tOfficial “Weed Growers” Thread

[dikowt dowg]

Yes, outside in the ground.

I've just been taking de-chlorinated water and flooding the roots every few days with a 5 gallon bucket.
Not sure if that works, but it's what I'm doing.

Rain today.
With some rain in the forecast in the next week.

Mold is a worry.

Mold, root rot, soft soil and 30 mph winds in the fall are every other day, I'm already staking plants up because they will just blow over, destroying the root base. Here, there are a number of things I have to watch out for. I'm interested in what beardown has to offer. I'm up for learning something. I do a flushing process for the indoor plants because those are not grown in soil, just water and chemical nutrients and they are being grown in perfect conditions. So when it's time to flush them, just don't add in nutrients so they have no option but to take in pure water and that flushes them.

Outdoor, I try to grow 100 percent organic. If the plants look poor and I figure it's a lack of nutrients, I will bump my plants with a miracle grow product midway through, but only do that if I have too. I like organic growing and just don't see how I could make a dent in flushing them when the roots are locked into the soil.

 

[outofyourmind]

Mold, root rot, soft soil and 30 mph winds in the fall are every other day, I'm already staking plants up because they will just blow over,

Mine is next to the house, and I've been using bungy cords to stabilize the plant in the wind. Seems to work pretty good, nothing snapped yet.

I like organic growing and just don't see how I could make a dent in flushing them when the roots are locked into the soil.

I was wondering this myself.

I'll have 2-3 weeks of fresh water flushing, so I'm just hoping that works; I have not fertilized this plant for some time now, as I used slow release natural stuff months ago. Plants have never looked stressed or in need of anything really.

 

[dikowt dowg]

Mine is next to the house, and I've been using bungy cords to stabilize the plant in the wind. Seems to work pretty good, nothing snapped yet.


I was wondering this myself.

I'll have 2-3 weeks of fresh water flushing, so I'm just hoping that works; I have not fertilized this plant for some time now, as I used slow release natural stuff months ago. Plants have never looked stressed or in need of anything really.

You're doing fine then. You're long past the point of them being dainty. These things grow easy after they get going well.

 

[beardown07]

Just water normally for the last two weeks, minus any nutrients. Just plain water.

Do not over water it. Same amount of water, but no nutes, for 2 weeks prior to harvest.

 

[outofyourmind]

Lots more 'red hairs' now, and is looking more 'frosty' every day. Still can't really see it very well.

I'm going to keep growing this thing until the first freeze; at least that's the plan.

Should I harvest earlier ??? Am I hurting it at this point or helping it. ??/

 

[beardown07]

Lots more 'red hairs' now, and is looking more 'frosty' every day. Still can't really see it very well.

I'm going to keep growing this thing until the first freeze; at least that's the plan.

Should I harvest earlier ??? Am I hurting it at this point or helping it. ??/

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[outofyourmind]

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harvest now or wait ??

 

[beardown07]

harvest now or wait ??

sorry, image didn't post.


Get ya a lens bruh. They're cheap af

 

[dikowt dowg]

Lots more 'red hairs' now, and is looking more 'frosty' every day. Still can't really see it very well.

I'm going to keep growing this thing until the first freeze; at least that's the plan.

Should I harvest earlier ??? Am I hurting it at this point or helping it. ??/

Pulling them too soon is the worst, imo. Because the last 30 days, there is a massive amount of change. Towards the end, the buds are growing and becoming sticky so fast that it seems everyday there is noticeable improvement. And it seems that all at once that starts to slow and I see the plant start to regress.

Don't worry about frost. This isn't tomato or basil. I never pull plants before the first frost which comes here around late September. This season, I had several very hard frost before I pulled any.

Also, the yellowing of the large water leaves is a good sign they are getting close.

Lastly, the entire plant is never done at the same time. The buds at the end of each stem will be ready long before the inner buds are. Some people cut off those nice end buds for drying, allowing the buds not ready yet to continue to grow.

So waiting is very important. You want to make sure that at least 50 percent of the buds are fully mature and even a little past mature if you are pulling the entire plant at one time.

 

[beardown07]

Pulling them too soon is the worst, imo. Because the last 30 days, there is a massive amount of change. Towards the end, the buds are growing and becoming sticky so fast that it seems everyday there is noticeable improvement. And it seems that all at once that starts to slow and I see the plant start to regress.

Don't worry about frost. This isn't tomato or basil. I never pull plants before the first frost which comes here around late September. This season, I had several very hard frost before I pulled any.

Also, the yellowing of the large water leaves is a good sign they are getting close.

Lastly, the entire plant is never done at the same time. The buds at the end of each stem will be ready long before the inner buds are. Some people cut off those nice end buds for drying, allowing the buds not ready yet to continue to grow.

So waiting is very important. You want to make sure that at least 50 percent of the buds are fully mature and even a little past mature if you are pulling the entire plant at one time.

I wouldn't recommend cutting anything off early, as that stunts photosynthesis which is what allows the plants to bring nutes and water up to all the buds. You can "train" your outer branches, by just carefully opening up the plant and tying down the outer branches.

A lot of the inner flower just won't be great, unless it's a top first generation strain.

Kicks yer trim pile for butter up a notch tho.

 

[dikowt dowg]

I wouldn't recommend cutting anything off early, as that stunts photosynthesis which is what allows the plants to bring nutes and water up to all the buds. You can "train" your outer branches, by just carefully opening up the plant and tying down the outer branches.

A lot of the inner flower just won't be great, unless it's a top first generation strain.

Kicks yer trim pile for butter up a notch tho.

Long ago I went to pulling the entire plant for just the reason you said, the inner buds didn't mature so much it made it worth it because I didn't like how the buds trimmed off turned out either so pulling the entire plant at once is my preference.

