Photoperiod Bottom Bag Beauty

[SeedsWeeds]

Hi guys, new to the forum! Will be here to stick around I probably should have taken more photos of her as she was growing up, but it's a mistake I now regret.

She was one of 6 seedlings to survive, and oddly enough she was the one that looked a little bit odd as a seedling...

I planted her around 05th November, with her siblings. And turned out a beauty so far. She is loving the great outdoors, but I've recently noticed that she's being attacked by what seems to be caterpillars. I found one in the act the other night but yet to find more.

The heatwave today in Australia means temps over 35°C, so I had the missus water her in the morning while I was at work. Checked up on her once I got home, and decided to pop her under the shade, while she was loving the sun I could see in her leaves that she was getting a bit too hot.

She is planted in some cheap $17 soil from Bunnings and hasn't needed any additional nutrients. I've started feeding her some Growrite to give her some energy and she has honestly been loving it. The only thing I have to say is that she's more scarred from insects, spider mites and birds more than she is from her bi-daily water feed and nutrients/foliage spray twice daily.

I'm going to be experimenting with indoor. But what do you guys think? Photos I took today you can see she's a bit angry i left her out in the sun for so long; any suggestions? I believe I see first signs of flowering, called the pistols?

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[SeedsWeeds]

FYI, for anyone who's curious.. these beans that I popped were bottom bag seeds from multiple quarters and half bags! She seems to be the most dominant one of them all. [emoji16]

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[islandgrower]

Looks good , you are past the equinox in Australia now right? What is the daylength time.

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[SeedsWeeds]

Looks good , you are past the equinox in Australia now right? What is the daylength time.

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Im not actually too sure! I can see some little pistols I think between the nodes.. so I think it's about to start flowering. This is my first grow so I'm actually so new to everything!

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[islandgrower]

Im not actually too sure! I can see some little pistols I think between the nodes.. so I think it's about to start flowering. This is my first grow so I'm actually so new to everything!

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Can be preflowers. How much hours of daylight do you have currently . You can Google daylight time for your location. If more than 14 hrs of light. She would not start to fully flower yet.

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[SeedsWeeds]

Can be preflowers. How much hours of daylight do you have currently . You can Google daylight time for your location. If more than 14 hrs of light. She would not start to fully flower yet.

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I think it's currently at 14H 39m from what I can see!

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[Arthur]

Wrap that pot in something white. It'll help out on your root zone temps...

 

[SeedsWeeds]

Wrap that pot in something white. It'll help out on your root zone temps...

Is this because black attracts heat? Sounds like a good idea.. Thanks for the tip!

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[Arthur]

Yes, roots don't like heat, this is a pic from last year, just before she went into the ground, she's suffering from heat stroke, due to root temp.

do what you can to keep those roots cool!

 

[hecno]

Howdy @SeedsWeeds Your plant looks great . You will be right with the sun light hours . Shortest day is 21st of June . This will give you an idea the chart will help . With the bunnings soil you will run out of nutrients soon . I have had 41 c with a out door plant not long ago , It will help if you put into semi shade between 12 and 3 pm as that is the hottest part of the day , and I agree with @Arthur wrap the pot it will help and put wood chip on top of the soil as well . If you need to know anything about what type of nutrients we can get just let me know . We do have some top range products here in Australia . By the way -- welcome to AFN .