Outdoor, Irish style

[Guest 147054]

Whats up guys, decided to make a thread about my oudoor antics as its easier to document. Im going to try to make it picture heavy as everyone likes a few pics

Firstly heres a few pics from last years grow. There Dutch Passion Frisian Dew...

I was happy enough with the results but I had a few problems along the way

1. The plants were in pots buried in the ground but the bottom of the pots hadn't been broken, preventing roots from going into the ground which I think could of affected yield
2. There wasn't enough fertilizers in the soil and it was difficult to bring up enough nutes mixed in water for all the plants
3. There was nothing protecting the plants from animals and a good few lower branches were broken off, causing some mold in the broken areas of the stem
4. Alot of rain from early September onwards......not much I could do about it

Overall I was still pleased with the results and im just trying to improve on it.

This is the same spot but I have cleared all the weeds, roots and other crap out of the area.
Ive also fenced off the plants and put weed fabric around the outsides to hopefully keep any chance of Botrytis to a mininium.
Thanks to Cookie for his thread on the grey menace
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=181003

I have 14 Frisian Dew. The reason I stuck with them is because I know they grow here and It was just the logic of stick with what you know works. I only wish I knew about Esbes HFH a few months ago. But what harm, there's always next year.

Each plant is in a 50 Litre Bag of Plagron all mix

Im hoping theres enough nutes the keep em happy for a month or two. After than I might just sprinkle guano on the top of each bag and let it soak in itself during flowering. The bottom of each bag has alot of holes in it so the roots can go where they like.

Heres some pics of the site from a week ago 05-17-2011, this was the day the plants went outside

All plants were sprayed with organic pest spray. The white rings around the plants is a mixture of Lime, to keep slugs away and some nutes to improve the soil

The next pics are from 05-21-2011. The weather had been horrible so i decided to check on them. They have def grown but there still pretty small

I have 2 plants in pots buried in the ground with the bottoms broken. I really dont think the broken bamboo is gonna stop anything that wants to eat the plant but it was worth a shot.

The past 2-3 days has been continous rain, day an night so I hope their all ok. I dont think its worth checking on them as theirs nothing I can so I might leave them for another week or so.

 

[crfhonda]

im looking forward to this one. how was the smoke of the frisian dew? Im growing some this year and im very interested in it.

 

[Guest 147054]

im looking forward to this one. how was the smoke of the frisian dew? Im growing some this year and im very interested in it.

Yeah it was nice man. Not the strongest but if you get a decent yield you can afford to roll up some big fatties.
The stuff that had been cured for a few months was really nice though. Hopefully I wont have to pull anything early this year and get to taste the full extent of the flavour.

Where in the world are you growing it?

 

[Claude Hopper]

Dr Euforia,

I've wanted to run some Frisian Dew the last few years after seeing the lovely colors she gets in cool weather.

I only wish I knew about Esbes HFH a few months ago. But what harm, there's always next year.

Hybrids From Hell are good people, always cheerful and willing to share what they know.
Their outdoor seeds will do good in your green land.

Try sprinkling a few mothballs in a circle around your garden if deer and rabbits have a taste for th3e "dew"

Good Luck!

 

[Paddi]

I was happy enough with the results but I had a few problems along the way

1. The plants were in pots buried in the ground but the bottom of the pots hadn't been broken, preventing roots from going into the ground which I think could of affected yield
2. There wasn't enough fertilizers in the soil and it was difficult to bring up enough nutes mixed in water for all the plants
3. There was nothing protecting the plants from animals and a good few lower branches were broken off, causing some mold in the broken areas of the stem
4. Alot of rain from early September onwards......not much I could do about it

Overall I was still pleased with the results and im just trying to improve on it.

Learning by doing. Your improving your results this year, great start

Im going to try to make it picture heavy as everyone likes a few pics

Thank you


Best growluck bro


P

 

[Big Eggy]

Good luck! Will enjoy watching this one.

Ps thanks for that link on preventing Botrytis, have been looking for a thread like this.

