Let's see your outdoor grow 2023

[Rootsruler]

Well, if it would rain for more than 5 minutes, i wouldnt have to hand water it. But yeah, 5 gallons a rip.

How far a hike is it to your spot? Would you be able to haul an empty 55 gallon drum up there and let the rain fill it so that after a few storms you don't need to be hauling water up there so often?

 

[GoodShit97]

How far a hike is it to your spot? Would you be able to haul an empty 55 gallon drum up there and let the rain fill it so that after a few storms you don't need to be hauling water up there so often?

About a half mile, and i did that last year, but it never rained. Year before that, all it did was rain. Its been really dry already this year so im not expecting much rain.
There is a pond i get water from up by my spot, but its like 4 feet deep so thats already dry too.
Gotta lug it in by the bucket. Kinda sucks, gotta climb this steep as hill to get there too.
I hate myself thats why i do this.

 

[Rootsruler]

About a half mile, and i did that last year, but it never rained. Year before that, all it did was rain. Its been really dry already this year so im not expecting much rain.
There is a pond i get water from up by my spot, but its like 4 feet deep so thats already dry too.
Gotta lug it in by the bucket. Kinda sucks, gotta climb this steep as hill to get there too.
I hate myself thats why i do this.

How far is the pond from your site? Any way you can run a drip line from the pond to the site?

 

[GoodShit97]

How far is the pond from your site? Any way you can run a drip line from the pond to the site?

Its only like 50-60 yards, but its already dry and summer hasnt even started...

 

[Rootsruler]

Haul that barrel up there and fill it with the pond water. 55 gallons means you don't have to haul your 5 gals for 11 feedings!!

 

[tobh]

I hate myself thats why i do this.

i tell myself the same thing about my career choice

 

[MDK]

Getting ready for a couple 10 gallon bags

 

[SiamSam]

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Nice trim job..Mr Scissorhands

 

[TomH]

The plant in Mother Earth is settled into its spot. It needs to fill up the soil bed with roots, which I believe it’s taking care of now.
The dirt locker used about 2 full bags of a soil mix, I believe it’s about 3 cu feet. The roots are free to explore farther south, but it’s red clay soil. Rich, but it’s taking a while to break down even with copious amounts of gypsum.
I put water ports that I’m hoping will keep my topsoil dry and the roots properly cycled in a flood/drought environment. Right now it’s going about a week between waterings. I’m hoping as it fills the root zone, transpiration will increase and dry out the locker.
The garden has a green watchdog

 

[MDK]

Here is the totality of my stupidity. An outdoor experiment of sorts. I actually was going to skip outdoor this year until these clones rooted and gave me the itch. I posted those in my last post.

Here are a bunch of seedlings that got a slight upgrade from a solo cup. I'm going to try to bring them inside whole of possible in a couple weeks, up-pot them to 2 gal bags and flower them immediately to see what kind of bud they produce. May have to try to take clones of each to bring in if pests look to be present. Goal is to keep them small as I can for now.


Then this is another experiment I have going on with cuts I took that were in flower...I don't think they'll get too big so I just threw multiple in 10gal bags....4 in 1 bag and 5 in the other bag. I just wanted to see if I could get them to reveg I almost just threw them away.

 

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Starting to grow.

 

[4Plants]

Taken about 20 mins ago long exposure. May try later tonight when hopefully neighborhood is a little darker.

 

[4Plants]

Shot at 10:30 PM with just ambient light.

 

[tobh]

Taken about 20 mins ago long exposure. May try later tonight when hopefully neighborhood is a little darker.

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what are you shooting with?

 

[4Plants]

what are you shooting with?

That was shot on my M50 Mark II

 

[tobh]

That was shot on my M50 Mark II

any tips for settings for capturing those low light pics? I've struggled with figuring out the balance between ISO, shutter speed, and white balance

 

[4Plants]

any tips for settings for capturing those low light pics? I've struggled with figuring out the balance between ISO, shutter speed, and white balance

Throw your camera into TV and run it up to 20 or 30 second exposure times to get started and pay attention to what settings it shoots. Those were all shot at ISO 100 and 30 second exposures. Manual Focus. When you get a feel for it you can switch to manual.

I personally also shoot with my histogram further to the left side because I like pulling the shadows out. Blown out photos are no good.

I also do post processing with a few mask layers.

 

[tobh]

Throw your camera into TV and run it up to 20 or 30 second exposure times to get started and pay attention to what settings it shoots. Those were all shot at ISO 100 and 30 second exposures. Manual Focus. When you get a feel for it you can switch to manual.

