Any advice?

[AngryPirate]

Just wanted to post here and get opinions or advice. They were feminized seeds. The small one was an auto flower. Not sure of genetics. The big girl we thought was an auto. Turns out it wasn't. Not sure of genetics on her. But she is huge. And started to flower about 2 weeks ago. Just curious of any advice or just what you all think. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[Jackshit]

Is that a major white fly infestation I see?

 

[wheresthekoosh]

Not an outdoor grower but moving forward id recommend not growing unknown genetics. If you need any more seeds shoot me a msg, i got you

 

[AngryPirate]

Not an outdoor grower but moving forward id recommend not growing unknown genetics. If you need any more seeds shoot me a msg, i got you

Yeah that was on me. Usually i like to grow jack herer. I didn't order my seeds on time so had to improvise. I definitely appreciate the advice.

 

[AngryPirate]

Is that a major white fly infestation I see?

On which one? I dont have a great eye for that stuff.

 

[Jackshit]

Looking at the first pic. Lots of white specs in the shape of white flies. If nothing flies off when you shake it, my old eyes must be deceiving me.
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[Funkentelechy]

Just wanted to post here and get opinions or advice.

In my opinion the big girl is going to be done late October/early November, so if you live in a wet climate clear out vegetation around her a little to encourage air flow and light penetration. You could stretch a piece of chicken wire, or something similar, between that squash and corn and your plant to hold the squash leaves back from intruding on the plant. Squash is prone to powdery mildew.

(optional) If you get a lot of rain that time of year then you might want to think about a way to stretch a piece of clear plastic over the top to shed the water off of buds. But, make sure you can maintain airflow if you go that route, don't wrap plastic around the plant.

My advice is have fun!

 

[AngryPirate]

In my opinion the big girl is going to be done late October/early November, so if you live in a wet climate clear out vegetation around her a little to encourage air flow and light penetration. You could stretch a piece of chicken wire, or something similar, between that squash and corn and your plant to hold the squash leaves back from intruding on the plant. Squash is prone to powdery mildew.

(optional) If you get a lot of rain that time of year then you might want to think about a way to stretch a piece of clear plastic over the top to shed the water off of buds. But, make sure you can maintain airflow if you go that route, don't wrap plastic around the plant.

My advice is have fun!

I appreciate the advice very much. And I used it. I went ahead and cleared under her and started to thin. Im assuming im good to start taking a large amount of fan leaves off for light penetration? Last year I had a jack herer into Nov that never finish out but still had good smoke. Im hoping to avoid that this year. I got more recent pics of the ol gal. Again I appreciate the advice.

 

[Funkentelechy]

Is that a baby goat? That is so freakin' cute! I used to raise goats for milk.

 

[Funkentelechy]

I went ahead and cleared under her and started to thin. Im assuming im good to start taking a large amount of fan leaves off for light penetration?

Some people advocate for a lot of defoliation on outdoor plants, others don't. Defoliation is much more important for indoor growing than it is for outdoor as far as light penetration. If you're growing in a humid environment than defoliation around the bottom of the plant and in between branches is a good call for air circulation. I don't defoliate at all, but I live in a dry climate.

The reason that removing leaves/defoliation for light penetration is more important for indoor grows than outdoor grows has to do with distance from light source. Light intensity decreases as you get further from the light source, whatever that light source is. When you are growing indoor then the top of your plant might be 14 or 18 inches away from the light source and the middle of the plant might be 28 inches from the light source. That represents a huge increase of distance percentage wise from from the top of the plant to the middle, and the light intensity drops off significantly based on that percentage of distance. So indoor growers put a lot of emphasis on light penetration because light intensity decreases a lot lower down on a plant. There is less light getting into the lower parts of an indoor plant due to distance from light source so it is more important to make sure that there is nothing blocking light from getting to the parts of the plant that are further away.

Now consider that the sun is 93 million miles away from the earth, so light penetration/intensity based on percentage of distance from light source is very different outdoors.

Long story short, for outdoor growing defoliation for the purpose of increasing air circulation can be a good tool if you live in a wet climate, defoliation for light penetration is(in my opinion) not really needed. The plant needs those leaves, they are solar panels that feed the plant. I often train branches away from the center of a plant, or bend a branch horizontally out into the sun rather than remove leaves that are blocking sun from reaching a branch directly. But if you live in a climate that is prone to mold than defoliating the understory is probably a good idea.

 

[AngryPirate]

Again I appreciate it. The climate im in begins to get wet closer to harvest time unfortunately. So ill have to make sure to clear som3le of those bigger leaves. But I completely agree the more leaves the better for light absorption. I tried to tie the plant down towards the beginning in fear of neighbors seeing it. I lwt it gwt to far before I tied it down again. So let's hope I make it to the finish line without it being spotted. That is one of our little goats! We have 2 little drawf goats. And they are freaking cute. But can be very annoying lol. There is a picture with both of my guard goats.