Planning out the 2025 outdoor grow

[TomH]

I’m super stoked about this years outdoor grow, as opposed to mega stoked last year and hyper stoked the year before!

This years crop will be in pretty large (25 gal) cloth planters placed on the dry side of the yard (cactus garden side).

It’ll have a dedicated valve on the irrigation controller to assist in better dry back cycles without running the risk of affecting the rest of the garden and vice-versa.

My intended plants are:
BlackBerry Moonshine from Dragon Flame, courtesy of @SSHZ

SelVa from Wilson Seed Co., courtesy of @SSgrower

KC Wolfenstein from Capt. Redbeard’s seeds, courtesy of @CannaGranny

Additionally, I have 2 each, 1 year old super blue dream clones that I’ve been keeping healthy yet compact through the cool months (hoping I can keep them small and happy for a few more months).

Only the two clones are growing yet, the first three are still seeds, to be sown late in Feb. Aiming to have all plants outdoor sometime in mid to late May or early June.

There will also be one plant in the ground, not decided yet what that will be.

I’m getting super stoked just thinking about it!
Here’s to everybodys 2025 grows be they indoors or out!

Stay loaded my friends! It’s easier to put up with the BS when you can just toke and think, “WTF was that?”

 

[TomH]

My soil (plan for now anyway) is an equal mix of FF Happy Frog and CocoLoco, with some pumice, rice hulls and possibly bio char if I can find it.

For the outdoor grow here in the foothills heat, I find a very well draining soil mix and regular waterings in the heat of summer is a really good solution.

I expect triple digit high temps from July through the end of September. We’ll top 100 by about 10am and not drop below until after 5pm (if history is any guide). Balancing a dry back with the massive water needs to keep the plants hydrated is PFM (Pure Fucking Magic).

I’m looking forward to getting going, I’ll have the soil in bags this coming week to begin aging properly.
I’ll stir in mycos regularly and turn the soil over about once every two weeks until its time for the plants to go in.

Any and all recommendations are welcome!

 

[CannaGranny]

I’m super stoked about this years outdoor grow, as opposed to mega stoked last year and hyper stoked the year before!

This years crop will be in pretty large (25 gal) cloth planters placed on the dry side of the yard (cactus garden side).

It’ll have a dedicated valve on the irrigation controller to assist in better dry back cycles without running the risk of affecting the rest of the garden and vice-versa.

My intended plants are:
BlackBerry Moonshine from Dragon Flame, courtesy of @SSHZ

SelVa from Wilson Seed Co., courtesy of @SSgrower

KC Wolfenstein from Capt. Redbeard’s seeds, courtesy of @CannaGranny

Additionally, I have 2 each, 1 year old super blue dream clones that I’ve been keeping healthy yet compact through the cool months (hoping I can keep them small and happy for a few more months).

Only the two clones are growing yet, the first three are still seeds, to be sown late in Feb. Aiming to have all plants outdoor sometime in mid to late May or early June.

There will also be one plant in the ground, not decided yet what that will be.

I’m getting super stoked just thinking about it!
Here’s to everybodys 2025 grows be they indoors or out!

Stay loaded my friends! It’s easier to put up with the BS when you can just toke and think, “WTF was that?”

Oh I’m excited! Your Redbeards choice is one I have not grown yet, so super excited to watch you grow along!

 

[TomH]

Oh I’m excited! Your Redbeards choice is one I have not grown yet, so super excited to watch you grow along!

All three seed candidates as well as the two currently occupying the shed are the Sept. contest prizes.
Honestly, the two currently growing germinated faster than any of my previous grows which were mostly bagseed and some seeds my daughter bought a couple years ago from what tuned out to be a pretty unreliable vendor.

These new seeds popped open in 24 hours and were above soil in a couple days.

I’m very impressed with what good genetics are capable of. I’m really interested in how the flower cycle treats me.

 

[CannaGranny]

All three seed candidates as well as the two currently occupying the shed are the Sept. contest prizes.
Honestly, the two currently growing germinated faster than any of my previous grows which were mostly bagseed and some seeds my daughter bought a couple years ago from what tuned out to be a pretty unreliable vendor.

These new seeds popped open in 24 hours and were above soil in a couple days.

I’m very impressed with what good genetics are capable of. I’m really interested in how the flower cycle treats me.

Tom, if remember correctly you are a big sativa fan. I just grew Redbeards Fruit by the Foot..it’s something I see you really liking!
Good luck with the grow, I’ll be checking in watching!

 

[TomH]

Tom, if remember correctly you are a big sativa fan. I just grew Redbeards Fruit by the Foot..it’s something I see you really liking!
Good luck with the grow, I’ll be checking in watching!

My day is filled with meetings with Mrs. Sativa, she’s welcome here at any time.
I occasionally dabble in hybrids, but Indicas are reserved for bedtime, so I’m always looking for the perfect everything. I guess I like it all. LOL!

 

[steamroller]

Pure Fucking Magic should a strain name~!
I'll be following this grow.

 

[TomH]

Well, built up a soil for the three big planters. 20 gallon cloth containers. The two smaller ones are 15 gallon but higher and narrower. Not sure how that’s going to affect dry out time so I gotta take good notes.

It’s a combination of happy frog, cocoloco, worm castings, aged manure, bio char, blood meal, bone meal, bio live, kelp and alfalfa meal, bat guano, Humic acid, azomite, langbenite, rice hulls, gypsum and dolomite.

Add to that is four different myco blends

At the bottom third, I mixed in additional perlite, top third received additional pumice

The benefitial nematodes are being watered in and the soil can age until May planting. I’ll cover the planters during rain so the good stuff doesn’t rinse out.

 

[TomH]

I notice I wrote bone meal twice, the second one (or the first one) was supposed to be fish bone meal.

The shade line from that gate will be right on the closest planter, so any standing plant will have full sun for about 6 hours a day, then bright sky light for the remaining hours.

It’s not as much sunlight as I’d like, but its separated from the garden and better protected.

 

[stonemason]

I like to soak my biochar in microbes and fertilizers. Since your letting it age until may same thing. Love the handles on the pots wish I had some.