Oregon Outdoor, 2021

[xtsho]

Definitely feels good to be on the other side of that weather event. And overall, no worse for the wear. I hope everyone made it through in good shape.

The only thing that really suffered at my place was the Tayberries that were just fried on the vines. Apparently the heatwave wreaked havoc on Oregon's berry farms. If their crops are anything like mine then they are pretty screwed this year.

My rhododendrons leaves are fried as well.

All these berries are ruined.

 

[eddy600]

Keep your eyes open for bugs, the heat wave has brought out the bugs on my yard.

 

[Tim Fox]

Definitely feels good to be on the other side of that weather event. And overall, no worse for the wear. I hope everyone made it through in good shape.

for sure, what a ride that was,, back to normal hot weather,, all good over here

 

[Tim Fox]

The only thing that really suffered at my place was the Tayberries that were just fried on the vines. Apparently the heatwave wreaked havoc on Oregon's berry farms. If their crops are anything like mine then they are pretty screwed this year.

My rhododendrons leaves are fried as well.

All these berries are ruined.

my wifes hydrangea's took a beat down,, she is out watering them now

 

[petert]

The plants are weakened and stressed. Prime targets for bugs!

 

[xtsho]

my wifes hydrangea's took a beat down,, she is out watering them now

I forgot about mine. It's fried as well.

 

[shrubz]

We wakeboard in the Willamette.

Sounds nice. My stomping grounds are anywhere in the Kawartha lakes regions. pick a lake there all nice for swimming fishing and other rec. the outdoorsmans dream. or just smoking a dube by the fire https://www.explorekawarthalakes.com/en/index.aspx#

We had a few tornados in Ontario, a few ppl lost houses in Chatsworth, about an hour and a half north west of me https://globalnews.ca/news/7987629/family-narrowly-escapes-chatsworth-tornado/

a swath of the systems passed through, thunderstorms later, and other nasty weather. they dont call it thunderstorm alley here for nothing.

Im all tied up , my garden withstood some crazy weather already, this afternoon might make it 3rd, or 4th heavy one. the sky is starting to darken up and look menacing just to the north of us atm.

its been eavy rain sun rain sun sun rain sun...a mix. It could be worse, on the contrary. plants are thriving out there so far

I accidentally caught pre flowers inside the one image. that one made it easy for me, early.

 

[Houstini]

Blue resin kush from riot on the left
Apple earth from cannarado on the right
I pruned and topped these yesterday, they’re gonna go beast mode

 

[Humanrob]

Blue resin kush from riot on the left
Apple earth from cannarado on the right
I pruned and topped these yesterday, they’re gonna go beast mode
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Plants looking good!

Looks like the BRK is in a fabric pot that's wrapped in plastic, what's the thought there?

 

[Houstini]

Plants looking good!

Looks like the BRK is in a fabric pot that's wrapped in plastic, what's the thought there?

I tried to move it and it ripped. After careful consideration I decided to repair it with packing wrap. The goal here is to prevent moisture from evaporating from the sides, therefore preventing hydrophobic areas for water to channel. Looks like a hot mess, but it was an informed decision to repair in that method.

 

[Humanrob]

I tried to move it and it ripped. After careful consideration I decided to repair it with packing wrap. The goal here is to prevent moisture from evaporating from the sides, therefore preventing hydrophobic areas for water to channel. Looks like a hot mess, but it was an informed decision to repair in that method.

I was sure there was a good reason, just wondering what it was and thought I might learn something. Thanks for the response.

 

[BlazinDucks]

