Aussie Backyard Grow

[OmyGreens]

I just had another look at ya pics,almost looks like sunburn.Sometimes I've moved a pot from the shade into the sun and that can burn the leaves.What was the nutrients you used?

 

[MrMarijuana]

Off-topic: I accidentally smashed the bottom of the stem out when I was cleaning my baby the other day, so I stuck a 5c piece in the hole (perfect size) and did 2 layers of aquarium epoxy and it's as good as ever!

As for my plants, I left them for about a week and then pulled off the burnt leaves. Everything seems fine now.
Here are some updated pictures:

Edit: Oh, I also put up a green mesh screen to hide them and cut down the light a little which should just help them switch into flowering right?

 

[PirateBob]

They look to be flowering already, having a delayed or darker dawn is an option sometimes, if you can keep them shaded for a few extra hours in the morning. But they will continue to flower anyway, the exact process is not fully understood yet, it's related to a hypothetical hormone called Florigen.

 

[octopae]

So massive, I hope you're excited.

 

[lushgreen]

How are you gonna stop every neighbour within a 500m radius from smelling those plants?

 

[MrMarijuana]

So massive, I hope you're excited.

Oh god mate, you have no idea.

So I recently found out that I've had my nutes wrong. I thought in regards to NPK ratios for veg it was High-low-low/med, and flowering was low-high-low, but it's low-high-med/high right?

 

[MrMarijuana]

Hey guys, having trouble getting photos of size now that i have a shade up and they're so big so it'll be mainly pictures of the buds from now

Day 142 now, here's the big two:

My old favourite has pretty much stopped growing pistils but it's getting a bit taller still.. have a look. Just thought maybe a hermie? I'd hope not!

And the babies that are 87 days now are flowering (more than the one above, which is a worry)

And this is my shade for a bit of cover, seems to be helping floweing cause it blocks out a little bit of the light:

 

[lushgreen]

You didn't say how you planned to hide the awesome stink from your neighbours.

 

[MrMarijuana]

You didn't say how you planned to hide the awesome stink from your neighbours.

One neighbour has a plant himself, and on my other side there isn't a house. They're stinky but not tooo bad. My sense of smell is pretty shit though haha

 

[PirateBob]

Great looking plants mate, I think if you can really just let them go another 6-8 weeks should come up nicely. They look a little sunburnt at the tips but not too bad.

The above guys are right, your number 1 problem from now will be people noticing/ripping off your grow.

NPK ratios look should be roughly like this;

Vegetative Stage
N - P - K
3 - 1 - 2

Flowering Stage
N - P - K
1 - 1 - 2

Final Flowering Stage
N - P - K
0 - 1 - 2

 

[Padox]

Absolute cracker mate, you have done well! Cant wait to see how everything turns out, ill be keeping a keen eye. You make mine look like babys. hope my next gen can be half the size of yours, will need some artificial light to stand any chance!

 

[Leroy Brown]

Love ur work dude. Nothin better than outdoor aussie grown flowers bro. Hope ur harvest will be plentiful. Aussie aussie aussie!

 

[MrMarijuana]

I'm pretty proud of my babies considering this is my first grow.

 

[MrMarijuana]

Hey guys we'd be 145 days into the grow now.

The potted one had one cola that was sort of shrivelling and i gave it some water every day and left it but it didn't repair itself so i pulled it off this morning. Saw 2 more underneath... do you know what it could be?

on the plus side the rest of the buds are looking small but nice, they've gone really brown before the rest

Buds from the big plantsss

 

[PirateBob]

Hey mate,

What you are looking at is your plants wilting. You can read some general stuff about it here.

Once your girls get above 28-30 C they will stop transpiration and pretty much shut down. Over 35 C you are doing damage (i.e. 'wilting') that will affect yield.

High humidity also contributes to wilting (humidity can build in 'pockets' of low air movement), as does poor drainage, under-watering etc etc.

There are a bunch of products that claim to reduce heat stress and plant wilt (both foliar and root zone stuff).

Do you have a thermometer or hygrometer out near the plants for reference?

You just have to come up with some ideas to keep the girls cool and comfortable while outdoors. It's no different to you standing outside naked in the hot sun, you would get stressed and uncomfortable pretty quickly! Also look into your root zone and see if you can get some better hydration/drainage occurring.

 

[MrMarijuana]

Oh yeah well it was about 38C yesterday so that explains it... it's been pretty hot. What would you suggest? We've got a water misting thing that i could tie along the fence/roof?

 

[PirateBob]

Misters work great, some kind of shadescreen is your other option (or both), you can probably get some cheap shade screen from Bunnings. You would only have to use that stuff on days over 30C, many people have a shadescreen on a roller they can bring out when needed.

Those big oscillating room fans can help as well but might be a bit impractical outdoors.

 

[MrMarijuana]

More pictures! No more wilting! Got the mister up but haven't needed it because it's been 26-28C

Big plants: (fucking caterpillar)

Big potted one:

Got some (pretty terrible) pictures of the little ones, they're hard to get to now

 

[420Steve]

Looks epic, looking forward to the harvest

 

[MrMarijuana]

More piccies! 151 days into the grow

...gra

sshoppers and bugs are around alot now

Is it weird that this plant has made not much progress? And half the plant's pistils are really brown really early