Maine 2021

Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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DCcan said:
Sulfur and Regalia combo seem to do the best at prevention, cut back on Sulfur to avoid the pot plants in flower.
BiCarb and Regalia kept it contained last week, but after 2-3 days of rain its not going away. Bag of gourds is a 1/5 the price of Regalia, so no great loss.
Also had some drift onto the pistils, they don't like bicarb at all.
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I'm alternating Regalia with Cease this year and hoping it doesnt bite me in the ass. Its gotten damn cold here the last few nights and that coastal fog wont let up.
 
DCcan

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I re apply BTk mixed with Regalia after rain, then alternate Venerate/ Botanicare.
The LalStop applications seem to have stopped all the garden fusarium, even lilacs are PM free for first time ever.
 
NewEnglandFarmer

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Seawood said:
Going pretty well. Scaled back and only have 4 plants on the go and I put them in the ground instead of my usual 30 gal fabric pots. Running more indica dominant strains so I’m not into late October like last year. Plants are all well into flower with buds starting to stack. Fingers crossed for good weather!
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Sounds like you're making smart adjustments for your climate. I'm mostly in ground but have a few 10g fabric pots, they are definitely more work. Hope you get lots of sun this fall.
 
NewEnglandFarmer

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FirstCavApache64 said:
Thanks guys, I'm doing organic for the first time. Not true living soil like I built a soil but it's ocean forest with no chemical nutes so far an I just added some Dr. Earth Bloom that had a lot of beneficial microbes. I just thought that it was a good idea to provide the molasses as a food source for the microbes but as I said this is the first time I'm trying this and growing outdoors so I'm kinda flying blind. I've been using PH perfect bottled nutes for years and I'm sick of mixing chemicals and flushing salts. Thanks so much for allaying my nerves about drawing them up the stairs. They're in my yard already I was just afraid the scent would tease them into breaking our agreement about staying off the porch and deck for the most part. It's their woods and I don't want conflict with them if it can be avoided. Thanks again guys and I'm going to give it a shot.
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Not a lot of bears in my neck of the woods so not speaking from experience but used to deal with them when I guided horsepacking trips out west. Really doubt a small amount of diluted molasses in soil would draw them. Animal based organic topdressings on the other hand like fishbone or bloodmeal are a different story. Be careful! Maybe rig up a flash or bang with a tripwire or motion sensor on your back porch at night? Where is your location?
 
FirstCavApache64

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NewEnglandFarmer said:
Not a lot of bears in my neck of the woods so not speaking from experience but used to deal with them when I guided horsepacking trips out west. Really doubt a small amount of diluted molasses in soil would draw them. Animal based organic topdressings on the other hand like fishbone or bloodmeal are a different story. Be careful! Maybe rig up a flash or bang with a tripwire or motion sensor on your back porch at night? Where is your location?
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Blue Ridge Mountains not far from Skyline Drive
 
Seawood

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Anyone seeing bud rot? I’ve found an alarming amount on all of my plants this week. We’ve had a higher than usual amount of moisture recently which I’m sure is the culprit.

I’ve never seen any mold this early. Usually will start to find a few spots nearing the end of September when bud density is there but never like I’m seeing now. Going to make for a rough harvest unless things improve. Still a month to go on most strains I’m running.
 
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CCGNZ

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Seawood said:
Anyone seeing bud rot? I’ve found an alarming amount on all of my plants this week. We’ve had a higher than usual amount of moisture recently which I’m sure is the culprit.

I’ve never seen any mold this early. Usually will start to find a few spots nearing the end of September when bud density is there but never like I’m seeing now. Going to make for a rough harvest unless things improve. Still a month to go on most strains I’m running.
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I'm A 30 yr. outdoor New England grower, 60-70 adult females and a little over 200 clones two weeks ago I moved it all inside for hurricane Henry, a ballbusting moment I must say, last week 5 inches of rain,luckily plants not quite developed enough for serious bud rot. As I'm sitting here now it's raining a lot and is forcast through the night,plants are a little thicker but I'd be much more worried a week from now w/this weather. I stretch tarps over a lot of them and also put up a 10x10 walled canopy to shelter them starting in mid sept as a matter of fact Amazon just dropped it off. this is turning into a sharp contrast from last season in which all of Sept. was weather from God for my grow. I just want the next month to fly by to wrap up a season that's been very labor intensive. To grow this amount while having a hard job and exercising religiously 6days a week can be described as a beatdown of epic proportions, I have to eat junk food just to keep my weight from dropping too much. It's a labor of love and a profitable one at that and every year my grow seems to get more mental,question is that at 56yrs old how long can I keep this marathon up? It's so ingrained in me that I'll probably hit the ground one day trucking 6gallon containers of water and ferts to my plants,We're talking 130 gallons every time I have to water taking one hour to complete after i arrive home from work which is demanding physically, after I've woken up a 3AM to work out before I head to work. Not whining like a bitch here as this is my choice but just letting you in on the absolute grind I'm dealing with. Good luck to all fellow outdoorers as I know as much as anyone what battling w/mother nature can be like firsthand .ccguns
 
