2010 South Carolina Outdoor Grow Show

[bluntforce420]

I would definately keep a close eye on how those plants do in those 5 gallon buckets, I have 2 Bubblicious females showing pre-flowers and about 5-6 feet high, they were really drooping because the heat was drying the soil out so I repotted a week ago into 20 gallon containers and good thing I did because they were close if not already root bound. Hopefully the larger containers will help my yield also.
Good luck with your grow, it's looking really great so far, I'm subbed (hoping to learn a few things here).

 

[someone else]

Nice growing someone else. I got hard ass clay too and I had the problem of water logged plants even though I dug big ass holes and filled them with my mix. I lost 2 plants from root rot so I got ten 15 gal smart pots and repotted several already. The repotted plants from just a week ago have really taken off. I think the smart pots are going to make a huge difference. Your plants may have already out grown those buckets. I grew a few plants last year and I don't think they wil flip to budding until mid to late sept. I had a plant go all the way to Thanksgiving last year before I chopped it.

You're right about the plants being root-bound. The four male root-balls I pulled show that. Not too much I can do about it now for a variety of reasons.

Water-logged plants sure do suck. I'm not from the South originally, so growing in clay soil (calling the clay here soil is like calling concrete astro-turf) was really a challenge for me. I finally just gave up and did the only other thing I knew how to do and used 5-gallon buckets.

You're right about the flowering too. We still get 14 hours of sunlight here, and I've been thinking mid-August would be when true flowering started.

 

[someone else]

I would definately keep a close eye on how those plants do in those 5 gallon buckets, I have 2 Bubblicious females showing pre-flowers and about 5-6 feet high, they were really drooping because the heat was drying the soil out so I repotted a week ago into 20 gallon containers and good thing I did because they were close if not already root bound. Hopefully the larger containers will help my yield also.
Good luck with your grow, it's looking really great so far, I'm subbed (hoping to learn a few things here).

Yea, this weather is really stressing these plants out. I'm gonna have to step up my waterings. I'm gonna try growing Juicy Fruit next year...I really like the taste of those fruity strains.

I'll be growing in the midwest next year, and I'll be growing in the ground again. Things will be bigger and better than this year.

But until then, I'm hoping these ladies flower soon, and will be watching them closely until they do.

 

[someone else]

Here are the root balls of the male plants I cut down:




The root balls were really dry, despite the fact that I was out there watering on Wednesday, and this was Saturday. 100+ degree temps will do that to some buckets.

Here's a reminder of the clay situation that I was dealing with. I know I keep bringing it up, but it's a very salient reminder of why it's so difficult to grow in the native soil here:



It hadn't rained in 2+ weeks when I took this picture yesterday. That water just sits there, with no chance of draining into the earth. My plants sat in watery holes like this when I transplanted my seedlings into the ground the entire month of May. It set back the growth enormously. Only when I changed to buckets did they recover and grow normally.

 

[smokinguns]

I hear yea about the concrete. It took me a solid month to dig 10 nice sized holes. The area I grow in was a birm of muck where the builder just built it up from the lots they mucked out of. No one ever around except deer. The good thing is though there is a shitload of pines and natural vegatation now so it provides great cover. The first pic is two still in the ground. The holes are about 4 ft across and 4ft deep. I just covered the top of the hole a bit with the natural dirt.

 

[someone else]

I hear yea about the concrete. It took me a solid month to dig 10 nice sized holes. The area I grow in was a birm of muck where the builder just built it up from the lots they mucked out of. No one ever around except deer. The good thing is though there is a shitload of pines and natural vegatation now so it provides great cover. The first pic is two still in the ground. The holes are about 4 ft across and 4ft deep. I just covered the top of the hole a bit with the natural dirt.

Wow, I respect that effort. I had to laugh, because it took me about as long to dig 6, 3'x3' holes. I know what kind of effort that must have taken you.

There are always deer out at my patch. Every time I go out there, I hear a deer scurrying away.

Thank God for the pines. Personally, they give me a place to store supplies out of sight, and also a place to sit on a bucket and chill out in the shade for a few minutes while I rest from the sun. I'm an athlete and in great shape, but 100+ degree heat and humidity saps the life right out of me.

I like your plot. Your plants look strong and bushy!

 

[someone else]

Here's a few videos that show a better view of what's going on.

I was really talking fast and out of breath for some reason.

I guess the heat was getting to me:

[video=youtube;2nF-RO5Mcf0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nF-RO5Mcf0[/video]

[video=youtube;LkPdun8KsSs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkPdun8KsSs[/video]

 

[Brownsugarkush]

looks great!!!!!!!!! drinking the weekend away, lol my feeding is tomorrow ill update also.!

 

[someone else]

Cool man.

I'll be checking it out for sure.

I'm going out to do a watering/feeding tomorrow too.

Maybe I'll see if I have some males or females.

