Outdoor First grow, late outdoor organic attempt

[trailanimal]

I started another CJ seed last night, the first was a dud.

I'm getting concerned not only about fall rain, but also potential pests. A mosaic virus brought by aphids just wrecked my kale and Brussels sprouts, and it was a not so pleasant reminder how the bugs love it here...

So, I'm building a mini greenhouse/frame for insect netting

I use woven poly greenhouse fabric, really tough, and your can't tell what is growing in there, no probable cause. Make sure you have good venting on sunny days. don't let your plants get over crowded, fall is the mold and fungus season, give em lots of air

 

[trailanimal]

hey fishdude, looks like a good start for your girls

 

[Vas Deferens]

Here is what happens to a soil cube when you ask a preschooler to please not touch daddy's plants. He did stop touching the plants.

"Never work with animals or children"

 

[hank]

hey bro you said its legal where you are. So where are you?

Good job on the greenhouse. I grew some monsters last year in mine.

 

[FishDude]

Here in the lovely state of Oregon we are allowed 4 plants per household, 8oz flower and 1oz concentrate as of July 1 this year. Kinda arbitrary numbers, but it sure is better than it has been.

I happen to live within driving distance of Washington state, and have been smoking weed legally purchased in a store for a while now... It is a different world than the one I grew up in.

 

[dankstyle J]

I grow in Oregon too born here a long way from Washington state though I grow greenhouse and outdoors an inside welcome to afn .

 

[FishDude]

Update time:

Jack has joined us! My final Critical Jack seed popped and looks healthy. Yay!

The greenhouse works great. It is easy to access and vent. It keeps the weather outside and the heat in. We have had some blustery winds while the greenhouse was fully vented, and the bug screen diffused the gusts to the point where the seedlings barely rustled at all. Total win! Yay!

The seedlings have continued growth from the moment I dropped them in the ground, so I successfully avoided any transplant shock. Yay!

Now for the problem... There has been next to no sun. The weather has been downright dismal ever since I put the girls out. So while the plants are visibly growing, they are doing so quite slowly...

The sun should start returning tomorrow, so hopefully my little plants are ready to play catch up.
Blueberry, day 14: (the other plants look similar enough I'll spare you the pics)

 

[FishDude]

Day 17 quick update: Growth has been slow, but I think it is starting to accelerate. I keep telling myself they were using their energy to grow a nice root system

There has been minor flea beetle damage on the plants, so I dusted the girls and surrounding area with diatomaceous earth. The silica in the de should help out too.

Mycorrhizal inoculants were added to the soil beneath the plants a couple days ago.

I forgot to add kelp meal into the soil this year :facepalm: so I side dressed the plants with a couple tablespoons each, and I'm brewing up a kelp tea for foliar feeding.

While I was out there, I ended up having to do some minor hoeing with my little hand hoe, and I realized hoeing weeds is probably not something many of you have to do. Perhaps I am the only one nutty enough to be growing lettuce and spinach in with their mj as well

 

[KapScot]

Haha I like this - growing lettuce and spinach among your greens lol.

It might get a bit warm for them tho and they may bolt prematurely - so eat em quick - or chose varieties that let you just leaf pick. However you could be growing a storming crop of basil as a companion and making your own pesto for the after harvest munchie attack

Alas over here that structure would get blown away - watch out for gales - looks like they could easily catch that poly wrap - adding a cross (diagonal) brace across the structure would improve rigidity - or you could add some solid panels at the front like the plastic equivalent of greenhouse glass - a sandwich which includes an air gap that improves heat retention if you have low night temps. As an allotment grower(alas I can't put my weed there) I know that poly wrap degrades over time (bio-degradable plastics are the culprit tho you can get proper poly for greenhouses). But even one line of semi rigid panels would help rigidity and don't cut out any more light than poly IMO - but then you can't peel em off like the front in your pic above. I've just 'lost' such a grow space - long story new neighbours etc.

So happy growing - keeping the rain off and controlled watering worked well for me for several years.

 

[FishDude]

Thanks! I am falling in love with the greenhouse, so I am actually kind of hoping it gets beat up over the course of the grow to the point where it will have to be replaced... with something bigger made of cedar and plastic...