Any Outdoor growers on the Maine Forum?
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driftwoodg
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It could be better if there were more sunshine. I'm fully impressed with what I've done.
driftwoodg
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I can tell you that the floor of my greenhouse has a nice cover of white clover. And if you aren't out there picking those dead leaves off you better get to it.
driftwoodg
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Doing my best to represent Maine Outdoor.
driftwoodg
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hey thanks.
driftwoodg
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How about you NSB, how have you been doing outdoors this season? A little show and tell??
Any outside growers that want to share experiences.
I'll tell you its been one helluva grow season.
driftwoodg
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Thanks bro. It's the first season for the ground in this plot, so I could not be happier with the results. That's not to say I didn't tend the ground for two months before planting.. but all in all it's been a good season so far.. T
Perhaps I'll have a few pictures later in the week. BTW, you are representing Maine outdoor growers well
RainyMorning
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This is my first grow as I just became a patient this year. I got a late start and have had these in the ground since July 1. The back three are blueberry and have flowers on the lower branches. I have done a good amount of tieing down but am gonna let them go wild for a bit. This pic was from about a week ago. I've been having a lot of fun tending my garden. I plan to cut a few trees down soon to maintain the 8 hours of sun they have been getting as the sun begins to drop towards the south.
driftwoodg
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Those are looking very healthy RainyMorning. Congrats on a job well done and welcome to RIU
RainyMorning
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Thanks. It's nice to see their are more than a few folks from Maine on here. I grew up here and then lived out west for most of my twenties but love being back.
RainyMorning
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Well I'm bored so I'm gonna do a little profile. If this is a bad place for this maybe a mod can move my post?
Got everything in July 1. Those are 45 gallon smart pots with promix. Used no additive amendments from the get go and have primarily used Botanicare products for nutrients.
These first two are a lemon strain, lemon haze i believe. They were very small to the point where there was a slight concern about putting them outside but they handled it. Was told they will finish rather late and this is actually the pilot for this strain outside.
While they are growing and somewhat healthy I still feel as if something has held them back. I'm hoping they are about to take off with some good veg growth before they turn. These plants, the first one in particular, have been most susceptible to some unknown pest which I have never caught in the act. I have perhaps naively, been trying to use a method of plant health over any spray on pest product, ie... the idea that if you provide for all needs of the plant it will produce it's own secondary compounds to ward of pests or disease. Anyway...the problem has lessened and I hope to see no more defoliation. They do have a very bright color to them but I'm hopefully chalking that up to different strain/timing rather than problems.
These next three are all supposed to be the same strain and phenom of blueberry though one of them seems different to me (the third one grows a bit different and is a hair behind) . 5 weeks ago when they went they were about the same size as the above lemons. They've had no topping recently (maybe initialy) and a bunch of LST.
Just yesterday when these photos were taken they were given their second week of bloom feed. In addition to the botanicare products they've all been given Orca mycorrhizae and the last two weeks a light dose of molasses. There are greenhouse material covers for each setup, thus rainfall has been controlled. The plants have been only watered once every 6 days, along with the nutrient feeding. The soil has never really 'dried out' but I don't think I'm over watering at just over 5 gallons a week.
Here is the last plant, an MOB the furthest along of any ...
All the plants are turned with the less filled out side turned south west towards the afternoon sun but this plant needs to fill out in that regard the most.
Any input or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks for checking it out.
Got everything in July 1. Those are 45 gallon smart pots with promix. Used no additive amendments from the get go and have primarily used Botanicare products for nutrients.
These first two are a lemon strain, lemon haze i believe. They were very small to the point where there was a slight concern about putting them outside but they handled it. Was told they will finish rather late and this is actually the pilot for this strain outside.
While they are growing and somewhat healthy I still feel as if something has held them back. I'm hoping they are about to take off with some good veg growth before they turn. These plants, the first one in particular, have been most susceptible to some unknown pest which I have never caught in the act. I have perhaps naively, been trying to use a method of plant health over any spray on pest product, ie... the idea that if you provide for all needs of the plant it will produce it's own secondary compounds to ward of pests or disease. Anyway...the problem has lessened and I hope to see no more defoliation. They do have a very bright color to them but I'm hopefully chalking that up to different strain/timing rather than problems.
These next three are all supposed to be the same strain and phenom of blueberry though one of them seems different to me (the third one grows a bit different and is a hair behind) . 5 weeks ago when they went they were about the same size as the above lemons. They've had no topping recently (maybe initialy) and a bunch of LST.
Just yesterday when these photos were taken they were given their second week of bloom feed. In addition to the botanicare products they've all been given Orca mycorrhizae and the last two weeks a light dose of molasses. There are greenhouse material covers for each setup, thus rainfall has been controlled. The plants have been only watered once every 6 days, along with the nutrient feeding. The soil has never really 'dried out' but I don't think I'm over watering at just over 5 gallons a week.
Here is the last plant, an MOB the furthest along of any ...
All the plants are turned with the less filled out side turned south west towards the afternoon sun but this plant needs to fill out in that regard the most.
Any input or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks for checking it out.
GandalfdaGreen
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Looks great Rainy. I am glad you are here. Things look nice and lush. What medium are you using? What is your water?
RainyMorning
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Promix for a medium. The water is from an artisian well on the property hosed to my site. It really should have been PH tested but the assumption is that it is pretty normal (close to 6 or high 5's) since it is artesian. testing it should occur soon
driftwoodg
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Those look Beastly!! ! Great job !