2020 MASSACHUSETTS outdoor grow Thread!

[OutdoorGrowin]

 

[ottovonschnitzel]

Anybody here doing any bud rot or mildew treatment? If so what are your methods. I'm dried out after the rain last night but looking for some preventive measures as I lose a good percentage of harvest to rot every year.

 

[OutdoorGrowin]

Anybody here doing any bud rot or mildew treatment? If so what are your methods. I'm dried out after the rain last night but looking for some preventive measures as I lose a good percentage of harvest to rot every year.

I can't speak for everybody but I personally just hope for the best and keep an eye on the weather and all the buds and if necessary harvest a little earlier than I would like if I think a lot of bud is at risk.

 

[dunphy]

Anybody here doing any bud rot or mildew treatment? If so what are your methods. I'm dried out after the rain last night but looking for some preventive measures as I lose a good percentage of harvest to rot every year.

I try to cover the plants from rain, and use fans.
shake em off if I dont got fans/power/leafblower

I think most important thing and best benefit is the airflow it is super important in preventing all that wpm, bud rot,fungi/disease/molds, etc.

I also spray B.t. weekly, and thats seemed to handle any of my wpm with my fans... If I do find any I do a spray down of the crop with 3% hydrogen peroxide, sometimes if the weather has been really bad for longer than a couple days Ill spray them more often with the 3% h202.

Its still tough, Im doing an experiment to prevent losing as much this year... Trying to not top a couple plants at all and grow them natural xmas tree style because I think Ill yield just as much if not more than my plants that I top this year, with the idea that the natural style will be less bushy, and no slow downs from topping at all, as well as the height gain having just as many bud sites therefor grow just as many buds,with less lost to molds/rot.

But if theres anything you can do would be getting some good airflow in there, from there, covering the plants from the majority of rain, would be next. If you cant do that, getting out there after rains to shake off as much as you can, pick apart the leaves stuck together and **if you have a cheapo electric leafblower** (think you could find one for like $30 bucks at the cheapest or so... def under $75 so not a bad deal at all) and dry em off with that after rain. *I dont personally use the leafblower, but many others do..*

 

[Zeez]

I try to cover the plants from rain, and use fans.
shake em off if I dont got fans/power/leafblower

I think most important thing and best benefit is the airflow it is super important in preventing all that wpm, bud rot,fungi/disease/molds, etc.

I also spray B.t. weekly, and thats seemed to handle any of my wpm with my fans... If I do find any I do a spray down of the crop with 3% hydrogen peroxide, sometimes if the weather has been really bad for longer than a couple days Ill spray them more often with the 3% h202.

Its still tough, Im doing an experiment to prevent losing as much this year... Trying to not top a couple plants at all and grow them natural xmas tree style because I think Ill yield just as much if not more than my plants that I top this year, with the idea that the natural style will be less bushy, and no slow downs from topping at all, as well as the height gain having just as many bud sites therefor grow just as many buds,with less lost to molds/rot.

But if theres anything you can do would be getting some good airflow in there, from there, covering the plants from the majority of rain, would be next. If you cant do that, getting out there after rains to shake off as much as you can, pick apart the leaves stuck together and **if you have a cheapo electric leafblower** (think you could find one for like $30 bucks at the cheapest or so... def under $75 so not a bad deal at all) and dry em off with that after rain. *I dont personally use the leafblower, but many others do..*

Air flow is huge. It really important to trim out all the useless bottom branches and interior growth. It will never amount to anything but some useless popcorn trim. Cut out all the leaves done there, the little shoots, anything that is not going to make it to the top and full sunlight. All of that worthless interior stuff just obstructs airflow and creates what mold, mildew and disease need to get started.

By doing this the plant will direct all of it's growth energy to the tops where you want it.

 

[ottovonschnitzel]

Air flow is huge. It really important to trim out all the useless bottom branches and interior growth. It will never amount to anything but some useless popcorn trim. Cut out all the leaves done there, the little shoots, anything that is not going to make it to the top and full sunlight. All of that worthless interior stuff just obstructs airflow and creates what mold, mildew and disease need to get started.

By doing this the plant will direct all of it's growth energy to the tops where you want it.
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I usually just let it grow out naturally and use the fluffy buds for hash or butter. Maybe ill trim one more severely and see what happens. My plants are all close together so I can cover them when it rains but get plenty of light and air.

