Dirrty's 2010 MMJ Outdoor Grow

phyzix said:

Praying mantis, typically not economical to buy them though.

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next day

dirrtyd said:

Okay went hiking yesterday and found a preying mantis. So threw him on the biggest bush will let you guys know. thinking of going back this weekend again to just look for the preying mantis

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That's just awesome.

okay i did my home work seems that the cucumber beetles predators are soldier bettles and the praying mantis. we will see. stay tuned dirrtyd

Ace Hardware sells praying mantis babies for under $10.

phyzix thanks i will run by to morrow if I dont get to go hiking. I can catch them for free. Thanks again dirrtyd

I bought lots of egg cases of praying mantis last season and they just dissapered after a few weeks. Hope you have better luck with yours

NEL i will let you know they are suppose to stay from what i have read. I dont see the beetles on the one I put on the bush. dirrtyd

Hey dirrtyd

Your soil mix is very similar to what I use outdoors.

Only I didnt add the diatomaceous earth and I use 2 parts of bonemeal to 1 part of bloodmeal.

Does the diatomaceous earth get mixed in with the soil only to kill soil borne pests or does it have another purpose ?

dirrtyd said:

NEL i will let you know they are suppose to stay from what i have read. I dont see the beetles on the one I put on the bush. dirrtyd

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Yeah, that's why I thought I'd try them cause they'd have plently to eat. Guess some thing ate them first. I think I bought about 1/2 dozen egg cases. So there were thousands of them. I also put them on my cormn

Xare said:

Hey dirrtyd

Your soil mix is very similar to what I use outdoors.

Only I didnt add the diatomaceous earth and I use 2 parts of bonemeal to 1 part of bloodmeal.

Does the diatomaceous earth get mixed in with the soil only to kill soil borne pests or does it have another purpose ?

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I use it for that and topdress with it for ants it works good on ants as long as it is dry. Thanks for taking a look.Dirrtyd

northeastern lights said:

Yeah, that's why I thought I'd try them cause they'd have plently to eat. Guess some thing ate them first. I think I bought about 1/2 dozen egg cases. So there were thousands of them. I also put them on my cormn

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I caught a couple more today so I will see. But so far so good then I been killing alot by hand. Now to the show some stalks. Dirrtyd

Enjoy guys these are the stalks that are growing this year. I will try and update pics of them in a month. They all drank five gallons of water today.
Comments welcome Dirrtyd

dirrtyd said:

Enjoy guys these are the stalks that are growing this year. I will try and update pics of them in a month. They all drank five gallons of water today.
Comments welcome Dirrtyd

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Nice base. Looking Healthy

Trust me they are Dizzle they are so green and the calyxes are getting bigger on a couple of them already. Can't wait to see flower pretty sure will need to do some bending and tying up of things. Dirrtyd

Very healthy looking. They are getting big!

Peace
doublejj

doublejj said:

Very healthy looking. They are getting big!

Peace
doublejj

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Thanks Double JJ just trying to get like you guys and learning alot from you guys in the process minus the mistakes. plus been unemployed so growing my gurls is the job for now. Dirrtyd

Okay just got in from watering the garden the gurls are looking great can't wait for a month to go by. Will enjoy to start seeing buds form if I'm lucky I will get some plants flowering by the 20th of this month. Last year they started Mid July oh well I still have a 7 week strain out. Will be interesting for sure can't wait to show some finished shots this year. Dirrtyd

Okay went out and checked my babies the gurls are looking good. Noticed on the two chemdog d clones I took have one with mostly three leaves and one has mostly five leaves. I cloned these off of the same plant any reasons why? I understand that there are variations but there is a big difference in the two plants. They both are looking like bushy christmas trees so I'm happy just wondering had anyone seen this. Thanks for your help Dirrtyd

could have started to flower and is now revegging, or went through some hormonal transplant/lighting shock, since going outside..... I have no idea though..... you would have to point it out in a picture.

theloadeddragon said:

could have started to flower and is now revegging, or went through some hormonal transplant/lighting shock, since going outside..... I have no idea though..... you would have to point it out in a picture.

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TLD thanks for stopping by I will take some pics for sure tomorrow and capture the difference between the two its just weird on has a majority of three and the other a majority of five. Thanks again dirrtyd

TLD the first two pics are the plants with the three and the five majority they both have both just weird. I put them both in the gorund at the same time. Thanks again Dirrtyd
oh a couple of plants that were set in the pot at an angle the canopy is getting even on both of these potted plants. Dirrtyd