Ways to harden your plants againsts elements, insects, mold, etc.

nobodies

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I'm trying to ensure the best result possible for my outdoor grow, since the plants im doing really aren't 'meant' for outdoor. Purple Train-wreck is the strain im running. I've been giving Advanced Nutrients Rhino skin, and doing stress training on the stems to build up harder stems. (Eg. Pinching the stems near the main stalk to get more sturdy bases for the branch during end flowering. It's working really well atm, the point at which the stems attach to the main stalk are quite woody and large from pinching-healing.) I have also been topping, and I think I will stop on the 4th time topping.

These plants are pretty amazing though, all the stress I've put them through any there are no signs of stress at all. They hardly stop growing at all while it heals from the topping, and pinching. I'm definitely cloning a few for later. :)

Anyway, I'm using Pro Mix enhanced with worm castings, and some extra perlite. Feeding on the advanced nutrients schedule. 15 Gallon smart pots. (wish I lived somewhere I could do 100+ pound pots!) I've seen a tiny bit of powdery Mildew on a couple fan leaves. I have just been leaving it for the moment, since washing it off really doesn't get rid of it. The spores I think are so tiny that spraying with water might just spread it.

No others problems so far, though.
 
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