New Grower Bushmasterar15 starts an outdoor grow

[redeye jedi]

my pineapple express done the stretch thing went from 30cm to 60 cm in 2 weeks had some rain and bam it was the only one thou

 

[G.Leave]

Hello my friend...a couple of things...what is the medium you are using? Have you ever tested it with a proper PH meter? Would a rain shield be a possibility?

 

[bushmasterar15]

Hello my friend...a couple of things...what is the medium you are using? Have you ever tested it with a proper PH meter? Would a rain shield be a possibility?

I was just using the soil from our outdoor garden. It get's horse/cow/alpaca manure along with other compost tilled in every year so I thought it would've been good. All the other vegetables grown in it (tomatoes, cabbage, kale, green beans, zucchini, spaghetti squash, etc) has always done great. Water I was using comes from our well. But I've never checked the water or soil for PH. I chopped the little bonsai buds and the other I ended. I will start over once I get the tent setup indoors and then try again next year with outdoor.

 

[G.Leave]

I was just using the soil from our outdoor garden. It get's horse/cow/alpaca manure along with other compost tilled in every year so I thought it would've been good. All the other vegetables grown in it (tomatoes, cabbage, kale, green beans, zucchini, spaghetti squash, etc) has always done great. Water I was using comes from our well. But I've never checked the water or soil for PH. I chopped the little bonsai buds and the other I ended. I will start over once I get the tent setup indoors and then try again next year with outdoor.

I have a few things that might help. If you can get some perlite for your native soil to increase aeration. If you can get a proper PH meter...when the seedlings were young they just didnt look right to me...too much lime green and not enough lush green. I just feel something is off. Using horse and cow manure(well rotted?) should result in very lush plants even in harsh weather.

If you can follow the guide i wrote especially the first 4 weeks of growth. A smooth transition to outdoors while maximizing the first 4 weeks of growth, and avoiding crappy weather during that critical time is key to big plants.

 

[G.Leave]

If stealth allows consider rain/dew shields...if you make them right they will be able to withstand absolute hammer down rain storms and high wind.

 

[bushmasterar15]

I have a few things that might help. If you can get some perlite for your native soil to increase aeration. If you can get a proper PH meter...when the seedlings were young they just didnt look right to me...too much lime green and not enough lush green. I just feel something is off. Using horse and cow manure(well rotted?) should result in very lush plants even in harsh weather.

If you can follow the guide i wrote especially the first 4 weeks of growth. A smooth transition to outdoors while maximizing the first 4 weeks of growth, and avoiding crappy weather during that critical time is key to big plants.

I'm going to go through your thread again for outdoor and write things down for easy reference to help me. I just flew by the seat of my pants on this one. I have a better setup I think for my indoor grow.

 

[G.Leave]

I'm going to go through your thread again for outdoor and write things down for easy reference to help me. I just flew by the seat of my pants on this one. I have a better setup I think for my indoor grow.

If possible, get a good ph meter like an accurate 8, and some perlite. I think both of those things could make a big change(the ph meter especially if the PH is off).

 

[G.Leave]

How much direct sun do they get? How are day and night temps, especially in the early stage(up to 30 days)?

 

[G.Leave]

A nice aerated soil is also key, as is drainage. My native soil is sand and loam based leaning more toward sand. Its not light, but drainage is superb. Roots definitely do not like a soggy house! One of the tests i used to do when i grew guerilla style is grab a handful of damp soil and form it into a ball slight larger than the golf ball. The take a finger and press it into the center of the dirt ball. If you hit the center and pull your finger out and the ball stays formed you should use something to break up the consistancy of the soil and ad some form of aeration. If the soil ball crumbles when you iinsert the finger, then consistency is fine. If the ball crumbles apart or you can't form it, you might have to add vermiculite to retain water if in a dry climate(some summers we hit a drought year when it only rains every 2-3 weeks)

 

[bushmasterar15]

How much direct sun do they get? How are day and night temps, especially in the early stage(up to 30 days)?

They were getting about 12-13hrs of full sun as they were on the deck without any shade. But we had the monsoon weather hit over the first 30 days of their life. So with the rain and hail on them as seedlings started off the bad juju. Our soil is like a sand clay base. In the garden leaves and wood get run through a chipper then tilled in. But perlite would be better mixed in to give me better aeration.