LB's 2024 outdoor container grow

[longball]

Just some 3-4 foots of buds and there you you go
They seem good to me, curious how tall final size will be.

That heat, if it is 49 on deck, I believe it is okay for shorter period of time, if it is all day long I would be scared maybe.

Off to a very late start this year. Hate to say it but I'd be very happy to get 3-4 foot plants this year! Gonna be interesting. I may top them for better yield. They are mostly Afghan Haze and Early Queen, mainly looking to mate them. If I don't pollute everything then maybe get some stash too. Otherwise I will have to dip into the 80-90 jars I have curing. Saving for a rainy day!

It would not surprise me if the deck gets over 140F(60C), artificial turf does, why not Trex? I will try to measure it next hot day. I certainly would never tell anyone to keep their roots hot(except maybe Autoflower Girls) but what I do is, well, I dunno.... lol If I had somehow been able to keep the roots cooler they may have grown a little more over this 6 foot wall. Most likely root heat stunted them! When you grow plants like this year after year it is not so hard to get a 100 jar stash. Lately I've been using 5 gal buckets. Jars are getting to be a hassle. And expensive! The hotter the roots, the bigger the fruits?



Longball

 

[longball]

Early Queen

All plants have pretty much doubled in size in the last 5 days so this time of year I'm thinking 'pre-flower stretch'. There is such a thing, right?




Friend took his plants. Forgot to take a picture, they looked so beautiful. He was so pleased that they were small plants. Mostly we were too busy trying to get an AC in the window while fighting the Yellow Jacket bees nest under it.




I think my friend done went and fell asleep right in the middle of the job! Yellow Jacket nest and all. I met him in kindergarten in 1959. Been best friends for parts of 8 decades now. I start plants for him each year, later I post some up and they are always bigger than mine! Must be the water out there cuz I am guiding him every step of the way!




Critical Kush from Sara's Secret Stash.




Unknown - forgot to label it. As a betting man, my money is on female Early Queen.




Afghan Haze




This weeks 'Pick-O-The-Litter' is : Early Queen.



Half of the plants were topped right after pictures were taken. Hopefully flowering will hold off for a week or 2. Yeah, this year I'm behind schedule on everything.

Longball

 

[Swifty]

Looking good Longball.

 

[longball]

Looking good Longball.

Thanks, Swifty! It's all just a daydream until I see them in jars!

 

[longball]

Couple days after topping the 5 bottom plants everyone is looking fine and dandy!




Topped Afghan Haze. After topping I put a "Tear of Orphan' on the wound to keep out virus, disease, etc. I learned this trick back when we grew based on Folklore and Witchcraft. Nowadays I'm not sure if it is still needed but I never had a topped plant go bad so I still do it for Good Luck.




Non-topped Afghan Haze




Fork in the road. The left to my house. Go straight, they want to build 170 apartments. Right about where the telephone poles 'end'. There was a farmhouse there. The poles don't actually end there. They cut through the woods to supply electricity to my house. If a 'good' storm blows through and downs a tree on the wires, I lose electricity for a week. Not sure why they didn't just go up my street?




Longball

 

[longball]

Tropical Depression Debby - It appears the brunt of the storm missed us. So we are getting a bit of rain trying to beat the plants down. A little wind, so far not too bad.




Looks like we get through the night we'll be ok. Sunny Saturday. Great, working an outdoor show unless the field is flooded.




It just started coming down pretty good now! Beating on the plants pretty good.




Latest update is this should be the last batch of rain. Tornado watch for my area is cancelled. Wind advisory still in effect. Possible wind gusts to 45mph/72kph.


Longball
[EDIT] Hard to believe but weatherman was wrong! Raining cats and dogs again!

 

[longball]

Early Queen grew a bit this week.




Afghan Haze also.




Critical Kush




Afghan Haze




Early Queen



Longball

 

[eazynz]

Things a shaping up nicely LB what do you think of those air pruning pots any good

 

[longball]

Things a shaping up nicely LB what do you think of those air pruning pots any good

Thanks, eazynz! I am of the opinion that any type of air pruning pot - air pots, cloth bags, plastic containers with holes drilled in them, anything that gets more oxygen to the roots will give you plants that grow bigger, faster, stronger. Going back through years of my posted grows you will see that's all I use. This pic sums it up pretty good - Air Pot vs Reg Pot with holes drilled in bottom. Same strain, soaked, germinated, put in soil on same day.




Cloth Grow Bags also work great, but when plants get about this size the handles break off which makes the bags impossible to carry. My friend and I grow where we have to move the plants everyday so strong handles or sides are a must.



Longball

 

[eazynz]

Thanks, eazynz! I am of the opinion that any type of air pruning pot - air pots, cloth bags, plastic containers with holes drilled in them, anything that gets more oxygen to the roots will give you plants that grow bigger, faster, stronger. Going back through years of my posted grows you will see that's all I use. This pic sums it up pretty good - Air Pot vs Reg Pot with holes drilled in bottom. Same strain, soaked, germinated, put in soil on same day.

