uk outdoor grow 2014-The one we have all been waiting for!...

This is a grow journal of a brilliant example of a guerilla grow! 25 different strains, Cuttings, Autos at various stages of growth...wish me luck
 
Quick update, have now got 100+ plants outdoors with 20 strains including purple maroc, nirvanas beyond the brains, special queen #1, a number of kc45 x big bud 2 and kc45 x delicious blue northern lights and we crossed a few of these kc45 cross males with sleestack skunk if you can understand that! haha will make a full strain list soon and give you some pics of the garden! Have some 5ft+ purple maroc females that are shooting for the sky! Anyway heres an update on the seedlings and the 4 cotyledon fast and vast auto and a
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veggiegardener

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Interesting quad. Truthfully, you NEVER want to let cuttings wilt. This decreases their viability a bunch(I'd guess 80%). Doesn't mean they won't survive. It just means it will take them longer to root and recover. Elongated stems on the babies means a lack of light. I'm hoping your grow will be a success, but I strongly recommend you scale things back a bit, next time, and give your plants more TLC.
 
The cuttings are just an experiment and as you can see they are coming back! :) I have done lots of topping and super cropping and they are now starting to split .The seedlings are a little stretched as i have been giving them a couple of hours lights from a cfl to get them going and they will be buried up to the first leaves when put out, this is to split between x amount of people and there will be plenty of males to pull yet! and the site does look a little messy but it will take shape, have been trimming foliage etc, and its my first year guy! had 2 little ones in pots last year they are on here somewhere :) thanks for the comments , im still learning!
 

veggiegardener

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Trimming foliage is an old wives tale passed on by those who know no better. Some will argue with me(and have, all day long) but Jorge Cervantes and other well known advisers agree with me. That foliage is there because the plant WANTS it there. It will self prune when those leaves and branches have outlived their usefulness. If the dead leaves continue to stay attached to the stems, remove them once dead and crispy.
 

Blackvalor

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The cuttings are just an experiment and as you can see they are coming back! :) I have done lots of topping and super cropping and they are now starting to split .The seedlings are a little stretched as i have been giving them a couple of hours lights from a cfl to get them going and they will be buried up to the first leaves when put out, this is to split between x amount of people and there will be plenty of males to pull yet! and the site does look a little messy but it will take shape, have been trimming foliage etc, and its my first year guy! had 2 little ones in pots last year they are on here somewhere :) thanks for the comments , im still learning!
When you say split between x amount of people, do you mean grow partners?
 
And how you reckon i stop the cuttings burning? Got them in rooting gel,they have all rooted but burnt and looked shit for a few weeks ? Any ideas
 

veggiegardener

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And how you reckon i stop the cuttings burning? Got them in rooting gel,they have all rooted but burnt and looked shit for a few weeks ? Any ideas
"Burning " isn't the word I'd use. The wilting is caused by the cutting's inability to draw up enough water through the stem to compensate for evaporation from the leaves. Using a clear hood over the tray of cuts will prevent wilting.. The cut will draw energy from the sun leaves to grow roots. Once roots develop, you'll see new growth at the nodes.
 
Sorted cheers buddy didnt think they would need a dome in the conservatory , the cuttings are already shooting new growth though at a week old and i topped most of them when i put them in updates on the garden in a few days.. bongs awayy!
 
Got some tasty pictures for you yesterday! The quad auto has changed in growth, strange thing but can only be good! Will post pictures later on today...
 

IvyPirate

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Good luck with the grow! Your plants in the ground look too closely bunched but you mentioned you will prune out males. If law of averages works in your favor and you have few males you may want to consider sacrificing a female or two to make the rest prosper. Your plants in the grow bags look good- I have found containers offer advantages because you can move the plants if needed.

I have not been to Yorkshire but, if I remember my geography correctly, at your northern latitude you get long daylight hours from early may to late August but then daylight hours will decline rapidly. Are you growing strains that are suited for a northern climate? What time of year do you normally get a first frost? If you are using tropical seeds you might run into problems this fall. At least the portable plants can be moved to your "conservatory" should the weather turn cold before the plants are ready.
 

FLkeys1

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they look nice and green but next grow I would find a place with more sun, little stretch poss. from too much shade??
 

IvyPirate

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One other point (and I know from experience)- the yellow leaves are indicating a nute deficiency in your plants. What are you using and what is your feeding schedule?
 
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