Round 3…can I make it this time?

First and second year grows were in a Melbourne apartment and both years I got close to the end but got fucked by snitches (2022) and landlord selling (2023).

This year I’m renting in regional Victoria and have a house. Still got neighbours but hay, a farmers got to farm!

I’m doing 1 GG#4 and 2 Wedding Cakes.
With plenty of space I’m also companion planting Marigolds to help to attract good insects and repel bad ones. Mint to mask the smell…and Sunflowers to bookend the row.

I did the paper towel method 10 days ago. They all germinated within 24 hours. Now I have them in small pots (hanging in pics).

The white grow bags are 12 gallons and I’ve loaded them with organic soil…which is cooling off for a month before I transplant the girls into them.

Hopefully 3 times is a charm. I really want to get to the end this year without interruptions and I want 26 ounces to last me a year…9 from each.

You got this. Good luck!

Haven't grown Gorilla #4 but did just harvest a Wedding Cake, your going to love her frosty look when she buds! Good luck on your grow!

J2M3S said:

You got this. Good luck!

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Fladawg01 said:

Haven't grown Gorilla #4 but did just harvest a Wedding Cake, your going to love her frosty look when she buds! Good luck on your grow!

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Thank you. I’m determined to make it this time. I’m going to go to great lengths and even trolly the girls into my lockup garage each night when they’re in flower…I’m more worried about thieves this year than snitches. It’ll mean getting up each morning before first light to get them back outside. I’ll post more photos when the repotting is done…should be a couple of weeks at least.

All is going well. The 3 girls are slowly growing up and all my companion plants are looking fantastic. I’ve propped all 13 pots on bricks and things are looking good!
3 girls are still in their baby pots…slightly overwatered but nothing drastic. The middle pic girl below fell off a chair while late afternoon sunbathing, she came completely out of her pot and bent her 2 first leaves, but she recovered well. Those leaves never got full colour back.

I'm from the uk and it's strange seeing you start an outdoor in October november .... good luck

Liamp1603 said:

I'm from the uk and it's strange seeing you start an outdoor in October november .... good luck

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Is he not from Aus?

@Sigourney_GG4 That potting media looks pretty dire. Just like bark?

any chance of getting some peat based soil mixes or go for coco. Loads of your problems are probably due to your media…

GL

This should be good

at least the plants are deffo gonna get frosty one way or another.

Liamp1603 said:

I'm from the uk and it's strange seeing you start an outdoor in October november .... good luck

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I feel the same seeing UK outdoor growers start in our winter

Nutty sKunK said:

Is he not from Aus?

@Sigourney_GG4 That potting media looks pretty dire. Just like bark?

any chance of getting some peat based soil mixes or go for coco. Loads of your problems are probably due to your media…

GL

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Soil is organic seedling mix…may look like bark at the top but it’s not like that throughout pots. …And I’m not halving loads of problems, in my opinion the girls are on track for size and very healthy.

Sigourney_GG4 said:

Soil is organic seedling mix…may look like bark at the top but it’s not like that throughout pots. …And I’m not halving loads of problems, in my opinion the girls are on track for size and very healthy.

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Right fair enough. Just looks very coarse and the plants are struggling to get thru it (leave sets are not branching)

GL getting to harvest bud!

All 3 ladies have been potted in their forever homes (12 gallon bags). I gave them some soil conditioner for stress relief and a good water.

It’s been very windy so I’ve removed the trellis for now, layered in dried grass and set up windbreaks

Sigourney_GG4 said:

It’s been very windy so I’ve removed the trellis for now, layered in dried grass and set up windbreaks
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So cute I love little baby's were are you to grow outdoors now

Cotoneye Joe said:

So cute I love little baby's were are you to grow outdoors now

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I love the little babies as in plants lol

Topped the girls. All are happy and doing their thing.
…and the companion plants are booming

Greening up nicely and packing on size.

Have loads of ladybugs keeping guard and I’ve taken care of a slug issue with pellets…fuck me those guys can do some major damage!

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Greening up nicely and packing on size.

Have loads of ladybugs keeping guard and I’ve taken care of a slug issue with pellets…fuck me those guys can do some major damage!View attachment 5444085
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Its looking really nice. Keep us updated.

The girls are healthy and growing well, so are the companion plants.

Me and the ladybugs are dealing with a small mealybug issue, and I have the slug problem solved with pellets. So far only one caterpillar…just a small dude.



Soon the sunflowers and marigolds will flower and that should bring in more ladybugs and hopefully dragonflies.

and here’s an new one….bees! For the last week I’ve had about 50-100 bees collecting water from the bottom of the grow bags. There a friendly bunch and I sit with them without problems.



I’m expecting the transition to flower in under 4 weeks. If they stretch to much I’ll remove the bricks and dig holes to put the bags in…just 1/2 a foot should do it.