Well, it's been an eventful season so far. I've kinda given up on my potted plants that were started in my tent. They're having their second go round with spider mites. It's been too warm, and too much trouble trying to keep up with them anyways. I really only care about the plants in the ground. The others were just my mess around plants. The two in the ground had spider mites a while back and I gave them a few sprays with some Nuke em. That problem cleared up pretty quickly. Some of the leaves got burned a little from residue in the sun. I've never dealt with mites before, and it's probably because I started everything in a tent this season. My tent has been off for well over a month, I kinda regret investing money into it. It was fun at first but there's too many issues that come along with it, temperature control being the hardest part of it. I may or may not give my potted plants another few rounds of spraying and see if I can get them back in order, but I hardly want to water them anymore so that may be a sign to just let them go. Over all it's been a semi crappy season, but my main two plants are looking great so things are on the up and up. I'm happy as hell that I put some time and effort into putting in a watering system this year. Much easier than watering by hand. A lot more controlled with having shutoff valves all through the garden that I can selectively shut off. My plants are nearing chest height so I'm well ahead of my knee high by the 4th of July saying. I hope we get by without too many smoke issues this season, but it's doubtful considering the lack of precipitation. I'm unable to post pictures for some reason. New phone

 

[Humanrob]

Well, it's been an eventful season so far. I've kinda given up on my potted plants that were started in my tent. They're having their second go round with spider mites. It's been too warm, and too much trouble trying to keep up with them anyways. I really only care about the plants in the ground. The others were just my mess around plants. The two in the ground had spider mites a while back and I gave them a few sprays with some Nuke em. That problem cleared up pretty quickly. Some of the leaves got burned a little from residue in the sun. I've never dealt with mites before, and it's probably because I started everything in a tent this season. My tent has been off for well over a month, I kinda regret investing money into it. It was fun at first but there's too many issues that come along with it, temperature control being the hardest part of it. I may or may not give my potted plants another few rounds of spraying and see if I can get them back in order, but I hardly want to water them anymore so that may be a sign to just let them go. Over all it's been a semi crappy season, but my main two plants are looking great so things are on the up and up. I'm happy as hell that I put some time and effort into putting in a watering system this year. Much easier than watering by hand. A lot more controlled with having shutoff valves all through the garden that I can selectively shut off. My plants are nearing chest height so I'm well ahead of my knee high by the 4th of July saying. I hope we get by without too many smoke issues this season, but it's doubtful considering the lack of precipitation. I'm unable to post pictures for some reason. New phone

We moved a lot of stuff around in the garden so I had to pull up most of the drip irrigation we had set up from last year, I still haven't reconfigured it. What kind of irrigation set up are you running?

For this season I'm going to hand water the cannabis right until the end. I'm doing too many experiments -- different soils that dry at different rates, different pot sizes, and a structure where most days it will get over 100º for a few hours. Next year it will be all one soil and all one pot size, once I figure out which are the winners.

At least you've got a couple of really good ones, that'll carry you a long way. Looking forward to seeing some pictures when you get the phone ironed out.

 

[BlazinDucks]

I upgraded my phone to an s21 and the file sizes have gone way up. RIU tells me the file sizes are too large to upload or they just fail after hitting 100%. It's pretty annoying considering I've always uploaded pics straight from my phone for all these years without using 3rd party apps. My watering system is all Dig brand products. 0.5" tubing ran across multiple areas of my garden. I installed shutoff valves for every section in some form, whether it be a main line valve, or 1/8" individuals on the emitters. I put in a range of different emitter styles that are all adjustable for water flow. They're all 360° spray patterns for better water coverage. I had no idea what I was doing going in but I bought way more than I needed to start and just returned what I didn't use. I must've gone back to Home Depot 4 times before I got my initial hookup to the hose correct. Too many styles and different thread patterns really screwed with me.

 

[Humanrob]

I upgraded my phone to an s21 and the file sizes have gone way up. RIU tells me the file sizes are too large to upload or they just fail after hitting 100%. It's pretty annoying considering I've always uploaded pics straight from my phone for all these years without using 3rd party apps. My watering system is all Dig brand products. 0.5" tubing ran across multiple areas of my garden. I installed shutoff valves for every section in some form, whether it be a main line valve, or 1/8" individuals on the emitters. I put in a range of different emitter styles that are all adjustable for water flow. They're all 360° spray patterns for better water coverage. I had no idea what I was doing going in but I bought way more than I needed to start and just returned what I didn't use. I must've gone back to Home Depot 4 times before I got my initial hookup to the hose correct. Too many styles and different thread patterns really screwed with me.View attachment 4936411View attachment 4936412View attachment 4936413View attachment 4936414

Looks like you've done a great job. That's pretty much what I'm working with too, except I've leaned more heavily on the drip hose end lines. I'm not sure how many years they are good for, this will be the third year we're using it and I noticed some degradation between the first and second year, we'll see if they still work sufficiently this third year when I get it hooked up. I prefer the spongy drip hoses to the sprayers around things like cannabis and squashes/zucchini because I'm afraid of encouraging mold or PM around the base of the plants. They have a million different delivery systems, it can be hard to choose and keep track of.

