90'sStoner
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Honestly man it's hit and miss, my neighbour does outdoors and he had a great summer last year then the rain hit in September. Greenhouse is Def the way to go, more control over your environment.
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Santiago789
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Yeah I don't think I'd be into grow tents, too much going on, with a greenhouse I think you get the best of both worlds, indoor and outdoor and you can control it better and what's better than proper sunlight, though I have to admit tent grown plants look way more frosty
90'sStoner
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Man if we had better summers I'd be the same. I love the simplicity of it and the difference in the way the plants react to being outdoors is unreal
Santiago789
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Its pretty low maintenance compared to indoors,seems to me to be a bit of a science in tents, buds in greenhouses don't look as tatty compared to say proper outdoor too, they always seem to look a bit weather beaten from the elements and insects, more hardened looking.
90'sStoner
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So I gave making some bottle feed a go. Its for mate on their first grow. Anyway I just took my usual measurements of bat guano, palm Ash, seaweed meal and plagrons supermix, mixed it with some molasses and water to make 250mls. I figure 2-4ml per litre should be plenty without burning em. What ye reckon?
Santiago789
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How big are they? I'd start off with small doses and work up from there
90'sStoner
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They're about a month old, I said to him not to use it till he flips to 12/12 in another few weeks. He was gonna give em plain water or tomato feed so I said I'd make him up something and his plants can be Guinea pigs lol
Santiago789
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I seen this guy on YouTube, he just bungs a lot of what you put in that mix from the start into holes he dug...and I thinks that all the feeding he gives from then... He grows some lovely looking plants
90'sStoner
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That's how ya do it! Go big or go home lol
90'sStoner
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Veg is gettin mighty full! 2 blueberry cookies in the back are taking over. Got a couple ar cuttings, a tangerine dream and some star killer. And 2 auto amnesia, 1 is about a week out. Could go longer but when needs must.
Just checked trichs in flower, the BBC look about 80% cloudy 20% clear so I'll give em another week or 2. Ar need a lil longer, bout 50/50 clear and cloudy. I don't mind tho, just means I can take my time drying and curing it up.
Lookin like ill smash my record (230g)
Just checked trichs in flower, the BBC look about 80% cloudy 20% clear so I'll give em another week or 2. Ar need a lil longer, bout 50/50 clear and cloudy. I don't mind tho, just means I can take my time drying and curing it up.
Lookin like ill smash my record (230g)
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Santiago789
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Lol he must be doing something right, he grows some monsters, I thought all that feed would burn the living shit out of them lol
Channel 4 did a piece on guerilla growing with that fella in it
90'sStoner
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Depends on the fertilizer man, probably slow release dry amendments. Just raw organic matter that needs to be broken down by microbes before it can be used by the plants. I'd love to see how he gets on, I'll have to sub his channel!
Santiago789
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Yeah I seen him lashing chicken feed pellets into it, check out some of his previous end of season Grows or his latest video, whopper plants, didn't think they would get like that in the UK climate, whatever he's doing he's doing it right
Santiago789
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Managed to get that magnifier working today, looks like most of the trichs are cloudy, but the pistils I'd say 10% are orange. Not really sure when to start flushing
Hi all, new to this forum. Long story short I have a great plot of land on a fertile floodplain. Very hidden so a great spot for a grow. Threw one of my plants down in June and it looks to be holding up well (photo attached). Would appreciate anyones comments as I'm new to an outdoor grow and depending on the success of this plant I hope to have a large grow going next year. Lately the weather has been terribly wet, the ground is fairly flooded but I'll rectify that next year by having raised beds and drains. I'm familiar with guerilla growers on YouTube but I'm very interested to hear from growers closer to home.
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Nice healthy looking plant, is it an autoflower? The soil does look a bit saturated with water, but sure what can you expect with the weather we've been getting
Yep, this one is an autoflower. You can't tell but it's about 3ft tall. A Jack Herrer. Monaghan is a third world county when it comes to pretty much everything... over the last two weeks I'd say we've rained 10 days. Atrocious so I'm also considering setting up a greenhouse down there. Very interested to see how this plant turns out in any case.
Santiago789
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Think it was all over the country, In my experience greenhouse is the best of both worlds, you can control it a bit better compared to outdoor regarding pests and the likes
90'sStoner
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That's a fair size for an auto man, nice job! Autos Def the way to go in Ireland I reckon, I tried an outdoor grow with photos last year. Great growth all through the summer then come autumn it just pissed rain and drowned em!
Looking at the pic I'd say the soils a bit alkaline, I used to get yellow growth like that until I started to pH down my water. If ya can get your hands on rock phosphate, a top dressing of that will lower the pH and add phosphorus for the plant
How old is she now? Has she started to flower?
Cheers man, I would love to grow photos outdoors but I don't think it could happen where I live unfortunately.
And well spotted, the last pH test was slightly akaline, need to test it again however. I'll certainly get that rock phosphate, thanks for the suggestion!
I grew her indoors for 5-6 weeks, moved her outside about four weeks ago. This one outdoors hasn't started flowering yet. Her twin has been indoors her whole life and is a lot bigger, flowered already and nearly ready for harvest.
Agreed that autos are the best way, currently planning ahead for next year and trying to select a good strain (looking at potentially growing a few plants indoors over winter to get the seeds).