Darkgemini's Outdoor Bagseed Guerilla Grow 2017

[darkgemini]

Hi everyone. This is my first journal, but by far not my first grow. I grow a bit every year, but i decided to share this particular patch this year, just because it was so unconventional. This patch went through hell, but is actually exceeding my expectations by a lot. As of this post we are in the plants 21st week. Ive taken pictures almost every week since germination. Ok, lets get on with it.

The strain? These babies are from a mixed collection of bagseed from some bricked mids. Yea not the best, but i like the variety from unstable genetics, believe it or not.

They're being visited by me once a week for watering, nutes, and maintenance.

Again, these plants fell victim to circumstances over and over again. A lot of you are gonna look these pictures and be like "what the hell are you doing, man?" But just remember, im experimenting here. Seeing what works and what doesnt. That being said, lets get things rolling.

 

[darkgemini]

GERMINATION

They were started in Jiffy peat pellets, then transferred to small Jiffy pots. I used coco coir with some perlite as the medium. only nutrients given at this stage was a weak solution of kelp extract in the water. They were in a small homemade grow box under 6 CFLs. The date was March 11.

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 1

This is their progress after one week under 24 hour light and watering every night with the kelp extract.

 

[Eyes of Sage]

Subbed, I also have a few plants that come from bricked mids. I've got some very nice end results. Let the experimentation begin!

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 2

Was amazed at how fast these took off....

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 3

Still growing beautiful. You can see they needed a little stronger nutes, the bottom leaves were yellowing. But the growth rate was really nice. However they were about to be put to the test...

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 4

Well this is where the first real problem came into play. I had to get the plants out of the house due to unavoidable circumstances. I had planned on letting them grow in the box for another couple weeks. I had just begun preparing holes and only had one large planting area dug out that wouldve been good for 2, maybe 3 plants. I had to use it for all of them. I had to get creative later on to make this work, but here they are the day I put them in the ground. It was the very end of March, and I was scared. Sunlight was at about 14 hours, and I was worried they might go into flower. It didnt happen though, thankfully. They survived at least two frosts, that Im aware of. These plants were troopers!

As you can see, it was so early, there was literally no other plant growth around anywhere. I was scared for them!

 

[darkgemini]

Welcome Eyes of Sage! And yea, contrary to what i read alot, Ive always got decent results.

 

[darkgemini]

Be back later to continue showing the progress!

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 5

As you can see in week 4, there was quite a bit of shock to these plants. They were grown under 24 hour light indoors, had no hardening off period, and the pots were carried to the area in a plastic grocery bag. A couple were goers before they got there. a couple more would die from the shock. But the ones that survived, took to the environment like crazy. Unfortunately there hadnt been much time to prepare and ammend that planting hole. All it really got was two bricks of coco coir, and a small amount of osmocote timed nutes (14-14-14). So I was gonna have to use chemical nutrients instead of relying on the good organics i like. I went with everyones favorite brand- Miracle Grow. I used Miracle Grow Natural Organic for the first month or so, then switched to a combination of All Purpose, Mixed with Bloom Booster. I changed the ratio according to plant development and what I felt like it needed more of at the time. Anyways, you can see how well the ones that survived took to the new surroundings.

 

[darkgemini]

about 5 days later, still in the 5th week:

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 6

Well theyre really starting to take off now!

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 7

Week 7 and theyre growing quick still. This is where I had to start doing something about the crowding. After I took these pictures, I found some sticks to use as stakes, and training day began!

That little one in the middle survived some major shock and came back. The main stem had died all the way down to the first node. But you can see, It started branching early. Its still alive today. One shoot took dominance over the rest eventually, and it looks like a normal plant except at the base.

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 8

Week 8 and we're growing along good. Training them in different directions, away from one another.

Something was eating the crap outta that one, I sprayed it with some insecticideal soap, but it would still be awhile before the problem cleared up. I suspect slugs now, but couldnt say for sure. Never saw them at the time. That pic with my hand is for leaf size comparison.

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 9

Training outwards continues.

 

[darkgemini]

As i said, dont know strains, so i name them after girls in my life for identification and good luck. About this time I named them as follows:

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 10

Im adding stakes almost every week at this point. Though they were forced to share a root zone, I was succesfully able to train them to grow in different directions. Amanda and Brittany really took to being grown vertically. Brittany in particular, would later do some massive branching. Ricki and Brianna didnt like the training so much. Both ended up with a couple kinked stems, but it never really seemed to hinder their progress. Brianna would grow tall and bushy (never topped or FIMed it) and Ricki would grow fast, real tall with some massive leaves. It didnt branch much until much later. i suspect Rickis pretty strong on the sativa side. Becca did ok for awhile, but got attacked by slugs really badly. Its since recovered, but hasnt looked healthy since. New growth is twisted and sickly looking. At this point in week 10, however, it still looks good. I just let Colleen grow straight, since she was in the middle. Anyways, heres week 10s pics:

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 11

Poor Brianna is getting munched like crazy. The only part of her not affected in week 11, is the new top growth. Looking at this pic now, Im surprised it looks so good today

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 12

Week 12 I got bit by a spider that gave me tetanus. So unfortunately I dont have pics for this week, as the only day i couldve got out there that week, I had to go to the hospital.

 

[darkgemini]

WEEK 13

Working in the rain! Still training, though Ricki and Briana are growing fast and making some tough stems, so theyre not as vertical.