2016 Outdoor NW Grow
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WV: Jetson
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Huh - learn something new every day: I didn't know earwigs ate plants. What strain(s) are you running?
ganga gurl420
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Sorry about your loss! I had a bad slug problem last year...I know how it feels.
So are you putting these babies in the ground or using pots?
Route66
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@WV: Jetson, I'm running THC Bomb and my own cross of THC Bomb x AK-47 F1.
@ganga gurl420, Going to put them in 10 gal tan soft pots. I would like to put them in bigger pots but cost, space and movement made me opt for the 10 gal.
This is only my second grow so still learning.
@ganga gurl420, Going to put them in 10 gal tan soft pots. I would like to put them in bigger pots but cost, space and movement made me opt for the 10 gal.
This is only my second grow so still learning.
ganga gurl420
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Hey you can still get some serious weight off a ten gallon outside with the right pruning/bending program. Good luck to u
Humanrob
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Good to see more NW growers showing up. 
I've been told that outside (with the right strains, soil, and ample sunlight) you can get 1oz per gallon of soil, so about 10oz per plant in a 10 gallon pot. That came from a grower more experienced than I, so I'm looking for 8oz from each of my 10 gallon pots.
Last year was my first outdoor and I grew some in the ground, and some in 100 gallon pots. This year the biggest pot I'm using is 15 gallons, but there will be some 10's and a pair of 5's. My goals and focus have changed.
I've been told that outside (with the right strains, soil, and ample sunlight) you can get 1oz per gallon of soil, so about 10oz per plant in a 10 gallon pot. That came from a grower more experienced than I, so I'm looking for 8oz from each of my 10 gallon pots.
Last year was my first outdoor and I grew some in the ground, and some in 100 gallon pots. This year the biggest pot I'm using is 15 gallons, but there will be some 10's and a pair of 5's. My goals and focus have changed.
WV: Jetson
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Good to see more NW growers showing up.
Yeah... what HR said!
Humanrob
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It's always something. When we bought our house it was all lawn, and every year we carve away more lawn and plant more gardens. The first year there were no bugs, and every subsequent year there have been new pests we've never seen before. The diversity we've introduced has attracted every kind of vermin imaginable. That said, haven't seen too many earwigs here. They can be a serious problem though, I knew some organic farmers that had major battles with them. I'm sure there is info online about how to deal with them.
Are your seeds feminized or are you expecting boys? And are you medical or recreational?
ganga gurl420
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Good to see more NW growers showing up.
I've been told that outside (with the right strains, soil, and ample sunlight) you can get 1oz per gallon of soil, so about 10oz per plant in a 10 gallon pot. That came from a grower more experienced than I, so I'm looking for 8oz from each of my 10 gallon pots.
Last year was my first outdoor and I grew some in the ground, and some in 100 gallon pots. This year the biggest pot I'm using is 15 gallons, but there will be some 10's and a pair of 5's. My goals and focus have changed.
ganga gurl420
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That would be nice if thats what I pulled off.. (1 ounce per gallon) haha but that is probably only if everything is perfect.
May I ask why you went from big pots to small ones?
May I ask why you went from big pots to small ones?
Humanrob
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There are a lot of reasons, but the main one is that where I live the weather is unpredictable ("wind events"), and fall weather in general has a pretty wide range of possibilities. Summer season is a long run, and I don't want to put all that work in just to have the last two weeks of September be rainy and cold and have the choice of pulling my crop before its ready, or watching it get moldy. So, I'd rather have smaller mobile plants that if need be I can move into the garage and finish (at least some of) them there under HPS.
Big plants take a lot of maintenance, a lot of spraying early on, a lot of trimming, and a lot of space in the garden. The law is the plants can't be seen from the street, so they can't get taller than 6' (the height of our fence). Last year for our big girls, even after topping them a few times I had to do a two layer scrog to keep the plants low and wide. That required structures and all kinds of training. Keeping them in pots keeps them smaller, less smell to draw attention (i.e. thieves), less visibility. And its a lot easier to build a hoop house over a 4' tall plant than a 7' tall plant, for those inevitable early fall rains. As a side note, most of my pots will be dropped into the ground to keep the plants lower and keep the roots cooler.
I would do light deprivation to force an early harvest, but so far I can't guarantee I can be home at the same time twice a day for six weeks from July 1st through mid-August. That would be the perfect solution though.
Humanrob
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They're looking good!
We had such a strange little heat wave before it seemed like summer was already here... and now things are "normal" but it seems oddly cold and rainy. I hope we get another group of rainless days, I'd like my plants to have a chance to dry out a bit.
Humanrob
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That is amazing that you had one go into November! By the end of September one of my plants had bud rot and others had just started to get PM. I had them under a cover so they never got rained on directly, and I sprayed them with every (organic) fungicide right up to the time they started budding. I did make some mistakes, but I learned a lot. By mid-October we had already harvested everything we could, and composted the rest because there was pervasive PM.
One plant -- the Chemdawg 91, never had any issues. That's one of the reasons that I was hoping the NW outdoor growers could keep track of which strains did well here. My Alien OG that was planted right next to the Chem and under the same cover got bud rot. Genetics are a big piece of the puzzle.
Route66
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Nice! Did you get different phenotypes? Can you post any pics of the finished product? I grew two last year; got one male one female. The female showed sativa characteristics and the buds were purple and airy. One of the THC bombs already has some purple on the new growth and has sativa like leaves. The other one looks like a typical hybrid.   Here is the finished bud.
Great smell smoke is smooth and taste great;potent stuff.
