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2026 Outdoor Grows! let's see em!

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applicanon said:

Tahoekushcat, what are the pots you use with all the dimples in them called? I've been seeing a bunch of guys using them but they weren't around back in the day when I started growing, so I never learnt what they were called. Wouldn't mind trying them out myself if I could figure out what they were called so I could pick some up.​

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These are called AIR-POTS.
They go by other names like self-aeration pots too
 
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FarmerScotty said:
I guess I'm having a slight issue with recognizing a thirsty plant. If my pots are light and they really take the water, I understand that was a thirsty plant. But I keep letting myself think the light green new growth isn't greening fast enough and therefore needs more water. That's not correct, is it?

I'm just comparing new growth on plants I see here with mine, and almost every time I come away thinking I'm missing something.

With my limited experience, if there is one thing I know for sure, it's that I have never given a plant 3-4 gallons of water in one watering. Last year it was 1 gal tops for pots and in-ground plants each time. That with 90+ temps for a long stretch and drought. My potted plants seemed cooked by September last year.

I have much to learn, apparently.
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The new growth is fine being a lighter color it will begin to get the nutrient flow in a few days as the tissues develop and begin to do their job and should green up, presuming the required nutrients are available.
The new growth will be the first to wilt if you are getting dry in my experience & it can be a pretty quick occurrence if you are growing in containers, I used to do the lift test to see how heavy they were & got pretty good at checking that way along with a finger into the soil to see what the moisture level felt like & as noted in another reply there are meters available.
I am doing it all in the ground again because my attention is a little less required than when I grew in bags, start checking right after you water and you'll begin to tell the difference in moisture levels.
They tend to use a little less water when in flower so learning what they are asking for through the life cycle dance does matter but if you miss and find a wilted plant water it as you normally would, do not put it in the pool, run a hose on it non-stop or other non helpful drowning techniques people try.
A healthy plant will recover by morning outdoors in the heat from afternoon wilt that is how its supposed to work, wilted in the morning and you are DRY.
At my PNW location it is raining & I am glad to have gotten trellis net over them last week or I'd be out there worried about them tipping over.
Good luck all
 
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Outdoor update,..

Maui Waui X Gaspedal
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Kalamata red X Maui waui
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Mystery #2
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GrowinShurts said:
Sunday morning feeding. A little pruning. Girls are looking happy. Working on an “open walled” green house. It’s more of a green house lean-to. Last year’s fall rains fucked up a couple girls. Slowly but surely I’m protecting em.
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EternalSun said:
Don’t feel bad. I have to put up 300 bales of hay on Tuesday. Dreading that!
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I know what that's like. Then all the straw after harvesting wheat.

98° in the shade, no wind, dust cloud coming from the bailer, 210 bales to the wagon, 11 wagon loaded.

Yeah...I used to be a farmhand for many years. Now I work on boats.
 
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EternalSun said:
Going to be a hot few days coming up. I let the sprinkler go for two hours. This ground is thirsty. Tons of earth worms and mushrooms. I still believe this ground is a bit hot. Seems like a lot of nitrogen content.
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That's why I like a cover crop, even if it's weeds. The cover crop will let you know if your soil is too hot. It will help keep moisture in the ground and develop a relationship with mycorrhizae. For me the underground fungi are the pipeline by which nutrients are distributed to roots. My cover crops provide extra buffering, mulch and organic matter with nutrients. I like how Joel Salatin described his operation as being grass based. I think thinking about feeding the fungi to feed your plants.
 
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Every strain I've grown that had double serrated leaves was fire. The double serrations run almost the entire leaflet. She will be a beast. I've prevented her from branching up until this height. I want the canopy shading the soil, but not getting so much water vapor coming from the soil.
 
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grayoldnproud said:
I know they have induced female flowers on males, just like they can males on females but this is cool to see it happen naturally.

I do have wonder though is if this wasn't a female genetically and just happed to show male signs first from stress. I wish that damn test was cheaper and more immediate for backyard growers although it has gotten cheaper. https://farmerfreeman.com/product/ez-xy-single-test/
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That's pretty sweet! I might check this out. Yeah, fuck, maybe it was chic to start. Thanks!
 
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