I personally also shoot with my histogram further to the left side because I like pulling the shadows out. Blown out photos are no good.

I also do post processing with a few mask layers.

awesome, appreciate the advice! i've been trying to become an amateur photographer for way longer than i'd like to admit and all the adjustments available on my nikon are overwhelming. especially so when trying to figure out the balance between the triad. it's harder than doing audio EQ by a long shot.

 

[4Plants]

awesome, appreciate the advice! i've been trying to become an amateur photographer for way longer than i'd like to admit and all the adjustments available on my nikon are overwhelming. especially so when trying to figure out the balance between the triad. it's harder than doing audio EQ by a long shot.

I shoot architectural photography and videography, so I am fairly well versed in manipulating light. My advice to all who seek to improve is to master post processing; it is where the real magic happens.

 

[tobh]

I shoot architectural photography and videography, so I am fairly well versed in manipulating light. My advice to all who seek to improve is to master post processing; it is where the real magic happens.

i built my custom PC specifically to run Davinci Resolve but since I run on Linux the damn software won't run ... yet. I gotta hack on my system some more to figure out how to get the GPU and Resolve to communicate right.

however, i have some pretty extensive experience in photoshop and illustrator, neither of which will run on Linux either so have dove into Inkscape, Blender, and GIMP -- feels totally handicapping but they're the best tools available ya know. you're definitely correct, though. Post-prod is where the real magic happens. Sometimes you can take something good and make it great, but if it starts great you can make it exceptional.

 

[4Plants]

i built my custom PC specifically to run Davinci Resolve but since I run on Linux the damn software won't run ... yet. I gotta hack on my system some more to figure out how to get the GPU and Resolve to communicate right.

however, i have some pretty extensive experience in photoshop and illustrator, neither of which will run on Linux either so have dove into Inkscape, Blender, and GIMP -- feels totally handicapping but they're the best tools available ya know. you're definitely correct, though. Post-prod is where the real magic happens. Sometimes you can take something good and make it great, but if it starts great you can make it exceptional.

I use to try to be cheap and run GIMP before Adobe did subscriptions and I wasn't getting paid then. It was just so quirky compared to the adobe lineup. I was a PHP programmer and also worked for a webhost for years, so I am so pro open source but I just succumb to it and have a bad ass windows machine that runs my adobe lineup. Lightroom Classic, PS, Premier Pro and others. I can fumble my way around resolve and final cut though too.

 

[tobh]

I use to try to be cheap and run GIMP before Adobe did subscriptions and I wasn't getting paid then. It was just so quirky compared to the adobe lineup. I was a PHP programmer and also worked for a webhost for years, so I am so pro open source but I just succumb to it and have a bad ass windows machine that runs my adobe lineup. Lightroom Classic, PS, Premier Pro and others. I can fumble my way around resolve and final cut though too.

PHP was what kick started my career. I'm in appsec now, but for the last decade was in PHP, python, and javascript. Did quite a bit of freelance work as a graphic designer, doing logos and letterheads for small businesses. Used to make the same contention re: windows. but i'm so far removed from anything front end facing now, and have such a severe distaste for Microsoft, the only things that run on my home network at *nix based. It's just a shame that the FOSS offerings aren't anywhere competitive with the likes of Adobe. Further, I wish Adobe would support non-BSD based kernels. It can't be that hard to do now, given the cross-platform compilations Rust and Go and the like are capable of.

Sorry for the divergence y'all -- should start a tech slave thread for these kinds of convos lol

 

[MDK]

Use to be into photoshop, still have one of the older ones cracked on my current pc. Back in the day we used to use Macromedia flash to make cool shit for web pages we built.

I'm lost now and shit is so expensive lol. The new Adobe subscription stuff seems un-crackable so I'm just slipping further and further out of touch

 

[Rootsruler]

Garbage in, Garbage out

 

[Garbage_bear]

So it turns out that it is real hard to sell cannabis that doesn't get you high (hemp). What to do with all that left over hemp that you couldn't sell? Use it as mulch! Hopefully there are not any seeds in it. So far it is really helping hold water in(living soil). Fun little experiment. (Oh and that is micronized sulfur on those leaves)

 

[TomH]

The foothills outdoor plant has just about doubled in size since I saw her last (9 days ago).
While she’s not large in any sense, probably two feet tall, she’s already pitching out pre flowers.
This is Apples and Bananas.

