2023 Outdoor Plants Only Show & Tell

[90Gizmo]

Two windstorms this week. The first one pushed the greenhouse a foot to the side. Everything got knocked over on the one side. Luckily my plants were on the other and they were unharmed. Yesterday another was forecast to come through so I found something heavy to hold one of the bottom pipes down. It worked. I have to use wide angle setting to get everything in one shot now. Things are still growing nicely, even the marigolds and tomatoes are adding blooms. I've been doing some LST on the top of Mt. Ganja so I can keep it out of the net as long as possible. I like to turn the plants every day and training the top should keep that going. I used a wrench to get the initial bend in the top now I'm fine tuning it with batteries. The tops are starting to show how the colas will form. Looks nice. I finally got a water sensor and it's very nice. A few days use tells me they need water when the sensor reads 40. Now I have a basis for automated watering. RSN.

[SoOrbudgal]

Goodmorning outdoor growers. Took some morning pics of my autos which are getting closer to the finish line. I've noticed some leaf hoppers but little else so i'm counting my blessings for a healthy finish with these gals. Gave them all a long drink last evening of water. They are all getting plenty of full day sun and part shade in late afternoon. It's in the 90's today in So. Oregon got fires south of me but the smoke is minimal so far. Seems to be more " stupid " humans than mother natures fault creeps in the woods. Take care stay hydrated. Oh sorry these are 2 sweet tooth, 1 scarlet grape, 1 scarlet runtz courtsy of G2F peace out !!

[alottabaloo]

nice looking plants!! mine are also outdoor but I'm using tomato cages to help shape them

[Bluey]

Mice work 👍

[SoOrbudgal]

Bitchin welcome Oregon neighbor. I'm loving your grow. It's hot but tolerable supposed to cool down by 20degrees by next week, i welcome it. Let these gals get a break. Hope your not smokey where your at, we had a bit from the Agness fire but thankfully not nothing like years past.

[nebskram]

i have 4 growing in Oregon this year Bruce Banner, Apple Fritter, Sugar Cookie and Greasy Runtz started under led from Fem seed

[Bluey]

Praying mantis are formidable foes and also love to eat bees. In my outdoor grows one of my companion plants was lavender and they loved them for their hunting. Just watching the way they disposed of bees by biting their heads off was the stuff of horror movies.
My go to defences for bugs was your method of hand picking and also shaking them and soapy water sprays but I never saw half the bugs I am seeing here, probably more to do with my eyes.
One thing I had in abundance was different varieties of garden spiders. I never removed them unless they were laying spidery nest eggs on the leaves. Some would tightly weave around a leaf to make like a protective cocoon with the leaf. I didn't like those ones.

[Rwise]

Praying mantis may help with these, as with all predator bugs get them established and they will do their job year after year. I found a tiny Praying mantis on 1 of my plants a few days ago, often see Lady bugs visiting.

[Ckbrew]

There is sun today! So this has turned out to be an experiment of sorts. One plant is not topped or trained, one is topped only and one is manifolded. I have removed the bottom leaves and increased nitrogen and calmag. They are doing much better. But now I am fighting two marked tree hoppers. Turns out there was a bittersweet nearby that was infested. The bitter was removed and now they are all looking for an alternate home. They don't mind being picked off usually and once picked a quick roll in the fingers does them in. Sometimes they fly away. Yesterday I was chasing them with a hand held bug zapper. Today I notice that all the zapps caused by the leaf tips have resulted in the tips now dying. Now I am trying the water vacuum. This is tedious and can cause damage to the leaves if not careful. Any other options? I was thinking ladybugs. I'm not sure there is enough plant to provide them with a home so they stick around.





Now there are nymphs and web/cocoon.

[Izzie1701]

SoOrbudgal I’m hoping I can keep them outside till there finished. It’s still 35C here and should stay that way for at least 6 more weeks. Freezing over night usually starts in later sept. I have a green house if need be I’ll toss into later in the season and I’ll move it into the garage over night if it gets bellow 5C at night. We can still hit high 30C in sept.

It’s hard to see but there’s a tomato ring everything’s tied to. I’m hoping that should support the kolas. If not I’ll defiantly toss some bamboo shoots in there.

[SoOrbudgal]

Beautiful soon might want to add some bamboo supports for when those colas start to build. Mine are also in the preflower stage. I hope your weather doesn't force you to go indoors too much cause they really need all the sun they can get. Good for you for taking on the challange in the far north, it ain't for the weak farmers in your area. Good luck keep us posted.

[Izzie1701]

First time growing in coco and perlite and I’m never going any other way. I’ve done hydro, soil, super soil and for shits and giggles tried one in root farm hydro mix (which I really don’t get as it doesn’t seem to be soilless so would consider it soil not hydro). The coco plant is blowing everything away. Feed every 2 days with general hydro nutes and calimag and flush every second watering. I’m 6’4 and it’s as tall as me and just started flowering. Outdoor grow in Saskatchewan Canada but bring the girls in when we are getting storms (we are on the northern tip of tornado alley so get some nasty ones). 10g fabric pots. She’s a Bluedream from Canuck seeds.

[SoOrbudgal]

I really undersand the motivational drive. I get that feeling midway through like now. All i do is think " free light " i do my best to keep them healthy. This is gonna be my last type of grow with this many plants outdoor. Yes i'll do outdoor but not this many anymore, going to focus on fall/winter indoor from now on. So don't feel bad about it Bowhunterwoody i do know the yuck feeling of commiting all the time to these plants an caring for them. After 40yrs it's getting to be more of a drag and " jail " for me. Gotta say my outdoor Runtz and Grape are doing excellent but taking much longer to finish. I'll take pics later and post them.

[Bluey]

You can't mix nutes into your tank..calculate the dose for every water..then you can go away for a few days or even a week or so

[90Gizmo]

I like the looks of the Oasis and put one in my cart. But I meant I have to do something like bury a thermometer under some leaves and let that temperature stabilize then shoot it with the IR... something like that to make sure the sensors are measuring the same thing. But there's probably nothing I can do about VPD until it gets cool enough to use a heater. I do want some automatic watering though. I think I can give nutes by hand then use a timer method like you do for the in between waterings.