Outdoor Grow 2021

[bboyfromwayback]

22” canopy, 36” spread. Starting to preflower. Inside I have full control of when a plant goes into flower but Mother Nature running things out here. I know they start to flower somewhere around the end of July, beginning of August but I’m not exactly sure when so this is exciting.

So far everything is healthy. One GSC and one Fastberry auto have already started to flower. The Banana Kush had wsm on a few leaves but I seem to have got it all cleared up.

 

[Puglover1]

Looks perfect, big yield ahead.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

The pic of 3 autos the Fastberry lived up to its name, started to flower on day 16 above dirt. The GSC in the center I topped and bent over once it had 6 nodes then kept it spread out and grew it in a circle around the pot. I liked the results so I tried it with the Fastberry but it started flowering so soon it didn’t have time to grow and develop many colas. It’s already purple though and still healthy. She’s in Miracle Grow Organic and has only received water straight from the water hose or the sky. No other nutes and I haven’t checked ph once. Update…felt compelled to do something to the GSC on the right. It’s now been topped twice, I’m leaving the two mains alone snd pulled everything else down and wide.

The pic of the two autos are another Fastberry and a Gorilla Glue auto. They’re both 14 days above dirt. I topped the GG yesterday, nothing has been done to the Fastberry

I built a pen next to the wood line and moved the Banana Kush there because my patio gets partial light from a street light. Not a issue with the autos but I don’t want this big girl to hermie on me. The 10 gallon pot slowed my watering down to every 3 days for 2wks but now she’s been consuming 2.5 gallons per day when it’s hot and dry. The last couple days it’s rained so Mother Nature gave me a few days off but the next week is supposed to be hot and dry again so yay lol The last time I measured her she was 22” tall with a 36” spread. I didn’t measure her today but she’s definitely bigger.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Those look great really healthy. I like your style of growing I've never ever had issues with my well water using it on my MJ.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

I always appreciate your comments! That Fastberry is kind of a experiment. Popped one two many seeds before I realized I didn’t have enough FF but we had some leftover soil from some flowers the wife planted so I used the Miracle Grow. Our tap water ph is 7.0 so I figured I’d try it. She’s been easy peazy

 

[Puglover1]

Everyone looks great. Pots even look pristine.

Hey, bboyfromwayback I might have asked you (or someone on here) before, and it's hard to tell in pics, is your 'pen' built with 2"x4"x6' high welded wire fencing? I used T-posts but yours look a bit angled and with different connections. Asking because I'm still waiting to get my stuff fixed from a storm last August. I finally sourced 6' high ww fencing but the contractor would have to buy it, biz accts only. The other day a deer was standing sideways right behind the wire fencing, grazing on the grass and looking at me. Now I'm afraid for the pugs but I can't afford 8' fence right now and I don't want to block the view of my own property. I might buy some taller t-posts, end of summer garden supply sales coming soon I hope. Found a steel pergola for half price, not sure I want it on my deck again though, the posts make the deck restricted and feel smaller, plus it's on display, taller than the wood privacy fence to the west. Rather use an umbrella/table on the deck for kitchen shade and the pergola on decking or something, just off the ground down the steps. Private, near the water spigot, not too far from the shed. I'm always thinking of resale value .. I'll probably die here and then WTF cares? LOL Thanks.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

I get it! Anytime I do something outside I think of resale value as well even though we’ve been here over 15yr, love it and have no plans on relocating…I still think about it lol

The fencing I used is the same stuff I make my screens out of. I’ve had it almost 15yrs but they still sell the same stuff at any garden center. It’s 4ft tall 2”x3” rubber coated wire fencing. The fence post were maybe $4 each. They gave tabs to connect the fencing to but I find it easier to just zip tie to them. The ground the plant is sitting on I s sloped so I turned my phone at a angle so the pic didn’t look all lopsided. That’s why the fence looks off, it’s not exactly straight lol

The smallest they sell this fencing in is 50ft rolls that I’ve seen. I bought a 75ft roll just to be safe then only used about 30ft of it and that garden isn’t even there anymore so I have a huge ass roll of fencing sitting behind my out building. It’s handy to have around though. You just push the post in with your foot then attach the fencing to it. I put this little 5ftx5ft pen up in about 15min by myself while smoking a bowl so it’s fairly easy to use.

Btw I’m pretty sure they make this fencing or something similar in 6ft or higher because the fence post I get aren’t the tallest ones. I just never looked for anything talker than 4ft

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Early morning auto pics

 

[Puglover1]

bboyfromwayback Thanks. I bought my t posts, used for gardening one year, for cheap but they should've been the next size up, worked fine for 4 years. I live at the east end of a dead end street/cul-de-sac. The wind usually comes from the N/NW, it hammers at a small run of wood fence to the east that's slightly on a slope. Last June I had that double gate adjusted (lawnmowerman's rider, only place to put gate) a new handle and lock put on, landscape timbers screwed between the bottoms of all of the wood fence panels, over 150 feet for both sides, two months later the storm hit. The gate has twine & zip ties keeping it closed on top, blocks of leftover fence post to keep the pugs from digging out of the bottom, I'm tired of it. I will look for that 2"x3"x 6'H.The contractor suggested chain link but I always hated the look, the black coated wire looks much better. I bought a 100' roll of the 2"x4"x6' in green, maybe 3 feet leftover and I can think of many uses for it. That roll was $300 four years ago, I need 6' high bc of the wildlife. If I ever hear back from insurance and the contractor I'll start shopping online again for materials I want. My whole basement floor spiderweb cracked, wall to wall; rusty gunk came up the floor drain which wasn't draining (Roto-Rooter here, twice); the floor had a visible 'hump' running the down the center but nobody but me could see it, except me. Well, Mother's Day it down poured for hours, I spent 4-5 a.m. trying to sweep water over that little hump, the water won, I went back to bed. Trying to find someone here who can inspect it, one guy came by but he's a concrete lifter, not a fixer. Going to call someone else, an hour away.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Oh man that’s awful. Best of luck, that foundation work is a pain in the ass and the $$ racks up quick! They actually make black rubber coated chain link fence. The post and all the connectors are black as well. It’s expensive though. What I like about the fencing I used is it’s not permanent. I can leave the fence zip tied to the post, pick it all up out of the ground, lay it down, roll it up and move it if I want. But yea unfortunately they don’t sell small rolls and it’s pricey if you only need a small amount.