 

[someone else]

Just got back from watering/feeding/SuperThriving:



Really happy to see the few plants that were wilting from the heat, bounce back and regain their normal green and bushy vitality.

I pulled one more male plant, and I think I saw another but need to wait to confirm it.

Right now, I have 17 left.

If I can finish with 10 females, I'll be beyond happy.

 

[someone else]

[video=youtube;u2un_LQSuqs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2un_LQSuqs[/video]

 

[Brownsugarkush]

Look's great!! look's like your going to have a awesome harvest!! sweet man!! ya dude my train is doing her thing flower clusters poping out from everywhere not to sure if i should start counting the days but if she keep's this up ill start counting this following monday your patch look's like sweet sweet smoke!! rep+++++++++++++++++

 

[someone else]

Look's great!! look's like your going to have a awesome harvest!! sweet man!! ya dude my train is doing her thing flower clusters poping out from everywhere not to sure if i should start counting the days but if she keep's this up ill start counting this following monday your patch look's like sweet sweet smoke!! rep+++++++++++++++++

Looking forward to seeing your Trainwreck pics bro.

I really hope it turns out well; sounds like you've got some aggressive flowering already.

I have 4-5 plants that are showing female, the rest are still in veg.

I'd get a 30X or greater pocket microscope to check out the trichrome development too. They're really cheap (under $10) and VERY useful when you wanna see if the trichromes have turned amber or are still clear...and harvesting depending on what high you want.

Thanks for the positive vibes brother!!

 

[ColaFarmer]

Get any of that rain??? Got a great light and sound show but no rain...

 

[someone else]

Get any of that rain??? Got a great light and sound show but no rain...

Yep, pretty much the same thing. It rained ever so lightly for a minute, that was about it.

I'm glad I watered today though. I just can never count on the weather forecast for predictable rain here.

I watered, fed Fox Farm nutes, and also supplemented some SuperThrive. I'll go back out there on Thursday to do another pure watering.

Pulled 5 males so far...17 left. Of those 17, I have 4 females so far.

 

[ColaFarmer]

Nice, with those numbers so far, you should be happy when the final count comes in. Males usually show sex first, at least from my experiences. I never even bother with listening to what the weather people have to say. I just jump online in the AM and look at the radar for the eastern seaboard area. I can get enough information from that to decide if it is going to rain or not. SC isn't the smartest state, I've gathered this much so far.

 

[someone else]

Nice, with those numbers so far, you should be happy when the final count comes in. Males usually show sex first, at least from my experiences. I never even bother with listening to what the weather people have to say. I just jump online in the AM and look at the radar for the eastern seaboard area. I can get enough information from that to decide if it is going to rain or not. SC isn't the smartest state, I've gathered this much so far.

Yea, I look at the radar with great interest everyday.

I can't even count how many major storms have headed our way, however, only to watch them split north and south, missing us completely.


Well, I received the Gibberellic Acid today, so I'll be preparing a solution for spraying a select female on Thursday.

I already have the female I want to spray in mind, and the female that I want to fertilize with the female pollen also in mind.

I'll have to quarantine an area off (with fencing to ward off deer) away from the main grow site, and put the female I want to spray there. Then I'll spray the areas I want to see female stamen (that's so funny to say, female stamen). I'll do this on Thursday. I'll have to spray frequently for at least 10 days.

Hopefully in a few weeks, I'll be able to harvest female pollen from the sprayed female. I'll destroy, very carefully, any stamen remaining on the female, and return her back to the main grow area so the remaining bud sites can finish budding. I'll then take my host female, move her back to the quarantined area, where I will fertilize her with the female pollen I've collected.

After a few days of doing this, I'll return her back to the main plot....and cross my fingers. Hopefully I'll be able to pull some female seeds. If I produce any seed from this, I'll feel good in knowing it's most likely female. Won't know for sure until next year, but I'll have a better than 50% chance that the seed will be female...and that's better a percentage that I would have normally with a regular seed.

That's the plan. Hope I can execute it effectively.

 

[potpimp]

You gotta top those babies next year; get 4 beautiful colas!

 

[someone else]

You gotta top those babies next year; get 4 beautiful colas!

Yeah, I'm not completely sold on topping in my experience. I've had success doing it, just not sure I really get that much more bud, but most especially this year, because I was forced to grow in buckets with smaller plants to begin with. I'd rather have one really solid cola, and several smaller bud sites, then 4 or 5 so-so cola's, and small bud sites.

Just personal preference. Maybe I'll give it another shot next year when I get back to the midwest, where I can grow in the ground with decent soil, and grow bigger plants.

 

[potpimp]

I'm not sure what technique you used but Uncle Ben has this shit down pat. I'm planning on taking some pix of my kushes, one of my SLH and maybe my indoor grow later today. Be sure to check out the 4 cola monsters. Should have those pix in an hour or so.