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6 weeks’ worth of growth in the outdoor garden.
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Wanted to share the status of the grow. The area in the garden for the girls is 8×16. 6 plants and they officially hit 6′ tall. The top of the chain link is about 6’4″ above the weed barrier. I am astonished at the growth. I wasn’t expecting this. Basically there is a solid 8×13 canopy. Since they were poking out anyway I’m going to try and use the chain link like a vertical scrog…lol. in the ground on 6-1 so this is 6 weeks of growth. I can’t seem to get the pics in order on this but there is the same view on 6-1, 6-14, 6-28 and 7-12.
The one question I have……DO I just let them run of get under there and defoliate? If I trim them, how much should I go at it? In western NY I assume I’d be starting to flower in 3-4 weeks?
The tomato plants are giving them a run for their money.
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Well, the final tally is in.
White Widow (1 plant) 1.4#
Maracuya (1 plant) 3.2#
Super Lemon Haze (1 plant) 2.1#
Bruce Banner (2 plants) 3.7# These plants had three of their side up against other plants so they would have produced better
Wedding Cake (2 plants) 6.6#
Comes out to an even 17# total for bud. Full transparency, I did not do a final final trim to remove all the sugar leaves. It’s all trimmed tight to the bud but I did a quick trim to level with the bud surface. I’ll dig in and trim all the sugar leaves that are exposed when I more from the Grove Bags and put in the Ball jars for consumption. So even if with that I am very please with the outcome.
I took all the sugar leaves that I trimmed off and all the smaller buds and place in freezer bags. I didn’t have a huge amount of these smaller buds because I really defoliated all the interiors right to the stems. In the pic you see the freezer bags. Those hold the small buds and the sugar trim. The total 3.4# that will be used for butter, tincture and oils.
Thanks for all the help DGC for answering all my questions and especially for @scottyreal for the grow dots and recharge. If you are growing outisde I strongly suggest looking into the Dots/recharge and pairing them with the Blumat auto watering rings. I had to supplemental feed the large in ground plants because I only used the Growdots at a 7 gallon application rate. They needed a little help getting them over the finish line.
Next weekend I will be running the buds through my T-Check to test the THC level. I know the THC isn’t the end all be all, but it’ll help me use it in recipes
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The Results are in. I use a Tcheck. I am still playing around with it to really understand what the numbers mean. I’ve run a half dozen checks of labeled Dispo and I seem to get reading that are constantly 3-5% lower than what the dispo weed is labeled. The T-check lists this as “Total Cannabinoids”. It asks if you are running a THC or CBD/N strain prior to running the test. I can also run the infusions and tinctures after they are made but wanted a number before starting so I can roughly anticipate the mg/serving.
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