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Thanks @InTheShed and @Mdlroad! So it’s just the veg period that’s abbreviated. I don’t think these are fast flower. I will follow the schedule as is for bloom nutes.
Second Outdoor Desert Autoflower In Arizona
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BigD13
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Your plants are looking good. You got some nice colas/buds on those autos.
Your photos are in 1 gallon pots on Day 49 correct? They look plenty big enough to transplant to me a and would probably do a lot better in bigger pots. That may help with the lime green color of some of the leaves. They’re just getting too big for those 1 gallon pots.
Your photos are in 1 gallon pots on Day 49 correct? They look plenty big enough to transplant to me a and would probably do a lot better in bigger pots. That may help with the lime green color of some of the leaves. They’re just getting too big for those 1 gallon pots.
Well spotted BigD!
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I was kinda waiting until they dried out in a day, but they are at a day and a half now so I think it’s close enough. I had wondered if that was a cause, now assured I will proceed with the up canning. Thanks!!
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I don’t see an issue with waiting until they dry out in a day, but if you think they are close enough then by all means, up pot them.
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Welp, I transplanted the photos tonight from the 1 gal into what they call 5 gal nursery pots, more like 3 gal, lol. They have a few more yellow leaves, but the rest of the plant looks healthy so I’m not overly concerned at this point. Hopefully the bigger pot and more nutes as suggested will take care of the problem.
I plunged them into my garden bed by digging a hole and putting an empty pot inside. I laid microfiber mop strips in the bottom and out one of the holes of both the inner and outer pots. I read about this years ago in a gardening forum, to prevent a perched water table at the bottom. The strip will wick out extra water into the ground. I’ve been doing this with all my potted stuff for years and it seems to work really well. Not sure if it will work as well in the doubled pots but I figure it can’t hurt.
I’m going to mound up straw over the base of the pots to protect them from the sun. And of course put rings of the ever present hardware cloth to protect from the ground squirrels that still manage to get into my enclosed garden.
I plunged them into my garden bed by digging a hole and putting an empty pot inside. I laid microfiber mop strips in the bottom and out one of the holes of both the inner and outer pots. I read about this years ago in a gardening forum, to prevent a perched water table at the bottom. The strip will wick out extra water into the ground. I’ve been doing this with all my potted stuff for years and it seems to work really well. Not sure if it will work as well in the doubled pots but I figure it can’t hurt.
I’m going to mound up straw over the base of the pots to protect them from the sun. And of course put rings of the ever present hardware cloth to protect from the ground squirrels that still manage to get into my enclosed garden.
Once the roots find the new soil it won't be long before they're ready to upcan again. 
Nice work keeping them cool!
Nice work keeping them cool!
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Hello everyone!
Wednesday update today:
Sunny, 97°F today, going up to 101 by the end of the week. Humidity 7%. (My static-y hair could’ve told me that without looking it up
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My auto girls are 90 days from sprout today. Down to about a day and a half between waterings, I’m on week five of the GH Bloom schedule. Feed, feed, water.
Blood Bananas getting close. Pistols are starting to dry up. Looked at tricomes yesterday, and I’m still having trouble differentiating between clear and cloudy. In person they look cloudy, in the photos they look more clear. Plus I’m shaky and it’s hard to get a good pic. I AM seeing a few ambers on the sugar leaves. I pulled a small bud off one of the big colas today, I’m going to air dry it and sample it just to help me decide what I’m seeing.
Pebbles Pranks buds are not as big and full as BB. Which makes me sad as I was really excited about the GSC cross. They did start a little later so I’m hoping they will fill in more.
Edit: You can just see the corner of Runty in this pic on the left.
Runty’s the red headed stepchild who didn’t even get a pic, I forgot, lol. And I’m too hot to go back outside right now, been outside all morning till about 11:00 and I’m toasted (literally and figuratively) and beat! Anyways she’s budding, but in miniature.
Photos are looking good. No new yellowing. The Pro-Mix Moisture I mixed in and the bigger pots meant 5 days since last water, wow. I bumped the nutes up to the max today with GH week 4 veg for the Durban Poison and 10 grams Simply Professional veg for the Tangerine Dream. They were just starting to show signs of wilting. I have to learn the new pot weights yet!
Well folks, that’s it for today. Thanks for following along so far!
Wednesday update today:
Sunny, 97°F today, going up to 101 by the end of the week. Humidity 7%. (My static-y hair could’ve told me that without looking it up
)My auto girls are 90 days from sprout today. Down to about a day and a half between waterings, I’m on week five of the GH Bloom schedule. Feed, feed, water.
Blood Bananas getting close. Pistols are starting to dry up. Looked at tricomes yesterday, and I’m still having trouble differentiating between clear and cloudy. In person they look cloudy, in the photos they look more clear. Plus I’m shaky and it’s hard to get a good pic. I AM seeing a few ambers on the sugar leaves. I pulled a small bud off one of the big colas today, I’m going to air dry it and sample it just to help me decide what I’m seeing.
Pebbles Pranks buds are not as big and full as BB. Which makes me sad as I was really excited about the GSC cross. They did start a little later so I’m hoping they will fill in more.
Runty’s the red headed stepchild who didn’t even get a pic, I forgot, lol. And I’m too hot to go back outside right now, been outside all morning till about 11:00 and I’m toasted (literally and figuratively) and beat! Anyways she’s budding, but in miniature.
Photos are looking good. No new yellowing. The Pro-Mix Moisture I mixed in and the bigger pots meant 5 days since last water, wow. I bumped the nutes up to the max today with GH week 4 veg for the Durban Poison and 10 grams Simply Professional veg for the Tangerine Dream. They were just starting to show signs of wilting. I have to learn the new pot weights yet!
Well folks, that’s it for today. Thanks for following along so far!
