Oregon Outdoor, 2021

Houstini

Houstini

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Humanrob said:
Honeslty, I don't even know what a "super auto" is. I just grow the best genetics I can find. Last year was all Mephisto, this year I'm branching out and also trying Dutch Passion, Roc Bud, and Fast Buds. I averaged 6 oz. per plant last year. If you can get by on that x4 plants, then it's good enough. The largest producing strains seem to all take longer, they'll still finish before photos but they start to push into September. My goal is to be done by the end of August, first week of September at the latest. So if I want to grow the big ones, I have to start them indoors earlier to scrub off a few weeks at the end.

The OGS Amnesia Hashplant was awesome. IIRC it finished by the end of September, but that was the year we got ripped off and someone stole about 1/3 of the plant, just tore off some main branches. Even though it finished early, it was still harvested probably a week or two before optimal. I never had an outdoor photo that finished the way I would finish an indoor, they were all taken down early, some a little, some a lot. I found those last few weeks to be somewhere between frustrating and tragic, depending on the weather that year. That got old, I found another route. It's far from perfect, there are drawbacks, but I'll say that so far quality has not been one of them.
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Super auto would be something like Oregon diesel, blackberry, mango kush, blue satellite 2.0, jaeger almost. Something that requires 20+ hrs to veg properly and as soon as it goes outside it starts somewhat of a veg growth but mostly just flowers under natural light.
 
shrubz

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Humanrob said:
I guess I'll start the Oregon thread this year, look forward to hearing from Oregonians on their outdoor grows. So far, I hope we get some more rain! Otherwise this could be a bad fire season, and obviously that's bad for far more than just the plants in our gardens.

My grow is evolving a bit this year, I built what could be called a "high tunnel" or "rigid hoophouse", because it's not fully enclosed and so I don't think it would fit the definition of a Greenhouse. Primary purposes are to hang bug netting on to keep the worms away, and to keep any late season rain off. New structures and methods always have a learning curve, so we'll see how this goes.

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Thats a pretty sweet greenhouse.
 
shrubz

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Durban Poison is nice.

How big of a growing window do you's have on the upper west coast?

What time would you consider it a must to have crops harvested typically?

Its late October in my parts. But October being another seasonally transitional month, it could go either way by its mid point. After that point we can only rely on good luck from mother nature. 50/50 chance it will be mild and sunny or get brisk and rainy. Or out right chit.

A few times the sunshine blessed us when we happened to be growing some late bloomers. Right to Halloween. Other times it dipped and became too cold. Then some oddballs don't reach full maturity. A greenhouse would of been awesome.

When selecting genetics that is always at the forefront of choices.


I put some current seedlings out a couple weeks earlier than usual In southern Ontario Canada. To give photoperiods plenty of time to transition and go with the flow of increasing/ decreasing daylight hours. A mid August flower bloom would be perfect.

These genetics only need 8-9 weeks to mature. If the other factors play a long I should be grinning this fall.
 

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I was purposely planting later experimenting with prior grows. My way of thinking was to keep height control in order. But its bitten me in the ass, causing late blooming.

At least thats what I narrow it down to blame. Hopefully may-mid august will trigger them to do there thing.

I know these genetics Im familiar with the skunk persuasion side, with getting skunk phenos throughout them in the past. No doubt there going to get 7 8 or 12 or 14 feet tall. Ill just deal with that later I guess lol.

I may have to get freaky on some plants and tie them down.
 
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thisbuds4u101

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Oh there’s no experience that truly compares to a good outdoor grow. Grew for years both outdoors and indoors. Now pretty much focus on my indoor grow. Turning plants into trees those were the days hiking for miles carrying 50-60 lbs of supplies in to the grow. Reading you folks post bring back some good times.
 
thisbuds4u101

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I utilized Durban as a wonderful breeding plant. Crossed Durban with many a strain. Produces so really good plants both indoors and outdoors.
 
shrubz

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thisbuds4u101 said:
I utilized Durban as a wonderful breeding plant. Crossed Durban with many a strain. Produces so really good plants both indoors and outdoors.
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I "sampled" it from dispensaries but never tried growing DP. Now that I'm getting a small indoor set up running I might have to try some over the winter. Gosh theres so many I'd like to try. Surfing seed sites makes a guy feel like a giant kid in a candy store.
 
xtsho

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shrubz said:
Durban Poison is nice.

How big of a growing window do you's have on the upper west coast?

What time would you consider it a must to have crops harvested typically?

Its late October in my parts. But October being another seasonally transitional month, it could go either way by its mid point. After that point we can only rely on good luck from mother nature. 50/50 chance it will be mild and sunny or get brisk and rainy. Or out right chit.

A few times the sunshine blessed us when we happened to be growing some late bloomers. Right to Halloween. Other times it dipped and became too cold. Then some oddballs don't reach full maturity. A greenhouse would of been awesome.

When selecting genetics that is always at the forefront of choices.


I put some current seedlings out a couple weeks earlier than usual In southern Ontario Canada. To give photoperiods plenty of time to transition and go with the flow of increasing/ decreasing daylight hours. A mid August flower bloom would be perfect.

These genetics only need 8-9 weeks to mature. If the other factors play a long I should be grinning this fall.
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The growing window in the PNW changes year to year. Sometimes we get a growing season that can stretch into late October. Other years we get endless rain and cloudy days starting in September. Last year we had close to two weeks with the sun blacked out from all the smoke from the fires.

A quicker finishing strain is desired in these parts but sometimes things allow for longer flowering plants.
 
xtsho

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graying.geek said:
That's good news. Seems like it might do well in taming Sativas. The cross to a Wild Thai could be killer.
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Now that you mention it I do have a cross of the Durbistan "PCK + Durban" crossed with my Thaiwaiian "Thai + Hawaiian". I haven't grown any yet but will probably grow some in my next couple of indoor runs. I'm finishing off the Golden Tiger and shutting down for a couple months indoors due to the upcoming summer heat.
 
shrubz

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A place I like shopping at stopped producing, or just putting them out commercially. ne remember timewarp, and other close lineage that branched off, it might been texada or texada time warp in the 2000's??? Anyways they produced the timewarp for the longest time. Seems they have stopped, it must of been lately.

My point is it might be a good one for climes out that way, when hit with a shorter season. I put it an hour and a half drive north where cold and frost comes progressively sooner with every mile travelled.

That chit finished quickly earlier than any of my others, plus it wasnt very delicate it could handle some weather. And offered fairly decent smoking enjoyment.
 
shrubz

shrubz

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Out doors when all the stars align is better than indoor in pretty much every way. The images I posted have sea of purple kush in the mix. I'm trying to hustle on the garden set up to completion by the weekend sometime.

Ill show us a look when its bolted in and topped up with amendments. I'm still not sure how I'm stuffing 10 big boned plants in to a 4'x22'x10" soil bed.
 
shrubz

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It can always change but, the one most typically kush looking and favored is the smallest (in side red line). Its staying low and tight and symmetrical. Thats already making 9 bladed fan leaves, by the second full set.

So far it feels like a sick season brewing up to come together. I got some strong genetics off to a good start on. Good luck out there everyone.

Ok I better shut up, less talk more work.
 

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xtsho said:
The growing window in the PNW changes year to year. Sometimes we get a growing season that can stretch into late October. Other years we get endless rain and cloudy days starting in September. Last year we had close to two weeks with the sun blacked out from all the smoke from the fires.

A quicker finishing strain is desired in these parts but sometimes things allow for longer flowering plants.
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2015 was dry until the middle of November here

I harvested the end of October last year
 
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