The Great Outdoor Group Grow: Beastly Buds To Honor Bonsai
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Okay heres the official update gang!
So, I'm headed to the farm today.... First time out. Not too sure what to expect, so I'm keeping an open mind. Hes down south. I suppose it's best not to give too many detail, for security, but its Alaska so steal at the risk of death lol. I've said it once and I stand by it. They care more of you shoot an bear than a crack head.....
I will be sure to take lots of pictures, as I'm pretty damn stoked for all this to get underway.
My partner this grow (let's call him "J") was taking a load to the dump and found a metal frame to a 10 by 20 garage.
I was gonna splurge, and drop the hundreds of bucks to buy one, but just scored one for free.
The plan is to sand and paint the frame by next weekend. Pick a spot and start setting up shop.
What I have in veg now are...
9 - GG4 automatic × Grape krush
So the recessive ruderalis gene these little ones contain will make them a "fast" strain, decreasing flower time.
They are about maxed out in the solo cups, so I will transplant and top these beauties. So I can get them to the farm and pop more beans?!
Next I have 2 of my other crosses.
1- psm (purple skunk mass) × grape krush
1- stankberry (atf x blueberry) × grape krush
These things had a rough life. Well pretty okay until they got neglected a week before I moved them into the tub.
I'm unsure if it was root rot from too much stagnant water in the runoff tray, or the fact that I was feeding wayyyy too light (sometimes nothing) in coco
So they spent a week getting progressively worse after the neglect. But I flushed one let the other dry out real good. And I guess both options worked cause they are on the rebound!
The stankberry was far more sick than the psm. But the first indication they were getting better was the old leaves. They went from droopy and sad to angling more towards the light, and now the growth centers are praying and there is robust healthy green goodness sprouting in all areas.
I will talk some cuts, and then up pot the moms, and send them 2 the farm.
The plan was to do all soil, but I'm gonna say eff it and do a few in 10 gallon coco. At least I think that's how big those big brown geo pots that the mag sent me are?
And more seeds to drop!!!!
I'll drop the early skunk from rooster and a few paradigm shift gifted to me by sphinx Horticultural. Cause idk why TF not?!
And since its "shatterday"
Well gang were getting there!
I think my plan will be to drop those autos in 2 weeks. I want to keep them from going past the second week of August if possible, but who the hell knows. Were gonna grow with the flow as always!
We had a "winter storm advisery" at the beginning of the week. Dropped multiple inches...
And it reached almost 60 yesterday! Lol, bipolar Alaska.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and is getting pumped!!!
Cause
HERE.... WE ..... GROWWWWW!
So, I'm headed to the farm today.... First time out. Not too sure what to expect, so I'm keeping an open mind. Hes down south. I suppose it's best not to give too many detail, for security, but its Alaska so steal at the risk of death lol. I've said it once and I stand by it. They care more of you shoot an bear than a crack head.....
I will be sure to take lots of pictures, as I'm pretty damn stoked for all this to get underway.
My partner this grow (let's call him "J") was taking a load to the dump and found a metal frame to a 10 by 20 garage.
I was gonna splurge, and drop the hundreds of bucks to buy one, but just scored one for free.
The plan is to sand and paint the frame by next weekend. Pick a spot and start setting up shop.
What I have in veg now are...
9 - GG4 automatic × Grape krush
So the recessive ruderalis gene these little ones contain will make them a "fast" strain, decreasing flower time.
They are about maxed out in the solo cups, so I will transplant and top these beauties. So I can get them to the farm and pop more beans?!
Next I have 2 of my other crosses.
1- psm (purple skunk mass) × grape krush
1- stankberry (atf x blueberry) × grape krush
These things had a rough life. Well pretty okay until they got neglected a week before I moved them into the tub.
I'm unsure if it was root rot from too much stagnant water in the runoff tray, or the fact that I was feeding wayyyy too light (sometimes nothing) in coco
So they spent a week getting progressively worse after the neglect. But I flushed one let the other dry out real good. And I guess both options worked cause they are on the rebound!
The stankberry was far more sick than the psm. But the first indication they were getting better was the old leaves. They went from droopy and sad to angling more towards the light, and now the growth centers are praying and there is robust healthy green goodness sprouting in all areas.
I will talk some cuts, and then up pot the moms, and send them 2 the farm.
