I live down in Red Bluff, so Im pretty close to you, this growing season has been a little weird with the initial weather we had back from april through may, although I planted everything may2, there were bouts of rain but it was mainly just the overcast skies that didnt allow for optimal amount of sunlight so some plants arent quite as big as last year. I also went with a few GH bubba kushes, I risked it outdoors without sexing and thankfully they worked out great, 2 different phenos, but one that I did the uncle ben topping method had ended up being my biggest overall plant, Im guessing between 3-4lbs, maybe more depending on the swell over the next few weeks. Ive had a few broken branches this year, usually as long as there not completely broke I just duct tape them up and they'll grow back together and knot up at the damaged area, but it works pretty well, good thing cannabis is so damn resiliant. I also dig pits, about 3-4deep, 3x3 area, backfilled mix oceanforest, pro-mix and blackgold soil, added perlite, bonemeal, wormcastings, d. lime and some shroom compost has been my basic recipe, although Im always looking for improvements I can make. This was the first year I gambled with feminized seeds outdoors, 2 bubbas, 4 BB cheeses, 1 dinafem powerkush, thankfully all have turned out just fine. Im also running 2 other cuts of bubba from clone that I have experience with and Im actually impressed with the GH bubba kush, mine got about 15days left or so, but the one uncle ben topped bubba from seed is gonna be the big daddy. I actually do have some pictures I took a week back or so, I havent even tried to post pic's here but if your interested to see and maybe dont mind expaining how I do it, Id be happy to show these girls off. My buddy and I have 24 total big plants, along with 5 autos at the moment, blue dream, cheese, bubba kush, p. kush, jack herer, b bud, sheerah and one crazy skunk pheno that a friend has had for years...sorry for rambling but I figured I would chat with someone thats only 30min away, was actually up in Redding earlier today...off topic but whats your favorite collective up there, so many to choose from and Ive been to quite a few but any that stand out to you?? Anyways good luck with everything my man, peace!