Just wanted to give update on my 9th outdoor grow in MA.
Details:
--9 feminized seeds (2 skunk XL, XT haze, white widow, cheese, cheese bomb, bruce bannerXghost train, northern lights, aloha limone) planted in fox farm happy frog soil under T5 lights on March 23...all popped March 27-29.
--planted in ground in fox farm ocean forest soil April 26 after a couple weeks of outdoor day trips. Holes about 10 gal but should have been 20+
--secure surroundings with fence to keep out deer and people and make MA legal
--nutes have been a duo of things I used in past individually but wanted to combine to get full spectrum of nutes over the year
(Fox Farm Grow Big, Neptune's Harvest) will transition to flowering nutes over next couple weeks. I also add 1 tbsp/gal unsulphured molasses to boost soil microbes during plain water between feedings
--plants supported with stakes and string and one trellised
--plants watered almost daily during latest heat
--plants range in height from ~4.5 ft to ~7 ft
FYI for all new growers, you will get better with each year you grow. Learning from the experts and amateurs on forums like this have made me a better grower.
Looks good man....glad to see some other OG growers use Fox Farm. I'm using Marine Cuisine and American Pride with regular organic soil from Walmart. I've got 30+ gal grow pots and can't afford to use Ocean Forest....so I kinda made a hillbilly style OF for these outdoor containers. It works good, but I used Ocean Forest all the time in my 5gal indoor buckets....over 15yrs using that stuff. I've still got around 20+ fem seedlings about 2wks old in 20oz cups I'm still putting out. I've had some company(in-laws) that's keeping me from finishing planting. I'm gonna have to sneak off in the morning and have the wife tell them I went ginsengin' or digging sang as these hillbillys call it lol. I've planted/dug holes everyday for at least a mounth. I'm after midnight getting showered up every nite. I've gotta get these fems planted though. There prolly the best looking seedlings I've had all yr. I'm also starting to run low on supplies....I've bought every bag of perlite in the area within 100miles lol. Went to vermiculite and have cleaned the stores out of that. All the soil is on a great sale at Walmart now....I don't like to order large things that UPS could see for security. I've had problems with the driver before. But I'd liked to have order a huge bag of that perlite for the season. Like I've said in the past if lowes or walmart don't have it I gotta order it. But now I'm gonna have to cut in half the Mykos, America Pride, and Marine Cuisine. I may try to order a 2lb bag of Mykos. I've got a bit more MC & AP....then when I'm out of that I could sub it with a 10-10-10 or something...maybe 5-10-10 something in that range. Aaahhhh I'll be so happy to be done planting. I'm ready for maintenance work.