Climbinghigh
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Hello fellow IC'ers. My outdoor thread is long overdue, but I got off to a late start this year since I was planning on moving to denver in June, and not planning on growing outside this year. But that fell through and my plans changed. With that in mind I think that I pulled it together pretty well to be able to get a decent harvest(for me) this year.
Due to the time crunch this year and the short season that I deal with every year around here, I'm using mostly early canadian strains from UDG. I had four plants that were a couple months old and starting to flower inside under 16 hours of light. So I put those outside in the middle of June. they're sort of in between vegging and flowering now- we'll see how it works. there's a C99 x GG, a Guerrilla Grape, a Blubonic x GG, and a Manitoba Medicine f2 from some seeds that I made last year. I love the Man Med, its got nice frosty dank smelling buds already. I used fossilized seabird and mexican bat guano in old holes I've used for the past 4 years.
I also decided to try a rubbermaid bin grow in a bog like Greens did on UDG. I have 5 36 gal rubbermaid bins camoed and filled with soil out in a bog- feels like walking on a waterbed after a big rain. In each bin I planted 8 pre-sprouted Manitoba Medicine f2's. Some didn't break through the soil and some got eaten by slugs already but I've got 24 seedlings that look like they will do something. Of course I have to pull the males later. I planted more seeds in the bare spots in the bins too. Used chemical ferts for the first time in these bins- seems to be working so far.
And just the other day I decided that the 10 Bogbubble f2's that I had inside just weren't reaching their full potential, so I planted them outside in some holes from last year with chemical ferts- cheap and easy. I'm usually an all-organic kinda guy but had no time or money to do it right this year. I'm going to have to pull males from these later too.
Thats the rundown for 2010. I would've done it really big this year if I had planned for it, but I think my efforts will still be rewarded. I'll post some pics when I have more time and when theres more to look at-lol heres a pic from last year that i think is the Man Med.
Peace and happy growing.
Due to the time crunch this year and the short season that I deal with every year around here, I'm using mostly early canadian strains from UDG. I had four plants that were a couple months old and starting to flower inside under 16 hours of light. So I put those outside in the middle of June. they're sort of in between vegging and flowering now- we'll see how it works. there's a C99 x GG, a Guerrilla Grape, a Blubonic x GG, and a Manitoba Medicine f2 from some seeds that I made last year. I love the Man Med, its got nice frosty dank smelling buds already. I used fossilized seabird and mexican bat guano in old holes I've used for the past 4 years.
I also decided to try a rubbermaid bin grow in a bog like Greens did on UDG. I have 5 36 gal rubbermaid bins camoed and filled with soil out in a bog- feels like walking on a waterbed after a big rain. In each bin I planted 8 pre-sprouted Manitoba Medicine f2's. Some didn't break through the soil and some got eaten by slugs already but I've got 24 seedlings that look like they will do something. Of course I have to pull the males later. I planted more seeds in the bare spots in the bins too. Used chemical ferts for the first time in these bins- seems to be working so far.
And just the other day I decided that the 10 Bogbubble f2's that I had inside just weren't reaching their full potential, so I planted them outside in some holes from last year with chemical ferts- cheap and easy. I'm usually an all-organic kinda guy but had no time or money to do it right this year. I'm going to have to pull males from these later too.
Thats the rundown for 2010. I would've done it really big this year if I had planned for it, but I think my efforts will still be rewarded. I'll post some pics when I have more time and when theres more to look at-lol heres a pic from last year that i think is the Man Med.
Peace and happy growing.
I also tossed in some plant-tone, watering crystals, and bone meal. No lime because I'm stupid, and I am curios how it will compare with my other swamp stuff which does have lime. I will be filling the bin soon with some Mandala speed-queens, and the swamp tube I'm not sure probably 3 nice looking bagseed plants. 
