mattypacks
Well-Known Member
Little bit late to the party but I figured it would be cool to start a grow journal for my second outdoor organic season with the hopes of spreading any knowledge I can, and being able to learn a thing or two from you guys myself. I wanted to do a youtube series and document the grow but I fell behind and just couldn't commit the time for this. Ill cover up to the current date with what I have. Comments, questions, concerns, advice, they are all welcome!
Lighting - Sungrown baby (600w MH for veg tent)
Medium - Modified Subcool Super Soil Mix at the rate of:
- 2 bags Roots organic original soil
-100g Kelp Meal
-50g Alfalfa Meal
-80g Langbeinite
-420g Fish Bone Meal
-420g Blood Meal
-420g Seabird Guano
-140g Greensand
(all down to earth brand ^)
-1.25lbs Rice Hulls
-200g Azomite
-185g Xtreme Gardening Mykos
-10lbs Worm Castings
Mixed everything together on a tarp, put the mix into some containers, added water and let cook for approx. 30 days.
Genetics - 12 plants, 11 strains
- Dutch Passion White Widow
-2x Dutch Passion Critical Orange Punch
-Dutch Passion Strawberry Cough
-Delicious Seeds Critical Super Silver Haze
-Reserva Privada OG Kush #18
-Barneys Farm Pineapple Haze
-DNA 24k Gold
-Barneys Farm Red Diesel
-Expert Seeds Cali Orange
-Unknown Bagseed (calling it matty og for now)
-G13 Labs Strawberry Eclair
Both the Cali Orange and Red Diesel I grew last year, and each plant produced 2-3 seeds.
These wouldn't be my first choice in genetics but were purchased back in 2018 when I first got into growing. These are what I had left, and didn't want them to go to waste.
April 19th, 2020
Seeds planted in coco, took about 7-10 days for everything to pop (the ones that did pop)
May 11th, 2020 - First Transplant
Transplanted from solo cups into 2gal pots - a mix of roots organic and straight coco
May 18th - 1 week after 1st transplant
Not many updates during this time. Fed nothing but tap water up to this point. Yes I know my tent is jimmy rigged as hell, but only gets this much use one month out of the year. The trays you see are for marigolds, wanted to experiment with companion planting for pest deterrence. Note: the two solo cups that have growth replaced two of the currently growing plants - peach puree CBD which turned out to be an autoflower, and Yumbolt that I concluded was not going to be a good candidate to grow outdoors up here.
May 24th - Outdoor Transplant Day
As you can see in the front row, the peach puree cbd has some flowering action going on, but no worries. This was taken right before the final transplant to the great outdoors. After transplant, they were given earthworm tea. Ill be going over how I brew and what recipe I use in a later post.
White Widow, Strawberry Cough, OG#18, and "matty og" were transplanted into 30 gallon pots
The two Critical Orange Punches, and Critical Super Silver Haze into 25 gallon pots
Pineapple Haze into a 15 gallon pot
Red Diesel, Cali Orange, Strawberry Eclair, and 24k gold into 7 gallon pots
An addition layer of 1-2 inches of pure coco was added, and all the pots mulched with pine fines.
The reason for the size discrepancy is due to wanting more variety, but still being at a manageable level for me, and the fact that all I have for a grow space is a little hill lol. Last season (my first outdoor grow) I had 6 plants in 30 gallon pots and to be honest it was a struggle to keep up with. Like many, I had the pleasure of dealing with budworms, powdery mildew, bud rot, spider mites, a theif, and the list goes on - but I guess that just comes with the magic of growing. Although a bumpy ride it was generally successful, and the amount of knowledge I gained is priceless to me.
Early August 2019:
Lighting - Sungrown baby (600w MH for veg tent)
Medium - Modified Subcool Super Soil Mix at the rate of:
- 2 bags Roots organic original soil
-100g Kelp Meal
-50g Alfalfa Meal
-80g Langbeinite
-420g Fish Bone Meal
-420g Blood Meal
-420g Seabird Guano
-140g Greensand
(all down to earth brand ^)
-1.25lbs Rice Hulls
-200g Azomite
-185g Xtreme Gardening Mykos
-10lbs Worm Castings
Mixed everything together on a tarp, put the mix into some containers, added water and let cook for approx. 30 days.
Genetics - 12 plants, 11 strains
- Dutch Passion White Widow
-2x Dutch Passion Critical Orange Punch
-Dutch Passion Strawberry Cough
-Delicious Seeds Critical Super Silver Haze
-Reserva Privada OG Kush #18
-Barneys Farm Pineapple Haze
-DNA 24k Gold
-Barneys Farm Red Diesel
-Expert Seeds Cali Orange
-Unknown Bagseed (calling it matty og for now)
-G13 Labs Strawberry Eclair
Both the Cali Orange and Red Diesel I grew last year, and each plant produced 2-3 seeds.
These wouldn't be my first choice in genetics but were purchased back in 2018 when I first got into growing. These are what I had left, and didn't want them to go to waste.
April 19th, 2020
Seeds planted in coco, took about 7-10 days for everything to pop (the ones that did pop)
May 11th, 2020 - First Transplant
Transplanted from solo cups into 2gal pots - a mix of roots organic and straight coco
May 18th - 1 week after 1st transplant
Not many updates during this time. Fed nothing but tap water up to this point. Yes I know my tent is jimmy rigged as hell, but only gets this much use one month out of the year. The trays you see are for marigolds, wanted to experiment with companion planting for pest deterrence. Note: the two solo cups that have growth replaced two of the currently growing plants - peach puree CBD which turned out to be an autoflower, and Yumbolt that I concluded was not going to be a good candidate to grow outdoors up here.
May 24th - Outdoor Transplant Day
As you can see in the front row, the peach puree cbd has some flowering action going on, but no worries. This was taken right before the final transplant to the great outdoors. After transplant, they were given earthworm tea. Ill be going over how I brew and what recipe I use in a later post.
White Widow, Strawberry Cough, OG#18, and "matty og" were transplanted into 30 gallon pots
The two Critical Orange Punches, and Critical Super Silver Haze into 25 gallon pots
Pineapple Haze into a 15 gallon pot
Red Diesel, Cali Orange, Strawberry Eclair, and 24k gold into 7 gallon pots
An addition layer of 1-2 inches of pure coco was added, and all the pots mulched with pine fines.
The reason for the size discrepancy is due to wanting more variety, but still being at a manageable level for me, and the fact that all I have for a grow space is a little hill lol. Last season (my first outdoor grow) I had 6 plants in 30 gallon pots and to be honest it was a struggle to keep up with. Like many, I had the pleasure of dealing with budworms, powdery mildew, bud rot, spider mites, a theif, and the list goes on - but I guess that just comes with the magic of growing. Although a bumpy ride it was generally successful, and the amount of knowledge I gained is priceless to me.
Early August 2019:
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