2023 Outdoor Plants Only Show & Tell

[Going2fast]

Agreed. Sucks fighting the weather in these conditions. All I can say is try freakshow next year. she is one of the few strains that didn't get bud rot or caterpillar damage. And she don't mind having wet roots.

[Ckbrew]

The outdoor plants are still chugging along. The fan leaves have been stripped, and there is a daily bud rot screening conducted every morning and evening. In the barn at night and outside in the day. I'm really pushing it having them out so late but as can be seen they just are not ready for harvest yet. The race is still on who will win, the buds, the cold or the rot?



The biggest colas so far, except for the ones that were cut.


A close up- they really need more time.

[SoOrbudgal]

Yes it's not looking good weather wise now. Man it's windy and raining hard. My plants are staying dry with the covers i got but crap i may go out there and chop off upper colas like Bluey is saying. I've got one plant that's getting hit hard with bud worms the others not nearly as bad. My biggest tallest ones aren't even close to me using any of it yet, mid Oct. if i can keep them from getting mold. My neighbors canopy blew over from the wind. Well i'll do somemore thinking, rather tired from my food delivers today and dodged a few dumb drivers with the first rains an slick rodes, saw accident on the freeway this morning. Ugh i'm gonna wait till tomorrow.

[Bowhunterwoody]

Hey GreenState. Yea wish I could have gone a few more weeks. They would have had more amber and swelled some more. Last year I made it to middle of October with great results. I had more bud worms this year than ever. Every branch that had rot had a few worms. The branches that didn't were clean. The worms must open the bud to the rot and it spreads thru the branch. Just a tough season.

[GreenState]

Bowhunterwoody Sounds like you still had great results. I took down my GG4, nothing to write home about.
Pinning my hopes on my last 2 plants and will push them to the max, they're in pretty good shape still with
no signs (knock on wood) of rot. White widows still has all white hairs, mystery girl still has more than half.
So it's going to be awhile yet.

[Bowhunterwoody]

Thanks SoOrbudgal. I looked at the greenhouses this year but I was a little lazy with height and the plants got away from me. Have to do better next year. Bluey that's right. Lost about half the top colas.

[Bluey]

SoOrbudgal your biggest buds will typically succumb to budrot first so I'd grab them now and let the plant put its energy into the smaller to medium buds.
Better earlier than ideal than losing your best buds

[SoOrbudgal]

We do become attached to them having cared for so long. I would of done the same thing Bowhunterwoody. I'm taking chances with the ones i still got standing right now. Humidity is high and rain off an on for next few days. I'm taking branches off and checking trichs mostly milky with amber on the suger leaf but few in the trichs. Oh what to do....gambling on a couple more days. You would do well getting a greenhouse, mine is on sale on amazon under $100 an i use it for storing my potted succulents during winter now. It's 5years old an has served me well. I put 3 inside there now. I'm not gonna grow as many next summer kinda get burn out looking at the work LOL. You have a good harvest enjoy it. I know a few vets that are looking forward to my harvest LOL

[Bowhunterwoody]

Thanks guys. Long year.

[Franklin]

Lot of work my friend, looks really good, textbook

[Bluey]

Well done

[Bowhunterwoody]

Well I'm out. Pulled the trigger on Friday. Started trimming the girls. Had too much rot and was worried about losing the whole thing. 30 mph winds with rain for another 4 day stretch was impossible to keep them dry. Finished them today after a total of 22 hrs of jail. Lost about 25% to rot. Didn't take any chances and tossed anything that looked suspicious. What's left looks and smells great. A little more amber than I thought. Hoping for around 30 jars from the two with what's left. Always feels lonely outside after the chop, even thought this grow wasn't as much fun as past grows. Next year have to manage size much better and look into a small greenhouse.

[Smallgrow]

Ya wind can be a problem. Last time I had the pots tied down. This time I’m using a Blumat watering system which keep the soil constantly moist, so there is more weight in the pots and they seem to stay put. Now I have the tomato cages in place for support I may tie them anyway.
I’m considering building a make shift poly roof to protect them from the bulk of the fall rain, that should up the anti on the wind problem, but Im worried about getting to the finish line.

[Bowhunterwoody]

Hey GreenState. Yea it looks great after Monday. Too bad I pulled the trigger yesterday. Had some rot in five or six buds on both plants so I didn't want to loose anymore. They both could have used a little more time but it was spreading faster than I expected. The trics were all cloudy with a few amber here and there. Started last night and most of today in trim jail. Still have another 4 or 5 hrs tomorrow. Should be close to two lbs dried. Would have been more without the rot. It always kills the biggest buds. Next year have to top at least one more time and try to keep them manageable.

[SoOrbudgal]

I loved growing autos on my roof at my old place. It had all day sun but i never put a photoperiod up there because of strong winds i'd often have to go and pick them up they'd topple over. I hope we get to harvest some plants with more amber but it's not looking good for me in so. oregon. It was smokey last evening and today overcast an cooler cause rains are coming sunday. Good luck