I had a possum last season try to get into one of my cages, I had unintentionally left a very small opening while half ass building a cage for one of my plants. The possum tore a bigger hole in the opening and it almost succeeded in getting in.Hey Fellow kiwis
Thought id slap up a post seen as it’s gone a bit quite- everyone must be flat tack digging,carting and watching the weather forecast like a hawk.
Have done a few tent grows with reasonable success but going for a simple approach this outdoor season.
Plots got prepped start October- 1mx1m holes and 300mm deep with sheep manure and around 8L potting mix per hole great soil already in most holes so happy with that.
I ran the gauntlet and put 20 clones out on 1st November and will do the same around 20th November be interesting to see what happens given the weather had around here as of late. The ones in the ground got dolomite,bit blood and bone, water crystals bottom of hole, neem granules. The plan is too not visit much but if there isn’t much rain happening over summer then that plan may change. Be interesting to see what happens but more so if clones will try flower and reveg. Temps have been pretty good as of late with one night getting down too 9c followed by a 23c day. I didn’t cage them because there isn’t possums or deer in the area(I hunt this area a fair bit) and Murphy law walking out I saw a possum so will go back and cage when work allows. By the end I reckon everything would’ve cost around $800 and 8-9hours of my time so will see what happens. Has anyone had possums in the area that didn’t touch plants? Think I’m living in la la land thinking I could get away with it though. Will put up a few pics next visit
Happy grow season.
Cheers Phillybonker- will have to get onto it sooner rather than later if the bugger hasn’t helped themselves alreadyI had a possum last season try to get into one of my cages, I had unintentionally left a very small opening while half ass building a cage for one of my plants. The possum tore a bigger hole in the opening and it almost succeeded in getting in.
If there are possums in the area I would cage up the plants.
Hey man ive had a fair bit of experience with possums over the years and generally they don't notice your plants until they get a bit bigger or flower. Out of my 3 cages last year the possums hit 2 of them but on the 3rd one there was possum shit all around the cage but never touched the plants that stuck through 2 years in a row. I'm trying poison this year but normally a trap or 2 around the cage is all you needCheers Phillybonker- will have to get onto it sooner rather than later if the bugger hasn’t helped themselves already
Cheers Skunky I was hoping that was going to be the case thanks. Will cage after this rain coming and check on them.Hey man ive had a fair bit of experience with possums over the years and generally they don't notice your plants until they get a bit bigger or flower. Out of my 3 cages last year the possums hit 2 of them but on the 3rd one there was possum shit all around the cage but never touched the plants that stuck through 2 years in a row. I'm trying poison this year but normally a trap or 2 around the cage is all you need
Look awesome letstrip- is there a theory behind plant matter around your ladies?Hi all,
Everything seems to be going well, had some stretch going on since planting but that seems to happen every year as they adjust to the conditions and come right. Growth will pick up as the season progresses. Gave them a feed today - Microbe pro, humid/fulvic acid, molasses and nitrosol. The LSD is the stand out so far, but it did get an extra 6 days at home before going in. Even still, it was always ahead of the others! I'm generally ahead size wise this year as opposed to other year's so yeah here's hoping with the warmer soil temps and warmer days well start to see some good growth as the season comences. Getting down to 7 degrees at night still but - 18 - 24 during the day and quite humid. I always worry they're not growing much at this time but they always come right and grow like nutts Looking forward to seeing how yahs get on, cheers
LSD - Pictures from today, 7th November. She's praying hard and already has good side branching starting.
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4th November - Purple punch auto, definitely in pre flower
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Girl scout cookies - 4th November
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Midnight Kush - 4th November
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Dosidos #33 - 4th November
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Cheers, it can be helpful though once they get bigger and the soil starts to cook. I like to get some plant matter around the base to trap in valuable moisture after watering them and slow the need to water as frequently. Grass clippings work quite well to trap moisture, you'd be amazed how much longer it will stay damp underneath.Look awesome letstrip- is there a theory behind plant matter around your ladies?
Is the caramello supposed to flower this early??Update time it has been one week since I gave all the plants a bug spray and most of the vine hoppers have gone. Last time I went out and noticed a little bit of possum damage basically destroyed 2 plants so I have trapped the perimeter with the standard leg hold traps and do not expect many more problems from them. The cage with the mothers in it is doing well with only the caramello early flowering.
caramelo early
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I don't believe it is meant to flower this early but I assume because it is crossed with an autoflower somewhere in its genetics the change in light made it go into flower. Your girls are looking amazing I'm kind of regretting doing clones instead of seedlings this year but it's just a learning curve normally my girls would be alot bigger by this time but awell will still get enough to see me through the year.Is the caramello supposed to flower this early??