Outdoor 2009/2010 Oceanic Season
- Thread starter Squiggles
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she sure is a beast squiggles 
nice more brother
nice more brother
It's no Adelaide, but here in Sydney's west, we've copped two 40+ degree days over the last three days and i'm just dropping a quick shout out to Droughshield by Yates.
In the past, i've had plants display UV damage in temperatures as "cool" as the mid 30s, and in '06 had leaves literally burnt to a crisp in mid 40C temps.
I sprayed my plants with Droughshield for the first time a few weeks ago, mostly because I just wanted to use it, and then again, 4 days ago, mostly because of the hot weather forecast, but also because there had been plenty of new growth since the initial use. I'm very happy to report that my plants seem to be suffering no stress whatsoever as of this evening. It's obviously dark now, and i'll be travelling a few hundred kilometres straight from work tomorrow, but when I get back on Wednesday, i'll take a pic and post it. I'm ecstatic about the way they've coped.
Not only is there no sign of leaf damage, my plants were not wilting when I arrived home at 6pm this arvo, and the soil was still visibly moist from watering the day before and copping 40+ temps today. Admittedly, I have been improving the site over the years, adding plenty of organic matter, so it should pretty good water-holding capacity anyway, but I am still surprised with the success. I very highly recommend this product.
In the past, i've had plants display UV damage in temperatures as "cool" as the mid 30s, and in '06 had leaves literally burnt to a crisp in mid 40C temps.
I sprayed my plants with Droughshield for the first time a few weeks ago, mostly because I just wanted to use it, and then again, 4 days ago, mostly because of the hot weather forecast, but also because there had been plenty of new growth since the initial use. I'm very happy to report that my plants seem to be suffering no stress whatsoever as of this evening. It's obviously dark now, and i'll be travelling a few hundred kilometres straight from work tomorrow, but when I get back on Wednesday, i'll take a pic and post it. I'm ecstatic about the way they've coped.
Not only is there no sign of leaf damage, my plants were not wilting when I arrived home at 6pm this arvo, and the soil was still visibly moist from watering the day before and copping 40+ temps today. Admittedly, I have been improving the site over the years, adding plenty of organic matter, so it should pretty good water-holding capacity anyway, but I am still surprised with the success. I very highly recommend this product.
Mine copped +40's on the weekend and look to be fighting fit.. full sun on a concrete ground too that was boiling!
and to add i watered/repotted them on friday left em all weekend without water check this morning and the canna soil is crispy on top. .5-1cm deep and moist under that.
loves it!
heres some photos from friday
White rhino. power plant and my chronic that flowered early and has gone back to veg
and to add i watered/repotted them on friday left em all weekend without water check this morning and the canna soil is crispy on top. .5-1cm deep and moist under that.
loves it!
heres some photos from friday
White rhino. power plant and my chronic that flowered early and has gone back to veg
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Those are my two. The one closest to the camera is Swiss Cheese, the other is Satori. It's a bit hard to make out where one starts and ends from that pic, so this pic gives a better view of Swiss Cheese at least.
Satori is a little bit less rigorous than SC, but i'm pretty happy with the way both of them are going, they're both starting to fill in nicely.
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Guest50138
Heat Stress !!! most likely ,is it in a pot and is the pot protected from the sun? or was the garden bed well mulched. I have observed the same thing a number of times! Plants with cool roots = happy plants, paticulary in the extreme heat of late,Cheers Oldman
hairydog0069
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u not the only 1 auto. been a weird season. half what we put in have gone into flower. planted a the right time and all. the ones in flower are staying in flower 2. no reveg
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Guest50138
probally a bit late to expect them to reveg summer solstice only three weeks away! likly they will just keep packin on bud not much you can do.on the bright side they will be ready for harvest a little sooner than normal. shure has been a weird season
I'm getting awesome growth now, from Swiss Cheese in particular. This pic was taken almost exactly 4 days after my last pics. I've just upped their fertilising regimen. I've never staked them so wide set in the past, and now i've realised i've got them too close together. It used to be a site for 3 plants, now it'd only fit 2. I've got two more seedlings inside under lights at the moment, i'm not sure what i'm going to do with them now.
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Well, i've been dealt a blow. My Swiss Cheese, from supposed feminised seed, is almost certainly a male. I'll give a few more days before I rip it out, but i'm pretty sure that's the reality of it. The Satori is definitely female, so at least not all is lost, but I have two Satori seedlings going in case of the one outside turning out male. I stupidly put faith in these feminised seeds, when I could've had one Satori and one Swiss Cheese seedling as insurance. Anything I start now is not going to grow nearly as well. Them's the breaks.
Well here we go. its been a little while and shit all action in this thread? whats going on guys? its been slow i know but not that bad??
i'm thinking i need to put my pots off the concrete and onto something more insulating?
This is my Power plant, who i have been cutting, bending down and cloning like mad.
A couple in this shot front to back left to right
Chronic, C4, chronic, c4 that was easy all fems.
This is my rhino. i have been squeezing and bending her for a while.. very very thick stem i hope she serves me well. seedlings in the other small pots..
A few various here.. white widow, mazar sharif's double gum, some chronics (males maybe) and god only knows
i'm thinking i need to put my pots off the concrete and onto something more insulating?
This is my Power plant, who i have been cutting, bending down and cloning like mad.
A couple in this shot front to back left to right
Chronic, C4, chronic, c4 that was easy
all fems.This is my rhino. i have been squeezing and bending her for a while.. very very thick stem i hope she serves me well. seedlings in the other small pots..
A few various here.. white widow, mazar sharif's double gum, some chronics (males maybe) and god only knows
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longy
dont any of u blokes get worried about postin pictures up here
Where did that come from? Are you talking about literally west of Sydney, i.e. the Blue Mountains region, or Western Sydney?
Do you live in Sydney? Because i'm Western Sydney born and raised and what you say just isn't true. At all. It doesn't apply to the Blue Moutains either, so i'm trying to understand where this is coming from.
not yet, haha remove meta data and your ok..
