Sir Napsalot
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Got up this morning and the sun is bright red and there was ash all over everything- got out my small leaf-blower and blew off the cars and my plant. Hope this passes soon.
Oregon Outdoor 2022
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petert
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It was smoky here in the gorge, then the wind shifted in the afternoon and blew it all out, it’s back again this morning. Soon as we get a west wind again it’ll blow it all away.
petert
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Crossing my fingers that my long range forecast is right. It was showing a chance of showers this weekend, both my forecast models have removed that chance and the next forecasted chance of rain is Oct 3. I’ll have at least 4 of my 6 plants hanging by then!
one of the others I’m just going to use for edibles, oils and topicals so I won’t cover that one, the other is a monster (at least for my garden) Blueberry muffin. It’s got a beautiful structure and looks to be at least a 3lb plant!
Weird how different pheno types show. I’ve got 3 Blueberry Muffin and all three are completely different. They were all from seed, all popped together, topped the same, in the same soil, got the same compost tea.
One is short, maybe 4-5’ tall and 4’ wide and I’ll be harvesting that before the 25th of Sept.
The 2nd is 6’+ tall. 6’+ wide and might be done by Oct 10Th.
The 3rd is 13-14’ tall and 6’ wide and looks to finish at least mid Oct.
one of the others I’m just going to use for edibles, oils and topicals so I won’t cover that one, the other is a monster (at least for my garden) Blueberry muffin. It’s got a beautiful structure and looks to be at least a 3lb plant!
Weird how different pheno types show. I’ve got 3 Blueberry Muffin and all three are completely different. They were all from seed, all popped together, topped the same, in the same soil, got the same compost tea.
One is short, maybe 4-5’ tall and 4’ wide and I’ll be harvesting that before the 25th of Sept.
The 2nd is 6’+ tall. 6’+ wide and might be done by Oct 10Th.
The 3rd is 13-14’ tall and 6’ wide and looks to finish at least mid Oct.
thumper60
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Looking killer bud! I really like that last photo always a good idea to take cuts when running new seeds you never no #1 is what iam always looking for short an early.
CaptainCAVEMAN
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Very nice man.
petert
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Thanks! I’m a big fan of early finishers too. I grew Oregon Diesel for quite a few years. Always gave me great bud, finished by the 3rd -4th week of Sept but the down side was it was a bitch to trim and botrious always seemed to be an issue.
I’m sold on this living soil and compost tea regime.
I’m going to take out those fruit bins I’ve been growing in and replace with a bottomless 4x12 raised bed. The yield it looks like I’m going to get from these plants is WAY more than I need so I’m going to cut back to 2-3 plants next year.
BlazinDucks
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I trimmed the first of 5 plants last night, Oregon Diesel. It was by far the worst plant I've had to trim over the years. With it going into flower early and then revegging, it grew in a very odd cluster like pattern. Way too much leaf matter mashed in between tops.
The plant was only about 2 feet tall but took me around 3 hours to trim. Glad it's done and hanging up now. No issue really with Rot, I did find some worms spread around a bit unfortunately. My other 4 are in various stages of flower. I'm glad the weather has been holding out so far. It looks like rain will be staying away for at least another week and a half.
The plant was only about 2 feet tall but took me around 3 hours to trim. Glad it's done and hanging up now. No issue really with Rot, I did find some worms spread around a bit unfortunately. My other 4 are in various stages of flower. I'm glad the weather has been holding out so far. It looks like rain will be staying away for at least another week and a half.
petert
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OD does have chunky nuggs!! I usually put my plants out May 15. I think with Oregon Diesel you need to keep in under 16+ hours of artificial light until after June 1.
BlazinDucks
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Yeah. I learned my lesson on this one. It was initially supposed to go in the ground. I read up on the strain a bit further and realized I didn't want to allocate a spot in the garden for a light finicky plant. I replaced it with another strain and let this one kinda go to shit for the first month and a half or so. Popped it in a 3 gallon pot eventually and started to care for it once it came out of flower the first time and started to re-veg.
In the end it produced some quality looking buds. It smells really nice and is super coated in crystal. The early finish is pretty nice as well. I'll probably run another next year fully knowing what to do with it. I'm gonna start netting all my plants. I'm beyond irritated with the white butterflies that drop the little weed demons.