 

[SiamSam]

A few bag seeds plants, since April....

 

[SiamSam]

Still skinny but lets see what happens, making hay while the sun shines. The companion plants are tomato and italian basil, fyi

 

[GoodShit97]

Mammoth is still kicking ass out here in the brush lot.

Shes loaded with pistils already too so once light hours are right i think shes gonna take right off.

 

[GoodShit97]

Pretty sure this lady is already going into flower. If not, when its time shes gonna take right off.

I have no idea when they should flower outside here in the North East, i just know what a plant going into flower looks like.

Id imagine any time after the summer solstice (June 21)is acceptable since they days get shorter now?

 

[TomH]

Pretty sure this lady is already going into flower. If not, when its time shes gonna take right off.

I have no idea when they should flower outside here in the North East, i just know what a plant going into flower looks like.

Id imagine any time after the summer solstice (June 21)is acceptable since they days get shorter now?

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That is gorgeous!
mine is still small, but has hit her stride.
high temps yesterday over 111 degrees with 14% humidity and she is nearly 3 feet tall now.
It’s gained 7 inches in 9 days and not even in the stretch yet. History indicates 7/31 here, so it’s still got some growing to do. I’m hoping it gains a lot more mass between now and flowering!

 

[GoodShit97]

That is gorgeous!
mine is still small, but has hit her stride.
high temps yesterday over 111 degrees with 14% humidity and she is nearly 3 feet tall now.
It’s gained 7 inches in 9 days and not even in the stretch yet. History indicates 7/31 here, so it’s still got some growing to do. I’m hoping it gains a lot more mass between now and flowering!

Thanks man, i started her January 2nd, so shes 7 months from seed. I topped it probably 25 or 30 times, she went outside may 7th.
Breeder says 56 day flowering time but last one i grew was 70 days so if she is indeed in flower now, mid September will be choppy chop time!

This was her May 7th when i put her outside.

 

[MDK]

Got 5 revegged plants in this pot...decided to tie 4 over to stakes to open it up a bit.
Just a little experiment

My 2 bigger plants doing a battle store bought soil vs local soil I dug myself.

 

[TomH]

This clone was cut a little over 3 months ago.
Spent its first month in blue light revegging because I cut it after flowering started.
It was dropped into soil here on 6/3, and was just about 12” tall then. It’s over 36” now growing close to an in a day and not stretching yet.

This thing is mostly indica, Apples and Bananas, but sure seems to want to grow tall. It’s even sort of symmetrical like a seed grown plant would be.

I top dressed the soil yesterday and gave her a really deep watering.

Out in the ground is incredibly different than under led.

I want to spray it down really well with an IPM or similar, but they say wait to spray when it’s lower than 80 degrees, that’s midnight here and I keep over sleeping which is a first! Last batch was good sleeping medicine.

 

[TomH]

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This was 30 days ago.
That’s pretty decent growth.

 

[Habosabin]

any tips for settings for capturing those low light pics? I've struggled with figuring out the balance between ISO, shutter speed, and white balance

tripod for starters.

 

[GoodShit97]

Green Crack from ILGM in a 5 gallon fabric pot, beat the thing with a bamboo stick, she seemed to like it.

 

[GoodShit97]

And here is Mammoth



I shouldve brought my tape measure with me.

Maybe on Wednesday when i go back up ill remember

 

[TomH]

@GoodShit97 That tree is massive. I’m in awe.

Mine is growing quickly, but needs a lot more bulk to get in the same class.

In the last two weeks it went from 29” to 36” in the 1st week and from 36” to 41” this past week.
It’s definitely putting on weight, but only about three more weeks before stretch.

I don’t know how much it can grow in three weeks, but I’m sure looking forward to seeing.

 

[GoodShit97]

@GoodShit97 That tree is massive. I’m in awe.

Mine is growing quickly, but needs a lot more bulk to get in the same class.

In the last two weeks it went from 29” to 36” in the 1st week and from 36” to 41” this past week.
It’s definitely putting on weight, but only about three more weeks before stretch.

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She looks nice and happy!!
Im pretty sure my big plant just did its stretch, cause on tuesday it was about level with my chest, now its over my head by 6 or 8 inches and all full of pistils.
Next year ill be doing the same thing i did with , but ill be growing 3 that way instead of 1.

Ill be filling my 4x4 from January until mid may with 3 plants, then they all go into 30 gallon totes or in ground if i can manage that before next spring.