Gardening on the dark side

[Patchouli]

I sprouted 'em and they're in that foil pan in the 'War Room' (where the cats can't mess 'em up by digging in the dirt, lol). I'm gonna wait until they're hardy enough to withstand wind gusts, insects, etc., before I put 'em in the ground. As you may recall, I'm going the natural outdoor route in growing these plants, as I was impressed with how well the previous round of plants did last year... nothing wrong with this high desert sunshine when it comes to growing weed, lol.

Have you grown them like that before? I’d put them out asap so they could get used to it faster. If you do it your way, are you doing the “hardening off”, where you don’t put them out forever, but little by little, increasing their outdoor time each day? Just curious, I thought they were tougher plants than that.

 

[hashbrown]

Green trimmed and hung a Blue Dream today.

 

[hashbrown]

Push them at the end??

Feeding them heavily

 

[lilmissy]

Feeding them heavily

What do you feed yours?

 

[hashbrown]

What do you feed yours?

Water soluble 20/20/20 then Big Bud at the end

 

[Neb]

Feeding them heavily

If it smokes harsh, flushing may solve that.

Ben

 

[hashbrown]

If it smokes harsh, flushing may solve that.

Ben

Yes sir, I didn’t flush this one so I guess I’ll see if I get any complaints. I doubt if they will complain much about free weed though.

 

[hashbrown]

Seeds ordered for the next round this morning. I have maybe 3 weeks for this round to finish so it’s time to start thinking about popping some new seeds.

 

[Old Whatshisname]

As some of you may know, I have never owned a firearm and never will, since the police will protect me, and the government is my friend, and besides, guns kill people.

Similarly, I have never smoked any marijuana and never will, because it gives you leprosy and grows hair on the palms of your hands.

One of the nice things about living in Idaho is that I'm only --by car -- 45 minutes from Nevada and a couple hours from Oregon.

 

[hashbrown]

A5 killer haze, not really crazy about this one. I had to put tomato cages around them to hold them up. The plants are spindly and don’t hold themselves up when budding. It’s supposed to be extremely high in THC but stretched more than I like during the light switch. I like more of a compact plant for indoor growing.

 

[Wingnut]

These Purple African Magic seedlings are spindly as well, I wanna get 'em in the ground but the winds have been high lately... so I'm waiting a little longer before I put these outdoors. I did place them in the sunshine on the back step the other day, and that seemed to do 'em some good, but I wish the stems would become more robust, right now they're all skinny and they look weak. Here's a photo of them as they look right now...

 

[Bacpacker]

These Purple African Magic seedlings are spindly as well, I wanna get 'em in the ground but the winds have been high lately... so I'm waiting a little longer before I put these outdoors. I did place them in the sunshine on the back step the other day, and that seemed to do 'em some good, but I wish the stems would become more robust, right now they're all skinny and they look weak. Here's a photo of them as they look right now...

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If they are still indoors, put a fan blowing across them. Not full speed, just some movement. The wind stimulates stem growth. Tomatos are the same way

 

[Neb]

If they are still indoors, put a fan blowing across them. Not full speed, just some movement. The wind stimulates stem growth. Tomatos are the same way

An oscillating fan maybe?

Part of hardening off seedlings is to let them be buffeted by wind.

Ben

 

[Bacpacker]

Even a ceiling fan as long as it makes the plants move.
And yes part of hardening off. Just like temp and light swings

 

[hashbrown]

Are you using a light or growing in a window sill!

 

[Wingnut]

No, I'd like to put 'em in the ground, right now they're just sitting below the window in the 'War Room' until I find a good opportunity to plant 'em. I'm kinda wishing I'd held off with the germination, but we had that "false spring" and temps rose enough to convince me to germinate the seeds. We have another freezing night tonight, and the wind hasn't let up much in recent days... I'm afraid the seedlings will get flailed to death in that goldurned wind. At this point, I just want the seedlings to remain alive until I can get 'em in the ground, but this last gasp of winter is holding up progress.

 

[Wingnut]

Wind shifted around to the north earlier, so I put the seedling tray (or foil pan) on the back step, which is in the lee of the building when the wind blows out of the north. I watered the tray again too, and boy, did those seedlings ever perk up, lol... they look good right now, with that strong afternoon sun beating down on them. There's just enough breeze wrapping around the SW corner of the mud room to keep the seedlings moving and strengthen their stems. So this is what I'll do for this coming week, just pick my moments to put the tray out in a protected place and let that high desert sunshine do its work. I'm still leery about putting the seedlings in the ground, since we have 45-50 m.p.h. winds in the forecast later this week. Seems like those winds would beat the seedlings to death...

