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stevekaz28
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I have a number of plants outdoors that were started indoors in late March. I have 2 cherry lime haze's, 2 race fuel OG's, a golden goat, 3 flo's and 5 chiesel's. The chiesel's were started 2 months later and left in too small of pots for about 3 weeks so they're no where near the others, but still doing quite well now that they're in the ground.
I have a few basic questions as this is my first real outdoor grow. I'm growing in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil and for feeding I have been relying heavily on top dressing. I top dress with down to earth Bio-Live, Fish meal, and Blood meal. I have also hit them with a 5-5-5 fox farm general fertilizer, and recently with a fox farm marine cuisine running at 10-7-7. I am also using all the mentioned down to earth nutrients, along with the fox farm happy frog fertilizer to brew teas. These teas have been accompanied by emerald harvest cal-mag, age old grow, water soluble microzae, house and garden roots excelurator, and starting today, doses of molasses. From what I understand the molasses takes a few weeks to break down and become available for the plant. With that said I want to hit them now so it is available the second flowering starts. All nutrients used pictured below.
I'm about 45 minutes west of Denver in the mountains at an elevation of about 7200 feet. Most of the plants are getting 14-16 hours of direct intense sunlight each day. The area I live in is more like high desert so although it tends to get colder quicker up here, it stays much more mild in my area later in the season. That being said they are not in a greenhouse and just spread around the yard. (luckily I live in a very cool community full of very cool people who have not just been accepting of my efforts but very supportive!!!) I am also prepared to build a wooden frame and plastic over the plants shall the weather get too shaky before harvest time. One day at a time on that. My plants are in 30 and 45 gallon smart pots, but I dug about 2-2.5 feet deep under the plants and amended the natural soil heavily. The roots for all plants are growing unrestricted. My cheisel's and race fuels are planted directly in the ground.
My questions are......Does anyone have any experience growing outdoors in the mountains, and if so when can I expect my plants to transition to flower. I'm also curious how much I can expect them to stretch when they do begin to transition. I have been training them so they're about 4 feet tall but about equally as wide. I think at this point I'm going to just let them grow up. All of my plants are hybrids with a 60/40 ratio sativa and indica. The cherry lime hazes lean more sativa, the golden goat is very sativa, and the flos lean more indica. Honestly don't know about the chiesel's but just from growth and structure they seem pretty 50/50. The race fuels also seem pretty 50/50. I know sativas will stretch more than indica. Would love to hear from someone with any experience or knowledge on outdoor stretch.
I have a few basic questions as this is my first real outdoor grow. I'm growing in Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil and for feeding I have been relying heavily on top dressing. I top dress with down to earth Bio-Live, Fish meal, and Blood meal. I have also hit them with a 5-5-5 fox farm general fertilizer, and recently with a fox farm marine cuisine running at 10-7-7. I am also using all the mentioned down to earth nutrients, along with the fox farm happy frog fertilizer to brew teas. These teas have been accompanied by emerald harvest cal-mag, age old grow, water soluble microzae, house and garden roots excelurator, and starting today, doses of molasses. From what I understand the molasses takes a few weeks to break down and become available for the plant. With that said I want to hit them now so it is available the second flowering starts. All nutrients used pictured below.
I'm about 45 minutes west of Denver in the mountains at an elevation of about 7200 feet. Most of the plants are getting 14-16 hours of direct intense sunlight each day. The area I live in is more like high desert so although it tends to get colder quicker up here, it stays much more mild in my area later in the season. That being said they are not in a greenhouse and just spread around the yard. (luckily I live in a very cool community full of very cool people who have not just been accepting of my efforts but very supportive!!!) I am also prepared to build a wooden frame and plastic over the plants shall the weather get too shaky before harvest time. One day at a time on that. My plants are in 30 and 45 gallon smart pots, but I dug about 2-2.5 feet deep under the plants and amended the natural soil heavily. The roots for all plants are growing unrestricted. My cheisel's and race fuels are planted directly in the ground.
My questions are......Does anyone have any experience growing outdoors in the mountains, and if so when can I expect my plants to transition to flower. I'm also curious how much I can expect them to stretch when they do begin to transition. I have been training them so they're about 4 feet tall but about equally as wide. I think at this point I'm going to just let them grow up. All of my plants are hybrids with a 60/40 ratio sativa and indica. The cherry lime hazes lean more sativa, the golden goat is very sativa, and the flos lean more indica. Honestly don't know about the chiesel's but just from growth and structure they seem pretty 50/50. The race fuels also seem pretty 50/50. I know sativas will stretch more than indica. Would love to hear from someone with any experience or knowledge on outdoor stretch.
