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trambles

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I grew my first outdoor crop last summer, I'm in Michigan. I ran into some problems with then falling over, all my plants were at least 8 foot and 3 were 11 footers.
I am looking for some trellis ideas? I'm planning on doing 12 outdoor this year.
I averaged a pound per plant, though 1 plant was lost to bud rot (super lemon deathstar).
I'm thinking of driving 4x4s into the ground every 6 feet around the perimeter and from there putting up chainlink fence. Then running rear mesh through the interior of the garden at a height of 6 feet (I'm 5'9), 8 feet, and 10 feet.
Post pics with your ideas.
And on a side note, these massive 1000 plant outdoor grows I've seen in cali and elsewhere, how do they contain that many plants if that size? Seems like u would need an army of workers to maintain that.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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I’m doing my first big outdoor plant this year. It’s gonna have 4x4s sunk at the corners with 2-3 layers of trellis stretched tight from corner to corner at various heights. So as the plant grows up it gets supported every few feet. I can also use the trellis to train the branches so as well to keep good light penetration to the whole plant. Seems like it should do what I want.
 
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MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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trambles said:
I grew my first outdoor crop last summer, I'm in Michigan. I ran into some problems with then falling over, all my plants were at least 8 foot and 3 were 11 footers.
I am looking for some trellis ideas? I'm planning on doing 12 outdoor this year.
I averaged a pound per plant, though 1 plant was lost to bud rot (super lemon deathstar).
I'm thinking of driving 4x4s into the ground every 6 feet around the perimeter and from there putting up chainlink fence. Then running rear mesh through the interior of the garden at a height of 6 feet (I'm 5'9), 8 feet, and 10 feet.
Post pics with your ideas.
And on a side note, these massive 1000 plant outdoor grows I've seen in cali and elsewhere, how do they contain that many plants if that size? Seems like u would need an army of workers to maintain that.
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I've always topped mine at 6". But I veg and top them for a couple months before I put them out. Much thicker stems. Also use 8' galvanized fence posts with chicken wire if I get leaners. Cali guys are practiced.
 
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trambles

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Yeah for the 11 footers I ended up stacking 2 cinder blocks and cementing in an 8 foot t post so it got enough height to reach the top to stabilize it
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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Thundercat said:
I’m doing my first big outdoor plant this year. It’s gonna have 4x4s with 2-3 layers of trellis stretched tight from corner to corner. So as the plant grows up it gets supported every few feet. I can also use the trellis to train the branches so as well to keep good light penetration to the whole plant. Seems like it should do what I want.
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This is about 40days longer veg than usual come May. But this style rarely falls for me.018.jpg
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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Probably tent this. Slow finisher. But throw some clones out hope my seedling is good then. My best suggestion is to keep your plants around 6' and flat topped. Don't draw attention and they produce healthy even colas.
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

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That looks great, nice and bushy! I don't have any pictures of the clone I'm using, but it's been vegging for a couple of months now. It just went into a 10 gallon and under some better lighting too. I'm gonna go through and trim it up and top it again this week to push more growth out sideways and thicken it up more like yours.
 
Cannasaurus Rex

Cannasaurus Rex

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Why not pinch them out while vegging for a wider, more manageable bush? less prone to budrot. I would figure any plant that would reach 8-10 and produce a pound, would produce more at half the height and 10x more budsites? The screens at 8 and 10 feet? Holy shit ya need a cherry picker to prune. So high and conspicuous, wow good on you, but seems like a lot of 'build-up'. scrog at 10'high wow!
 
Cannasaurus Rex

Cannasaurus Rex

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Nice work on that, I dunno wtf to put outside this year, there's a couple in veg that are pre-Christmas mothers, but I got so many new things right now. Clone everything and see who passes the mustard after curing. I like getting them to that size as well, as they don't hit the dirt till June.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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Mid may hopefully. Last year sucked. Thank god for a small greenhouse, a couple huge painters drop cloths and a halogen work light in a trash can. I harvested close to the end.
 
MrToad69

MrToad69

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trambles said:
I grew my first outdoor crop last summer, I'm in Michigan. I ran into some problems with then falling over, all my plants were at least 8 foot and 3 were 11 footers.
I am looking for some trellis ideas? I'm planning on doing 12 outdoor this year.
I averaged a pound per plant, though 1 plant was lost to bud rot (super lemon deathstar).
I'm thinking of driving 4x4s into the ground every 6 feet around the perimeter and from there putting up chainlink fence. Then running rear mesh through the interior of the garden at a height of 6 feet (I'm 5'9), 8 feet, and 10 feet.
Post pics with your ideas.
And on a side note, these massive 1000 plant outdoor grows I've seen in cali and elsewhere, how do they contain that many plants if that size? Seems like u would need an army of workers to maintain that.
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I think you should consider topping and training them..lateral spread..growing plants that tall becomes a serious hassle.
Cheers
 
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paintnick

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Trambles there is a guy in you tube kali grown BUDZ who does a video on his trellis steak set up for his outdoor plants. I believe he pounds rebar into the ground and puts a pvc over it.
I can’t find the exact video but he uses like a post driver for the re bar
 
rob333

rob333

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trambles said:
I grew my first outdoor crop last summer, I'm in Michigan. I ran into some problems with then falling over, all my plants were at least 8 foot and 3 were 11 footers.
I am looking for some trellis ideas? I'm planning on doing 12 outdoor this year.
I averaged a pound per plant, though 1 plant was lost to bud rot (super lemon deathstar).
I'm thinking of driving 4x4s into the ground every 6 feet around the perimeter and from there putting up chainlink fence. Then running rear mesh through the interior of the garden at a height of 6 feet (I'm 5'9), 8 feet, and 10 feet.
Post pics with your ideas.
And on a side note, these massive 1000 plant outdoor grows I've seen in cali and elsewhere, how do they contain that many plants if that size? Seems like u would need an army of workers to maintain that.
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they need more food jeezus my 8 footers have branches the size of my fucken leg lol mate a cyclone could hit em and they would be fine matter a fact i hit one with the mower i had to replace my mower
 
Corso312

Corso312

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MICHI-CAN said:
If your referring to those nasty little grubs? No. I use nematodes on my entire property every spring and fall.
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Where do you get nematodes?

My outdoor patch is 30 minutes from the city, I can't make it out there every week . It's surrounded by farms, I believe these are corn borers.. they corkscrew into the stalk and swim through branches.
 
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