Dutch Passion Year of the Passion Dutch Passion outdoor

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I tried to make this years full sun garden 100% dutch passion but the place I buy seeds from was sold out of passion #1 so I put out in a G-13 instead.

Here is this years crew as of today up in the 44th. Here is the Dutch Passion Frisian Dew...by far the smallest plant of the year she is just over 20feet around the outer perimeter and 4 feet high. She is well into flower now, and is filling out nicely. Getting a nice sweet floral smell.

Next up is the Dutch Passion Holland's hope...this plant will be last on the list to be finished...there's a good chance we'll be testing the mold resisting qualities due to the late pre-flower. She is a huge plant being 7 feet high and 24' around the outer perimeter. I've had many giant leafy plants before that have nothing below the canopy so this time I have tested defoliating the fans.(just over half done at time of pic)

DP Holland's Hope preflower closeup:

And the mighty Dutch Passion blueberry...tremendous in size for the third year in a row, she is over 30' around and 7 feet tall on some branches, 6' on most branches(6' tall branches on my plants are more like 8-9 feet tall due to heavy early horizontal training). Biggest plant I have ever grown. Solid pre-flower around the same stage as the G-13....looking good!

 

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@DutchPassionTony - is it normal for the Hollands hope to preflower this late? Is this late pheno a rarity? At the rate its flowering it wont be finished until well into October here in the 44th parallel.

 

[Darth Vapour]

Jeez bud! Some killer plants you have. How are you taming those beasts? I'll hit you up with a pm tmrw, lotsa questions running thru my head

 

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Jeez bud! Some killer plants you have. How are you taming those beasts? I'll hit you up with a pm tmrw, lotsa questions running thru my head

Not really taming them....more like they tame me.
I have been slowly writing a guide that some with the right conditions will find very interesting! Feel free to hit me up with a pm of questions darth.

 

[DutchPassionTony]

goodness me, there is a 'Master at Work' here. How did you manage to cultivate plants like that? I am guessing you have a decent climate to work with, but this is special work from experienced outdoor hands

The Hollands Hope may be a little late, but hopefully she will come in during early/mid October. Please do keep us informed of the grow, its a rare delightl to see plants get to these proportions

 

[motorel]

Wow man. Jaw dropping

I wish you good luck . You have a hell of a garden

 

[hecno]

Oh wow .

 

[Doug25]

awesome plants man. good job. Peace

 

[Terra Firma]

Those plant are rediculous..........................ly awesome!

Well done sir

 

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Thanks for the comments and compliments guys!! Updated pics tomorrow night or Tuesday.


@DutchPassionTony - Thanks for the response and the compliment! Yes I have a pretty decent climate, but far from an exceptional one. Living in northern Canada I have some challenges certainly. These plants were started under X4 T8 flouros on april 1st and put in the ground on june 1st. They saw 3 frosts in early june the worst wiped out a whole bed of strawberry flowers so that one was fairly heavy frost. No permanent ill effects on the 60-80 day old plants. I have a great spot with full sun and nice light soil. Worked 10footX10foot holes per plants and added 3-4 wheelbarrows of well rotted horse manure and a cup of lime, followed by an improvised Advanced Nutrients schedule for flower.

As for the hollands hope...really crossing my fingers she will be close to finished when I have to pull her.(we've seen snow in early oct, or at best heavy rains and or frosts by the 15th of oct)