Maine 2021

Goodshit97 said:

Just started to flower. Picture was taken 4 days ago. In the Fryeburg area.

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Dam hope you can bring those in soon frost is coming soon around here.

Currently can not bring it in, 3x3 and 2x2 are full. Hoping the tents will be done in 6-7 weeks so i can finish my outdoor stuff inside.

Batten down the hatches, my fellow Mainers. Looks like some heavy weather heading our way in a few hours, including severe thunderstorms, heavy winds, hail, and maybe even a tornado (yikes!).

Bring those moveable plants inside and make sure your outdoor ones are as protected as possible.

Good luck and we'll see you on the other side!

From NWS in Gray (https://www.weather.gov/gyx/) :

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
1041 AM Update...
The incoming 12Z CAM guidance continue to indicate a busy
severe weather day is in store for much of Maine and New
Hampshire from about 2 PM to 8 PM. A look at this mornings 12Z
KGYX sounding shows decent mid-level lapse rates already in
place and looking at soundings to our south (KOKX) show
impressive mid-level lapse rates of ~8C/KM above the LFC. These
lapse rates are one of the key ingredients leading to high
confidence in severe weather today.

Convective mode looks to be multi cell clusters with oriented
SW to NE that will congeal into linear segments with bowing
structures and embedded supercells as the cold front sweeps
southeast across the area this afternoon. Storms will enter
northern New Hampshire and NW Maine around 2 PM and will reach
the coastal plain between 6 and 8 pm. There have been some
signals that a couple discrete supercells may form ahead of the
line so will continue to watch closely for this type of
evolution. All three severe hazards are possible: damaging
winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes. The greatest risk for
tornadoes will be across the Lakes Region of New Hampshire into
interior SW Maine. There continues to be a signal that the
forcing will outrun storms later this evening as storms move
into coastal areas and southern New Hampshire thus reducing the
severe potential here. People are urged to stay weather aware
today and to have multiple ways to receive warnings.

NewEnglandFarmer said:

Dang that's a lot of plants. Hope you make some serious bank after harvest!

And also have a little rest later this fall.

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Yeah at 56 yrs. it's a severe beat down when combined w/my physical job and my 6day a wk. workout routine, Mercy that I'm laid off for 4 1/2 months from work every season allows me to detox so to speak and keeps my drive going knowing a rest is ahead. My plants are in pots so I can shelter from bad weather when necessary. But, picture this that after working out a 4 in the morning,then working under the sun for 8, to come home finding the bitches needing a watering,it takes about a 115 gallons of water and tea to fully hit moms and clones. So I have to truck about 20 6 gallon buckets around my grow while making sure i don't trip and fall because this is a sea o' green grow if you know what i mean,jungle city, all of this done after a beat down of a day. Funny thing is every year the last 5 I've said i've outdone myself only to see it get bigger next yr.. That said I am maxed out this year sitting here waiting for the MF'n sun to pop give my more advanced plants one more week of good sun to finish them the last 3 days here in NE have sucked w/rain and clouds enough already my dear Mother Nature,hook me up babe. All plants are now in water only mode un less I get adventureful and hit the clones w/phos. teaw/fish shit, and the rest of my mammoth P. This season has been a labor intensive bitch compared to last season which was one of the best in years,virtually no rain all of sept.

NewEnglandFarmer said:

Dang that's a lot of plants. Hope you make some serious bank after harvest!

And also have a little rest later this fall.

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Absolutely man, combined w/a physical job,a 6 day a week work out routine, and it's a serious beatdown at 56 yrs. old. Come home all whacked out working 8hrs. under the summer sun to find the ladies needing the 120 gallons of water and tea they need, trucked around in 6gal. buckets in a sea o' green jungle making sure I don't trip and whipe out while already tired is interesting to say the least. I do OK on the bank issue,don't squeeze it until it shits, hook up a few tight people on the cheap and still make out like a semi-bandit.ccguns

Getting into the home stretch here. Got one Cherry Wine that looks like she might be ready in another week or so. Others probably 2 weeks. Chinook Haze and Copper Chem probably looking at Columbus Day weekend or thereabouts. Not sure I'm going to need to go to Halloween like last year.

Weather last couple days is perfection--cool, dry, breezy, full sun. Classic New England fall. Had a couple very minor spots of bud rot after some dampness last week but things looking pretty good at this point. If this weather holds I should be golden.

Temps. only down to low 50s at night. That could change any day now.

How's everybody doing?

Cherry Wine under the watchful gaze of the might guard dog Toby:


One Cherry Wine showing some fine fall colors:


These buds are getting close--might be ready to harvest before the month is out:

Looking good.

