2018/2019 outdoor grow season

socaljoe said:

Those damn caterpillars...


All is looking good. I'm itching to get some outdoor stuff going soon, but at the same time I don't want monsters this year...

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SMT69 said:

Super nice crosses, you’v got a fantastic genetic palette to play with....!

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greencropper said:

thanks, yes im a bit worried just how tall these will get with the 6' height limit here, maybe tying some down to grow horizontally yet...
when will you plant yours for outdoors?

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socaljoe said:

I haven't made a plan yet, but I'm thinking about holding off my starts until mid-late May or even early June.

What I want to do is run an indoor pheno hunt with small plants then do clones of my winners outdoors. Not sure if I can make it work logistically, but I'm going to try. I'd like to not have any mediocre plants in the garden, just top notch stuff...the time and labor investment is too high for shitty plants.

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socaljoe said:

I'd like to not have any mediocre plants in the garden, just top notch stuff...the time and labor investment is too high for shitty plants.

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greencropper said:

thanks, yes im a bit worried just how tall these will get with the 6' height limit here, maybe tying some down to grow horizontally yet...
when will you plant yours for outdoors?

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H.A.F. said:

I read about someone doing a manifold, then shifting the plant outside and letting it go. Don't know if it would help with height, but it would be easier to control.

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greencropper said:

yes manifolding does work, though it slows down the plant growth for a week or 2 until it overcomes the trauma, ive found that bending & tying down the main stem & branches the height can be controlled with no slowing of growth brought about by trauma, in fact i think there is an overall larger yield from plants that are tied down to horizontal level than plants allowed to grow in a normal xmas tree shape(outdoors) something to do with the dark side of a plant not getting sunlight on it therefore having not so well formed buds, whereas the tied down specimen will get a more even lightspread over the entire plant allowing for better overall bud structure

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H.A.F. said:

I was mainly thinking about the 'even distribution' of nutes, and wondering how that would act - I wanted to watch LOL!

I use mainlining, and after the first topping I haven't had issues but I wait long enough for roots to develop before I top it. If you are starting something inside, way before you move it outside, there's no rush right? That's all I meant.

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greencropper said:

im not sure what you mean by even distribution of nutes? or by 'no rush? i would rather a plant keeps growing without trauma cos that few weeks stagnation could add up to more weight at the end of the grow, time does play a factor in my grows with plant disease, risk(law + rippers) & meteorological events such as hail, risks rise as time goes on, certainly not interested in 100 day flower types.
yes mainlining does work and it suits some growers, its a good method i think

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H.A.F. said:

If you read nugbuckets description of it, it makes sense. Not typing the whole thing, but it's about the apical-dominance of MJ plants and that if left alone they will have a top-center cola that is usually twice the size of the others, and they get progressively smaller on the way down the stem.

Splitting it early in on helps each limb grow the same.

https://www.growweedeasy.com/mainlining-nugbuckets

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greencropper said:

thanks for the headsup on this method, i do think its a good way to train plants, i do not think i can do it with mine because they are 'Regular" seeds i grow with so i usually grow a few plants per container then kill off a male if it appears, i do not know which ones will be male or female? if i were growing feminized seeds it would be a viable way to handle a plant

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H.A.F. said:

Well, good luck to you. I only grow one or two at a time, and have a rotation going. I could not imagine NOT spending the extra cash to get fems in my situation. But I have grown bag-seed etc. so I get it. And if I find a seed in my plants (once so far) I'll pop it immediately and make room just to see

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