I almost completely converted to rosins. 90 percent of my buds go to making bubble hash and pressing rosin out from there. I do trim up the very best just for show, but I don't smoke buds now. Those are for friends and family.

 

[beardown07]

Long ago I went to pulling the entire plant for just the reason you said, the inner buds didn't mature so much it made it worth it because I didn't like how the buds trimmed off turned out either so pulling the entire plant at once is my preference.

I almost completely converted to rosins. 90 percent of my buds go to making bubble hash and pressing rosin out from there. I do trim up the very best just for show, but I don't smoke buds now. Those are for friends and family.

I'm oldschool. Flower is all I want, for the most part. Anything else is just a cherry on top.

 

[outofyourmind]

Off subject; I have watched hundreds of weed growing video's and I have to tell you that most of these guys

I almost completely converted to rosins. 90 percent of my buds go to making bubble hash and pressing rosin out from there

It's like you started talking Chinese.
I didn't understand a thing.

 

[outofyourmind]

After it rains hard, should I put a fan on my plant, even though it's outside, to help dry it out ?? To avoid mold mildew and rot.

I have one of these

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[dikowt dowg]

After it rains hard, should I put a fan on my plant, even though it's outside, to help dry it out ?? To avoid mold mildew and rot.

I have one of these

Things you never really wanted to know but here it is.

If you want the best fan in the world, buy this one. "The King of Fans" It's like having one of those big drum fans, but smaller. It moves more air than anything I have ever had/seen. Doing work inside with no A/C, use this. Trying to dry something out, use this. It's 20 inches. It even...

hooplanation.com

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No. I may have over sold mold as a problem....it's more a pain in the butt than a major issue. At least I would call using a fan outdoors, over kill. The mold I've experienced does not infect the entire plant at once unless it is allowed to spread. On the bright side, mold hits tight and mature buds, so if you're seeing mold, you're getting close to harvest.

As plants are maturing, I inspect every plant every day, specifically looking for mold. It is obvious to recognize, it is decaying matter, turning black and grey with fuzz. It always starts out microscopic and then grows outward. So a bud that is six inches to a foot long that looks great one day, the next day I could start to see mold. When a spot of molld gets to be about the size of a dime...even smaller, you can see it. The rest of the bud is fine, just that one spot is going bad. Once you see it though, it's a problem and that spot, like a cancer, has to be cut out. Just remove it and anything that looks like it touched it. Once I spot mold, that plant is on the serious inspection list where I spend a lot more time looking for mold. More times than not, I may get another few days or a week before more mold appears and by then the plant is ready for harvesting. But if left alone, that mold spore travels.

Once I find a lot of mold, I pull the plant. It's not handling the environment.

Edit...and I remove all mold before bringing the plant in to dry. Mold will continue to grow after the plant is pulled. So cut it out.

 

[outofyourmind]

@beardown07
@dikowt dowg

I have some old seeds about 4-5 years old and want to see if I can germinate them.

Do seeds get 'old', and if they do, is it harder/impossible to germinate??, is there anything that can be done to get them to germinate.


Now, don't ask me what kind they are, because this all came before the 'Medical' and it was dirt weed that got me high, but had plenty of stems and seeds. But it got me stoned pretty good, so I thought I might try it.

 

[dikowt dowg]

@beardown07
@dikowt dowg

I have some old seeds about 4-5 years old and want to see if I can germinate them.

Do seeds get 'old', and if they do, is it harder/impossible to germinate??, is there anything that can be done to get them to germinate.


Now, don't ask me what kind they are, because this all came before the 'Medical' and it was dirt weed that got me high, but had plenty of stems and seeds. But it got me stoned pretty good, so I thought I might try it.

There are a million ways. I use greenhouse starting kits to start all my seeds, indoor or outdoor. The cheap ones work great. For my outdoor plants, once the plants are too big for the starter, I move them to larger containers until I'm ready to transplant them in the soil.

For indoors, it a bit more complicated and the process is tied to how you plan to grow them. But I still start with the seed starting kits.

 

[outofyourmind]

There are a million ways. I use greenhouse starting kits to start all my seeds, indoor or outdoor. The cheap ones work great. For my outdoor plants, once the plants are too big for the starter, I move them to larger containers until I'm ready to transplant them in the soil.

For indoors, it a bit more complicated and the process is tied to how you plan to grow them.

are old seeds going to give me problems germinating ??

and as of now, I'm thinking all of my grows will be outside in the ground, starting some from seed/clone in my garage over winter to get them ready to go.

 

[dikowt dowg]

are old seeds going to give me problems germinating ??

and as of now, I'm thinking all of my grows will be outside in the ground, starting some from seed/clone in my garage over winter to get them ready to go.

They will be fine if they were kept dry and cool....but it's still not optimal. I'm buying all my seeds because the quality that I got last year was off the charts. My own seeds were good seeds too. But what is available online today is something special.

For outdoor growing, I had great success with this company. I would recommend the Blueberry muffin for multiple reasons. It's mold resistant, the plants were 6 to 8 feet and not heavy in bush, so they were easy to process...not a lot of trimming or trash, and they still produced very big buds that were just nasty to look at. The smell of blueberry is strong, hence the name. It's a melo smoke, looks great, they took 100 days to fully mature and was just easy all the way around.

But don't stop at just one.

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[dikowt dowg]

I also grew homboldt dream and pineapple muffin. Both were great plants. The Dream was a monster plant but was so full of bush it kicked my ass just getting through processing it. Too much work for next year.

The pineapple muffin was almost as good as the blueberry muffin, great quality, but the plants were a tad smaller and the blueberry just smells so good. Every variety from Humboldt I got was a great plant to grow.