I put netting up on my main plot but that's proven to be frustrating, and makes it almost impossible to tend to my plants. One plant is mashed into the top of it now. And the netting is at 8ft. Didn't expect an indica that was said to stay around 6ft to turn into a hedge.
petert
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I hate those little bastards!! Hard to tell if they are actually laying eggs on my plants, they seem to just do a touch and go landing. I have neem seed meal in my soil and in my compost tea so I don’t know if that’s making the plants a less desirable spot to deposit poo and eggs. I haven’t seen any caterpillars and no bud rot (yet) fingers crossed
I have thought about going out and buying a butterfly net and catching as many as I can that way!
xtsho
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After years of fiddling around trying to make my own IBL I'm ecstatic over the outcome. My goal was to make a strain that would finish early with a good yield and quality product outdoors here in the PNW. I think I've done it. I know that there are many strains that perform well here but making my own was a goal I had. You can always buy seeds but having something that you can call your own is different.
I'm chopping these in a week. It will be a September harvest. No bugs or mold either. Knock on wood.
They stink like the dickens as well. Extremely dense also.
Meet Durbistan
She's a beast
I was hoping for more from this Durbistan/Sinai cross. It's taking its time flowering. I dusted a couple branches with some more Durban but I realize now that isn't going to speed up the flowering time. This particular project is probably not going any further. The only reason I had the Sinai is because I am a collector and was doing a reproduction run and had the pollen at the right time so I dusted a Durbistan. I'm not impressed so far with this pollen chuck. I should have grown two more Durbistans.
I'm chopping these in a week. It will be a September harvest. No bugs or mold either. Knock on wood.
They stink like the dickens as well. Extremely dense also.Meet Durbistan
She's a beast
I was hoping for more from this Durbistan/Sinai cross. It's taking its time flowering. I dusted a couple branches with some more Durban but I realize now that isn't going to speed up the flowering time. This particular project is probably not going any further. The only reason I had the Sinai is because I am a collector and was doing a reproduction run and had the pollen at the right time so I dusted a Durbistan. I'm not impressed so far with this pollen chuck. I should have grown two more Durbistans.
Humanrob
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At one point worms ruined about half my crop, they just got worse every year until I almost stopped growing outdoors. Then I discovered bug netting. It has some drawbacks, I've read manufacturers accounts that it filters between 20-30% of the sunlight depending on the tightness and thickness of the weave. It also tends to cut airflow, which can contribute to mold at the end of the run. All reasons that contributed to my moving to autos since they finish in August when it's less humid and the sun is still strong and high. I only need 24oz a year, so a half dozen autos in pots (or 3 in the ground) gets me half that no problem (the other 12oz coming from a winter indoor grow).
I understand your frustration with accessing the plants, I can't imagine trying to enclose full sized photos. I started with just using PVC hoop "tunnel" to cover them when I was still growing in the ground. Then I ended out covering my hoophouse in bug netting, which also gives me the option of pulling plastic over the top for those random August rains we can get when my plants are finishing up. It's only an 8'x8' structure, but it easily holds a half dozen autos in 5 gallon pots.
Sir Napsalot
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I made an improvised raincover with a mattress bag and some bulldog clips because my plant is too tall for my normal raincover
petert
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nice! I’m hoping my long term forecast for the east side of the gorge holds up! I’ve got two plants I’m using strictly for edibles, topicals and tinctures. 3 will be harvested before the Oct 4 rain leaving me on big plant to cover. I have 20’ PVC I bend over it and greenhouse plastic to throw over.
Sir Napsalot
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Well the sun returned today after a couple of days of intermittant rain so I got my plant out from under the raincover and gave it a good feeding- it's been cannabalizing itself for the last couple of days and I have lots of yellowing.
postmoves
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The ladies are happy in the sun! Looks like an unlikely week of boost to fatten those nugs here in PDX! Much deserved after the last few seasons...
Question - What do you do with a dead/dying branch this close/yet still a ways out? Only real issue this season was a thrip infest on my sativa leaner, and looks like I may have bent one too far on the wash to fight it. Always worried that too much pruning this late will shock the rest. Thanks
Otherwise my girls are happy! Cheers to yours
Question - What do you do with a dead/dying branch this close/yet still a ways out? Only real issue this season was a thrip infest on my sativa leaner, and looks like I may have bent one too far on the wash to fight it. Always worried that too much pruning this late will shock the rest. Thanks
Otherwise my girls are happy! Cheers to yours
petert
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my friend had a branch do the same thing. He chopped it just in case it started to infect the rest of the plant. He dried the buds. Weird thing is the next day he found a shitload of ladybug larvae on the plant.
postmoves
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though I doubt it's the og cause for the limb death, the ladybugs would actually make sense because there were ALOT of thrips - I'm close enough I may let it go (as long as it dies slow). Interesting that they hit hard the 'Cereal Milk' strain (which to me is of greater trad 'sativa' traits), while next door at 'Animal Mints'-land it has been smooth sailing re: pests (into purples). Good mix so far.