Update 7-11
Free Slurpee day! Should be a national Holliday.
Day 66
Getting closer to chop.
Took off a lower bud to try
By the time it's ready to taste my girl will be hanging down as well.
For the past week I've had to deal with this crap
3 of 4 of my adults have shown this heat stroke. The girl in flower wasn't affected. The other two, including my girl in the ground are now fine but this one was hit hard. I moved her to the East side of the house so no direct sun after 12 noon. I know she must be root bound and the pH in all pots has risen above 7 but at this point I'll just leave her where she is, use only bottled water and hope for the best.
Grasshoppers are still hatching and getting their fair share of my plants.
Even with the neem spray they seem to enjoy munching on my plants but not effecting growth.
Their numbers are being kept in check but they're still causing some damage.
Not enough to be concerned about. This plant has added over a foot of growth in the past 4 days.
8' tall sunflower
Amazing. I should have grown weed in that box instead of sunflowers, tomatoes and carrots.
We had beef stew for dinner last night and added a few of our own veggies.
My wife made her famous biscuits. Food coma city.
Still haven't got the giant pumpkin seedlings in the ground.
I've got 4 holes dug, 2 lined with chicken wire and need to line and back fill the other 2 and will be using plastic crates as well.
In the mean time we'll be enjoying pumpkin bread soon.
Getting set up for my first coco grow. I've always grown in soil, even back in the dark ages under lights so this will be interesting. Purchased 40 qts of coco, ordered nutes and debating on cleaning pots or ordering cloth pots. I've got a few months before starting so enjoying all the reading on coco grows.
My plan is to start 12-15 seeds in the big greenhouse with supplemental solar LED spot lights to extend the light period, every month starting this Sept. Cull runts/males and veg for 2 months then move 2-4 of the best plants to my small greenhouse to flower. I had never considered growing in the winter even in a greenhouse but the idea of a monthly harvest is too appealing.
Looking forward to measuring all the girls this Sat. Until then, Happy Growing!