The plan was to do all soil, but I'm gonna say eff it and do a few in 10 gallon coco. At least I think that's how big those big brown geo pots that the mag sent me are?
And more seeds to drop!!!!
I'll drop the early skunk from rooster and a few paradigm shift gifted to me by sphinx Horticultural. Cause idk why TF not?!
And since its "shatterday"
Well gang were getting there!
I think my plan will be to drop those autos in 2 weeks. I want to keep them from going past the second week of August if possible, but who the hell knows. Were gonna grow with the flow as always!
We had a "winter storm advisery" at the beginning of the week. Dropped multiple inches...
And it reached almost 60 yesterday! Lol, bipolar Alaska.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and is getting pumped!!!
Cause
HERE.... WE ..... GROWWWWW!
Good luck on this years adventure Dabber!
Glad the littles are getting better. Man we got late spring snow too. Supposed to be more today/ tonight
Tunkers
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I get more views over here so I'm gonna shamelessly whack this new video up. Sorry not sorry lol
seriously awesome Tunkers 
Hey what's that bri... NICE!!!!!!!
HiddenGrow
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I love the pic of the bee on your broccoli flower
I executed my final harvest of the outdoor season on 4/20. Here’s some final shots. It was a light harvest - 3.5 ounces and in jars now (6.5 and 4.3 for the other 2 plants). It is Medical Marijuana Genetics’ Candida CD-1, the ‘sativa’ pheno, 20:1 CBD (with up to 20% CBD)
It got starved a bit through the transition to flower unfortunately but still finished beautifully and is super super sticky. It’s not a plant i will grow outdoors again but i can’t wait to grow it in the tent as it is a beautiful plant to grow - just delicate.
These ones were hanging out on the White Widow skeleton i harvested the weekend before.
More outdoor garden vibes...
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HiddenGrow
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It's gonna be a tough season. My bets in southern California will be hot hot hot. Fractured my hip skating on 4/19 so I won't be doing intentional giant plants. I wish good luck and health to everyone watching the sun.
Good luck to you this summer!
I did some doing stuff around the yard this morning. I built contraptions like this for my plumeria last year and I think it helped. Gonna be building a couple more up on the planter box for my yellow bells and torch glow bougainvillea. Can't imagine why I chose those Bougainvillea though... Anyways I built up a shade box for the potted plants, cannabis or otherwise.
The Top'n'Side view.
At a distance...
They need to get bigger so they'll be in the sun for a good portion of the morning and late noon, but I think mid day is when they'll go "InTheShade Box®"
When they get large enough I'm thinking I'll plant them here. They'll get plenty of water and not too much direct light. You can see some wire I've got run, I'll need to run some lower as well for, LST.
Anybody done an outdoor grow with temps regularly around 115 to 120. I'm just going off what I see local landscapers doing to protect the perennials. And @ilikemsticky recommended shielding the pots to reduce heat as well. he used cardboard boxes.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
The Top'n'Side view.
At a distance...
They need to get bigger so they'll be in the sun for a good portion of the morning and late noon, but I think mid day is when they'll go "InTheShade Box®"
When they get large enough I'm thinking I'll plant them here. They'll get plenty of water and not too much direct light. You can see some wire I've got run, I'll need to run some lower as well for, LST.
Anybody done an outdoor grow with temps regularly around 115 to 120. I'm just going off what I see local landscapers doing to protect the perennials. And @ilikemsticky recommended shielding the pots to reduce heat as well. he used cardboard boxes.
Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
The Bard
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Hi everyone,
I've been watching this thread for a bit, and thought that I would chime in. Hope that is ok. I did not have the pleasure of interacting with Bonsai before his passing, but I think this thread is a lovely tribute.
I am still very much a novice to growing. My first grow (indoors) is progressing nicely - thanks in large part to the incredibly helpful and friendly folks on this website!
I thought it would be fun to try an outdoor grow for the summer months. I am in Southern Ontario, where the last and first frost dates make for a short season. I got some great suggestions on the "outdoor" forum, and decided on fast genetics from @DrSeeds. Today is DAY 10 of veg for them. I sprouted six and intend to pick the best four to move forward. They will stay indoors until late May/early June, at which time I will plant them in the ground (veggie patch, with some amendments). Top row is Critical Mass, and bottom row is Cinderella 99. The little one in the bottom right will probably not make the cut to the in-ground planting, unless she makes big progress in the next month.