 

[moritzst]

Hello, looks really nice, good place, I just ask myself why u dont put them into the ground, its really much more comftable for u and the plants...when there is a warm weather period and hopefully there will be one they will suck these bags dry in one day...

best wishes and greez
mo

 

[moritzst]

ok i see ur in ireland, then maybe they wont dry out

greez

 

[Guest 147054]

I've wanted to run some Frisian Dew the last few years after seeing the lovely colors she gets in cool weather.

Hybrids From Hell are good people, always cheerful and willing to share what they know.
Their outdoor seeds will do good in your green land.

Try sprinkling a few mothballs in a circle around your garden if deer and rabbits have a taste for th3e "dew"

Hey Claude Hopper, thanks for stopping by. Yeah Hash plant from HFH sounds unreal, Im def gonna be growing some next year. Ive been creeping around the HFH breeders section and im taken away with some of the results people are getting.

Does anybody know the strain that HFH has, its from a Dutch Passion, Passion#1 pheno?. I remember reading about how Esbe has it for like 20 years or something mad like that. Danish Passion or something similar I believe

Luckily there's no deer where my spot is and hopefully I have the rabbit situation under control.

Learning by doing. Your improving your results this year, great start

Thanks Paddi. Ive looked through your pics...... and there's ALOT of them and im always impressed. You have some serious grows under your belt man. Its really good to know theres quality growers here I can ask questions to if needs be.

Whats up Big Eggy, Ya its Cookies thread on Botrytis, he seems to be the resident expert on the matter. Im sure he can help with any questions you have on it.

Moritzst I had to laugh when I saw your second message

ok i see ur in ireland, then maybe they wont dry out

Watering wasnt really a problem last year so hopefully it wont either this year.

On a side note......
THE SUN IS BACK

 

[Guest 147054]

I have been gifted some HFH seeds so Im just after popping
1 X Hash Plant
1 X Hash Plant 2
1 X Danish Gold in water now.

I have more seeds but If all goes well with these beauties ill have 17 plants outside. Which is plenty for me. I would prefer to keep the rest of the seeds for next season and grow some trees out of them

 

[THC123]

1. The plants were in pots buried in the ground but the bottom of the pots hadn't been broken, preventing roots from going into the ground which I think could of affected yield

yes that was a major factor


why do you keep em in bags

it is much better to just dig a hole andput the good soil in the hole


this way they will get enormous


i would also put maximum 2 plants per enclosure , the frisian in the ground gets frigging HUGE


topdressing best after week6 and from that point on every 2 weeks


let them grow for a while then when they are about 2-3 feet high tie them horizontally and top them


also make a cage for the plant



that should give you many many many pounds

about the rot


with the frisian dew there are a few phenos that are almost immune to mold , you should try to choose those phenos an keep mothers


some phenos do mold easy

 

[Guest 147054]

why do you keep em in bags
it is much better to just dig a hole andput the good soil in the hole
this way they will get enormous

The ground is really rocky and it took ages to even dig the holes at the depth there at now and I wasn't slacking on the work. I would have had to make the holes alot wider as opposed to deeper and I thought it would be better this way as roots prefer to grow down rather than out. This was just my thinking but I could be wrong. Each bag is stabbed to bits at the bottom so the roots will be going into the ground anyway

i would also put maximum 2 plants per enclosure , the frisian in the ground gets frigging HUGE

I hope they do man, but this is Ireland and im not expecting any monsters with our weather. Im liking your optimism though. Theres still over 3.5 feet between each plant. Do you think that's enough?

topdressing best after week6 and from that point on every 2 weeks

Ya I will, I have bat guano and fish blood, bone meal for it

let them grow for a while then when they are about 2-3 feet high tie them horizontally and top them

Topped them last year and tied down main branches, it worked out well, there was very little mold and airflow was good

also make a cage for the plant

Yeah ill do something all right, just had to get the plants outta the house so didnt have time to sort it out

that should give you many many many pounds

Heres hoping anyway

about the rot
with the frisian dew there are a few phenos that are almost immune to mold , you should try to choose those phenos an keep mothers

some phenos do mold easy

Unfortunatley I cant take any clones due to future living arrangements so keeping mothers is out of the question.

