What veggies is your wife growing, super mutant killer tomatoes? Must be some giant veggies to obscure 6 foot bushes.
Is it too late to supercrop? That worked pretty well for me, it could take a foot off their height and they'll recover in like 10 minutes. Just make sure the bend is pretty severe, almost like a break, or they'll straighten right back up.
It's always something popping up to rain on our growing parades I swear. I'm freaking about my one plant hitting about 4', so I can definitely relate.
Howdy Blue! The only large plants she's got on the deck are her Japanese Eggplants and they're only about two three feet tall. What enable me to use them to block the 'grow' is that I put them along the top of the deck railing which encircles the deck. Problem now is that my plants are growing so tall that they are sticking up over the tops of her vegetables. She's got some red and green bell peppers, basil, thyme, mint, green beans chives and then there are a couple of pots with flowers and some cacti. Nothing is huge though. She's got some eggplant and green peppers down in the yard (in 10 gallon pots) that are larger, too large to put on the railings! She's already had a few blow right off the railing down to the yard below from occasional high wind gusts. My wife just said that if I took half of the plants and put them down in the yard, then she will feel better. So now I know where she stands, I may not have a choice in the matter! If I do put them down there, I guess I'd put the three bagseeds there and leave the two NL#5's, the Mazar and the little Bubba Kush on the deck. Of those that I'd leave on the deck, only the NL#5 from seed is tall while the Mazar and the Runt are more 'bush like'. She said that way we wouldn't have to spend money on the lattice. I've got my injured back now so I can't do anything right now, but I've got a mosquito net (camping stuff) that I may be able to use to conceal the plants, I'll have to dig it out of the shed and try it out. May have to cut it and make a frame from some 2 x 4's so it could be hung. I wonder if it is OK to just lay it on top of the plants without hanging it. Just like a blanket, it is very light of course and is 'breathable'. May or may not be even more conspicuous! It's white!
I had some 6 foot tomato plants last year.
Hello Odin!
We've tried growing tomatoes many times in the past, but they got too many diseases/blights (?).
Lame Alert...last yr. during the hot spell that took out our older dog, we put flowers in our plants, brought them outside, and just stuck more flowers in with them.....worked....this yr. we can not put outside as we have holes in the tree barriers where new power lines ect were put in, so you can see in thru the holes now....so they are cooking this yr....dang....been miserable here....the greenhousse ducks look like grape plants so are getting away with it for now....
woods, i super cropped some of mine that were growing up and over the lights in the tent....just bent them at right angles, tried not to break and it worked fine....also just bendd them over with wire or twine....tape to pots, or, use bush master....and i know that is probably not an option, the trellis is a great idea....would work.....what about a plastic, clear green house on the deck? not tottally sealed.....that would block alot and give you extra grow time and some colors in pots, flowers, would really work that way....you know peoples eyes usually see what they expect to see....if it has color, its flowers or vegs....
yeah, i have 6' tomatoes this yr....real giants....everything except the inside girls love this heat....better hot peppers than ever before this yr...L
L, I really feel for ya with all that heat your having lately, be careful, both of you!
I think if I supercropped them they'd just 'right' themselves. If I tied them down (always used to do this) they'd really be a problem for the wife as they'd take up the 'entire' deck! It would be real hard to 'get around' out there for her. No it's either the lattice or moving some down below I'm afraid.
The plants are still growing! As of today, a few of them are as tall as I am (about 6'). Subtract the height of the containers ( one foot + to a foot and a half) and I've got actual plant height of 5' now heading to 6' soon! That means that I will have plants standing at over 7' in their pots by the time they stop their vertical growth and start concentrating on budding.
Serves me right for being too greedy and not thinking ahead.
OK! That takes care of that idea. I think super cropping or topping may do it. I know you really don't want top them, I wouldn't either.
You'll do what's best in the end. Just have to think it through.
A have some NL#5 now. Can't wait to get them in the ground. You would not be singing their praises if they were not really good.
You can't go wrong with the NL#5's my friend! I did get one 'dud' though out of the last grow, Fatleaf, but the other two were (are) great!
Wow Woodsman you are growin' a forest over there!
They look great! As for the neighbors etc. just imagine what those kids would be thinking if they were teens and got a glimpse of those babies!
Personally I'm with you and would try my best to avoid topping at all costs. If I had a vote I'd say lattice it up!
I am lucky about that! I think the dad and his friends smoke (I've heard strange lung wringing gagging sounds from their place in the past)! The woods are thick and full of thorns between us so I'm OK till they start to thin out as Autumn approaches though.
New guy here, just come to say high. Looks like you have your hands full. You never know about neighbors... they could not give a rat's ass what you do, but the risk is pretty high.
Welcome G-Dog! I cannot let anyone know about this grow, First reason would be that it is not leg.... and the second is I need to harvest so I'll have something to smoke for the foreseeable future!
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just had the op. to try some nl5, two diff kinds, and may i say, plant them beans first chance....great smoke...as woodsman says....great stuff...i'ld give them a solid nine....ez....great stealth smoke too hubby says....he's really into that, so would know....one we could sit in yard and smoke with out all the neighbors hanging out at the tree line sniffing....wouldnt be so bad, except they are the psalm singing speed dialing type....lol...it takes all kinds...L
only reason i cant put them poor suffering plants outside also....too nosey....
I don't know about stealth grow as far as physical size goes! Just read above! As far as smell, not too bad as they grow, but if your smokin some outside, I'd watch which way the winds blowin! My wife isn't smoking and she's always telling me that the house smells like smoke! She's always lighting those vanilla candles.
. Wish I had a normal water system here. I've got well water that runs through a water softener and then through the hose. Don't know why they routed it like that. Why would you want to have softened water (softened with salt) run to your hose? We can't even drink the stuff and don't even cook with it. Too much stuff floating around in it. We've been buying drinking water for years. Now we're getting our water from an artisan well about 8-10 miles away. Wouldn't be such a pain if I wasn't growing, because our drinking water supply of gallon and two and a half gallon jugs will last us a couple of weeks. It's the necessity to get water for the grow that is a real pain. The need watering or feeding every two days now or will go limp. I've got a wheel barrow outside that I use to collect rainwater, but it needs to pour heavily for that to be affective. I guess there is no way (cheaply) to filter out the salts from the well water. The well water when it is untreated, is very rusty and has the sulfur smell to it (rotten eggs). A water filter would seem to me to be not that cost effective since we would need to be constantly buying filters for it. Am I right? 
and is not really starting to bud yet. Still growing. Pretty good for an indica dominant strain. Regular Christmas tree! One of the bagseeds is at the same height and the others are right behind. The other option I have is a mosquito net I have for camping. It's white though and not quite sure if it is large enough to be used and may look to conspicuous anyway!