If it is ok, I will stop by here once in a while with some photos/updates (and likely some questions).
Thanks!
I've been watching this thread for a bit, and thought that I would chime in. Hope that is ok. I did not have the pleasure of interacting with Bonsai before his passing, but I think this thread is a lovely tribute.
I am still very much a novice to growing. My first grow (indoors) is progressing nicely - thanks in large part to the incredibly helpful and friendly folks on this website!
I thought it would be fun to try an outdoor grow for the summer months. I am in Southern Ontario, where the last and first frost dates make for a short season. I got some great suggestions on the "outdoor" forum, and decided on fast genetics from @DrSeeds. Today is DAY 10 of veg for them. I sprouted six and intend to pick the best four to move forward. They will stay indoors until late May/early June, at which time I will plant them in the ground (veggie patch, with some amendments). Top row is Critical Mass, and bottom row is Cinderella 99. The little one in the bottom right will probably not make the cut to the in-ground planting, unless she makes big progress in the next month.
If it is ok, I will stop by here once in a while with some photos/updates (and likely some questions).
Thanks!
@The Bard fast genetics should be fine for southern Ontario.
Hows about river rock like i got. I could put them on the dirt though.
Yeah - in pots it’s the roots that will not handle the heat. If youre using pots I’d make em big and raise them up so they have air underneath, wrap some burlap sacks around them to protect from sun and radiant heat off the ground and put ice on the soil surface all the time... although that could get cumbersome in your environment - becasue it would be all day, everyday! Anyway - mostly I just wanted to say that the roots will be very vulnerable to cooking in a pot
So mitigate that if you can, as much as you can
Seeing as this is quite a busy thread...
The Bard
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Good evening,
Well, I was able to dodge the freezing rain today, and got the ground prepped. Dug down about 18-24" in the veggie patch area, where the soil is already pretty good from work in prior years. Augmented with a bunch of goodies, based on some different recipes and comments I have seen here on 420, and elsewhere... kelp meal, dolomitic lime (source of calcium, plus raises pH - soil is too acidic here), humates, rock dust, myco/microbes, bone and blood meal, a pinch of nutritional yeast (B-vitamins) and lots of sand for drainage. Roto-tilled it all together really well. It will now "marinate" for about a month until the plants go outdoors towards the end of May. Hope that the girls like the "dirt candy!" It is now pouring rain, so things are getting watered in well - lots of earthworms in the veggie patch, so hopefully they will get to work when the soil temperatures increase, along with the microbes.
Well, I was able to dodge the freezing rain today, and got the ground prepped. Dug down about 18-24" in the veggie patch area, where the soil is already pretty good from work in prior years. Augmented with a bunch of goodies, based on some different recipes and comments I have seen here on 420, and elsewhere... kelp meal, dolomitic lime (source of calcium, plus raises pH - soil is too acidic here), humates, rock dust, myco/microbes, bone and blood meal, a pinch of nutritional yeast (B-vitamins) and lots of sand for drainage. Roto-tilled it all together really well. It will now "marinate" for about a month until the plants go outdoors towards the end of May. Hope that the girls like the "dirt candy!" It is now pouring rain, so things are getting watered in well - lots of earthworms in the veggie patch, so hopefully they will get to work when the soil temperatures increase, along with the microbes.
I see a lot of growers going with the green container of MykeGood evening,
Well, I was able to dodge the freezing rain today, and got the ground prepped. Dug down about 18-24" in the veggie patch area, where the soil is already pretty good from work in prior years. Augmented with a bunch of goodies, based on some different recipes and comments I have seen here on 420, and elsewhere... kelp meal, dolomitic lime (source of calcium, plus raises pH - soil is too acidic here), humates, rock dust, myco/microbes, bone and blood meal, a pinch of nutritional yeast (B-vitamins) and lots of sand for drainage. Roto-tilled it all together really well. It will now "marinate" for about a month until the plants go outdoors towards the end of May. Hope that the girls like the "dirt candy!" It is now pouring rain, so things are getting watered in well - lots of earthworms in the veggie patch, so hopefully they will get to work when the soil temperatures increase, along with the microbes.
I use orange myself !
But hey I noticed myself this year that I went to stick a shovel in the holes from my last years holes and wow the simplicity and ease to flop the loose fluffy hole that had sat there all winter ?
Really cool !
Miss growing so much !
Best of luck this summer .