Matti's First Outdoor Undercover Grow

[Matanuska Thunder]

thanks everyone for checking in

 

These are Nirvana strains of 'Swiss Cheese' and 'Original Glue' 

they STINK  too

 

Both plants in coco being fed half strength due to the heat, using 40L every three days 

Added 2ml of P/K today and will add just a bit each watering till proper flowering starts

Glue exactly a meter high

 

Cheese, at 118high (measured from the top of the soil)

 

no more 40c+ days here, the plants are liking the 30ish days much better

Daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter and the first signs of wanting to flower are showing up.
13.5 hour from sunrise to sunset then another 2+hours of twilight 

 

Got more Coolaroo shades they make such a difference in the temp, esp the pots

This temp. setup is just so the neighbors can't see (they are both 75+) 
Now I need to make it stable so it can withstand the "Santa Ana" winds that will hit in a month or so

Edited August 15, 2018 by Matanuska Thunder

[OldManDallas]

So is that what they mean by having it covered Mati, thats a stupid law

 

Looking nice and healthy and seem to be taking the heat ok though.

 

Bring on the flower show

[TheInsideMan]

Agree OMD. It’s like a red flag to a bull that says, if in case you didn’t notice, I’m growing weed in this spot right here . Bloody yanks.

 

Looking nice matti. What about a greenhouse. They ok to use without extra cover being required?

 

 

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[Matanuska Thunder]

nope still not legal...

I seem to change the set up every few days

green house works but **enter 100 lousy excuses here**

 

 

and exactly my thoughts... 

hello, we are growing cannabis here

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their gonna be trees by end of stretch, better invest in some more Coolaroo shading there Matti

 

lookin very nice indeed!

 

 

ps: looks like a stoner put up your shade mesh too

 

i reckon i could blow that ova from here

Edited August 16, 2018 by ..............................

[Matanuska Thunder]

their gonna be trees by end of stretch, better invest in some more Coolaroo shading there Matti

 

lookin very nice indeed!

 

 

ps: looks like a stoner put up your shade mesh too

 

i reckon i could blow that ova from here

 

who ya calling a stoner?

stoner

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takes one to know one

[Matanuska Thunder]

...all this pressure to do things right

I bought a 'portable green house', should have it early next week.

[Matanuska Thunder]

and 4 weeks later

3 plants are in full flower now - calling it week 4 of flower but going by trichome colour for harvest

Orrig Glue, Swiss Cheese and Wonder Woman (all Nirvana)

Tent arrived put it together only to figure it kept in too much humidity

Plants were showing signs of Powdery Mildew within days of their transfer to the new tent (PM is rampant/everywhere in my area)

Did 2 treatments of Sulfer burning- all the PM has stopped spreading at this point but still not 100% gone.

 

Changed the tent cover to a shade cloth, made sure the neighbors can't see and well, I'm no longer legal...but what ever

 

Swiss Cheese is so fricken oily/sticky/stinky

was doing an inspection of her and spotted bud rot

then on closer inspection... not bud rot but the next worse thing and a cannabis growers worst enemy 

that lil thing could wipe my plants out overnight if they wanted too

after snipping the damaged part out, this is what I was left with

 

other than the grubby thing and the PM all is good

 

Glue is doing great too has the slightest bit of tip burn - but a beauty of a plant

 

Group photo L-R   
Wonder Woman, Unknown not-yet-flowering 'Indica' and  Swiss Cheese

Wonder Woman is a small plant, she does not stretch much at flower, been growing WW for years, not one has stretched much, but the smoke is, tasty - she's a White Widow descendant, so if you like White Widow you'll like Wonder Woman too

 

L Swiss Cheese     R Unk indica

 

The unknown indica (freebe nirvana seed) is still not in flower but is starting her stretch, she is so not an indica dom strain. Lanky and very sweet smelling right now

 

 

I'm ready to pop a few more seeds

Edited September 8, 2018 by Matanuska Thunder

[Matanuska Thunder]

first test of this crop using my crappy-yet-useful rosin press

 the under-ripe buds are from the area of the caterpillar damage from the above post - I cut all the poo and damage out before pressing

buds are 36hours post-harvest and still too moist to press properly

 

The buds need to be freshly harvested but slightly air dried for the best return

i'm trying to determine how old/dried my buds need to be for best pressing (last season it was 2 to 3 days)

 

started with 2 average but small buds, pressed the crap out of them

in return 2 solid dabs -crap return! 

a bit of extra rosin remaining in the buds - it will go into next butter batch

 

pressed  at 100c+/- first bud was 30sec second was 50sec, better return from second press