Yeah mate judging by how sativa they look you'll still be flowering in mid to late may.
Cheers Porky. Yep, I've seen some of that rain dump that you guys have been getting, it looks enough to float the ark. I haven't grown full Sativas before, so I am just hoping that they'll manage to finish regardless of the Autumn weather coming. Bud rot is a real shitter, usually I get a few bits occurring from caterpillars, but endless rain would not be a good thing. Cheers.
Cheers Porky, they're all kinda of testing my patience! The Ethiopian cross is the left most on the balcony and consequently gets the least sun which probably explains why it is the slowest to develop, but hopefully she can get there in her own time regardless of the weather changing.
Thanks DV8, I'm expecting wind, rain, and sunshine in random repeating order. Hopefully they manage until harvest.
Goon man Jon, yeah sure il take a look if u wanna inbox me the link? It will be some time before I can spend more on my grow tho. I've stuffed 1300 now, got my AC infinity s4 with the 69 controller arriving next week, that's the last I can spend for now. The women is beginning to nag a little
Awesome update. Beautiful close bud pictures, wow, getting into PHOTM stuff there. I still love the spiky straight pistils on the Mulanje. And damn if your Mango Sherbet isn't frosting up like a champ. Great work. Thanks for the incredible detail about the top dressings. Nice work.Update - 4th and final top dressing - and some pictures
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! With my grow last year, I carried out a single top dressing, this year I chose to start giving earlier and to 'trickle feed' them a similar amount, but over several smaller top dressings. I thought 3 top dressing would be about it, and the 3rd was about 2 weeks ago. Since then, there has been some lower lightening leaves which I tend to remove because I don't want them blowing off into the neighbour's property (because I am trying to run a stealth grow here and no need to confuse them), otherwise I'd be happy to let the plants release their old leaves when they choose. So today, I decided to give a very small 4th top dressing and hopefully that'll be good until harvest.
Several grows ago, I was too conservative in the amount of the amendments I gave the plants. Each grow since, I have been trying a little bit more to tentatively establish where the 'Goldilocks zone' is, I think I am close to it with this grow, but today's topdressing is only small, only 1 tablespoon (1/16 of a cup) of Blood n Bone for the plant with the least lightening, and 3 tablespoons for the Mulanje which had the most. I included 2 tablespoons of Neem powder mostly as a pest deterrent but it does release some Nitrogen too.
These dry amendments were sprinkled over the existing mulch layer. On top of that I added 2 - 3 cups of fresh worm castings which included quite a lot of worms that I couldn't be bothered first removing. This was added as 'clumps' on top as it was too messy to lift the mulch layer and bird deterrent netting and training wires to mix in! So every time I water, more of it should wash in the main soil and become available to the plants.
Summary of top dressings given - for my own future reference and anyone who is interested
1st topdressing - 20th January 2022
2nd topdressing 2 weeks later - 3rd February 2022*
- 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
- 2 tablespoons Neem powder
*The above quantities are for the smaller 30L (13 gallon) containers. I added a bit extra for the larger 50L (13 gallon) containers.
- 2 Tablespoons Blood n Bone (1/8 cup)
- 2 Tablespoons Fish Meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Guano Phosphate(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Seafood Lush Fert Mix(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Kelp meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Neem Powder(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Diatomaceous Earth/Silica(1/8 cup)
- 1/2 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
3rd topdressing 2 weeks later - 19th February 2022
3 tablespoons Blood n Bone for 50L pots, 2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 tablespoon Fish Meal for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 tablespoon Guano Phosphate for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
3 tablespoons Neem Powder for 50L pots, 2 tbsp for 30L pots
1/3 cup washed dried shrimp (washed to remove salt)
1/3 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
4th and final topdressing 2 weeks later - 3rd March 2022
Malawi/Ethiopian x Mulanje - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 1 tablespoon Blood n Bone
Honduras/Panama x Purple Honduras - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Mango Sherbert - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Mulanje - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 3 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Each pot then had 2 - 3 cups of fresh worm castings (including some worms) added on top.
Some pictures from the day
Thanks for dropping by, wishing you and your gardens all the best!
Thanks Jon, gearing up for the home turn now!
Looking amazing there!!!Update - 4th and final top dressing - and some pictures
Greetings 420 enthusiasts! With my grow last year, I carried out a single top dressing, this year I chose to start giving earlier and to 'trickle feed' them a similar amount, but over several smaller top dressings. I thought 3 top dressing would be about it, and the 3rd was about 2 weeks ago. Since then, there has been some lower lightening leaves which I tend to remove because I don't want them blowing off into the neighbour's property (because I am trying to run a stealth grow here and no need to confuse them), otherwise I'd be happy to let the plants release their old leaves when they choose. So today, I decided to give a very small 4th top dressing and hopefully that'll be good until harvest.
