2020 MASSACHUSETTS outdoor grow Thread!

thumper60

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i put a fan on them yesterday and I leave it on all night when humidity is at its highest. They are planted in the ground so no moving them unfortunately
Before you try to cut the mold out get some 3% peroxide spray the bad spots before you touch,And spray heavy after whole plant! it will not hurt the plant just the mold.Also never spray anything in full sun.
 

Gentlemencorpse

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I'm struggling with my first outdoor grow as well ... just lost my entire Forum Stomper x Forgotten Cookies to bud rot after all the rain we just had ... it was too far gone to even bother with any remedies. Slugs have been an issue all month as well.

The Ketama photo is looking decent though

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Northern Cheese Haze Auto ... stayed really small, not expecting much20200706_084549.jpg

I gave some extra plants I had to a friend in Maine and his plants are easily twice the size of mine ... clearly I have a long way to go. Next year I'm thinking of getting a small greenhouse set up
 

p59teitel

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Which bt are you folks using? Indoors I use a mosquito sub-strain which seems to work on anything with wings ans some crawling jerks. But there are sub-species which work much better on caterpillars. Oh, and there is one that is toxic to honeybees - don't use that one (Certan (B.t. variety aizawa)) outdoors.
I'm using Monterey brand concentrate; label says it is the kurstaki strain and states it does not harm bees, ladybugs, birds or earthworms. I use a mister to spray directly it on the plants so it doesn't drift all over the place.
 

greg nr

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No mold for me yet. This is a high cbd hemp strain, so maybe it's just more resistant. Dunno.

Thought I had a pic of the girls on the deck but it must not have taken. This is the one in the straw bail on the 4th. It's hard to pick out from the jungle, but the orange stake is somewhere around 3 feet out of the ground. I have a trellis behind it if I need more support when it gets taller.

The plants under it are a mix of flowers , cantelope, cucumbers, and watermelon. It's lot, even for companion planting, I know. But they are all growing, and they don't seem to mind the occasional dose of blood meal. No bugs to speak of either.

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NewEnglandFarmer

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No mold for me yet. This is a high cbd hemp strain, so maybe it's just more resistant. Dunno.

Thought I had a pic of the girls on the deck but it must not have taken. This is the one in the straw bail on the 4th. It's hard to pick out from the jungle, but the orange stake is somewhere around 3 feet out of the ground. I have a trellis behind it if I need more support when it gets taller.

The plants under it are a mix of flowers , cantelope, cucumbers, and watermelon. It's lot, even for companion planting, I know. But they are all growing, and they don't seem to mind the occasional dose of blood meal. No bugs to speak of either.

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Looking good. That's not a Cherry Wine by chance is it? I've got one of those going here to check out the high-CBD medicine.
 

dsmer

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No mold for me yet. This is a high cbd hemp strain, so maybe it's just more resistant. Dunno.

Thought I had a pic of the girls on the deck but it must not have taken. This is the one in the straw bail on the 4th. It's hard to pick out from the jungle, but the orange stake is somewhere around 3 feet out of the ground. I have a trellis behind it if I need more support when it gets taller.

The plants under it are a mix of flowers , cantelope, cucumbers, and watermelon. It's lot, even for companion planting, I know. But they are all growing, and they don't seem to mind the occasional dose of blood meal. No bugs to speak of either.

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no mold because you don’t have buds yet lol my autos are 5-6 weeks into flower so dense buds + 90% humidity doesn’t mix well. What’s the cbd to thc ratio supposed to be on that lady? I’d like to find a good high cbd strain to grow out here soon
 

Warfox

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I also am having some pest activity on my plants.
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Looks like Leafhoppers to me. Maybeeee leafminers but doubtful. Either way: Spinosad and/or a good soaking of the leaves with Neem+dish soap(in the evening so it doesn’t burn via sun) should help I think. Make sure to spray underneath leaves as well.
 

greg nr

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Looking good. That's not a Cherry Wine by chance is it? I've got one of those going here to check out the high-CBD medicine.
no mold because you don’t have buds yet lol my autos are 5-6 weeks into flower so dense buds + 90% humidity doesn’t mix well. What’s the cbd to thc ratio supposed to be on that lady? I’d like to find a good high cbd strain to grow out here soon
The strain is called Putins Problem. It's supposed to be 12%-15% CBD and less than 0.3% THC.
 

dunphy

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FIRST THINGS FIRST.... SORRY ABOUT THE CAMERA.... $40 SMARTPHONE... PROBABLY ABOUT 2MP....

July 8th 2020 8pm Severe Weather warning possible thunderstorm and hail. Have had tons of water from rain and the pots havent been able to dry out, I believe the overwatering is causing some lock out in addition to tons of bugs, sprayed a whole bottom of neem last week, going to hit them with a bunch of b.t. after this rain, as well as everything else in the yard. I put up another section of wall, about to install another fan since it cut down on my air flow for that side, but needed to do it to block that plant on the corner.


Still in the process of adding extra cages, used up my roll and waiting on delivery of another. More trellis netting will be here tomorrow, will be starting another layer on some sides of the "boxes" using just the net instead of welded wire fence. as well as putting a horizontal top layer on everything and will continue every 1-2 feet or so.

I still havent topped 2 gorilla glues, at least the main top... I have topped some of the branches shoots I believe on those plants, at least one of them I did. Ran out of wood on that fucked up looked "box" on the other pallet, but it works. Thats where I ran out of caging last week.

Will try to just post thumbnails from now on to cut down on page load times and anyone on mobile who doesnt have resizing.

Questions, Comments and criticisms always welcome... Thanks.


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NewEnglandFarmer

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We just got brushed by that same storm system up here. No hail or wind up my way fortunately, just rain. About to go check the gauge--I'd say an inch probably. Sky right now is a weird orange glow. Fog in the morning most likely and then hot and sticky the next two days, more rain this weekend. Good luck battling those bugs.
 

p59teitel

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Got up early while it was still foggy out and Captain Jacked the leafhoppers. Also started inspecting every night to find and squash the rose beetles. There is little damage so far but I want to stay ahead of these pests.
 

matty-berk

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i simply covered my garden bed with a plastic hoop and a small oscillating fan next to them and I only lost maybe 5% of my yield to mold and I’m 100ft from some wetland. I harvested over a pound from 3 plants starting late. I had a great year. Just gotta stay on top of it but sometimes it gets out of control fast and there’s nothing you can do
this is my first year growing in ma, well first year growing period. some of them are over 5 ft tall! and that little one is a mutated onoe it has TWO main stems! super stoked on that.
 

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