OldMedUser
Formerly Known as LabRat
After a long absence I'm back with a little grow journal. This is my 3rd outdoor grow doing autos as photos just start flowering a couple weeks before frost is a danger tho they've been coming later and later as global warming does it's thing. Last year I harvested on Sept. 11 and got a killing frost just 4 days later so hoping for the same this year. Same strain, Mazarilla Auto fems by Urban Legends. This year I'm growing my own fem F1s that came off two different plants known as 'A' and 'C' as the 'B' plant from the 3 was the pollen donor reversed with STS.
Been so long a lot of the peeps I knew earlier are gone or I've forgotten their names but I'll tag @420 and @Krissi Carbone for now.
Only two last year but five this year. This is last year's the day before chopping after removing the bulk of the fan leaves. The middle one is an unrelated auto CBD that did not pass muster. 6oz each off the Maz so not huge but decent for up here. I really need a decent greenhouse but late in the game for me now so should have done that 20 years ago. Only 32" tall.
This year I'm growing in a raised bed that the wife kindly donated for my project. It's 16x8x1.5' deep but I only prepped 8' of it. I expected bigger plants as it's a lot more exposed out there but turns out trees are blocking at least 2 hours of morning sun and another 2 or 3 later before sunset so I'll be giving the chainsaw a bit of a workout this fall once the rest of the wife's garden is cropped as I'll need to drop a few across it.
I'll skip the earlier stuff other than to say I'll be starting my seeds in larger pots next year. These got sprouted first week of June in those 9-hole seed starter pots then moved into little 3" square pots as the weather was cooler and wetter than last year so they didn't go into the ground until the first week of July. Was still cooler in July this year as last year we had those two heat domes that they really loved and grew up fast.
This year the tallest is only 26" and the two 'A' plants are smaller at only 18" at the main cola but the side branches are now taller than that so WTF do I measure.
This is one of the 'C' plants that lost two branches on the night of the 13th. Good oz less from it thanks to that loss tho the rest should get a little fatter without having to grow those.
The next day I pounded in a bunch of bamboo stakes and tied the branches to them with long pipe-cleaners tho a stronger storm could still do a lot of damage.
The day after I set up a windbreak using a couple layers of snow fencing but that blocks even more light in the afternoon and doesn't cover hard winds from the southwest worth a damn so I changed that up the day after.
Had about 25' of sheep fencing so used that for nice open backing then laid 6ml greenhouse plastic across. Just 10' at first to reach from pole to pole but still didn't cover the southwest so tacked on another 10' and put a 3' overhang for better coverage from the northwest and now covers the southwest to my satisfaction. From every other direction there are woods to block the wind but the strongest winds come from the west here and there is nothing for over a mile to help.
Not long ago when we were in the city, Grande Prairie, AB, about 2 hours away where the closest hydro store is at I grabbed a 6 roll pack of that Alien Tape you may have seen on TV commercials. Got 6 rolls for about half the price as ordering the 3 rolls on TV. Even tho they ship from Canada it sells for 19.99US and I got 6 for $17.95Can here.
Perfect for joining the two 5'x10' strips of plastic and sticks really well. I just knew that stuff would come in handy!
The plastic is all held on with those fold-back paper clips so I can easily take it off and roll it up for next year. The poles and wire can stay up.
Inside I've been spraying another F1 Mazarilla plant with two others to pollinate. I had been doing another one that started to show 'nanners but quit for some reason. I had sprayed it again and maybe shouldn't have so now that this new one is reversing I'll stop spraying and pick off ripe 'nanners as they are ready. The breeder would like 50 - 100 F2 seeds to continue work on this strain plus I want to get some Mazar autos to add more Mazar to it myself as that is a favourite of mine. I was going to just dust some buds on the outdoor ones but for insurance I'll do both the inside ones as well. I like the growth on the one on the right. Looks like it will be one huge cola from top to bottom when it's done. The middle one is the pollen donor.
