2015 New England Outdoor Grow

Discussion in 'Outdoor Grow Journals' started by Joint.Effort, Apr 16, 2015.

  1. Greetings GC World,
     
    It's April 15th and i'm already plotting heavy for the upcoming grow season ahead. I spent the majority of the winter scanning through the internet, looking for strains to grow this season. I'm growing mainly my usual strain's go-to's this year but, as always i'm looking for the next best staring so i'm testing out some seeds from Soma and Tga Subcool Genetics this year along with a few others. 
     
    As far as growing goes, i'm making two major changes this year. I'm only using natural fertilizers and amendments and, i'm mulching each one of my spots with no exceptions. 
     
    Reason being:
    I had two spots get dug up from a happy frog 5-5-5 fertilizer I planted in them with blood and bone meal in it. I then re-planted those spots with cages and although the plants were small in the end, they were some of the most resinous/best tasting plants i've grown so far. 
     
    My reason for mulching is simple. In nature mulch covers almost the entire ground. Yet we humans like to go out and grow plants in clean circles, rows, and squares. Without mulch, light penetrates the soil and drives the beneficial microbes, fungi, and bacteria etc. out of the soil. Also without mulch, the soil gets compacted, takes longer to absorb water when it rains, and drys out considerably faster do to sun and wind exposure. There really isn't a single positive reason to not mulch your plants, so I figure it's best to use it. 
     
    So thats my focus for this year, hopefully the pot gods will allow for another successful year for us all. Good luck to all my fellow growers out there on GC, can't wait to see some of your journals pan out this year.
     
    Northern growers let me know what your favorite strains are out there and how there growing for you in your climate!!
     
     
     
     

     
  2. #2 Joint.Effort, Apr 16, 2015
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    Heres my 2nd round of seeds I'm waiting on along with my new t8 light. Other than these seeds I'm currently growing a handful of Tga Subcool's Jillybean and Cuvee. Just like most of Soma's seeds, they only come in regular seed form so, i'm sprouting them on 12/12 to determine the sex of each plant. 
     
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    I bought a seed starter soil that came with mycorrhizae in it already. I added a few cups of worm castings and a few teaspoons of mycorrhizal powder to the mix to amp it up a bit. When you see the roots you'll immediately be able to recognize the difference it makes.
     
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  3. #3 kygiacomo, Apr 16, 2015
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    sweet man i will be following along to see how urs turns out. im trying rapid start this year on mine and i agree with the mychorrazie. i wouldnt want to ever grow without them. i got a journal in my sig as well if u want to pop on over and take a look at the strains im running along with some different products to see what i will like the best. everthing is looking good so far. i germed my seeds on march 20th everthing is going good for now, i will plant into the final spots on may1
     
    Edit: i checked out ur last year grow as well. i notice in one those pics that a group shot u had alot had the bacterial leaf spot. a couple of mine got that shit last year and on 1 the holy grail kush it took my yeild from a half pound to a few grams. that shit is horrendous and im gonna be fighting that and bud rot head on this year. i know the spores from leaf spot release in the spring and it wont start showing up till around week 2 of flower. im gonna go hardcore on the IPM this year. gl man
     
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    Seems like you've done your research and made some good educated guess's on strains to grow! Yeah the mold is a big issue in the climate I grow in, as a rule of thumb, almost anything thats 70-100% indica will be highly suseptable to mold. There are some mold resistant indica's out there but their few and far between. 
     
    I'll be checking in to see how your strains are doing later in the year! May the pot god's be with you!
     
  5. mulching should never be underestimated. what do you do as far as perlite or a substitute? perlite tends to float to the top outdoors, hydro guy suggested hydroton but still looking for options. my soil just seems to compact in containers.   just starting in NE myself, fuckin cold tho
     
  6. I'll be following along on this as well J.E. I am also growing in New England this year, though I do not think I will be doing a journal. Looking forward to updates! What are your thoughts on outdoor planting time?
     
  7. I'm a new englander attempting my first outdoor grow. Complete beginner. Seedlings are almost 2 weeks old. I think they look ok but any feed back will be appreciated. I have one that seems to not want to stand up straight. Is this normal? Take a look.... ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429638704.215319.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429638730.066003.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429638766.182122.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429638788.764881.jpg


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  8. Now moved to bigger pots in week 2 ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429651485.311030.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429651507.877188.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429651528.975934.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429651545.974430.jpg ImageUploadedByGrasscity Forum1429651571.091111.jpg


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    Agreed, mulching is extremely important especially if you can't be there to water your plants all the time. I typically just use an excess of perlite in my soil, but something new i've seen is using par boiled rice hulls as an aeration amendment. They don't float like perlite and add silica to the soil. If you can't find those anywhere I would look for vermiculite chunks, a little more expensive but they retain water very well and make for good aeration. 
     
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    Nice looking seedlings man! Going from indoors to outdoors i'd suggest you don't put them in full sunlight right away. Also putting them out this early in April might be a little too early, resulting in the plants starting to flower in the early summer then reverting back to vegetative. June 1st is a good time to plant for most people but, I recommend putting your plants out a few weeks before to get them acclimated to growing in their environment. 
     
  11. Hey thanks man. Thank you for the input. I've been letting them sit outside during the day but bring in at night. I was planning on putting them In the ground around second or third week of May. Would that be an ok time? Doing an organic soil grow. And how much sunlight do u recommend I give them? How about even sitting them in a not too sunny spot during the da?. Thanks again!


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  12. No problem man. You've got everything under control by the sounds of it, anywhere between May 15th and June 15th will work fine. If you have bone or blood meal in your organic soil then make sure you prep the spot a few weeks before planting or animals will dig up the soil. Also if you have any mycorrhizae powder, sprinkle it in the hole and around the root ball when transplanting to help reduce shock and get them growing right away. 
     
    Leaving them in a semi-sunny spot for the day is perfect. 4 hours minimum and 8 hours maximum would be a good rule of thumb IMO. 
    Check out old pork's 2014 grow, thats where I got the idea for acclimating plants outside in a cage before you plant them.  
     
     
  13. Just started one of my final 12/12 batches under my new t5 grow light. Used a good basic seedling mix amended with worm castings and mycorrhizae powder. You can really see the difference in the way the roots look. 
     
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    Saw this picture of a living clover mulch and thought it was pretty clever. You can get a giant bag of white clover seeds at the local garden store for around 10$ in my area. 
     
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  14. Nice! Hey is it normal for the leaves to look as if they are reading up at times? Is this lack of water? Too much light? And the original rounded leaves... Do they fall off? Do I pull them off?


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  15. Reaching*


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  16. So can you really take a plant to full maturity in NE? Seems it would get too cold, too soon to get a worthwhile harvest.
     
  17. If October stays fairly warm I'm told u can but I'm a first timer so I honestly wouldn't know


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  18. i think you're going to have serious cold issues. You may want to look into autos. And now I have to go take a shower because I actually recommended autos to someone. lmao. Either way, all the best.
     
  19. Lmao!! We're actually pretty lucky and now we can even grow into the first couple weeks of October if nothing crazy happens with the weather. Anything that takes longer than 9 weeks to flower is usually a no-go around here.
     
     
     

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