Outdoor organic grow + PICs.. Words from the wise?

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orchiid.wild

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Hey Everyone!

I started this grow back in May after germinating and planting 6 Brown Dirt Warrior seeds in small pots. They were barely 4 inches tall when I transplanted them outside. One died before transplant, 1 was a male, and one died when I tried to uproot it and relocate it to a sunnier spot.


During veg I used a 3:3:2 organic liquid fertilizer (I'm in a foreign land and have no idea what the bottle would read in English).


When they started to get hairy and after I'd read a lot about aerobic bacteria and compost tea I bought some high P bat guano and started to experiment with that...


My brew (of which I feed with once every 2 weeks)...
Per PLANT:
- 10g (0-27-3) bat guano <upped to 13g this feeding>
- 1L water (bubbled for a few hours to remove chlorine)
- 14g unsulfured molasses
- 28g bacteria juice (similar to Super Plant Tonic)
- 80-100g worm castings (that I find under a pile of wood beside my house)
- <this last feeding I also added 90mL of fresh urine>


I bubble the tea for 2-3 days and after it starts to get a nice foam I bottle it, ship it to my grow spot, then dilute with an additional Litre of stream water, then apply.

The photos below are of my two girls that I planted directly into the mountain soil. They're in a valley and started to flower very early (at least much earlier than my girl up on top of another mountain).


I have a few concerns and I was hoping that I could get some feedback!
A. My big fan leaves have started and are in the process of yellowing + falling off. My plants look very lanky as a result.

B. There are bugs that basically live on my plants (pic included). They don't seem to be doing anything but hanging out as I haven't noticed bite marks on leaves or buds. They recently had babies too.

C. Some bud is browning and when I squeeze it it's mushy. I broke off all of this bud fearing bud rot. It's very humid and rainy here.

D I think I'm about 6-7 weeks into flowing now. With different food/feeding schedule would I be getting better results?

Thanks so much and I'll be updating this thread every 2 weeks with pictures!
Hope to start a nice discussion here.
Take care.
 

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Cannabisculture

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orchiid.wild said:
Hey Everyone!

I started this grow back in May after germinating and planting 6 Brown Dirt Warrior seeds in small pots. They were barely 4 inches tall when I transplanted them outside. One died before transplant, 1 was a male, and one died when I tried to uproot it and relocate it to a sunnier spot.


During veg I used a 3:3:2 organic liquid fertilizer (I'm in a foreign land and have no idea what the bottle would read in English).


When they started to get hairy and after I'd read a lot about aerobic bacteria and compost tea I bought some high P bat guano and started to experiment with that...


My brew (of which I feed with once every 2 weeks)...
Per PLANT:
- 10g (0-27-3) bat guano <upped to 13g this feeding>
- 1L water (bubbled for a few hours to remove chlorine)
- 14g unsulfured molasses
- 28g bacteria juice (similar to Super Plant Tonic)
- 80-100g worm castings (that I find under a pile of wood beside my house)
- <this last feeding I also added 90mL of fresh urine>


I bubble the tea for 2-3 days and after it starts to get a nice foam I bottle it, ship it to my grow spot, then dilute with an additional Litre of stream water, then apply.

The photos below are of my two girls that I planted directly into the mountain soil. They're in a valley and started to flower very early (at least much earlier than my girl up on top of another mountain).


I have a few concerns and I was hoping that I could get some feedback!
A. My big fan leaves have started and are in the process of yellowing + falling off. My plants look very lanky as a result.

B. There are bugs that basically live on my plants (pic included). They don't seem to be doing anything but hanging out as I haven't noticed bite marks on leaves or buds. They recently had babies too.

C. Some bud is browning and when I squeeze it it's mushy. I broke off all of this bud fearing bud rot. It's very humid and rainy here.

D I think I'm about 6-7 weeks into flowing now. With different food/feeding schedule would I be getting better results?

Thanks so much and I'll be updating this thread every 2 weeks with pictures!
Hope to start a nice discussion here.
Take care.
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You are balancing between beneficial & dangerous
One one hand your brew is good,
the other... i wouldn't use urine because it turns to ammonia and becomes useless/harmful to plants if not kept at the correct temp
spring water if not boiled first could transmit viral and bacterial infections(looks like you already have one infected)
Your bugs are an issue as well
growing outdoors is amazing and can reap some primo buds but you have to control the natural environment as best you can i.e BUGS!
i would look at getting some camo netting to keep bugs out and pre-treat your soil with diatomaceous earth along with regular insecticide application in veg and per flower

I think your feeding schedule is fine with a few exceptions, but your strain looks like it is stretching and focusing more on stem growth. If you want better buds you need a good clone from a trusted source or select from a wide variety of seeds obtained from a breeder and flower all of them. Pick the best based on smell, taste, density, flower formation, trichome concentration ect...
Regenerate and then take clones for yourself :]

Make friends with local growers and trade clones if you want more variety

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orchiid.wild

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Cannabisculture said:
You are balancing between beneficial & dangerous
One one hand your brew is good,
the other... i wouldn't use urine because it turns to ammonia and becomes useless/harmful to plants if not kept at the correct temp
spring water if not boiled first could transmit viral and bacterial infections(looks like you already have one infected)...
-CC
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Thanks my friend!
Great advice and I'll keep at it and let you know what happens here.
I guess I need to do some more research on urine?
I applied it to one plant already with no negative results.
 
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orchiid.wild

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My girl at a higher elevation is doing well (some flower pics and one of her blown over). Typhoon hit this weekend and blew her over but she didn't break. I tied her to some surrounding trees to bring her upright again.

My 2 girls lower elevation were being FUCKED by bud rot and both had fallen over so I harvested. One pic attached of them hanging. PRAY the rot doesn't spread or develop while drying.
 

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