There are 'nanners scattered all over it so will start picking off ripe ones tonight. Nothing else flowering in there now other than the other two autos so don't care if any pollen gets loose. I will be flipping some Pink Kush to flower in a week or so then the autos can go upstairs into my little 2x4 grow tent to finish off.
All for now. Gotta get downstairs and up-pot the 3 kush.
Been so long a lot of the peeps I knew earlier are gone or I've forgotten their names but I'll tag @420 and @Krissi Carbone for now.
Only two last year but five this year. This is last year's the day before chopping after removing the bulk of the fan leaves. The middle one is an unrelated auto CBD that did not pass muster. 6oz each off the Maz so not huge but decent for up here. I really need a decent greenhouse but late in the game for me now so should have done that 20 years ago. Only 32" tall.
This year I'm growing in a raised bed that the wife kindly donated for my project. It's 16x8x1.5' deep but I only prepped 8' of it. I expected bigger plants as it's a lot more exposed out there but turns out trees are blocking at least 2 hours of morning sun and another 2 or 3 later before sunset so I'll be giving the chainsaw a bit of a workout this fall once the rest of the wife's garden is cropped as I'll need to drop a few across it.
I'll skip the earlier stuff other than to say I'll be starting my seeds in larger pots next year. These got sprouted first week of June in those 9-hole seed starter pots then moved into little 3" square pots as the weather was cooler and wetter than last year so they didn't go into the ground until the first week of July. Was still cooler in July this year as last year we had those two heat domes that they really loved and grew up fast.
This year the tallest is only 26" and the two 'A' plants are smaller at only 18" at the main cola but the side branches are now taller than that so WTF do I measure.
This is one of the 'C' plants that lost two branches on the night of the 13th. Good oz less from it thanks to that loss tho the rest should get a little fatter without having to grow those.
The next day I pounded in a bunch of bamboo stakes and tied the branches to them with long pipe-cleaners tho a stronger storm could still do a lot of damage.
The day after I set up a windbreak using a couple layers of snow fencing but that blocks even more light in the afternoon and doesn't cover hard winds from the southwest worth a damn so I changed that up the day after.
Had about 25' of sheep fencing so used that for nice open backing then laid 6ml greenhouse plastic across. Just 10' at first to reach from pole to pole but still didn't cover the southwest so tacked on another 10' and put a 3' overhang for better coverage from the northwest and now covers the southwest to my satisfaction. From every other direction there are woods to block the wind but the strongest winds come from the west here and there is nothing for over a mile to help.
Not long ago when we were in the city, Grande Prairie, AB, about 2 hours away where the closest hydro store is at I grabbed a 6 roll pack of that Alien Tape you may have seen on TV commercials. Got 6 rolls for about half the price as ordering the 3 rolls on TV. Even tho they ship from Canada it sells for 19.99US and I got 6 for $17.95Can here.
Perfect for joining the two 5'x10' strips of plastic and sticks really well. I just knew that stuff would come in handy!
The plastic is all held on with those fold-back paper clips so I can easily take it off and roll it up for next year. The poles and wire can stay up.
Inside I've been spraying another F1 Mazarilla plant with two others to pollinate. I had been doing another one that started to show 'nanners but quit for some reason. I had sprayed it again and maybe shouldn't have so now that this new one is reversing I'll stop spraying and pick off ripe 'nanners as they are ready. The breeder would like 50 - 100 F2 seeds to continue work on this strain plus I want to get some Mazar autos to add more Mazar to it myself as that is a favourite of mine. I was going to just dust some buds on the outdoor ones but for insurance I'll do both the inside ones as well. I like the growth on the one on the right. Looks like it will be one huge cola from top to bottom when it's done. The middle one is the pollen donor.
There are 'nanners scattered all over it so will start picking off ripe ones tonight. Nothing else flowering in there now other than the other two autos so don't care if any pollen gets loose. I will be flipping some Pink Kush to flower in a week or so then the autos can go upstairs into my little 2x4 grow tent to finish off.
All for now. Gotta get downstairs and up-pot the 3 kush.