Just on the other side of a nasty stretch of wet weather. Seeing a spot or two of rot on the Chinook Haze the last 3 mornings (which I spray down with 3% hydrogen peroxide solution than carefully remove and bag). Funny, the Chinook was the only plant last year that seemed immune to budrot, even that week of Halloween. This year it's the only so far that's shown any. I guess sometimes you just draw the wrong genetic card with a particular seed.

Cherry Wines looking fine and I believe will be coming down this week...the commercial ones anyway which can't exceed 0.3% THC. CBD was at 10% last week, probably pushing 15 now. THC approaching the limit. I'm going to let my personal use Cherry Wines go a bit longer though they're getting ready quickly now. But an October harvest may mean 20% CBD.

Hope all the rest of you Mainers are preparing for a good harvest.

I need some help and I hope you guys don't mind me asking here. It's getting colder here in the mountains of VA at night, in the 50s, and I have a few more weeks of flower to go. I've been running fans on my plants pretty much full time to keep humidity down/air circulation and I also had a battle with leaf spot earlier on. I'm worried about blowing the colder air on the plants full blast all night. They're box fans, not oscillating and I can't go out and move them due to light pollution if I open the door. Is it okay to keep the fans going as the temps drop or should I stop and just run them as it warms up during the day. Again, sorry to jump in here but you guys are the cold weather pros and I figured it was the best place for experienced advice. Thanks for your help.

50s isn't cold, you'll be fine. Also there's no need to worry about light pollution this late in the game from a door being open for a few minutes.

I took down a Banana Punch and two Purple Kush this weekend. I am struggling with the start of some rot on my two OD, they will most likely go next before it gets out of hand. I won't grow the OD again it has been a pain two years in a row.

Sevenleaves said:

50s isn't cold, you'll be fine. Also there's no need to worry about light pollution this late in the game from a door being open for a few minutes.

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Thanks, I was thinking maybe it could get wind burned with the colder temps or it could be bad for the trichomes but we're still getting 70-85 percent humidity at night. It's my first year outdoors and I'm flying by the seat of my pants, some books on outdoors and the help of a bunch of people on here. Thanks for the info on the light situation. Light leaks scare the crap out of me from a bad experience years ago and I guess I'm still very gun shy about a plant going hermaphrodite on me. Thanks again.

Agreed, these plants can take 40s overnight, even high 30s if necessary late in the game.

As far as fans blowing air, I wouldn't bother once the temp. gets below the dewpoint as the air is so humid then. Def. would in the mornings though to dry off any dew. Having your plants spaced out with plenty of airflow between helps. I also keep any grass/vegetation near the plants short to minimize dew. Also been known to give the plants a shake in the morning to remove must of the excess moisture (that's usually just after an overnight rain).

Good luck. You're almost home.

Sevenleaves, did you get pounded by rain the last few days? It was intense up here, with a bunch of tropical-feeling air coming in off the water and thick overnight fog. Just the grower's worst nightmare late in flower.

Thanks so much for the detailed reply. Now I just need to research dew point. I've heard the weather guy talk about it plenty but never paid a bit of attention to it. Off to Wikipedia. Thanks again.

FirstCavApache64 said:

Thanks so much for the detailed reply. Now I just need to research dew point. I've heard the weather guy talk about it plenty but never paid a bit of attention to it. Off to Wikipedia. Thanks again.

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Dew point is just the temperature at which water vapor condenses--it varies depending on humidity. So like in the evening when it cools down and your lawn gets damp, that happens when the temperature has dropped to the dew point and water in the air is condensing on surfaces.

Wish I had read your answer before spending 2 hours on weather theory last night. Lol. It's the curse of insomnia and a curious brain. I was three degrees above the dew point last night and it looks like it will be the same for tonight. I'll get out of y'alls thread now. Thanks again

Anyone chopping yet? Mother Nature forced my hand and I started yesterday. Would love to have given the two I started cutting another week to finish but they were in the window and the bud rot was getting out of control. My other two will be in the window next week and I’ll try to limp them a bit longer, weather/rot dependant.

I took one down yesterday, it was stressed more than the others and done enough, get it while you can.
Decarbed a batch for butter, rest was rinsed and frozen for hash wash later.

Porch ornamental is all wet again. Fog, then sunshine, squalls all week every day.
Needs a citric acid spray, root feed some Regalia tomorrow morning

Regalia help? Was gonna try some this year but couldn’t get my hands on any. Curious of the effects on reducing botrytis and PM.

I have taken down four so far, two because I was tired of babysitting rot every day, the other two were ready anyway. Still have four in the ground but two of those will be down this weekend.