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Cloth Grow Bags also work great, but when plants get about this size the handles break off which makes the bags impossible to carry. My friend and I grow where we have to move the plants everyday so strong handles or sides are a must.

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Longball

Thanks @longball looks like you get good results, i got some about a month ago will have to give them a try

 

[longball]

Thanks @longball looks like you get good results, i got some about a month ago will have to give them a try

They work great, eazynz. They are a bit more work as they need to be watered 2-3 times a day. A container with a 1,000 holes in it does not hold water very well. All those holes help prune the roots but also let in oxygen which is great for the roots but dries out the soil. Keep an eye on them on sunny and/or windy days which dry the soil quickly. I've seen a few people only use them 1 grow as they don't have the watering time. The plants are very serious about this water me or else thing! lol

Keep in mind - My opinion is based on experience, not broscience or hearsy, - so beware! Love the results I get with their 5 gal. containers. Not to big, not to small. Perfect.

5 gal/19L grow.



Longball

 

[eazynz]

They work great, eazynz. They are a bit more work as they need to be watered 2-3 times a day. A container with a 1,000 holes in it does not hold water very well. All those holes help prune the roots but also let in oxygen which is great for the roots but dries out the soil. Keep an eye on them on sunny and/or windy days which dry the soil quickly. I've seen a few people only use them 1 grow as they don't have the watering time. The plants are very serious about this water me or else thing! lol

Keep in mind - My opinion is based on experience, not broscience or hearsy, - so beware! Love the results I get with their 5 gal. containers. Not to big, not to small. Perfect.

5 gal/19L grow.

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Longball

@longball I'd love to be able to grow some trees like yours outdoor but it's a bit risky where I rent currently so will be using them indoor, even indoor is a struggle with house inspections every 3 months, I love that you are speaking from experience haha even got the pics to back it up. Hope I get similar results

 

[longball]

@longball I'd love to be able to grow some trees like yours outdoor but it's a bit risky where I rent currently so will be using them indoor, even indoor is a struggle with house inspections every 3 months, I love that you are speaking from experience haha even got the pics to back it up. Hope I get similar results

Pics, or it didn't happen I suspect they work good indoors also. If you use a fan you may still need to water more often. What size do you have?

Longball

 

[eazynz]

Pics, or it didn't happen I suspect they work good indoors also. If you use a fan you may still need to water more often. What size do you have?

Longball

For sure, yeah I like the amount of drainage they have and don't mind watering more often if needed, 11L /2.9 gal

 

[longball]

For sure, yeah I like the amount of drainage they have and don't mind watering more often if needed, 11L /2.9 gal

Keep an eye on them, eazynz. They grow like heck in those 11L/2.9 gal containers. For some reason the plant on the right is the tallest plant in smallest container(11L/2.9). To make things stranger, the mother of the plant was a 15in/38cm Autoflower plant. Not sure what you are growing but keep an eye on the plants in those containers. You may have to top them or flower early because they will grow! Got about 700 F2 seeds from that plant!




Longball

 

[eazynz]

Keep an eye on them, eazynz. They grow like heck in those 11L/2.9 gal containers. For some reason the plant on the right is the tallest plant in smallest container(11L/2.9). To make things stranger, the mother of the plant was a 15in/38cm Autoflower plant. Not sure what you are growing but keep an eye on the plants in those containers. You may have to top them or flower early because they will grow! Got about 700 F2 seeds from that plant!

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Longball

Cheers @longball a lot of helpful info, I'm not sure what will go in them yet maybe some Angel Heart , 700 f2 seeds nice work, I'll have to up my seed game

 

[longball]

Need at least 1 male. 1 Fem from Sara's Secret Stash. 8 M/F Afghan Haze or Early Queen.

Afghan Haze #1 - appears female?




Afghan Haze #2 - female?




Afghan Haze #3 - female?




Afghan Haze #4 - female?




Unknown, Afghan Haze or Early Queen - female?




Early Queen #1 - female?



Early Queen #2 - female ?




Early Queen #3 - Need a male, Dang It!



Longball

 

[Freedom_Fighter]

Looking good, Longball. A very nice ratio of females! Congrats!!

 

[longball]

Looking good, Longball. A very nice ratio of females! Congrats!!

Thank you, Freedom_Fighter! Secretly, I was hoping for a lot of males as I was hoping to make some Afghan Haze X Early Queen seeds. It looks like only 1 of 9 will be male. Early Queen #3. Makes choosing a male easy. I guess if the Good Lord wanted me to have more than 1 male then he would have given me more than 1 male. This male is 'The Chosen Male'.






Once you figure it's a male, how long before it starts chucking pollen?

Longball

 

[Uncle Jack]

Plants looking very happy.

A bit to go yet for pollen shed.
Couple weeks give or take.
It's common to get a little bit before the main lot comes.

As a side note, in breeding nomenclature the male is traditionally listed first.
So whichever way you go it will be either Early Queen x Early Queen or Early Queen x Afghan Haze.

Better luck getting an Afghan Haze male next time.
Afgan Haze males are held in high esteem.

Anyway it would be interesting to make F2's of anything Shanti offers.