2023 Outdoor Plants Only Show & Tell

[Franklin]

You gave it a good fight. I see outdoor autoflowers in your future.

[Ckbrew]

Throwing in the towel, defeat achieved.

I fought the rot and the rot won. I even have not watered in an effort to dry them out. It just wasn't going to happen. The rot is one with these. Additionally WPM has set in and is covering the plants by the hour. There are about 20% of the small buds that do not have some sort of infection. If 80% is infected, that means that I can't see the other 20% yet but it is probably there. What is there is small and airy. The tall plants lost about 40% to rot pruning and the short one about 60%. Not worth the effort of cutting, trimming, drying and curing.

Anyway, part of this experiment was to see if there was a difference in yield by not topping, topping, and manifolding. The test was a bit skewed because the manifolded plant is about 5 weeks older than the other two. The best result was topping once.






This is why I have decided that outdoor growing where I am is just not practical. If I was going to attempt it in the future, I would light deprive the plants to flip to bloom much earlier than what nature would do. That would require moving the plants twice a day for the duration of bloom.

[Rwise]

Whats up with the advertisement?

[Bluey]

I'd harvest now but if you want them to help you sleep maybe a bit more

[homegrown]

The next few weeks have highs in the low 50's and nights in the low 40's and rain. So i checked the buds with my scope and all 3 look pretty ripe. Even the re-veg girl. Should i keep them out till the rain starts or just cull them now? whatchall think?

[Ckbrew]

https://www.uline.com/BL_8192/Ball-Glass-Canning-Jars

[Bluey]

Rwise a light breeze will keep frosts away so being on top of the hill probably helps.
Also between buildings or structures can help with a bit more breeze to keep the frost at bay.
A vineyard I am familiar with used to get a helicopter in in the cold frosty mornings and it kept the frost away from the grapes when everything else would be covered.

[Rwise]

Wide mouth Mason jars are hard to find here, and when I do find them they are $20 fer 12, 2 years ago they could be found for $12 a dozen. And I cant find them used, I dont think anyone here remembers how to can things. Good luck finding used jars, I'm pullin out the narrow mouth jars now, and then the odd shaped jars. I think the harvest this year is double last years! Also so glad it ripened in stages, if all this had hit me at one time, crap. Enjoy your bountiful harvest!

Bluey I am certain it will frost in the valley, but I am on top of the hill it's always 5* cooler in the valley, maybe the creek does it.

[SoOrbudgal]

Really happy for ya it's about time for some of us with iffy weather patterns to reep what we sow. I still have 2 old yellow leaf gals basking in the sun. No bud worms in these 2 that i've seen. And i need to find some more jars if my garage sales don't pan out i must buy some. Oh well beats buying weed LOL. I've been smoking some and i can't wait for it to cure longer, but it's tasting real good and it's calming my thoughts. Yes we've had a very good year Rwise.

[Bluey]

It's nice to hear a good news story re your outdoor grow season. Well done.

Airflow keeps the frost away really well but if you can't move the plants not so easy.

[Bluey]

The ¼ jars cost a buck each new @SoOrbudgal
I give my jars away. Nicer than sandwich bags

[changeofpace2014]

thanks bluey - have learned a lot on growweedeasy and fraklin's OS breeding project helped me realize what type of plants should be grown with short summers and wet falls. Fast versions are good but his Ultra Fast f1 is the ones you want up here, because they finish in early / late summer..

[SoOrbudgal]

Outstanding i love it. It has been a good year for many of us i'm so happy for all. I'm just needing more jars now, so far all the goodwill type stores are out so i'm looking for garage sales now LOL. I'm a cheapo.

[Rwise]

Nice, wont work here it gets way to hot.

[Rwise]

The pic is 2 days old, 50* this morning, 40* predicted for in the morning, I could get my first frost! I am going to take the chance that I will stay just above the frost point. By the time I want to take this girl down the drying room should be ready for her to hang in. The ladder is so I can take care of the top of the plant, I have been just pulling it over to check it, but she is quit brittle at this point and I dont want to break her over. Just had about 2" of rain, hoping for dry for a couple of weeks now, them maybe chop chop!
The 8 ball kush I left all the larf on is still being hit by bud worms, and so far they are leaving this Colombian Purple alone. With fewer buds its easier to find the worms and kill them.
Harvest had been so good this year I may not grow anything next year, maybe a Freakshow or 2 just for fun.