Foothills, outdoor, 2024

[TomH]

By the calculations, should be week 2 end. They all look less than that to my eye.
I might need to adjust my calculations by a week.

They all look good and ready to flower.

The sativas are thick, the skunk was slow putting out stigmas, but now it’s popping out little white tufts.
Super Blue Dream is a tree. Over six feet, and has 20 colas that are at least 18 inches long, dozens more lower branches with buds showing up thickly.

 

[TomH]

One of the plants, Skunk #1, is showing purple petioles, has been for many weeks
It’s in the sun, so I’m not thinking a mag shortage is the case.
Are some plants just purple in stems and petioles sometimes?

 

[TomH]

A few more pictures from a different perspective.

Plants are loving the current weather.
Nights are mostly in the sixties, dropping into the high fifties just before sunrise, 30% RH.
Days are right around 90 to 100, 15% RH.
The big plant gets direct sunlight from 7 am to 7:00, with bright skies for another hour or two.

 

[TomH]

We click past week 3 tomorrow.

Plants are big and beautiful but a couple look like they are eating some yellow bottom leaves.

I don’t think I’ll respond to this with nitrogen though, stretching should be complete. The two with yellow leaves are also the biggest plants so I probably should have given them more in flower weeks 1 and 2.

I’ll be heading back to the foothills tomorrow morning, I’ll update with some close up photos, my lady sent me these, telling me the trees are looking great

 

[TomH]

Since I’m at this point in the schedule, everyone will get a substantial haircut tomorrow to rid them of any hidden budsites and unproductive greenery.

Tomorrow is going to be work, Super Blue Dream is at least a foot taller than me and on a hill. This could be interesting. I need to be able to do a Matrix thing to get those inner budsites cleared out.

 

[TomH]

Here’s a cool angle on the super blue dream tree.
It highlights a bunch of colas reaching for the sky. They are between 18 and 24 inches long each.

The two very narrow branches just right of center is actually a pomegranate tree (bush) behind blue!

 

[TomH]

Cool and humid this morning, a few sprinkles in the area and heavy rains about a hour north of us.
I might have to shake my plants a few times during the day.

Warming up beginning tomorrow should be better for flower phase.

 

[BlueCollarBob]

Everything looks great. Man, they they look like axe handles at the bases. It's interesting to follow your outdoor grow because mine are at similar stages. Pretty interesting considering we're growing in completely different environments.

 

[TomH]

Everything looks great. Man, they they look like axe handles at the bases. It's interesting to follow your outdoor grow because mine are at similar stages. Pretty interesting considering we're growing in completely different environments.

Thank you, it does point out how versatile and amazing these plants are.

I’ve grown a lot of different plants, I can’t think of too many that can compete with cannabis for it’s ability to just keep taking more and more, regardless whether it’s more sun, more heat, even more water and ferts.

Honest to bob, if I watered and fertilized any other plants in my garden the way I do these cannabis plants, they would curl up and blow away!

 

[BlueCollarBob]

Honest to bob, if I watered and fertilized any other plants in my garden the way I do these cannabis plants, they would curl up and blow away!

It's obvious that you have a green thumb. Looks like happy plants of many different varieties are found all around your property. My stuff is down right shaggy compared to yours. Hopefully, I'll get to defoliate the cannabis plants tomorrow. Some have a lot underneath and in the middle that needs to go, I think.

 

[TomH]

It's obvious that you have a green thumb. Looks like happy plants of many different varieties are found all around your property. My stuff is down right shaggy compared to yours. Hopefully, I'll get to defoliate the cannabis plants tomorrow. Some have a lot underneath and in the middle that needs to go, I think.

Thank you sir! I appreciate such high praise.

This weekend is my defol weekend too.

I’m not sure how much to take off. I doubt that the severe defoliation of an indoor grow is needed, probably just remove the hidden buds and yellow leaves, but keep a lot of mass as long as it doesn’t invite PM.

 

[TomH]

One sativa clone got a total schwazz, all the other plants were just lightly defoliated, only taking the most shaded of leaves and buds sites.

 

[TomH]

I’m starting to get a “oaxican spear” vibe from a couple of these.

