The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[Shcrews]

Yes4prop, my friends have a heat issue as well.. 100 degree temps all summer. They swear by shade cloth and last year pulled some 8+ pounders so dont worry bout the heat bro.

 

[Yes4Prop215]

It supposed to get really hot on friday....Wouldn't you think heat would cause the plants to stretch more? I'm at 2000 feet.

thats what im really wondering, because we all kind of figured that really high heat combined with low humidity would make the plant stop stretching, to conserve itself. the shorter and more compact the plant is the better chance it has to survive the extreme temps....but maybe i am totally off here.

anyways shade cloth is up and is giving them approx 2 hours of shade a day just like the row of smartpots that are doing really nice so hopefully we see some improvement here.

 

[FatherEarth]

physiology of higher plants

 

[anonymousgrow]

Thanks much FatherEarth!

 

[milkyjoe]

hey anybody else have plants growing at very low elevation in high heat? some of the desert plants have really tightened up their node spacing, my best guess is because of the 100 degree temps in that area and very low humidity, winds are also much heavier at this spot as well.....nodes are barely stretching, we've resorted to having to use shadecloths on some of the bad ones and spraying water all over the ground. hitting them with higher N and got a few inches after that feeding, so might have to stick with that. overall the plants are healthy with lush green growth but the nodes are just stacking on eachother, almost looks like someone snuck a bottle of bushmaster into my water tank!

everything at 3k feet is humming along and stretching daily, it stays in the mid 80s-mid 90s in the mountains but down in the flats its pushing 100 daily, its fucking HOT. and another big heat wave on the horizon....im open to all suggestions on how to salvage the low elevation plants because this shit is getting depressing seeing such poor growth...

in the low elevation garden the plants doing the best get 1-2 hours of shade a day from a nearby tree and are in 300 gal pots..but the mounds out in the direct sunlight for 14+ hours a day are struggling.

It is over 100 here for probably 90 straight days before the season is over and less than 10% humidity.

Misters...like the shit that sprays you at 6 Flags while you are standing in line. Works like a charm. Just a little blast every 15 minutes or so.

 

[milkyjoe]

still cannot edit...damn.

the other thing people do here is greenhouses. just to keep the humidity up.

spray some ksil before the end of stretch also. that node spacing is gonna lead to some ridiculous sized buds.

 

[SunGrown]

Milkyjoe is right, potassium silicate properly applied has been responsible for helping achieve blue dream buds as round as my upper leg before...fwiw

 

[bajangreen]

ACT's (actively aerated compost tea)

Or a nice top dressing of EWC

I will hit with a act, and see what happens.

 

[theJointedOne]

re: y4prop215

a good thing to do if you have extreme heat and sun is to build a sort of shade cloth above your plants so that between 11am and 2pm the suns intensity is degraded by some 85 or 90% shade cloth (letting in said amount of light). Remay works good too imo

Doing this allows the plants just enough time to cool off, keep growing and not skip a beat, they will thank you for it.

Ive dreamed up some pretty trick setups for this but never have had to implement one.


9.5 ft dreams

 

[tatagu14]

Hello Everyone. I have followed this thread for 2+ years. I want to thank everyone who contributed. I miss fillthepotmore's monsters, humboldtlocal and Butte's trenches of fury, and most of all TomHill! Now we got OrganicBuds, Igrowkushbitch and ponocrookedbrah rockin the beasts. Thanks.

Here's my question, countless times on this thread growers have recommended top dressing with a high p bat guano after the pre-flower stretch. How much guano would you top dress with for 200 gallon grow bags? After this I am laying down straw I was also going to add Worm castings and kelp meal for my final dressing any more recommendations?

 

[Jamorg13]

It's inconceivable to my mind that you actually need to put up shade cloth! Up here we pray for direct sun.

I think shade houses with huge timed misters would be your best bet

 

[Jamorg13]

physiology of higher plants

That link should be a sticky.


Thanks

 

[boobs]

breakfast's served
http://youtu.be/_7pkOZ5n6PQ

 

[Cep]

^^^^Thats a hearty breakfast

Milkyjoe is right, potassium silicate properly applied has been responsible for helping achieve blue dream buds as round as my upper leg before...fwiw

Can you elaborate on your use of potassium silicate?

 

[fisher15]

Things are going great here. The light dep is in and looks like it'll be a very good run. Most the plants in the full term are doing well, with the mounds and trenches just crushing the 400's. Never doing bags again. I'll be extending the vertical support on everything soon. The work never ends..but it's good for the soul. Be well, big plant people.

 

[Veg N Out]

LoL that damn blue dream! So big! Great work!

 

[b00m]

Beautiful plants and buds everyone
Good safe harvest vibes to all my northern hemisphere friends and growers

 

[southflorida]

damn, some of these plants are the size of my office

 

[OptionDork]

Dang Fisher you're plants look simply frikkin awesome

 

[DHF]

Things are going great here. The light dep is in and looks like it'll be a very good run. Most the plants in the full term are doing well, with the mounds and trenches just crushing the 400's. Never doing bags again. I'll be extending the vertical support on everything soon. The work never ends..but it's good for the soul. Be well, big plant people.
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Hey Bro.....We`ve not talked in a while , but I`m glad and proud to see yas doin as well as anticipated......

If mounds and trenches are killin the bags , then it`s a no brainer for next season huh ?...but.....

Mendo`s 800`s look pretty damn skippy from over here , so there`s gotta be a happy medium somewhere.....anyways....

Good luck and God speed Fisher.....always said you were the "up and comer" in medville....Proof`s in da pudding......

Peace....DHF............