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You should be able to treat them like any other plant. If there is extensive root growth through the peat pots then no, I would not try to trim too much of that back. If not, then go ahead and pull them out of the peat pots. Can you put up a picture showing what it is you're dealing with?

I've been having problems with my outdoor vegetables last few days. Was getting super hot and hasn't been raining. I put mulch at the bases, but not enough appaerantly and so I added more with a bunch of coco coir mixed in for good water retention. Also helps keep soil temp lower during day and warmer during night.

well thx for the input but my mixture already has coco fiber in it and im just gonna keep watering when they need it.

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

K and what bout the peat pot, can i cut some of it away when im ready to transplant?

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nope if the roots are growing through it plant it as is.

ps i have no idea what a peat pot is but i am guessing it is a biodegradable pot like i use.

if i am wrong totally disregard my previous advice

ya youre exactly right. damn i need to sex these things but i dont know how...i definatley dont wanna put a plant in the ground oly to find out its a male

Yeah - don't spray the leaves in the heat of the day - the water droplettes act like magnifying glasses and do more harm than good. I had to shade my greenhouse because it was going over 120 and the plants are still growing great, so if you rig a little shade to keep them cooler in the heat of the day, that would be probably help you a great deal! I have a desert colored piece of camo stuff that makes excellent partial shade but anything would work - just nothing dark and heat absorbent.

We're looking at 95+ here today easy - going to go check temps in the greenhouse now since ya got me thinking about it!

oh - forgot - the polymers that are in MG to retain moisture are available just by themselves too...not that I have found them anywhere I am because I'm in BFE, but I know they are out there.

yea putting water on the leaves acts as a magnifying glass making them hotter thats not a good idea

wow no offense to the 2 of you, joebuck and hypernovax, but READ!!!!!! in this very post someone told me donnt spray them, and i said im not spraying them im just using a watering can. jeeze man......

so anyways about sexing and topping, how many nodes till i can top them, and how do i sex them
again no offense

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

wow no offense to the 2 of you, joebuck and hypernovax, but READ!!!!!! in this very post someone told me donnt spray them, and i said im not spraying them im just using a watering can. jeeze man......

so anyways about sexing and topping, how many nodes till i can top them, and how do i sex them
again no offense

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well i would just plant them all and just before the flowering season pull out the tall lanky ones they will be male.(it is the only way i know to sex outdoor plants) some one with a bit more knowledge might jump in here.

oh and i know this can be done under lights by giving them a 12/12 cycle
it is just not feasible with an outdoor grow if you plant in the ground like i do.

as for topping well i dont really top my plants,but i did this time and they were only a couple of inches tall,and they are going great.

Ok so ill top them after theyre established in the ground and pots. K so ill be able to tell which are male before they have any affect on the females? but i really dont wanna put a plant in a hole and have it turn out male. im doin 20 in pots an 13 in ground and am hopin for monsters in the ground. can u do it with a magnifying glass? i dont wanna put them under lights

hey JerkyBoysPranksters - I had some seedlings that had no trouble going through the peat pot but some that did. Could be that some of the soil around them was too dense, but for future plantings, I just picked away verrrrrry carefully the bottom of the peat pot so that I didn't have to worry about the roots having trouble getting through - and lined the new spot with some nice cushy organic fluffy soil so the roots could spread easily while they toughened up. The ones that bust through the peat pot before I potted them I just planted as is in the cushy soil and they have done as well as the others with picked off bottoms.

The moral of this rambling tale is that the key is to give that baby root every opportunity to grow and spread - that little root and the two round leaves are all those seedlings have at first so you gotta treat 'em with care and kindness.

Good luck!

Well mine are all at least a foot tall. im transplanting tommorow. thanks

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

Ok so ill top them after theyre established in the ground and pots. K so ill be able to tell which are male before they have any affect on the females? but i really dont wanna put a plant in a hole and have it turn out male. im doin 20 in pots an 13 in ground and am hopin for monsters in the ground. can u do it with a magnifying glass? i dont wanna put them under lights

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yes you can use a magnitying glass to check sex but you still have to wait till nature starts the flowering cycle.

good luck and i hope you grow some monsters looking forward to seeing photos of them..

Will bout 4 hour light be ok for some?

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

Will bout 4 hour light be ok for some?

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4 hours light they will start to flower

you could try just keeping the soil moist inbetween waterings, you could put barkmultch on the top of your soil that will keep the moisture in longer.
good luck!

sorry my bad. just got the sun times i was way off. hows 7-8?

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

sorry my bad. just got the sun times i was way off. hows 7-8?

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nope that wont help ,

now just to see if i am getting this right are we talking 7/8 hours of direct sunlight and a few more hours in the shade , or is it actually 7/8 hours from sunrise to sunset

JerkyBoysPranksters said:

sorry my bad. just got the sun times i was way off. hows 7-8?

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the more direct sunlight, the bigger the buds!