 

[Puglover1]

bboyfromwayback I talked to insurance, had an alderman here this evening. Insurance won't pay for a structural engineer until the city says they thoroughly inspected the drainage around my house and ruled it out. (3 manholes/covers on my property, next to house on the east, runs under my deck and connects to the third which also has the street's 2nd catch basin connected to it, it all drains down 62 feet to the bottom of my ravine into a creek/storm water runoff, that might be plugged up again) They'd be lying if they said they did because the engineer they promised hasn't arrived, summer is half over. I haven't called any engineers for prices but I can't afford to fix the basement, maybe can't afford the engineer either. I'd have to expose the issue if I listed my house, or just live here until I die. I'd like to use the wire fencing on the east side with the existing wood fence posts or t-posts and use a 6' wide farm gate - horizontal bars, swings outward - for the mower. Wind can blow through metal better than thru wood or vinyl fence. I had looked at the black chain link, dang the prices! I did find some black metal fence panels on a website, people living by a lake, fencing was on a slope, the price was good, less labor for installation, but it's only 4.5' high - the deer. I still picture it and want it, should recheck the prices this time of year. It's been over 11 months since the storm and here I am, FUBAR: basement floor, fence gate, wire fencing, the fabric pergola cover sheared in two, needs disassembling for removal, no shade in this helluva summer. I have small stuff: loose siding & fascia, loosened up deck boards, deck railing pulled apart at angled joints, the lattice broken or loose ... my twined-together 10 yr old Arborvitae bushes aren't covered.

 

[Puglover1]

Oh, I probably need almost another 100' roll. I can't see how the contractor could stretch it straight after a tree limb bent the top part downward. That stuff is thick, heavy. Plus the wind pushed it all farther south, I need fill, the dirt was pushed down the ravine in the limb-fall area. I layered everything I had left here to keep the pugs from escaping the backyard from underneath. Had to lean 16" patio blocks against the wire to finally secure that area. I can't even put up my 9' umbrella on the deck bc the pergola bars on top are in the way. Might as well be winter still, the pets and I have ongoing cabin fever. So I decided to grow more indoor weed and got midget plants. I have 3 photo seeds that have popped but one looks funky, hoping it'll recover and upright itself. I dropped my Mag seed, time will tell. FedEx delivered a bag of Coast of Maine today, I had to drag it into the garage but can't carry it up into the house. Going to have to bribe the nephew to come over.

 

[Puglover1]

Buds are stacking up nice. Maybe next summer I'll do an auto outside, it would probably bring on a drought which would save me more lawncare money than the cost to water them. I have more Lemon seeds here, if they're all Lowryder2 dominant they'd have to grow taller outdoors.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Bought a 7 gallon watering jug. Making life a little easier. Now I can give her plain water 3 days in a row then the 4th day I’ll feed her. Thinking about ordering a bigger pot but afraid too close to flower although I’d just cut this one off to be as stress free as possible

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Dang good idea and reusable Heck she's so healthy i bet a quick in the shade transfer would not slow it down, if it were mine yes i sure would.

 

[bboyfromwayback]

Kinda my thoughts too. I soak pot down daily and it’s bone dry the next morning. Hasn’t even started to stretch yet. Thought about putting her in the ground too but I like being able to move her around

 

[bboyfromwayback]

This is my first real attempt at growing weed outdoors. I’ve started a few plants over the years but I didn’t show them proper care and they died off or bugs took them over. Growing inside spoils you as to how freaking easy it is. Keeping your shit clean combined with basic plant care usually equals success.

I’ve put some real effort into these girls this year, working from home has definitely allowed this. If I was going to the office everyday this wouldn’t be happening. Between these plants and our vegetables I’m outside about an hour messing with everything in the morning before work then again in the evening once the sun goes down. Its definitely paying off. Someone asked a question about the best bloom enhancer the other day, SoOrbudgal simply said the sun. Well the proofs in the pudding. We’re only on preflower but notice the difference 5wks outside has made in the Banana Kush😱😱😱 20 gallon pot and a bag of FFOF should be here Monday

The autos are getting full with dense buds. The one GSC I trained around the pot looks like a bouquet of colas 7-8” tall. The other GSC I didn’t bend over, only topped it then spread it out and there’s 3-4” colas all over it now.

I ordered a 10 pack of Fastberry last year but only grew 2 so far. It’s a Blueberry auto, potent and super relaxing. The one has been flowering a couple weeks now. Look at the one just starting to flower ,it’s blooms are already purple. Pretty plant

 

[bboyfromwayback]

20 gallon pot came early, just got her moved in. Going to leave her in the shade a couple days

 

[soonboomer]

I like your idea of giving them shade now and them. We're about the go into a month of temps around 100 with fairly high humidity. I think mine are a little behind yours, but they're coming along nicely. Good luck.

 

[Puglover1]

Nice. Wish I could grow outside. I can legally, but the weather. That purple looks cool. The BK is unreal.