We had our main water line from the street meter replaced. The very old original iron pipe had so much build up in it that a 1" pipe had about a 1/2 inch of volume left in it. When we had the new line put in, our water pressure went up so much that we were blowing up our irrigations system, so I've had to get pressure reducers. Didn't see that coming.

I found a picture from a couple of years ago that shows the way I was doing the drip lines, I'd create a circle around the base of the plant, so this picture was taken before I placed the plants. After the plants were in I'd use bark chips or straw over the drip lines. That worked really well for me.

 

[BlazinDucks]

I initially planned on getting drip hose, mostly the 6" gap lines for certain things like my potatoes, onions and strawberries, but everyone and their mom is gardening this year and the stock was depleted in the area. I had to buy a 500' roll of 0.5" tubing because that's all I could find, and I had to drive down the freeway a ways to get it.

I put a 25 psi flow guage on my system because I read that's what you're supposed to do to keep from blowing out the lines, but I have about 70 emitters spread around the garden that would've compensated for the added pressure. So after it all I have to water in sections because I lack the pressure to do all at once.

The potatoes are the hardest to do because I have 7 rows of tubing with 6-7 direct line emitters in each that are only about 6" apart. So by the time the water gets to the end of the line it's just trickling out. I need to add a cutoff valve in every other line to fix the issue.

I have the emitters far enough away from the stalks on the cannabis to not soak the stalks too much. I've always watered right up to the base anyways, so not too concerned about them getting wet. My issue is trying to judge the output of water per emitters so I know how much I'm giving them.

I tried putting one in a bucket and time out a gallon but they tend to spray water outside the bucket and I don't get an accurate reading. And each is adjustable so they won't measure exactly the same, so I'm just kinda winging it.

 

[Andre420]

I guess I'll start the Oregon thread this year, look forward to hearing from Oregonians on their outdoor grows. So far, I hope we get some more rain! Otherwise this could be a bad fire season, and obviously that's bad for far more than just the plants in our gardens.

My grow is evolving a bit this year, I built what could be called a "high tunnel" or "rigid hoophouse", because it's not fully enclosed and so I don't think it would fit the definition of a Greenhouse. Primary purposes are to hang bug netting on to keep the worms away, and to keep any late season rain off. New structures and methods always have a learning curve, so we'll see how this goes.

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I’m on my second outdoor grow, last year wasn’t a good one because of the fires but hope this one os different. I got 6 bubba kush plants, they are 6 weeks old and are starting to show some hairs. Isn’t it a bit early? We are still having around 16 hours of sun, so can I keep on vegging?

 

[BlazinDucks]

I’m on my second outdoor grow, last year wasn’t a good one because of the fires but hope this one os different. I got 6 bubba kush plants, they are 6 weeks old and are starting to show some hairs. Isn’t it a bit early? We are still having around 16 hours of sun, so can I keep on vegging?

You can't choose when your plants go into flower mode unless your doing light dep. It's definitely still early, but it is what it is.

 

[Tim Fox]

all 4 auto plants are flowering away,,, they sure smell good when i come around the corner of the house, i gave them a couple rounds of fert the past week, i am kinda happy they are shorter, for my first outdoor grow,
pics

 

[BlazinDucks]

One week from my past post. They're becoming hedges, slowly but surely. No troubles to report. They've loved all the sun we've been getting. I haven't been watering much. Today was the first day in a week that they got a drink. I wish I had more space between them but I gotta have room for all the tomatoes . I'll be putting trellis netting up here in the next week for them to grow up into and I'll wrap them around as well. Glad I put in the T posts this year. They'll hold everything up much better than the 8' stakes I'm used to using.