Thankfully, the wind has tapered off and is quite reasonable now, so I'm gonna grab the opportunity to water everything in the yard. I don't like watering in high winds, too much waste with the increased evaporation.

 

[hashbrown]

Wind shifted around to the north earlier, so I put the seedling tray (or foil pan) on the back step, which is in the lee of the building when the wind blows out of the north. I watered the tray again too, and boy, did those seedlings ever perk up, lol... they look good right now, with that strong afternoon sun beating down on them. There's just enough breeze wrapping around the SW corner of the mud room to keep the seedlings moving and strengthen their stems. So this is what I'll do for this coming week, just pick my moments to put the tray out in a protected place and let that high desert sunshine do its work. I'm still leery about putting the seedlings in the ground, since we have 45-50 m.p.h. winds in the forecast later this week. Seems like those winds would beat the seedlings to death...

Thankfully, the wind has tapered off and is quite reasonable now, so I'm gonna grab the opportunity to water everything in the yard. I don't like watering in high winds, too much waste with the increased evaporation.

Back in the day when we planted early we would put a clear plastic cup over them for a few days, I think it helped.

 

[Wingnut]

Looking at the extended forecast, we have a big warm-up toward the end of the week... the only reason I haven't put the seedlings in the ground yet is the high winds forecast for this week, some pushing 50 m.p.h. I'll be glad to get the plants in the ground, I'm just leery about the high winds. Next season, I won't even start the seedlings until April Fools' Day, too much risk of late freezes or high winds... Old Man Winter ain't done yet, there was skim ice in the birdbaths this morning.

 

[hashbrown]

I’m just not happy with these three A5 Killer Haze. I expected way more and bigger buds. Supposed to be extremely high thc with a huge harvest per plant I’m just not seeing the big harvest part.

 

[Wingnut]

At least you have SOMETHING to show for your effort... that foil pan I tried was a mistake, I think there was some kind of electrolysis between it and the community well water, as many of the seedlings withered & died. I'm in damage control mode right now, I already transferred the remaining seedlings to a plastic container. Hopefully I still have half a dozen to put in the ground once I weather this setback. Otherwise, I might as well have torn up that $140 I paid... and I'll have to go buy some seeds at the pot shop, though I won't know the specific strains. Meh, these things happen, and I won't be using that seed supplier again, that's for sure... they're f____g fired.

 

[Patchouli]

@hashbrown have you tried transplanting them to even bigger pots? Are they root bound? Just curious. Some plants don’t do well with being transplanted.
They look big and healthy to me.

 

[hashbrown]

@hashbrown have you tried transplanting them to even bigger pots? Are they root bound? Just curious. Some plants don’t do well with being transplanted.
They look big and healthy to me.

They are in 20 gallon nursery pots like you buy trees in. That’s about as big as I can do inside.

 

[hashbrown]

At least you have SOMETHING to show for your effort... that foil pan I tried was a mistake, I think there was some kind of electrolysis between it and the community well water, as many of the seedlings withered & died. I'm in damage control mode right now, I already transferred the remaining seedlings to a plastic container. Hopefully I still have half a dozen to put in the ground once I weather this setback. Otherwise, I might as well have torn up that $140 I paid... and I'll have to go buy some seeds at the pot shop, though I won't know the specific strains. Meh, these things happen, and I won't be using that seed supplier again, that's for sure... they're f____g fired.

Wingnut I really like North Atlantic.

 

[hashbrown]

https://northatlanticseed.com/

 

[Neb]

I’m just not happy with these three A5 Killer Haze. I expected way more and bigger buds. Supposed to be extremely high thc with a huge harvest per plant I’m just not seeing the big harvest part.

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Can you get the lights closer?

Light intensity drops off with square of the distance.

Ben

 

[hashbrown]

Can you get the lights closer?

Light intensity drops off with square of the distance.

Ben

I’m at 10 inches now, think I should half it?

 

[hashbrown]

Alexandra final trimming Blue Dream this morning, time to cure it.

 

[Bacpacker]

Dang and thats just one type.

 

[Neb]

I’m at 10 inches now, think I should half it?

Half would be a X4 increase.

Ben