You and your hair and your plants seem to be managing the heat pretty well so far, and it won't take long to flash dry a tester off the Blood Bananas in your weather!
Amber on the sugar leaves doesn't mean much, and the sun tends to amber the trichomes faster than they would inside, so I'm trying to learn to let my plants go longer than I have in the past.
One outdoor grower here (@BeezLuiz) had his plants tested last fall after harvest, and they all came back lower in THC than expected, which might be a result of harvesting based on amber. Test buds are a much better indicator.
Amber on the sugar leaves doesn't mean much, and the sun tends to amber the trichomes faster than they would inside, so I'm trying to learn to let my plants go longer than I have in the past.
One outdoor grower here (@BeezLuiz) had his plants tested last fall after harvest, and they all came back lower in THC than expected, which might be a result of harvesting based on amber. Test buds are a much better indicator.
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Thanks Shed!
And the BB is definitely slowing down on the watering. PP was dry before she was but I went ahead and watered her anyways just because of the heat.
That made me laugh!
Glad to hear that. I figured I rather waste a few pieces of buds here and there to figure out when is the best time to harvest. And yes, I expect it will be dry by this afternoon, lol. I have it on the porch, in a paper bag, in the shade.
And the BB is definitely slowing down on the watering. PP was dry before she was but I went ahead and watered her anyways just because of the heat.
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Looking fantabulous. Be careful working in the heat it can get unhealthy in a hurry. I'm constantly checking my gg got trichomes. I think I'll snip a taster bud.Hello everyone!
Wednesday update today:
Sunny, 97°F today, going up to 101 by the end of the week. Humidity 7%. (My static-y hair could’ve told me that without looking it up
My auto girls are 90 days from sprout today. Down to about a day and a half between waterings, I’m on week five of the GH Bloom schedule. Feed, feed, water.
Blood Bananas getting close. Pistols are starting to dry up. Looked at tricomes yesterday, and I’m still having trouble differentiating between clear and cloudy. In person they look cloudy, in the photos they look more clear. Plus I’m shaky and it’s hard to get a good pic. I AM seeing a few ambers on the sugar leaves. I pulled a small bud off one of the big colas today, I’m going to air dry it and sample it just to help me decide what I’m seeing.
Pebbles Pranks buds are not as big and full as BB. Which makes me sad as I was really excited about the GSC cross. They did start a little later so I’m hoping they will fill in more.
Edit: You can just see the corner of Runty in this pic on the left.
Runty’s the red headed stepchild who didn’t even get a pic, I forgot, lol. And I’m too hot to go back outside right now, been outside all morning till about 11:00 and I’m toasted (literally and figuratively) and beat! Anyways she’s budding, but in miniature.
Photos are looking good. No new yellowing. The Pro-Mix Moisture I mixed in and the bigger pots meant 5 days since last water, wow. I bumped the nutes up to the max today with GH week 4 veg for the Durban Poison and 10 grams Simply Professional veg for the Tangerine Dream. They were just starting to show signs of wilting. I have to learn the new pot weights yet!
Well folks, that’s it for today. Thanks for following along so far!
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Thanks! Yeah I always plan to be back in by 10am. Or 9 once it gets really hot. But then I always find “one” more thing I have to do, then another, and so on, lol.
And there goes your 'do!
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Haha my “do” is usually a “don’t “‘
BigD13
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I agree with Shed, your plants are looking good. It’s kinda hard to tell from your one pic but I see mostly clear. Do you have a jewelers loop to look at the trichomes with? I like it the best for checking trichomes. I have a WiFi microscope but for me the trichomes tend to look more cloudy than they really are when I use it. I think it has something to do with the lights on the microscope reflecting off the surface of the trichomes.
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Thanks! I know the photo’s not the greatest. It was taken thru the loupe with my phone. It’s supposed to be 60x but I still have to zoom in with my camera, which makes it very hard to focus. I know what you mean about the light. If I turn on the little LED light that’s on the loupe they look different so I try to use natural light when I can.
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did you know don hensley wrote the song peaceful easy feeling in arizona?Updated pics after some low stress training. I posted them to the wrong journal the first time so if you’ve already seen this update in my first journal... there’s nothing new here, sorry, lol! Just wanted to make sure they were posted in the right place.
I had tried using the clips for my first bend, but my PP grew so fast it popped right outta the clip so I dec go with the traditional wire and stake method
My BB not as big and stayed in the clip. I decided to leave it on for now and just tie down the tip.
Used these soft rubber covered wires from the dollar store.
I also put the 40% shade cloth back over the top of the box. These girls prob don’t need it but I have seedlings in there as well, that are a little more delicate. Unfortunately the wildlife pressure is so high at my house they all have to be in the box until they’re bigger and I can make a wire ring around them like everything else in my yard.
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Did You know Jackson Browne wrote take it easy not the Eagles
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So I’m starting to rethink my decision to put my plants in my garden with my tomatoes. Something is eating my leaves on both the tomatoes and on my PP. she looks good overall but some of the leaves have this speckled look with little black dots of bug shit. Doesn’t look like worm poop looks more like fly specks. My first thought was spider mites but I don’t see any webbing and I looked with the loupe but I don’t see any insects but looks like somethings sucking the juice out of the leaves. No aphids to be seen.
Here’s is a tomato leaf and a pot leaf.
Any ideas?
Here’s is a tomato leaf and a pot leaf.
White spots is mites or thrips, but I recommend Safer insect killing spray either way. Spray on first thing in the morning and rinse it off when it dries to keep the potassium salts from accumulating on the leaves. Do it every three days or so for a couple of weeks. I get the concentrate from Amazon in the green bottle.
Spray from the bottom up since they live on the undersides!
Spray from the bottom up since they live on the undersides!