2023 Outdoor Plants Only Show & Tell

[Bluey]

Love ya work Giz.

You're going to fill that greenhouse in no time

 

[90Gizmo]

Thanks Bluey. I'm never afraid to try something new. Especially if I've thought about it for awhile. I've got on-off control of the exhaust fan and experimenting to see if there's any reason to turn it off. Am thinking that it might be good to retain the heat if the humidity doesn't go up. Mostly at dusk where the concrete slab has retained great. It might get a better VPD. I do believe I have some water pumps from my old reef tank days. Found my soil sensors last night but auto watering is a relatively big project for right now. But I do think it's a better idea to experiment with that outside rather than in. Less risk to the carpets.

 

[Bluey]

If your growing in properly prepared soil it won't need much watering but if in coco it will need it regular. I set it up to 3 times a day in mid to late flower with good temps. You can buy a PowerPoint or an inline switch that is wifi compatible and fully programmable for under 50 bucks. You can even get wifi Climate sensors and set point alarms to go off on your phone or trigger the power on off to your exhaust fan.
That's how I did it. Works 99.5% of the time perfectly.
If your not ventilating of a night only water of a day when you are ventilating to keep RH down

 

[Going2fast]

Rehabilitated and relocated pond freak. Now she's beach freak along with her little sister. Pond bastard got dug up by the damn muscrats too. She's in bad shape but I will give her a chance. All the bastards have begun to flower. Going to reverse the pond freak if she pulls thru.

 

[Going2fast]

Garden pics

 

[Haydamaka]

Your plants are looking hilarious guys! Want to start smth like this at my own place!

 

[90Gizmo]

Two weeks down. Eight to ten weeks to go. It's a lot of work keeping up with the watering but the big one grew more than an inch overnight so I guess they're using it. I trimmed all the small stuff underneath yesterday including some branches that were too late to the party. The big girl was 34" tall ​​​​when I brought them outside. Now it's 49" after 13 days so that inch/day has been the rule lately. It's got almost another foot of room before I have to insist that it stop. Branches don't need support yet. Hope the do when they are fat with bud. I've got my sticks ready.

The wiring is a mess to power the fans and sensor but I do have drip loops in case things leak and the whole mess is plugged into a GFI outlet. I'd like to get the temp/RH sensor more into the canopy but it's still a work in progress.

 

[Ckbrew]

At this rate they will outgrow your setup. Does that keep out the bugs?

 

[90Gizmo]

OkThanks Ckbrew I hope that the plants growing too big is my worst problem. I'm thinking I can hang a scrog-like screen across the top if I need to and train them through it. For now I turn the plants every day and do a casual look for bugs. I've seen one ant, I guess they aren't interested. And I've found one leaf bottom that had a white-sparkling area. I haven't been able to identify it. I cut that leaf off and tossed it. The screen mesh door will keep out larger flyers but I have to open it during the day because air flow is not good enough through the screen mesh. I close the door at dusk to keep the larger critters out over night.

But it's only been two weeks. To soon for a review but my gut feeling is that the greenhouse helps a lot.

 

[Bowhunterwoody]

Took down the scarlet sunset yesterday. Tired of fighting off the wpm. Also worried about bud rot. Had an inside bud look a little suspect. All cloudy with just a few amber. Started pushing out a few new pistils. Wish I could have gone longer. Day 86. Probably get 3 oz from her. Really colorful. 3 inches of rain last night, more today. Guess this is payback for the perfect fall weather last year. Also harvested the garlic.

 

[Bluey]

Fingers crossed.

 

[90Gizmo]

Very pretty

 

[Ckbrew]

Day 51, day 18 outside.

It is still raining. Had 3 days of sun, heat, humidity, now just rain and humidity. They have greened up a little. I think they have finally accepted their future of being outside.

 

[Rwise]

WTF? They cant do this can they? This new growth its below where the baby leaves were!

 

[Rwise]

While I have a connection, some fresh pics! Setting here without internet I got bored, checked the trics on some of those bigger buds, in the window all white a few amber heavy rain coming. They are drying now, early taste is berry. The Scarlet's gave 11 quarts tween them.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I'll post some of my outdoor tomorrow i did'nt realize it's been nearly 2wks since last update. Anyhoo my autos are flowering great and the photos are healthy no sign of flowering yet. It's 90f here crazy hot to me, dry like straw. Windy i was away for couple days camping and had to come back early do to heat.

 

[Rwise]

My turn for 90's, but I get high humidity with it.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Now that's uncomfortable with the humidity.

 

[Rwise]

I am watching all those record highs this week, like 118*F! Thats hot with or without humidity! 10AM and its already AC time! Just wait for next month

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I think it's only gonna be in the high 80s then jump up later in the week. So I took advantage of cool morning to shoot some pics. I tell ya you folks with good camara phones show the frost on those budding plants. May have to click an blow up mine. First pic is Grape auto really frosty 2nd are the wagonettes of autos all plumping up enjoying the sun. It's taken these as long to finish outdoor as it would of been to complete a photoperiod indoor LOL but i started them too soon directly seeded outdoors that slowed them down greatly.

3-4pic is that dern Freakshow she's growing tall as my other photos close to 4ft + she's loving it 5 & 6 pic just a general shot of the gals with the tallest being my dutch dope & mystery bag seed fems. They are nearing 6ft pleased if they quit and started flowering but they are'nt slowing down and there only in 15gal cause that's all i can physically move if needed. pic 7 is just another hidden gem still unsure of it's sex but i could'nt kill it but i will if it's a boy. I broke off the center cola but it's still flourishing LOL

Take care all and stay healthy to enjoy the great outdoors. Ohhh i'm picking beans an a few tomatoes. :tasty: