2023 Outdoor Plants Only Show & Tell

[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

 

[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

 

[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.

 

[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]

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.

 

[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.:nah:

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[homegrown]

Feel terrible for all of you dealing with bud rot, although my girls were late to the party so theres still time i suppose. Temps are still lower than usual with daytime highs, low to mid 70s. WPM is my main battle, i thought since the humidity dropped and has hung around low 60s, we might see some relief but its EVERYWHERE! Trimmed off many of the large fan leaves and will probably cut more off today. Oh ya, for the last few days there is swarms of fruit flies out...they stick in the buds real good...like a fly trap. First time growing Sour Diesel....shes smelly. Very sour odor. Guess i better dig around in some of these buds for rot today.

 

[GreenState]

Bowhunterwoody I forgot to add, very nice trimming work!

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I plan on defoilating more also stripping as much of the larger leaves as possible on my 3 in the greenhouse. I bought me a small little short foldable chair with a back only big enough for my butt to sit barely LOL but i'm gonna sit inside the tent and do a major defoil on them prior to hanging them in garage. It will be wedding cake and 2 3run homers. Got me nervous about bud rot

 

[Bowhunterwoody]

Thanks GreenState. Had to be thorough with the worms and rot to look for.

 

[Rwise]

We have had near 5" of rain this last week, with RH @ 100%, now that the sun again shines this plant may just get the ax today. Her sister is the one that gave up 48 quarts, I dont think she'll do that well. May get more rain tonight, I would like to have her under sun for another week, but like others I am afraid of the dreaded Bud Rot (echo echo echo). The bud worms have not attacked her like they did that 8 Ball Kush, not that I have not found a few, manly bore worms. I have cleared the hanging space for her to go in, 8 Ball is almost ready to jar.

 

[Rwise]

Colombian Purple, getting so heavy the limbs are bending down and some need support. She's a good 10 feet tall, not seeing bud worms but a few borers. With her 10-20 weeks in flower I hope she is at least all milky before the first frost. I am a bit worried about Bud rot on this girl as well, oh ya this was from free seeds. I can hardly wait until I can fill a bowl with these buds. With the rains and cooler temps she is looking better, I just know her roots got to hot with the 100-110*F and 123* "feels like temp" (in the shade). We'll be in the 90s until the next cold front

 

[Rwise]

This is my own cross between my WTB and Greasy Grapes

 

[SoOrbudgal]

She looks great Rwise i think we have to be smart about it so i'm right behind you with a few of mine. I grew this new strain called Big Star she's the only one who got bad bud worms yes i got a couple off others but nothin like that one. I got another seed of her an try her in a tent sometime.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Crossing my fingers for you she makes it till milky an then some

 

[Ckbrew]

Some nice looking harvest you got there. Rain and humidity, got to watch the weather can't control that. I go day to day waiting to see if it is chop time.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Well i've just done a real deep scope of all the plants. I took a couple of top colas some side branches and scoped them out. Very few amber, almost all were cloudy i hung them inside a spare BR where my tent is. I've done some bud worm damage control and cut out some rot from their munches. How i love to squeesh there little bodies, grusome i know but i can't take much more because i'm so stubborn to a fault and i want to see more amber in the trichs. Colors are just beautiful. That's the freak show bud shot she is sticky as anything i've grown. And all cloudy trichs. Anyone who's grown this strain does she amber any??? I know she's a sativa gal but do i chop at cloudy she's lost 80% of her leaf. I've seen zero mold on any of them. So i'm sitting it out for the time being who the heck likes to see more amber an is a gambler??........ME but not with my $$$ Oh and Poppy is tickled about going outside without rain for now.

 

[Bowhunterwoody]

Very pretty. Nice fade!