Update - 3rd and final top dressing
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! The good weather has come back and the girls are ripping into early flowering, so much so that they are now crowding me out of the balcony!
On the 19th February, I carried out a 3rd and final topdressing, it was a fairly light one but I think that should see them thru to harvest. So that has been 3 top dressings over the last 6 weeks or so, roughly about 2 weeks apart.
Summary of top dressings given - for my own future reference and anyone who is interested
1st topdressing - 20th January 2022
- 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
- 2 tablespoons Neem powder
2nd topdressing 2 weeks later - 3rd February 2022
- 2 Tablespoons Blood n Bone (1/8 cup)
- 2 Tablespoons Fish Meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Guano Phosphate(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Seafood Lush Fert Mix(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Kelp meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Neem Powder(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Diatomaceous Earth/Silica(1/8 cup)
- 1/2 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
<edit> The above quantities are for the smaller 30L (13 gallon) containers. I added a bit extra for the larger 50L (13 gallon) containers.
3rd and final topdressing 2 weeks later - 19th February 2022
3 Tablespoons Blood n Bone for 50L pots, 2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 Tablespoon Fish Meal for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 tablespoon Guano Phosphate for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
3 tablespoons Neem Powder for 50L pots, 2 Tbsp for 30L pots
1/3 cup dried shrimp (washed to remove salt)
1/3 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
Pest/bug treatments
I have been spraying BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) to deter caterpillars. It is recommended every 3 to 14 days, I was spraying closer to every 1 - 2 weeks, but after consultation with my fellow 420 enthusiast (
@stinker) who was giving his plants a light spray daily, I am increasing the regularity of my spraying too, because those caterpillars are a right royal PITA!
Anyway, time for the pictures! Here's today's view from the side window
And the view front on
I will do an update shortly on the male and the gathering of it's pollen.
Thanks for dropping in, be well and may your gardens be blooming!