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CCGNZ

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Sevenleaves said:
No issues here. Things are looking good. Once we get through today and tomorrow morning. The next 10 days are supposed to sunny, low to mid 70s.
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Yeah I'm seeing the same pattern south of you, man i sympathize w/Maine growers ,I figure my season in SE Mass is a good 4wks longer than yours, must be tough. frost no issue for me(I'm near coast and not inland in Mass where frost hits first. Justwould love a rainless mid Sept to Oct 10 and I'm a happy camper. I hit the ladies w/all phos. ferts by mid Sept just so I have option to pull by end Sept if mother nature decides to be a mean bitch. This way they are all flushed out if I have to harvest early, who wants to do all this work to smoke fert. tainted ganja.It's also why I do 20 stains at least.because Murphy's law is that some always turn into Botrytis magnets.ccguns
 
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CCGNZ

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Sevenleaves said:
No issues here. Things are looking good. Once we get through today and tomorrow morning. The next 10 days are supposed to sunny, low to mid 70s.
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But one of my main arguments is that outdoor cannabis is longer lived and therefor more complex, for instance would you want hydroponically produced wine grapes raised in a sterile environment,not me ,the shifts in weather give the outdoor cannabis more character versus a rushed through it's life product though I will concede that aesthetically speaking indoor takes the prize all day long.ccguns
 
NewEnglandFarmer

NewEnglandFarmer

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Seawood said:
Anyone seeing bud rot? I’ve found an alarming amount on all of my plants this week. We’ve had a higher than usual amount of moisture recently which I’m sure is the culprit.

I’ve never seen any mold this early. Usually will start to find a few spots nearing the end of September when bud density is there but never like I’m seeing now. Going to make for a rough harvest unless things improve. Still a month to go on most strains I’m running.
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Sorry to hear that. Nothing yet here (knock on wood). It's been raining buckets all day. Plants in fabric pots I moved onto the back porch. Supposed to be lots more rain tonight then sunny tomorrow.
 
NewEnglandFarmer

NewEnglandFarmer

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CCGNZ said:
I'm A 30 yr. outdoor New England grower, 60-70 adult females and a little over 200 clones two weeks ago I moved it all inside for hurricane Henry, a ballbusting moment I must say, last week 5 inches of rain,luckily plants not quite developed enough for serious bud rot. As I'm sitting here now it's raining a lot and is forcast through the night,plants are a little thicker but I'd be much more worried a week from now w/this weather. I stretch tarps over a lot of them and also put up a 10x10 walled canopy to shelter them starting in mid sept as a matter of fact Amazon just dropped it off. this is turning into a sharp contrast from last season in which all of Sept. was weather from God for my grow. I just want the next month to fly by to wrap up a season that's been very labor intensive. To grow this amount while having a hard job and exercising religiously 6days a week can be described as a beatdown of epic proportions, I have to eat junk food just to keep my weight from dropping too much. It's a labor of love and a profitable one at that and every year my grow seems to get more mental,question is that at 56yrs old how long can I keep this marathon up? It's so ingrained in me that I'll probably hit the ground one day trucking 6gallon containers of water and ferts to my plants,We're talking 130 gallons every time I have to water taking one hour to complete after i arrive home from work which is demanding physically, after I've woken up a 3AM to work out before I head to work. Not whining like a bitch here as this is my choice but just letting you in on the absolute grind I'm dealing with. Good luck to all fellow outdoorers as I know as much as anyone what battling w/mother nature can be like firsthand .ccguns
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Dang that's a lot of plants. Hope you make some serious bank after harvest!

And also have a little rest later this fall.
 
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natureboygrower

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Seawood said:
Anyone seeing bud rot? I’ve found an alarming amount on all of my plants this week. We’ve had a higher than usual amount of moisture recently which I’m sure is the culprit.

I’ve never seen any mold this early. Usually will start to find a few spots nearing the end of September when bud density is there but never like I’m seeing now. Going to make for a rough harvest unless things improve. Still a month to go on most strains I’m running.
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Yup, noticed some on my fattest plant a couple days ago. Not surprised one bit. This season has been pretty terrible on the coast. I think I'm going to look into mainlining my plants for next season. Damn, just looking for a little outdoor bud to make hash and edibles with...:wall:
 
NewEnglandFarmer

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On my daily rounds today discovered some white flies on several of the Cherry Wines. I was pulling off dead leaves and looking for moth eggs and I noticed a bunch of tiny white bugs flying off when I disturbed the branches. When I shook the plant a bunch of them flew off the leaves. Doesn't seem like a heavy infestation yet but got me worried.

Any tips? Only dealt with these once before, one of the Cherry Wines in a fabric pot picked some up from my wife's garden back in June, I moved the plant away from the source, hit it with neem oil/peppermint castile solution and they vanished. But don't really want to spray neem in flower, hear that can affect the bud flavor/taste.

Are whiteflies a threat at this point in the grow? Those cherry wines only have maybe 3 more weeks to go. Kind of surprised to see them this late, but as I say I have almost no experience with the buggers.
 
DCcan

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natureboygrower said:
Yup, noticed some on my fattest plant a couple days ago. Not surprised one bit. This season has been pretty terrible on the coast. I think I'm going to look into mainlining my plants for next season. Damn, just looking for a little outdoor bud to make hash and edibles with...:wall:
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I bent the garden plants down 45 deg, let the bud grow separately rather than intertwining, then dripping on to each other with morning dew.
Checked this morning, looked ok, no rot or caterpillars. All the stems on the porch plant are getting sun and air.
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