My First Outdoor Grow

Honestly this is the first time I've grown anything in over ten years and im hoping that i dont go to jail >,<( if anyone knows what the laws in california are regarding growing in my backyard that would be sweet!) . We are growing 10 plants in ground in 2' x 2' holes Ive made rings out of chickenwire to line my holes to protect from gophers ( ive killed 9 this last 2 weeks )

Ok so here we go! Ive got Bubba Kush and Grape ape clones currently under 18/6 light cycle and I'm feeding them water / mexican bat guano . I intend on sticking them in the ground in a week. out in the garden ive got a mixture of potting soil , sandy loam, steer manuer and perlite with a dusting of chicken manuer. I'll add more pictures when its time to transplant.

any input would be great as im flying a little bit blind here >,<

not sure of your laws in cali.
sounds like you got your shit together though personally for outside use ive never liked manure draws in cutworms seems like here in north east us.but this is just my experience with it.
plants look a little spindly make sure a hard rain dont kill em

thanks for the imput , should I start topping these then ? I intend them to be bushes and dont really want them to get over 5'

I'd say not to top yet. Wait until you're ready to put them outside, then top.

So Ive been rotating these guys daily so that they stalks have to grow twords the light and it seems to be improving the thickness of the stalk.

how far away are your lights

Hey man, I'm in the same area as you are. You need to get a Drs. reccommendation. Then your allowed a total of 12 plants, 6 in flower and 6 in veg. So far nobody has bothered me . Good luck , Peace, jethead

If you want your plant to be a bush i would suggest you either LST it or supercropping, topping will turn your plant into a monster outside....trust me lol i measured the amount of times i cut my plant last year, i topped it once and if i let it go all the way it woulda been over 17 feet tall

ok here they are today and i took the pic so that the light is in frame.

Here also is my outdoor garden. Both the east and west fencelines are planted with green beans as they will climb the fence and obscure the veiw from both the street and the alley way and am doing tomatoes and marigolds on the east side of the garden. I put the fence on the alley side around 6 feet off the actually property line fence so that you have to come into my actual yard and deal with the dogs if your interested in ripping >,<. ( i also intend to run 2-3 strands of barbed wire around the top of my garden fencing later in the summer as not to attract to much undue attention from the neighbors lol. )

i would of used smaller wire then chicken. something with 1 inch holes.
but they should be fine.

I used the chickenwire with the 1" openings and whats LST ?

Low stress training. You bend the plant over, so instead of the main stalk going up, all the nodes throughout the main stalk grow upwards, maximizing it's yield.

Just to clarify,when train it ,start off in small increments too much bending can result in weak branches if your not careful.

this is more or less what i have been doin outside for a couple years in certain ares where height is a liability i use coat hangers and keep tying down the top of the plant and all the branches stand up and usually become a row of colas about 3 to 4 feet high i have actually had a plant grow roots into the ground bout 6 feat up the stalk where it was tied down..

tristynhawk

tristynhawk said:

this is more or less what i have been doin outside for a couple years in certain ares where height is a liability i use coat hangers and keep tying down the top of the plant and all the branches stand up and usually become a row of colas about 3 to 4 feet high i have actually had a plant grow roots into the ground bout 6 feat up the stalk where it was tied down..

tristynhawk

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any chance you have a picture of this ?

no it was back before i discovered this site but i will be doing it again( goin try an outdoor grow journal this year,gotta figure out the pic thing though cause i can only get a pic in as attachment about half the time)

tristynhawk said:

no it was back before i discovered this site but i will be doing it again( goin try an outdoor grow journal this year,gotta figure out the pic thing though cause i can only get a pic in as attachment about half the time)

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try photobucket.com , thats how i do all of mine.

Anyhow I noticed a bit of mold on one of my babies yesterday and decided o pop her in the ground as a soil tester ( wanna make sure its not too hot ) and then this morning sprayed her down with some organic fungiside. She didnt look so hot after.

I checked on her this morning and shes really perking up so its looking good , its looking like my soil should be a-ok. I'm also including a picture of my biggest clone , she seems to be thickening her stalk up and looking good.

2 more days and I'll be putting the rest of the ladies into the ground!

grape ape - not lookin so hot.


Bubba Kush

man that dirt looks gray as hell bro...

how does that bubba kush do outdoors was interested in it

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how does that bubba kush do outdoors was interested in it

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It's suppoused to do very well. My partners grows a 150 of them up in Northern California and another 48 at home every year so I can only assume it does well outdoors.

The light was hitting it strange the soil is a mix of soil , perlite , cow manure , sandy loam and a small amount of chicken manure. I'll add worm castings after they've been in the ground 2 weeks.

Ok , today was the day I ended up transplanting all my guys. heres a picture. Very excited.



I used this right after the transplant. hope it pays off.