help with picking an auto for outdoors?

[rocket high]

hi nealcook420 thats sad to hear man how bad was your weather sounds grim were they in indigenous soil or a bagged compost ...??
i hope my big devils make it because in scotland the weather can turn in a day ..but the weather forecast say's it's going to be fine for three days so i hope it lasts so i can get another node out of them atleast .....the fast bud have started budding .well two stigmas have grown..... but its a start

 

[rocket high]

here's a diagram of my proposed water catcher and wick system it will be complete soon i hope .........................................

 

[gaiusmarius]

interesting, will you spread out some tarp to help collect the rain water? or you plan to fill the tank when you visit? you might want to consider spreading a bunch of water catchers out if you feel it's not too conspicuous. i been lazy this week end, also it's been raining a lot the last days, so i'm not keen to continue with planting, lol. even though every day i wait is lost yield at this point. i still have at least 2 that have pre vegged for quite a while now and need to be put out as they are getting too big for the coffee cups.

keep up the good work, hope that soil is cooling down for your plants.

 

[rocket high]

you better get your green finger out your ass lol and get them girls in the ground as you say you'll lose yield we dont want that ........i dont think i will do the big tarp idea as its a bit risky with the planes and chopper's that fly over every 10 min's i could do this else where tho but it mean's carrying water which i hate doing ..got to watch the poor old back lol
i might fill it with stream water to begin with but later there will defo be rain thats for sure it's just a matter of time peace bruv

 

[JGP]

Lovin the way how your applying your hydro knowledge outdoors rocket dude

 

[rocket high]

as you know jgp am a avid hydro guy ...mixing the two aint gonna hurt and makes my life that wee bit easyer aswell.
it will be getting used next year like the pen too so i better build it right

 

[highroller614]

well we went for these in the end. sweet seeds BIG DEVIL.& FAST BUD so we'll see how they go!!
sorry about the crap pictures

I got 1 big devil out of 3 that looks. The other two are growing slow. Hope you have better luck than i did.

 

[rocket high]

hi highroller614 All 5 of my big devil's germed fine and the 5 easy buds too ...the dates on the pack's were the same month i bought them so there really fresh and it shows with the germ rate
iam happy .............. sorry to hear your's didnt go so well .......did you buy them in europe or the states?

 

[highroller614]

Hey Rocket...been away for a few and just got back....listen man...with "true" autos it is always best to plant in the container they will finish in...the reason for this is because auto's have such short vegetation time...veg time=root time.....if you are wasting most of your root making time in transplant shock...then your yield will suffer considerably...these plant are done when they are done...there is no slowing them down....just my 2 cents...good luck man!

I 2nd that. I put one of my diesel ryders in the pot its going to finish in. It looks way better than my autos i started in cups. Big Devil is supposed to grow up to 1 to 1.5 meters. I suggest a 5 gallon pot. Its better to have more root space than not enough.

 

[highroller614]

hi highroller614 All 5 of my big devil's germed fine and the 5 easy buds too ...the dates on the pack's were the same month i bought them so there really fresh and it shows with the germ rate
iam happy .............. sorry to hear your's didnt go so well .......did you buy them in europe or the states?

i got mine in the u.s. i dealt with attitude. They were in the same pack like your pic.

 

[rocket high]

it might take them longer in transit for the states hence older seeds ...the dates on the back should tell you the production date that should give you a idea of how old they are ....the sand paper in a match box trick works well too ..i always do this it gives them a good scuffing

 

[rocket high]

day 34 ..........weather is amazing for scotland lol 25c/75f ish

some beasties are munching the big devil's but the problem isnt really bad YET!!
here's a few pic's

guard dog at the pen ...no deer near the girls lol

big devil ...eaten by some insect's

big devil looks like heat stress in the roots (33c)

photo's by travstaff

 

[JGP]

Some heat rocket dude, nice dug too.Looks like drought conditions are kicking in..time to test out your fancy mat

 

[JGP]

I got beasties munching mine too.....thinking about making a garlic based spray as i've heard this works well at detering hungry bugs.

 

[rocket high]

Some heat rocket dude, nice dug too.Looks like drought conditions are kicking in..time to test out your fancy mat

yep i need to do something about it as well..
do you have a recipe for for this garlic stuff ..????

i might try the tobacco mix spray .... not sure tho

my fancy mat is looking a bit dry too lol ..but the res isnt rigged up yet.
but the plants have still got moisture in them ..that surprised me a bit ... but they look ok for being through the mill so to speak how's your girls in this weather ??

 

[keat]

Thumbs up for the barbwire, i lost almost 20 plants to a hungry moose

 

[rocket high]

hey keat, ....
i done a outdoor years ago and all the cola's got eaten by deer then mold killed them so on this grow i went all out to stop this from happening again hence the fence and barbed wire ...there also on a windy hilltop to try and prevent mold ..

 

[gaiusmarius]

fuck! deer eating colas? man that sounds bad, gonna have to make my cages extra strong and high it seems. keep up the good work man.

 

[rocket high]

the cola's must have made them sick or extremly stoned
it was dutch passion's (passion#1)
real nice stuff too ...i was gutted

 

[MJBadger]

Hey Rocket...been away for a few and just got back....listen man...with "true" autos it is always best to plant in the container they will finish in...the reason for this is because auto's have such short vegetation time...veg time=root time.....if you are wasting most of your root making time in transplant shock...then your yield will suffer considerably...these plant are done when they are done...there is no slowing them down....just my 2 cents...good luck man!

Some real good advice here rocket , i had a problem with autos a couple of yrs ago (mini phenos) & was advised to plant seed direct into 10lt pots . Something i`ve never done b4 so used a gallon plastic bottle with bottom cut off over the seed & it worked fine next time .
Your fort looks so obvious stuck out there on the hill , would camo netting be an option ? & 2 or 3 pieces of kitchen paper taped over a toch will help keep any light from being seen (old poachers trick) or better still red plastic filter .

Wish you a good safe grow & when you put your feet up with a nice rolled fat one you will smile .

Stay green .