Should have definitely gone bigger. Maybe 20 or 30 gallons next year, if I can successfully make it through this year, that is.
Yeah it’s been consistently in the 90s for the past couple of weeks, and looks like it’s gonna stay pretty warm for awhile. I personally don’t mind the heat, but something is definitely out of whack with climate… we’ve fucked around for too long and we’re about to find out.
Thanks man! The natural lighting makes it so easy to get good/better shots. The power of the sun! Best part is that it’s free. I’m going to start to do more bud shots outside, or with natural lighting I think. I do enjoy waking up with the plants and seeing them ready to catch all those rays, praying to their god
Thanks man! I’ve nick-named them Bert and Ernie, haha. Tall and slender and the squatty.
Also, I forgot to mention, but…
Anyone that’s been following along and interested in testing the recent crosses I’ve made are more than welcome to reach out to me and I’ll get you a pack. These are all feminized (hopefully) crosses of T-1000. I’ve germ tested and they’re popping tails, but no room to grow any immediately.
Blueberry x T-1000
Agent Orange x T-1000
Key Lime Pie x T-1000
They may herm on you, they may suck, they may be the best shit ever… who knows? Gotta pop 'em to find out.
Awesome! Glad everything made it safely! Thanks again to all willing to test @Varuna@ramblinrose@503BudMan@Greasy@Vagabond_Windy@FattyRoots I really appreciate it. I’ve gotta pick up some more shipping supplies, but the offer still stands to anyone willing to give them a shot.
A quick update on the outdoor plants. It’s been windy here and a bunch of wildfire smoke moved in yesterday evening. Today I haven’t seen the sun through the weird smokey haze covering PDX. Plants handled the wind find though.
Still hoping they’re gonna finish here, they seem to be behind other grower’s plants here, so I dunno. No signs of caterpillars yet, but I see the white moths circling the plants all the time. I’m keeping a keen eye on them.
Looking nice and healthy! Keep your eye out for moth eggs on the sugar leaves and sometimes on the flowers themselves, they are usually white when new and turn more yellow before they are going to hatch. May be easier to spot than the damn caterpillars themselves unless you get lucky.
Guess it’s about time I got off my ass and posted an update here.
I’m pretty convinced I’m not going to be able to properly finish my outdoor plants, but hopefully I’ll get something from them. They look like they have a bit left to go. I’m thinking that light pollution may be slowing their flowering, this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KSLG9heBe0 goes over how light sensitive cannabis can be. My neighbors have flood lights shining in their backyard all night, it kinda bleeds over to my yard. It could be that they are just slower flowering too, and my climate won’t give them the conditions necessary to finish. Maybe both?
The plants do still look healthy though, and the weather hasn’t changed here yet, so I’m definitely going to keep them up as long as I can.
I’m thinking I’m going to close this thread after these outdoor plants finish up. It’s getting hard to navigate through the posts and the information kinda gets lost. I’m thinking of starting up threads for each seed pack, or cultivar… you know, for when people actually do use the search bar they can find the thread based on title instead of navigating through posts.
Anyways, hoping that everyone has a good Croptober!
Thanks man! The back yard smells really good. the taller plant has more of a generic smell, slightly fruity and sweet. The shorter plant smells like lime skittles, no joke! Hot new Zkittles cut incoming! haha, just kidding! It’s not super strong smelling but definitely reminds me of the candy.
Not so much the frost that I’m worried about, but more the rains. They got hit pretty hard last night with our first decent rainfall since the beginning of summer. There was some flopped over branches, but nothing broken! I hit them with the leaf blower and have a fan on them this morning, trying to dry them out… I’m thinking that they really need about 2.5/3.5 more weeks, but probably not gonna get that before consistent rainfall. Next week looks good so far, but I know my days are numbered.
Yeah, I’m actually surprised at how much the bugs have stayed away from them. I did spray them a few times with my normal IPM stuff and some silica, but other than that I haven’t really been babying them or anything. There is a big ol’ spider web right in the middle of the two plants on the back side. I’ve let them chill there and web up a bunch of leafs and stuff, figuring it to be a sacrifice to the cannabis gods. The hoppers have gotten to a few leafs and I’ve plucked some, but overall they’ve come out pretty clean so far.
I’m gonna dry these a few days, then freeze them to make hash outta everything. Since I’m washing them to hashish… do you think I need to wash the buds before drying or just let all that stuff come out while sieving for the hash?
Of all the cities I’ve ever lived in, Portland was by far the least-dusty of them haha. I mean, y’all know I’ve never made hash, but I’d think that you’ll be alright without washing them. Maybe that’s just because the one time I washed my buds left a bad taste in my mouth (figuratively, not literally), but I say just sieve that shit.
I can’t believe the weather we’re having. I want to keep the plants going for awhile longer, they could use it… but looks like its going to be a trade off between fighting the worms/mold and chopping somewhat early.
I’ve never chopped plants this big before… I think I’m gonna break them down branch by branch and hang then freeze. Might have to grab a chest freezer.
In other news, I popped a pack of Bodhi’s Baba Kush ( Katsu Bubba x SSDD ) and 11/12 popped and are above ground (one going a little slow)
Went back outside to find that worm, which I ended up finding and exterminating, but also noticed something weird on one of the buds. Upon closer inspection, I found a HUGE seed. Like bigger than any cannabis seed I’ve ever seen before. I tried to capture it next to a normal sized seed, but may have to do a little stack to get some clarity with such a narrow DOF. Anyone ever seen giant cannabis seeds? I think I’ve heard Deep Chunk produces some huge seeds. This one is about the size of a small pea.
made my day
