Took a few pics today of a few of the outdoor girls. Sorry for the quality....that damn bright ass ball of burning gas makes getting a good shot tricky when you don't know what you are doing. Next time I will try a different time of day....maybe just as the sun goes down behind the trees.
We will start this off with the little ones.....
Malawi x Northern Lights Auto (Fems) - ACE Seeds - Day 17
First up are the Malawi x Northern Lights Auto sisters. Both are starting to kick into gear and are growing out of the seedling stage. I gave both of them a little water around the edges yesterday. No real size difference between #1 (the 5 gallon pot) and #2 (the 15 gallon pot) but I expect to start seeing a difference in the next week or two as the bigger pot lets those roots roam.
#1
#2
Blue Dreamatic Auto (Fems) - Fast Buds - Unknown Age
Here is one that just goes to show you can't win em all! I had tried 4 out of the 5 seeds in the Vaults giveaway about a year and a half ago.....and none of them sprouted. I had this one left and figured I would pop it and throw it outside. I germinated back around the beginning of May if I remember correctly and it came up all funky looking and growing in a corkscrew shape. It stunted and stalled for a couple week and I finally threw it outside where it kind stayed the same or improved just a little bit. About the time it started to grow a little bit, it started flowering. Can't say I am impressed with this batch of seeds....especially when you compare them to the two Autos above.
Speaking of Blue Dream.....I had a few Humboldt Seeds Blue Dream and its a favorite of a buddy of mine so I decided to pop a couple. Originally I was going to give him one and keep one but one just isn't doing well and hasn't done much since it popped so I kept the healthy one
and he can come pick up some buds. I wouldn't give the other one to anyone just because of the pitiful way its growing. This one has done really well since being transplanted into the 20 gallon pot 17 days ago. She didn't do much the first week as her roots got settled...but the last 10 days she really exploded. I will probably top her tomorrow.
Blue Dream (Fem) - Humboldt Seed Organization - Veg Day 39
Spent a few hours outdoors watering the big girls.....takes a while when each one is drinking 4-5 gallons of water per cycle. Also got around to giving the Jack Herer a bit of a hair cut. She lost about half her leaves in the process and I cut off a lot of lower branches that just weren't going to make it. She looks a lot better now
. She continues to get very big! She's come up on 50" across at her widest point and is standing about 36" tall. Her stem continues just swell and grow daily....almost monster like. Definitely not the prettiest stalk I have seen
Jack Herer (Clone) - Seedsman
Next to the Jack is one of my current favorites.....the Super Silver Haze. She is really a stunning specimen to me.....just the perfect shaped tree. She stands up on the deck and takes all the wind that we can throw at it and stands up perfectly straight. I will be taking cuts off her this weekend as the equinox just passed and the plants will likely start realizing its time to start transitioning into flower. I don't want the clones to reveg....so I want to take them before there is any chance of that. Its my intention to take the cut and do a quick a turn on it. She's standing 47" from the top of soil line right now. She was transplanted into this pot on June 1st so she's been in the pot for 24 days.....she was 18" tall when I put her in there.
Super Silver Haze (Fem) - Greenhouse Seeds - Veg Day 78
Now we move on to some of our own strains growing outdoors. I wanted to run one of each strain and just see how it did outdoors with no training.....let em go naturally. I have been surprised with the uniformity of the growth of all three. They got transplanted into the 20 gallon pot 18 days ago and really blown me away with their growth. I didn't measure them when I put them in the 20s but I can tell you they are beasting it.
Up first is the DTF. Anyone not familiar with DTF, its a cross of a nice Durban Poison female with a monster ATF male we ran a couple years ago. She is the one that seems to be attracting the insect issue for whatever reason. I took a couple shots of her leaves that are getting sucked by those bugs I posted yesterday. Aside from the bugs liking the suck on the leaves, she is growing great. No signs of the normal cannabis pests thankfully!! I gave her 4 gallons of water yesterday and she was a very happy camper for it!
DTF (Regs) - Stank Genetics - Veg Day 58
So you can see those little bugs can do a number on a leaf if you let them. I think in low numbers, its just cosmetic....it certainly doesn't seem to be affecting how she is growing. I love the shape on this girl as well.....another beautiful tree shape.
Next up is the Kushberry Thunderfuck. For anyone joining us late its a cross of a Blue Kush female and the same monster ATF male. Its growing very similar to the DTF and the Stankberry with the exception of the fan leaf size. These fan leaves are FREAKING HUGE!! Single fingers on the big leaves are over 9" long. She is sitting right next to the DTF but I haven't seen any of those other insects on this girl. I will be spraying all of them soon.....wish there was a way to do a sulfur burn on the big girls.....
.....see this is why I need a greenhouse!! Close up the greenhouse and get a couple more burners and problem solved!!
KBTF (Regs) - Stank Genetics - Veg Day 58
Did I mention she had huge fan leaves?? I may have to press and save one of these monsters. I swear they are more than double the size of a normal indoor fan leaf. Its amazing the power of the sun and how differently outdoor plants grow from indoor girls.
Last up is the Stankberry. Stankberry is a cross of a very terpy Blueberry from Seedsman x the monster ATF male. Its usually the most vigorous growing plant in our tent but outdoors it doesn't run away from any of the other plants....in fact, the three of them look very similar and are identical heights. All three strains are standing 36" tall at this point
Stankberry (Regs) - Stank Genetics - Veg Day 58
And here are a couple shots of the Stank Genetics ladies and how similar they are growing.
DTF
