Hey everyone it's been a little over one month since my last update so I thought it was about time post an update of the outdoor cannabis garden. This month has been pretty productive. It's interesting looking at the photos from April and seeing how much of a difference a month makes. Most of the month has been completely arid. It's only in the last week, that we've received any of rainfall. We got absolutely drenched in the last few days. I like to do some light pruning every 5-7 days or so just so the plant grows how I want it and doesn't invest too much energy in the wrong nodes.
Let's quickly talk about each of the plants individually now. All the photos should be in the same order as the last post
Here's the Currant Kush descendant (possibly mixed with Creamy Berry Blue). She has fully re-vegged thankfully! I really had to prune her heavily because the re-vegging process made her incredibly bushy. She's somewhat lanky, but also very bushy so I was worried the growth might lead to mold in flower if left to grow freely.
Here's the Slymeball. In the last update, she was recovering from being badly burned. At first, I thought the burn may have been because the compost I had top dressed with was still hot. In retrospect, I actually think it was my hose water that burned her. I'm not sure what was wrong with the local tap water, but I similarly burned some sunflowers which had only been given hose water. Since then, the Slymeball has fully recovered and flourished. Her growth has been decent. She is very lanky with thick study stems. I'm excited to see how she flowers
Moving on to the Bear Creek Kush. I absolutely love this strain. So beautiful, vigorous and lanky! She went through the transplant process without prematurely flowering or encountering any stress. She continues to outpace every other plant in the garden and will likely grow large enough to take space from her sibling plants. It's going to be a pain in the ass trying to keep this plant under 8 feet
Now let's talk about the White Star. This plant is also fairly lanky, although not as much as the Slymeball or Bear Creek Kush. Her growth habit has made it very easy to train her. She doesn't have as much space to grow and her access to light is limited compared to the other plants, but she is making do and keeping pace with the other plants in the garden. She will be tall. I'm excited to learn more about her as the grow season continues
Moving on to the other Bear Creek Kush plant. Can you even recognize her? She has absolutely blown up in the last month. This strain is truly a gem! She is taller than every other plant besides the other Bear Creek Kush and she looks to be the mos vigorous. This was a late addition to the garden, but that hasn't slowed hr down at all. Her lanky growth pattern is what I seek out and she has been an absolute joy to grow and train. I honestly can't say enough good things about her
Now let's talk about the Durban Special. This strain has had the most trouble in the garden. Luckily I was able to revert her back to veg from prematurely flowering. I pruned back a few nodes too closely, but I finally ended up chopping those nodes off completely, because it was clearly they couldn't re-veg. Since then, she has picked up speed. I can't quite describe her growth. She seems somewhat short and is having trouble gaining height, but let's see what happens over the next 30 days
And finally, the last plant of the garden, the other Currant Kush Descendant (possibly mixed with Creamy Berry Blue. This plant is a bit shorter and less vigorous than the other one. I really had to prune her back quite heavily because she was bushing out too much and all the nodes were too close. The orginal Currant Kush was quite lanky and the Creamy Berry Blue male looked sativa so I'm a bit surprised how squat and bushy this strain is. I could already smell limonene terps when she prematurely flowered so she seems to resemble the Currant Kush more than the Creamy Berry Blue. I'm hoping both plants gain some heigh and length, but we'll have to see as we go.
That's it for this month's update. I'll check back in one month with some more photos and a progress report! Peace!
