New England outdoors 2018

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UpstateNYGrower said:
Can anyone tell me what this is that keeps showing up on the top of my soil? It’s obviously some sort of mold or something View attachment 4175121
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From what ive read it's called "white soil mold" (go figure, creative name huh?)

There are many kinds but what it is exactly doesn't really matter. While it probably cant hurt your plants directly at that stage, A) it can get worse and cause damage B) the conditions that allow it to grow can be damaging. So it could be a symptom that doesn't kill you but indicative of a problem that can.

From my reading, first is obviously moisture. Making sure drainage is happening and the soil isnt staying drenched for long periods of time will get rid of it.

If moisture isnt the issue, second is PH being out of whack. If that's the case it can cause mold, increased suceptability to insect infestation, and obvious issues to your plants directly.

If both moisture/drainage and PH balance are in check, it sounds like you should get a simple mold and algae killer. There are a bunch that will take that stuff out without your plants even noticing there was an issue.

Hope this helps. None of this info is from personal experience. Just research I've done in the past. When I've had it in the past in pots I just scooped out the top layer that had mold and that was that.

I wouldn't worry unless it gets worse or wont go away.
 
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Rob Roy said:
Sounds like you're giving your girls the love they need and they've done great with your veg feeding plan.

If you prefer right out of the bottle bloom ferts, Fox Farm bloom has bat guano and worm castings in a concentrated bottle and it's easy to administer in liguid form. About $15 to $25 per bottle. Some people feed heavy once a week and some people feed a little more frequently. I'm a fan of a little more frequently or sometimes only when the plants asks for it, but that's just me.

Or you could grab a bag of dry worm castings and a bag of dry bat guano and wander around the internet (and this website) and see how others mix it and apply it. A future goal might be to use or create soil that worms like to call home. They'll shit in your soil and if they're really happy they'll make babies too. A little compost and rabbit droppings in there and the worms will hang around shitting and fucking and your plants will love it.

If you don't mind "chemicals" Jack's Classic is pretty easy (and inexpensive) and has a lot of people that swear by it.
Lot's of other choices too, I can't keep up with all the products available now. Maybe others will chime in with their bloom plans?

Anyway, keep up the good work.
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Got the Jack's Classic blossom booster. $11 for 1.5 lbs. Haha.
 
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This is my first year growing, so I have been doing a lot of research. I had a couple clones gifted to me by my son on Father's day. I threw in on the side of my vegetable garden. With some reading, I went with the fox farm line. Grow Big, Big Bloom for June and July. I recently started adding Open Sesame and a little Tiger Bloom to the mix as they look to be starting to flower. Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Here are a few photos, am I correct on the flowering? I am from Maine.
 

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I can't really see any pre-flowers from those pics but even if not they should start flowering very soon. I am right at 14.5 hrs of daylight here in Southern Maine and I am just now seeing pre-flowers. You should be fine starting to add in the Tiger Bloom at this point. Just follow the Fox Farm feeding schedule and start cutting back on the Grow Big when appropriate. Your plants look healthy.

Do you know what strains the clones were?
 
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Jayburner said:
I can't really see any pre-flowers from those pics but even if not they should start flowering very soon. I am right at 14.5 hrs of daylight here in Southern Maine and I am just now seeing pre-flowers. You should be fine starting to add in the Tiger Bloom at this point. Just follow the Fox Farm feeding schedule and start cutting back on the Grow Big when appropriate. Your plants look healthy.

Do you know what strains the clones were?
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I don't, they did have the plastic sticks in the pots but I couldn't read what it said. I do believe it is two different strains, just by the looks of them especially when they were younger.
 
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Here is our patch this year this is our best year yet. From left to right. Tallest girl Reserve Privada Strawberry banana, next one was a freebie it's og kush, I think the next one is Eva Female Seeds, High Level, next tiniest girl is a royal queen kush of some sort ( can't see her in picture). The last one on the end is Pyramid Seeds Tutankhamon we planted wayyyyy to close this year. Slow flowering put out in ground May 1st started indoors in March bad start but so far this is what we got. Think these are around 7 feet tower over me 5 ft and master Gardner who is over 6ft.
 

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That will be a good project for next year. For now I'm buying RO water at 25 cents a gallon.
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From what I hear, tap water is fine if you let it sit 48 hours. But I have a couple of these under the eaves of an old shed. {this one filled up with no collector. I've got that much rain the last 3 weeks}

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But out in the bush for real, I use tarps to make rain-catchers.

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