 

[dsmer]

One thing I’ve noticed lately, with all the dry weather we’ve had, my garden bed is the only soil on my property that is moist all the time and as such, I’ve had a HUGE influx of worm activity. Every square inch of mulch I pull back is packed with local worms (I never added any to this garden) I always throw my fan leaves and uneaten veggies under my mulch and they are loving it! Makes me happy as I doubt I’ll have to buy castings anymore lol I love this no till Organic method of growing the plants love it

 

[stealthfader508]

One thing I’ve noticed lately, with all the dry weather we’ve had, my garden bed is the only soil on my property that is moist all the time and as such, I’ve had a HUGE influx of worm activity. Every square inch of mulch I pull back is packed with local worms (I never added any to this garden) I always throw my fan leaves and uneaten veggies under my mulch and they are loving it! Makes me happy as I doubt I’ll have to buy castings anymore lol I love this no till Organic method of growing the plants love it

yea it's so easy right? ... try cover planting some winter rye in october and let that grow through the winter ... in very early spring smother it out with your mulch or compost.... the worms will be insane when you go to plant in may

 

[dsmer]

yea it's so easy right? ... try cover planting some winter rye in october and let that grow through the winter ... in very early spring smother it out with your mulch or compost.... the worms will be insane when you go to plant in may

I’ll definitely try that. I have a living cover crop mix going (mostly clover) at the base of the plants, like you do currently. A good winter crop would really help. My soil is only 2 years old at this point so I’m hoping in the next couple years it’ll really take off with little maintenance

 

[stealthfader508]

I’ll definitely try that. I have a living cover crop mix going (mostly clover) at the base of the plants, like you do currently. A good winter crop would really help. My soil is only 2 years old at this point so I’m hoping in the next couple years it’ll really take off with little maintenance

yea my beds only went in last season and the difference this year is huge ... i'll reseed the clover when i smother out the winter rye in early spring

 

[YardG]

I stopped spraying once flowers really formed up, but I used Serenade (another bacteria that colonizes surfaces) here and there during veg and early flower.

 

[Warfox]

The caterpillars are already out in force on my SFV wow! Been gently pullin back the flowers from the stalk and removing them because they are DEEP in there. I’m guessing this is in part because I didn’t spray BT early enough on her, and how the buds are protecting the caterpillars like cocoons.

One of the sites I pulled a pillar off from was pushing resin that looked like Karo syrup lol

Rest of my plants are a few weeks behind my early SFV so I hope that the BT is more effective.

 

[Leetwain]

Late to the party here. I have six going:
Mass medical: putang, star pupil, grape pupil, prayer pupil
Bodhi: red lotus and temple of Apollo.
20 gallon phat sacks of ocean Forrest
Great hot, dry enough season so far! Hoping for 12 ounces from this temple of Apollo shown here!

 

[p59teitel]

The caterpillars are already out in force on my SFV wow! Been gently pullin back the flowers from the stalk and removing them because they are DEEP in there. I’m guessing this is in part because I didn’t spray BT early enough on her, and how the buds are protecting the caterpillars like cocoons.

One of the sites I pulled a pillar off from was pushing resin that looked like Karo syrup lol

Rest of my plants are a few weeks behind my early SFV so I hope that the BT is more effective.

I'd hit it with the B.t. again ASAP even if the plant is in flower, and soak it so it hits everything! Caterpillars are no joke and I didn't notice any ill effects last year when I used it pretty much right until harvest.

 

[heaze2010]

Same as a lot people on here, just started flowering in the last few days, according to last years pics about 12 days later into August than 2019. Hopefully doesn’t cause an issue with the October rains, last year I brought them inside , this year there in the ground not 5 g buckets so I’m stuck. There looking healthy though.

 

[dsmer]

Same as a lot people on here, just started flowering in the last few days, according to last years pics about 12 days later into August than 2019. Hopefully doesn’t cause an issue with the October rains, last year I brought them inside , this year there in the ground not 5 g buckets so I’m stuck. There looking healthy though.View attachment 4659768View attachment 4659770

same here, mine are just starting to flower now. Weird because I had flowers forming by end of July last year. Definitely gonna be growing deep into October this year so I’m gonna prepare as such

 

[Warfox]

My early SFV starting to fill out; I’m hoping another month. Rest are catching up in a hurry.

Oh, and no more caterpillars that I can find *crosses fingers*

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Same as a lot people on here, just started flowering in the last few days, according to last years pics about 12 days later into August than 2019. Hopefully doesn’t cause an issue with the October rains, last year I brought them inside , this year there in the ground not 5 g buckets so I’m stuck. There looking healthy though.View attachment 4659768View attachment 4659770

Give em a good shake after the rains, a small thing but it helps.

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Culled the last male and ended up with my magic number 12! Flowering just beginning, very happy with my little garden. Used yellow sticky boards had great results, no thrips, no bugs. Looking forward to a great season.

 

[p59teitel]

Hope everyone in the path of the thunderstorms today made it through unscathed! 3/4” hail here with very strong winds and sideways rain, but no casualties -