Thanks for popping in THC123 and for your tips, have you grown Frisians before, if so what part of the world?

 

[THC123]

i have grown frisian dew for 3 years in a row in rainy cold belgium

this is my first frisian less year


i will only grow her again once i can look for a good mom

my 2009 topic had lots of frisian dew pics

my 2010 topic also but less FD plants in 2009 i grew many phenos


there is a green herby pheno with fluffy sativa tower calyx buds , not sweet at all


this pheno has a special soaring nhappy sativa high and doesnt mold easily



then there also was a more fruitforest aroma type of pheno half sweet half "purple" smell


superbig compact indica nugs


this one also did not mold , maybe 10 small buds on a 4-5 pound plant

the outer buds where all the size of cellphones i harvested the inner part 20th of october , 20 days after it was ripe and still no mold, i was amazed it didnt want to mold




but then again some phenos(luckily very few) are rubbish mold wise

 

[Guest 147054]

i have grown frisian dew for 3 years in a row in rainy cold belgium

Nice man, you have plenty of experience with it so, hopefully when they get bigger ill post a few pics and you might be able to tell me which phenos they are

my 2009 topic had lots of frisian dew pics
my 2010 topic also but less FD plants in 2009 i grew many phenos

Im def gonna check out your grows man. Happy to hear you have pics. Im snap happy myself so looking forward to it.

There is a green herby pheno with fluffy sativa tower calyx buds , not sweet at all
This pheno has a special soaring happy sativa high and doesnt mold easily
Then there also was a more fruitforest aroma type of pheno half sweet half "purple" smell, superbig compact indica nugs
This one also did not mold , maybe 10 small buds on a 4-5 pound plant

the outer buds where all the size of cellphones i harvested the inner part 20th of october , 20 days after it was ripe and still no mold, i was amazed it didnt want to mold

Thats really late to harvest, you must of had a good summer. I pulled mine in september due to increasing rain and the fear of mould. Perhaps i was a bit to hasty though

but then again some phenos(luckily very few) are rubbish mold wise

so how many phenos do you reckon there are 2-3 maybe

 

[THC123]

Thats really late to harvest, you must of had a good summer. I pulled mine in september due to increasing rain and the fear of mould. Perhaps i was a bit to hasty though

no man that was the good part from end september till october 20th it almost rained non stop

the plant was ready end of september so the second half was harvested 20 days late still no mold in pouring rain

so how many phenos do you reckon there are 2-3 maybe

hehehe sorry to dissapoint you , it is better to call FD a collection of genetics instead of a strain


i have only seen the same pheno once or twice for the rest almost always other phenos


i cannot see in a photo what pheno it will be there are so many phenos more then 10



Here a link to the 2009 grow in the end you can see many frisian phenos like 8 or 9

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=115064

 

[Guest 147054]

Few pics from today

Found myself another spot when I was out and about too

 

[Big Eggy]

You should re pot them or dig then a new home.. I just hope who ever they belong to doesn't stumble upon your grow.

Edit: Just watched you video.. love the idea of canes to keep the bags sqaure, Consider it nicked!

 

[Guest 147054]

You should re pot them or dig then a new home.. I just hope who ever they belong to doesn't stumble upon your grow.

Edit: Just watched you video.. love the idea of canes to keep the bags sqaure, Consider it nicked!

Thanks man, Im only gonna charge you an ounce for the cane idea........i know, im pretty sound like that

Oh its well away from my grow and all the shrubbery, nettles and thorny bushes are grown back fully so i feel my spot is pretty secure.

I have some trail cameras coming next week to make sure though. Gonna have them hidden around the place to keep an eye on the goings on when im not there

 

[Guest 147054]

Managed to print scr a few pics, not the best quality but you get the idea, not sure what deficeny it is. Any ideas?

 

[Guest 147054]

Heres my HFH Hash Plant, Hash Plant 2 and Dainish Gold.

I hope to have them out the second week of June. HP is a little weak but ive faith in her