BL!
Hang in there, BL!
Only a week Beez!
Damn those creepy crawlies! May your BT send them to a farm upstate. 
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No caterpillars found on today's inspection, but GDP had another cola infected with bud rot.
If this keeps up, I may have to chop a bit early. I actually tried a tester nug that I snipped about a week ago - I was quite pleasantly surprised at how high I got. It was one of the better smokes I've had in a while, so if I have to take this plant early, I won't be too disappointed. 
On a different topic, earlier this spring my friend's father and his buddies wanted to grow a CBD plant. They are all in their 80's so lots of aches and pains. I started a CBD seedling for them, and gave it knowing they knew just about nothing about growing cannabis and it would probably be dead within a month. Here it is a few days ago.
It looks really good, but now they want to give it back to me because they don't have the energy to do a harvest, and don't really know what to do with the weed. I don't think any of them have ever even tried cannabis.
So they are gonna dig it up on Sunday and I'll go there to get it. I'll make a bunch of gummies and oils for them to use. So I guess I'll be busy harvesting on Sunday.
On a different topic, earlier this spring my friend's father and his buddies wanted to grow a CBD plant. They are all in their 80's so lots of aches and pains. I started a CBD seedling for them, and gave it knowing they knew just about nothing about growing cannabis and it would probably be dead within a month. Here it is a few days ago.
So they are gonna dig it up on Sunday and I'll go there to get it. I'll make a bunch of gummies and oils for them to use. So I guess I'll be busy harvesting on Sunday.
You’re such a sweet guy, Luiz!
Congrats on the harvest surprise! Great looking plant for a bunch of first timers. Is that one of the 30:1's from the guy who sells seeds?
Good on ya for doing all the hard work to help ease what ails them.
On the bud rot front, wanna try soaking the plant first thing in the morning with 1% citric acid spray and see if it keeps any new rot from developing?
Is that one of the 30:1's from the guy who sells seeds?Good on ya for doing all the hard work to help ease what ails them.
On the bud rot front, wanna try soaking the plant first thing in the morning with 1% citric acid spray and see if it keeps any new rot from developing?
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Ah shucks. :blushes:
Indeed it is. The one I grew last year tested out at 10% cbd.
I'm afraid to add any more moisture to those thick, dense buds. If I do give it a try, what is the recipe you use again? (I forgot to bookmark that page and I'm too lazy to find it in your journal).