My first outdoor grow - Silver Pearl/s15

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IM AFRAID I DONT UNDERSTAND , ARE U TRYING TO GRO OUTDOORS OR NOT . IF SO ITS GONNA GO BACK TO VEG CAUSE THE DAYS ARE GONNA GET LONGER . IF ITS A MATTER OF U NOT SHURE OF WHAT URE DOING ,I'LL GLADLY HELP IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, MY HUMBLE SUGGESTION WOOD B TO LEAVE HER OUTSIDE AND STOP GIVEN FLOWERING NUTES . AND LET THAT BEAUTY SHINE SHE WILL GET BIG AND U WILL HAVE LOTS OF HERB

You can't decide when your plants flower if you're growing outside. When the days start getting shorter, the plant starts to flower.

All this moving it in and out and changing the light schedule over and over has almost certainly caused it to turn hermaphrodite, if it was a female to begin with.

Bottom line: Go find a nice secluded, sunny spot. Dig a big hole and fill it with the best bagged soil you can get. Transplant your plant to that hole and come back in October. You certainly don't want a plant that has about a five percent chance of yielding underneath your bed or in your backyard.

I wondered if it was a hermaphrodite myself, but just a couple days ago it showed it's first hairs in between the nodes. In this case is it for certain a female or will it shows those hairs regardless if it's a hermaphrodite? Another question i had was on feeding nutrients. I've been giving it the flowering nutrients for 26 days now, including the bloom starter for the first 15 days or so. Will this dramatically effect the plants production, as i SHOULD have used the veg nutes for the whole period? I'm wondering if my yield can still be pretty good, now that its at least started flowering. The flowering nutrients are similar to the veg nutes, so i assume it will be okay. That really sucks though if i wasted my 'Bud Blood' on those first couple weeks. Below are some pictures of the plant and its first hairs. Any and all pointers would be much appreciated, and also if there are any INexpensive nutrients i might be able to add. As of now I've got Pro Bloom, Fish Emulsion, Big Bud, Molasses, & Epsom salt.


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I'm just a noob and not qualified to give you advice but my two cents is this....

A hermaphrodite is a plant that presents both male and female. Just because you see female preflowering on one area does not mean you for sure have a female...inspect it well and make sure there are no male seed pods on other branches.

We noobs love our plants and kill them with kindness. Leave that plant alone! You can leave it in the bucket if you want - as long as it has holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. If not...dig a big hole, fill it with potting soil and transplant her.

I plan to keep it in the bucket. I'm sure it will be just fine with the nutrients it was given. 2 days ago i gave it JUST water and some hydrogen peroxide to flush out the excess and unwanted nutrients. I'm sure the Bud Blood was wasted, but it still made the plant nice and strong, it will just have to flower on its own for now. Today i am going to feed it about 2 tablespoons of the Flowering Nutes, and tablespoon of Fish Emulsion, since i no longer have the Vegging nutes. I figure the extra Fish Emulsion will make for the lack of nitrogen its been getting. I'm also using Big Bud Molasses and Epsom Salt, which will easily cover the remainder of the Phosphorus and Calcium levels. Does anyone know how early the plants can begin Flowering? I'm assuming right around now, considering its already shown its first flowers. Silver Pearl is supposed to finish in 45 days and its techincally been 28 so far (at least nutrients wise) I think it will finish in about a month from now. Very interested to see how it turns out. Thanks for the help and advice.

Ok man, I'm not a pro by any means, but I know this: you can't grow half indoors and half outdoors. First of all, transporting a plant back and forth from your house is not a good idea for a number of reasons, first of all being potentially harmful to the plant, while definitely causing unwanted attention to yourself. Next, I don't think it's a good idea to constantly change the amount of light your plant gets, or the source from where the light comes from. The sun is by far superior to any light bulb or fluorescent light. I've found that marijuana is a strong plant, fully capable of surviving outside on its own even in less than ideal conditions. Don't worry about moving the plant so much, and instead worry more about feeding it and keeping it strong and healthy in one location. (Outside)


P.S. You're in Northern Cal? What better place to grow outside is there?

The plant only lived inside for the first week, then vegged for like 4 weeks outside, and then spent less than a week back indoors. The plant has now been in its permanent home outside, for almost a month. Clearly none of this had too harsh of an effect on the plant, as you can easily see by the photos, its turned into a thick, tall tree with bright green leaves, quite healthy, my only concern is the amount of light its getting and how this will effects its flowering since its early in the year, i think its going to be just fine, but i might take a while longer to finish it's flowering. Below is the most recent picture taken today, nice and green, but not too many flowers. Also there is no signs of it being a Hermaphorodite, no ball sacks or pollen and seems to have a nice sweet smell.


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