When to switch to bloom nutrients for outdoor plants?

[9fingerleafs]

yes, you may end up with a wonderful but real problem, too much bud, it can get logistically hard to harvest all at once, dry trim and cure are time sensitive processes and usually a little mold, cold or too much rain put a lot of extra pressure into getting it done fast. so my advice is harvest the first plant as soon as its ready to get familiarized with the process and try to harvest a few plants at the time during a few weeks so it doesnt get overwhelming or one mistake damages the entire crop

[WizardsNThings]

Nice! I was letting mine go untrimmed up until about a month ago and figured I'd defoliate a bit. I did one early on and then one about 5 days ago. The potted Strawberry Cough is probably 3 weeks into flowering, the big Wonder Woman (7ft or so) looks a week or two behind it. I went really heavy on the second defoliation / lollipopping just to see what happens. They responded really well to the first one I did w/ supercropping as well. They should bush out nicely again. Just gotta avoid bud rot this year!

[Geofite]

Now that's a healthy looking grow you are going to be very busy come harvest time LOL

Thanks, it's way too much. Didn't think that they would be this big and have so many buds!

[SoOrbudgal]

Now that's a healthy looking grow you are going to be very busy come harvest time LOL

[Geofite]

The plants and buds are exploding! So many buds growing all over the place!

[MeestaFeesha]

LST on large outdoor plants gets interesting. When they were wee little ones it wasn't so bad. When they're 4' round, and in 25gal containers it can get a little nutty, 2-3hrs/plant on my 3 WW, but I was more meticulous as I was only doing a first and final LST for those pots.

[Geofite]

Thanks, they do look happy. They are growing at an incredible rate.

[Geofite]

Thanks, I may have to stake them as they flower. So far they haven't fallen over. The pots they are in are air pots and the roots grew through the bottom of them and into the ground so they have that good anchoring so, hopefully, they won't fall over.

[Geofite]

Thanks, I do sit in a lawn chair in front of them and watch them grow! So relaxing.

[SoOrbudgal]

Oh yes for me it's a necessity to LST I always have to move 1-2 containers into a greenhouse that's got only 8ft clearance. In fact I've gotta do 2 large plants this coming weekend that are in early flowering stretch going to be over 8ft now. Going to super crop and bend down large stalks that were topped.

[Rwise]

I do train mine, bend them over tie them down

[homegrown]

I'd like to set a lawn chair up in the middle of that jungle...simply beautiful. Wish i could grow outside but i'd have to eliminate several large trees. Just wondering, does anyone try LST outside?(works great for a tent). I LST everything inside just for lack of height. Just curious how they like being tied down outdoors?

[SoOrbudgal]

Beautiful Geofite very well done. I had to place a stake outside the pot tie the plant trunk to it so wind didn't knock it over again, we get wind every day strong gusts. She is a beast

[9fingerleafs]

absolutely incredible, i think you have the happiest healthiest plants in the forum

[Geofite]

I did the LST method early on when they were wee plants. They are too big now and they are already flowering. Will do that again with the next grow.

Yes, I have a really great environment for the plants. They are in the middle of my back yard, where the sun is on them all day. I had the smaller ones in a growth tent in the basement and they were starting to die off so I put the outside and they just thrived without me having to do anything to them other than water and feed.