Several grows ago, I was too conservative in the amount of the amendments I gave the plants. Each grow since, I have been trying a little bit more to tentatively establish where the 'Goldilocks zone' is, I think I am close to it with this grow, but today's topdressing is only small, only 1 tablespoon (1/16 of a cup) of Blood n Bone for the plant with the least lightening, and 3 tablespoons for the Mulanje which had the most. I included 2 tablespoons of Neem powder mostly as a pest deterrent but it does release some Nitrogen too.
These dry amendments were sprinkled over the existing mulch layer. On top of that I added 2 - 3 cups of fresh worm castings which included quite a lot of worms that I couldn't be bothered first removing. This was added as 'clumps' on top as it was too messy to lift the mulch layer and bird deterrent netting and training wires to mix in! So every time I water, more of it should wash in the main soil and become available to the plants.
Summary of top dressings given - for my own future reference and anyone who is interested
1st topdressing - 20th January 2022
2nd topdressing 2 weeks later - 3rd February 2022*
- 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
- 2 tablespoons Neem powder
*The above quantities are for the smaller 30L (13 gallon) containers. I added a bit extra for the larger 50L (13 gallon) containers.
- 2 Tablespoons Blood n Bone (1/8 cup)
- 2 Tablespoons Fish Meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Guano Phosphate(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Seafood Lush Fert Mix(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Kelp meal(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Neem Powder(1/8 cup)
- 2 tablespoons Diatomaceous Earth/Silica(1/8 cup)
- 1/2 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
3rd topdressing 2 weeks later - 19th February 2022
3 tablespoons Blood n Bone for 50L pots, 2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 tablespoon Fish Meal for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
1 tablespoon Guano Phosphate for 50L pots, 1/2 tbsp for 30L pots
3 tablespoons Neem Powder for 50L pots, 2 tbsp for 30L pots
1/3 cup washed dried shrimp (washed to remove salt)
1/3 cup rough ground diastatic malted barley
4th and final topdressing 2 weeks later - 3rd March 2022
Malawi/Ethiopian x Mulanje - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 1 tablespoon Blood n Bone
Honduras/Panama x Purple Honduras - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Mango Sherbert - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 2 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Mulanje - 2 tablespoons Neem Meal, 3 tablespoons Blood n Bone
Each pot then had 2 - 3 cups of fresh worm castings (including some worms) added on top.
Some pictures from the day
Thanks for dropping by, wishing you and your gardens all the best!
Everything is going off and inching up. I love sativa's. The yellowing is normal, there is alot of growth down there.
Holy Moly!! I would very much like that view Good Sir!Update - mostly pictorial for the last day of Summer!
Greetings fellow 420 enthusiasts!
It is the last official day of Summer for us in the Southern Hemisphere, the sun is out but there is a bit of a cool southerly breeze for a change. Aside from a little maintenance this morning and a BT spray, I am just watching and waiting, and waiting and watching, a not unpleasant activity that I can share below!
Some pics for future height reference
The Mulanje on her own
And today's view from the side window!
Thanks for dropping in, keep well and safe.
Thanks Shed, although, once the harvesting is carried out the balcony it then looks so empty after 7 months of plants growing!
Cheers for that suggestion tropics! It is a good one, but it'd be a messy procedure as the balcony is off the carpeted bedroom. If I attempted that, I think my other half would go ballistic if she caught me! If I had the pot outside on the lawn then I'd love to give it a go where the mess would not be a problem.
Thanks stinker! The lower yellowing is showing when viewed in front, but from the side window which shows the tops of the plants, everything is still looking pretty lush and green.
Thanks Emeraldo! In my very first post of this thread I have listed Diastatic Malted Barley in the amendments I added in the outdoor growing off season (about a cup for the bigger pots). What follows is a cut n paste I made to answer why it's there.
Thanks Krissi! I am similarly in awe of your beautiful garden especially the Gorilla Glue x Super Lemon Haze!
Hi @tropics - very interesting, never considered that before. So do I understand you to be saying a great time to up pot is when the stretch is over, after you're already on the 12/12? And give the roots a couple inches all around to play in while the plant buds out?
Yeah Im equally intrigued.
Oh thanks so much Stunger, I feel as if I fail in comparison to this balcony of love though!!! She is wonderful though, almost ready that one, bittersweet for sure!