The skunk#1 and blue dream both have 18” to 24” long colas, they are thickly budded and beginning to chunk up.

I see early signs that trichomes are forming so an aroma report should be just around the corner.

 

[TomH]

Week 4, day 3 today.
Skunk and both sativas have nice trichomes, not heavy but increasing daily.

The tree has very sparse trichome coverage. It’s mother didn’t get coverage until about week 8, then looked like sugar almost overnight.

 

[TomH]

High temps today forecasted to be about 90 cool degrees with RH in the teens.
Beginning tomorrow, highs going into the 100s for the rest of the week, RH should drop to low teens if not single digits.

 

[TomH]

Silhouette bud shots give me a chubby!

 

[TomH]

I was just up hill stabilizing some of the amazingly long colas (we have hot, dry winds forecast this afternoon and probably all week).

Even though there are very few trichomes, it has a very powerful blueberry muffin aroma.

The bagseed sativas both have a strong lemon aroma.

Skunk is funky sweet. A sniff elicits a mmmmm ugh whoa reaction. First they are sweet, then they are a little stinky.

They love the heat and aridity, but I can’t even skip on watering a day, even on the cool days (relatively speaking, still in the 90s). I tried yesterday and skunk was all pouty by 8pm. since it was dark, I let it go until it’s normal watering this morning. It was very droopy but as soon as the water began working down the cloth planter, the leaves perked up.

 

[TomH]

Last update for about a week.
Middle of the fifth week, they are on their own for the next week.

The buds are bulking up nicely.

Early to mid October for the harvest, early November for trim jail.

I’m just hoping that the weather and bugs don’t mess things up.

 

[TomH]

There has been a significant increase in mass in the recent week.

They are getting large and impressive looking, continuing to shed used up leaves.

We are at day 39. Everything has a good smell. Trichomes look great on three, super blue dream will likely get all her trichomes in the last week, just like her mom.

 

[BlueCollarBob]

It all looks great to me. I really like the photos with the sky in the background. Very nice!

 

[TomH]

I love late flower glamour shots!

The girls are looking good, at least four weeks to go.

 

[TomH]

Holy smokes, talk about whiplash!
Last monday we had 107 degrees and RH in the single digits, this coming monday we’re being threatened with rain. Not sure yet if we will be in the bullseye, but I guess I better get a plan together to cover these things.

Three can be rolled under our patio cover, the tree might need a cover of some sort, or perhaps I just stand out there and shake the hell out of the buds during the rain!

Fall is certainly unpredictable!

 

[TomH]

Reach for the sky!

I’m dwarfed in one picture, I’m 5’10” tall and can’t reach to the top of the top colas.

Four weeks to go.

 

[TomH]

Today is the beginning of week 7 of flower for all the outdoor plants.
Hairs are turning reddish on 3 of the 4 plants, they are all having a difficult time keeping their “heads” up!

A little breeze and the huge budded tops start swaying like a metronome.

The temperatures are moderating for the coming week, with the threat of raindrops on Monday and Wednesday.

Trichomes on the sugar leaves have already begun to turn amber, but the bud trichs are still clear and white.

Overnight temps are remaining in the mid fifties, with a chance of low fifties on Tuesday morning.

 

[TomH]

Everyone seems to compare their colas to beer can. However, I don’t drink so I don’t have any.

I decided to compare my buds to my favorite dinosaurs.

 

[TomH]

79 degrees, 31% RH.
Beautiful weather for a plant midway through the 7th week in flower.

 

[TomH]

They look like they are chunking up daily.
Happy ladies.

The tree is super blue dream
The smaller plant with a lot of fall color is skunk #1
The other two are bagseed sativa.

My daughter asked me to compare how big the tree is. It’s probably about the mass of all the plants I’ve grown, combined up until this grow.

It’s nuts feeling dwarfed by a weed.

I’m almost afraid to harvest it.

 

[Stoneyluv]

gorgeous photos!!!!!

 

[TomH]

gorgeous photos!!!!!

thank you

I’m loving the glamour shots.
A couple more weeks on the big one and skunk, probably 3 to 4 weeks on sativa.

 

[TomH]

I’m out of town this week so just a quick update.

Super blue dream, late week 8