You got the right idea..
I put the roofing medal down on ground underneath the pots cause I thought it would help from absorbing anything from the ground. I guess I was just thinking in my mind that I wanted the plants to only get what I gave them... prolly not the case but just wanted a good tasting quality buds.. as for the big plant I got root bound a few weeks ago I THINK!! They say you can’t get rootbound in a smart pot but it sure seemed like it to me... I want to get fans out there one for each plant hopefully I can get them going ASAP!! But man your advice was awesome and I appreciate all the help I can get! Lot more work than what I thought lol thanks again here a pic of the cheese I thought was root bound I’ll give yah a few of the grow previously they got way to big and had to move them around
Which one are you referring to that you think is root bound? I cant tell which went into the ground...
Which one are you referring to that you think is root bound? I cant tell which went into the ground...
But Im curious.. Why do you say its root bound and how can know without even seeing the roots? Are you judging the distance of the canopy or growth rate something?
I agree with ganga gurl420 , I doubt a fabric pot will become root bound (check out "air pruning" for why) Also when I said "you got the right idea" it was about the airflow being something you were concerned about, rather than answering your question of if it was too little/too much.. If that wasnt clear to anybody reading my response, there's no need to really defoliate when growing outdoors EXCEPT if airflow is really needed... and even then it should be kept to a minimum, and never to uncover bud sites from being shadowed by the fan leaves to let more light in or anything like that.
Also one last thing I should mention because of that picture with the stump/stalk/top of pot..
When growing organically your soil is doing all the work, and when the soil is left uncovered the UV / sun light will damage the first couple inches of your soil, which can hold some of the most beneficial bacteria and organisms, mycorrhizal layer, etc.
Its always a good idea to cover it with something, that goes for your lawn too.. (grass vs. dirt is better for the soil-will also retain moisture a lot better)
You can use something like straw/hay which is extremely cheap and goes far ( I spent 4 bucks on half a bale and still had half that bale leftover after using it on everything) There are also "cover crops" which are actually better because certain plants will provide nitrogen, or other nutrients, or will break down other things so they become more readily available for your plants, or attract beneficial insects to your plot, that sort of thing. (You should also plant a cover crop mix AFTER you harvest if you are going to reuse that soil, and as the cover crop grows you can cut it and drop the cuttings right into the soil to break back down, or smother it out and replant/wait for it to regrow then smother again. Look into it, theres different techniques and plantings for current grows/over wintering/etc.
Even though I think that was way too much taken off the plant, I've done worse in the past and by the end of flower I wouldnt be surprised if she was a bush again... Granted I dont know what would've yielded more... Keeping them on, or wasting energy on growing new ones.. I lean toward the former... But either way, I dont think it will kill the plants.
Enjoy the home stretch, Cheers
Things are going great flowering pretty well now hopefully see some swelling soon on the buds themselves! And the picture that says stump is the pot that I thought was root bound because the plant was light green and super droopy and none of the others seemed to be acting this way?..... I took it out of the pot and placed it into the ground now it is the only one that is in the ground the rest are in 100 gallon and 65 gallon pots.... I have 13 outside right now up here in northern Michigan all of them are flowering except for two... I really appreciate all the advice and thoughts of everybody!! happy grows I’ll try to send more pics along the way all the way to chop and harvest and curing lol hopefully you guys can help me along the way! And yes defoliating for me outdoors is strictly for mold issues and airflow like you had mentionedWhich one are you referring to that you think is root bound? I cant tell which went into the ground...
But Im curious.. Why do you say its root bound and how can know without even seeing the roots? Are you judging the distance of the canopy or growth rate something?
I agree with ganga gurl420 , I doubt a fabric pot will become root bound (check out "air pruning" for why) Also when I said "you got the right idea" it was about the airflow being something you were concerned about, rather than answering your question of if it was too little/too much.. If that wasnt clear to anybody reading my response, there's no need to really defoliate when growing outdoors EXCEPT if airflow is really needed... and even then it should be kept to a minimum, and never to uncover bud sites from being shadowed by the fan leaves to let more light in or anything like that.
Also one last thing I should mention because of that picture with the stump/stalk/top of pot..
When growing organically your soil is doing all the work, and when the soil is left uncovered the UV / sun light will damage the first couple inches of your soil, which can hold some of the most beneficial bacteria and organisms, mycorrhizal layer, etc.
Its always a good idea to cover it with something, that goes for your lawn too.. (grass vs. dirt is better for the soil-will also retain moisture a lot better)
You can use something like straw/hay which is extremely cheap and goes far ( I spent 4 bucks on half a bale and still had half that bale leftover after using it on everything) There are also "cover crops" which are actually better because certain plants will provide nitrogen, or other nutrients, or will break down other things so they become more readily available for your plants, or attract beneficial insects to your plot, that sort of thing. (You should also plant a cover crop mix AFTER you harvest if you are going to reuse that soil, and as the cover crop grows you can cut it and drop the cuttings right into the soil to break back down, or smother it out and replant/wait for it to regrow then smother again. Look into it, theres different techniques and plantings for current grows/over wintering/etc.
Even though I think that was way too much taken off the plant, I've done worse in the past and by the end of flower I wouldnt be surprised if she was a bush again... Granted I dont know what would've yielded more... Keeping them on, or wasting energy on growing new ones.. I lean toward the former... But either way, I dont think it will kill the plants.
Enjoy the home stretch, Cheers
Try yellow sticky boards. Install the then thwack your plants, if the infestation is bad, they will swarm to the yellow. If moderate, they will go to boards in a couple days. It's a good start with results.
Thank you for the information. I learn something new every day on this site!
I got way to much foliage on the DFG’s there extremely high leaf to bud I’ve noticed, most of these plants in the pics are lemonade OG x freezelands that 5 patch has 1 DFG back left , then the 3 patch is two DFG’s and a lemonade in the back, front right DFG has colas the size of my damn head already and we had two days of flat out rain like 3-4 days ago I’ve been fighting the early onset of botrytis/mold , harvested bout 30 grams wet, with probly a solid 3-4 wet grams of actual rot itself I just don’t take chances when I see that shit I go down a few inches at the least and cut the whole bud off or sumthing,depending ... New Brunswick Canada here though, very bad for botrytis after mid sept usually but these bitches are early fat fucks lol 8-10+ inches in diameter a few of em so there mold bait at this point even though they got the Canadian workhorse in wit the lemon OG kush (freezeland) and the other has Durban poison an early guerilla gold then freezeland I believe , all flowered between July 17-21/22
