Outdoor Growing With BeezLuiz

InTheShed · Sep 25, 2023

Babies look great and I hope the sexing trick proves them witches wrong! And whatever you did to keep the SCheese green is finally starting to work.

Interesting info on how the drinking rate changes over the life of the plant, and you will really get a feel for when it slows down at the end now.

China Cat is already in serious flop mode with those lower ones heading down...there's a lot of weight in those fatties!

:goodluck:

for a mild autumn.

Agemon · Sep 26, 2023

Always nice to see that I'm growing indoor shrubs...

HashGirl · Sep 28, 2023

Your plants look fantastic, Beez! Sorry to hear the Sensi Cheese keeps leaning over. My husband had had success with putting in steel rods in the deck beside the plants and securing the plants to the poles. I don't know if that's something you can do or not.

A quick question:

BeezLuiz said:
In the back tray are six Amnesia X plants, and in the front left are two Red Dragon X, and the right are two Zkittlez X plants.

I assume the X means they're crossed but did you say what they're crossed with?

BeezLuiz · Oct 2, 2023

Grand Daddy Black said:
I don't know if you were going for humor here, but I can tell you at least one of your subs (me) was LOL when he read this description of events!

It does sound pretty comical once I went back and read it. :laugh:

StoneOtter said:
Don't get pinned under Beez! Hehe they look gorgeous!

Thanks Stone. Yeah that was a concern for a brief moment. Got my adrenaline going.

Carcass said:
Did you have an impulse to yell "timber!"?...
.. before you caught it, I mean...

Actually my impulse was to yell "oh shit!" :laughtwo:

Heavenly Hybrid said:
Good catch with that pesky caterpillar. Can you bring out that net thingy you made last year? I thought that was a success for you, at keeping them out.

Yes, indeed that net enclosure worked great for me, and this plant ended up being short enough to use with it. However, my lazy meter went into the red, and I decided it was easier to spray the plant once per week instead of setting the net up and moving the plant in and out every day.

InTheShed said:
Babies look great and I hope the sexing trick proves them witches wrong!

So far, on day 23, I've identified one male plant - Amnesia #1. That's great, because I have six of those and need to cull a few.

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BeezLuiz
Oct 2, 2023

Amnesia #1 showing "male".

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BeezLuiz
Oct 2, 2023

Amnesia #1 showing "male ".

InTheShed said:
Interesting info on how the drinking rate changes over the life of the plant, and you will really get a feel for when it slows down at the end now.

Yes, the added benefit to growing with a SIP. I know exactly how much the plant is drinking at each stage of its growth. Lately it's been pretty consistent with 1.25 gallons per day... until yesterday, and again today, when it only drank 1.0 gal. I took a loupe to the buds and still see a lot of clear, but also some cloudy trichomes, so it's progressing well.

HashGirl said:
My husband had had success with putting in steel rods in the deck beside the plants and securing the plants to the poles. I don't know if that's something you can do or not.

Thanks for the suggestion HG. So far the plant seems to have stabilized with the stakes and ropes I've added.

HashGirl said:
I assume the X means they're crossed but did you say what they're crossed with?

Yes, I've added the X to their names because they were likely crossed with some male. However, the plants were pollenated with an unknown neighbor's males, so I just left them with the female name and an X. It's possible that Zkittles was a hermie, because we only found 5 seeds, but the Amnesia and the Red Dragon had more than 50 seeds from each.

Agemon · Oct 2, 2023

"That's great, because I have six of those and need to cull a few." :laugh:

InTheShed · Oct 3, 2023

BeezLuiz said:
So far, on day 23, I've identified one male plant

One down, five to go! :nomo:

Nice to see that sexing thing working so well.

StoneOtter · Oct 10, 2023

Once they started mine all identified kind of all at once.

BeezLuiz · Oct 11, 2023

Yes, indeed. Of my 10 plants, I've been able to identify 4 females, and 4 males. Only 2 remain undetermined so far.

Thanks for this tip, Stone (and Kefta).

I think today is chop day for China Cat. Once the sun comes up, I'll try to grab a few harvest pictures.

Heavenly Hybrid · Oct 11, 2023

Happy chopping Beez! :rollit:

InTheShed · Oct 11, 2023

BeezLuiz · Oct 12, 2023

I chose to begin harvesting China Cat yesterday. It still had some clear trichomes, but there were enough cloudy ones for me to feel comfortable with the decision. I was starting to get some bud rot, so I didn't want to wait any longer.

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BeezLuiz
Oct 12, 2023

China Cat with bud rot.