mr. papercuts
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Edit: I should have posted this in the Outdoor Growing forum, and I can't find an optiont o delete it. If a mod would like to delete it I have posted it over there.
When growing outdoors in the desert regions where it is in the 90s every day (southern New Mexico), are there any specific tips or techniques to keep in mind? I just came over to this forum on a recommendation from a friend from another forum. I'm sitting down to read the stickies tonight, but I'm pretty sure this is a valid topic.
The babies are already about 18 inches tall, so it's too late to mess with the soil for this batch (right?), but they seem to have stopped growing in the past week or so and have produced pistils. We have removed any males from the area. I don't know what strain they are. I water them at least three times a day, but the soil here is fairly sandy. We have them (doubly) fenced in to keep out animals, and have let the long grasses grow along the fence, to prevent erosion. We don't seem to have any sort of insect trouble. Maybe once every three days or so one of the bottom layer leaves will turn yellow, when this happens I have been removing them, and I've also been pruning some of the bigger palm leaves that were preventing lower leaves from getting light. They get shade from the side of the house for the first half of the day, but the days are long and the heat is strong out here. I was really hoping they'd get quite a bit taller before flowering, but at least they are fairly bushy, with nice strong trunks.
Any tips on how to get the most out of this batch, and how to improve the area for the next batch, would be highly appreciated.
When growing outdoors in the desert regions where it is in the 90s every day (southern New Mexico), are there any specific tips or techniques to keep in mind? I just came over to this forum on a recommendation from a friend from another forum. I'm sitting down to read the stickies tonight, but I'm pretty sure this is a valid topic.
The babies are already about 18 inches tall, so it's too late to mess with the soil for this batch (right?), but they seem to have stopped growing in the past week or so and have produced pistils. We have removed any males from the area. I don't know what strain they are. I water them at least three times a day, but the soil here is fairly sandy. We have them (doubly) fenced in to keep out animals, and have let the long grasses grow along the fence, to prevent erosion. We don't seem to have any sort of insect trouble. Maybe once every three days or so one of the bottom layer leaves will turn yellow, when this happens I have been removing them, and I've also been pruning some of the bigger palm leaves that were preventing lower leaves from getting light. They get shade from the side of the house for the first half of the day, but the days are long and the heat is strong out here. I was really hoping they'd get quite a bit taller before flowering, but at least they are fairly bushy, with nice strong trunks.
Any tips on how to get the most out of this batch, and how to improve the area for the next batch, would be highly appreciated.