Bos

In process of becoming fit for consumption

Awesome Bluecheese lady putting on a proper show...

Aweh gromies.

Barely missed cyclone season, most ladies survived and doing well.

Topdressed the beds with compost, eggshell, ewc and grass clippings. 

Feeding biobizz flower, epsom, woodash and ewc tea/aact.

Taxes were paid.... fusarium oxy/boytritus still around due to heat and rh. Just roll with the punches.

Aweh bud.

I grow organic outdoors/greenhouse.

You state "feeding salts" but top dress vermicompost. Sounds like you're mixing organic and inorganic/synthetic, that usually creates problems with ph and nutrient uptake.

Cannabis plants are survivors and they will always push through for survival, in the hopes of pollination... even when stressed. Sounds like your plant is doing exactly that, ripening early due to some stressor. Breeders state general timelines but your plant might not follow them exactly for multiple reasons. You could wait for the plant to gain weight or you may be forced to harvest early due to whatever stressor is affecting your plant. Mother nature is dealing you some cards, you have to decide which way you want to go.

This stuff has proven effective for me and can be used during flower.

You could amend your used soil from previous grows with your chosen dry amendments. But the soil microbes will need some time to break them down

Aweh fellow florists.

Decided to start the grow a bit later this year to avoid the hectic weather. Too many big plants damaged due to the crazy north coast weather(Feb/Mrch cyclone season)

Then life and some other stuff happened....

Now we are starting almost too late....

Got one big Swazi cross thats allready in preflower. Managed to sex and plant out most of the young plants today.

Afternoon, are you growing outdoor/organic?

Each plant is an individual, with its own requirements, some are more hungry/thirsty than others.

Symptoms seem to present as either K or N deficiency. During flower many plants salvage N from lower branches, hence the yellowing.(considered normal)

Being in preflower/flower plants need more P, K, Mg and Ca. 

I grow outdoor organic and prefer biobizz range with various amendments. They do seem to also need a defoliation around the lower parts.

Woodash- P, K.

Powdered Eggshell - Ca. (slow release)

Epsom - Mg and S.

Aweh gromies,

Happy 420 weekend.

Herewith some organic outdoor buds.

Awesome training/presentation, Upside down Candelabra...

A night foto with flash will reveal the jewels.

What a problem to have...

Stinky flowers are a good sign.

Aweh.

Ladies are progressing well, flowers are looking sticky and dank.Tending this garden is its own reward, an olfactory assault/experience that is just next level, These strange flowers that intrigue us so...

1-2. Gorilla Glue bred off of a gift from @Mambawana.

3-6. Blue Cheese f1-Sativa...ish

7-10. Blue Cheese f1-indica...ish

11-12. Swazi

13-14. Blue Cheese f1

15-16. Charlottes Angel fem. One of 2 pheno's. @highchome, @PsyCLown Thanks for the meds. 

On 3/24/2024 at 8:38 PM, AK-47 Gold Arabesque said:

Those are some big trees! 

Didn't actually plan for them to get this big. Mother nature doing her thing...

1 hour ago, Trichome said:

Thanks yeah that’s more or less what I figured! Main thing is I just don’t want too much N available in flower.

I read about growers transplanting into fresh soil the same as they used for veg and never reported issues but being a synthetic fert guy myself except for two organic soil grows usually I would avoid too much N in flower like the plague especially since this soil I’m guessing is designed fir a fairly lengthy veg time and then flowering with some amendments .Guess I don’t have much choice anyway as I don’t want to go the liquid fert route with this grow unless it’s to correct a deficiency! Appreciate the input!

You could thin the mix out with coco and perlite to reduce the high N initially, but chances are good that you'll conversly have to supplement P, K and possibly micros during flower depending on your soil formulation. It's up to you.

Aweh fellow florists,

The ladies are putting on their show. Buds are swelling and stinking with goodness, despite the heavy rain and high rh.

Lost a few girls to the "taxman" mentioned in earlier posts, got a new problem with small spiral snails "ring debarking" some plants-tested some vinegar/soap mix to no effect, now dusting with cinnamon. Don't like spraying stuff in flower, hopefully they'll pull through.

Chopped some Bluecheese f1's this morning. 

Pics of Charlottes, Gorilla Glue, Bluecheese.

Our climate on the north coast is unforgiving to say the least. Its like the weather wants to kill your plants.....4 days of thunderstorms and rain, high rh and the next day temps touching 50deg. A good test for any genetic abd the reason why you plant double and take extra clones, just in case.

Cheers.

Depending on the age and stage of the plants in the 2lt bags. If in veg, transplant, give them 2 weeks, then go outdoor. Light hours on the north coast around 13hrs now. If you veg 16/8 or 14/10 technically they should flip to flower as soon as they go outside. I'd go minimum 20lt, the plants will use some of the available N during veg in the new bags, but plants need N throughout, just in different amounts.

The Ugly...

The Bad...

Aweh, the outdoor flowering season is upon us. Plenty of challenges along the way, our area recorded 53 deg yesterday, but the strongest ladies are soldiering on.

Herewith....The Good.

Aweh gromies,

Outdoor flowering time is upon us, our ladies are stretching nicely. They got thinned out around the bottoms and topdressed with mature compost-dropping soil levels. Added powdered eggshell and watered in with AACT last week. Keeping a close eye IPM wise as our RH is high as usual. No serious issues so far.

Allready harvested some early bloomers

F1 Bluecheese (180gr jarred and curing)

Strawberry Vostoks (60gr)

Pics.

1-5. F1 Bluecheese, Charlottes Angels. 

6. Fruitpunch, Vanilla Kush.

7. Gorilla Glue.

Cheers

On 1/9/2024 at 4:33 PM, madgiant said:

Edit 2: Airflow and ventilation is on it's way, for now I ordered 3 100m inline fans that were on sale, they aren't very strong but I think they should help a little bit...

Any greenhouse growers willing to chip in in regards fo humidity control in a small greenhouse

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Aweh @madgiant

We bought a 6x3m tunnel from takealot, similar materials with poly cover. The windows were also low and didn't really help with ventilation/airflow, had to leave the front and back open. Our northcoast summer weather is something else, even with pedestal fans the plants suffered 35-45deg 60-95rh. These conditions also favoured spidermites a little too much, which was pita to manage. Eventually removed the poly cover and recovered with 40% white shadenet 2jrs ago and having much better results.

Every grower has different conditions depending on their location, best is to try an idea and adapt from there.

Good luck.

Welcome. Some nice trees and frosty flowers.

Those are some really noice frosty buds. 

Some plants show big and clearly and others not so much. Signs may be very small....a magnifying glass will be handy.

Plants usually start showing sex from 4-6 weeks from germ.

Aweh fellow florists,

Compliments of the season.

Summer is off with a bang, ladies are are happy...just have to keep them that way in this heat. Even got some early flower action going....

First round of clones are vegging, 2nd batch acclimating. Topdressed the big girls again last week as they start switching to flower- dropping soil levels.(Compost, coffee grounds, powdered eggshell, wormcast and woodash) Followed with AACT.

This week, mulched thick with grass clippings and watered light (summer storm incoming) so the worms can stay cool/hydrated to continue doing their thing. 

Got a few strains going- f1Bluecheese, Gorilla Glue, Fruitpunch, Charlotte's Angel, Strawberry Vostok, Vanilla Kush.

Happy Growing.