fdd's starting early ----- Outdoor '08

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fdd2blk

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i'm having issues again. i forgot all about this one, ......... when plants get this big they get very top heavy. if they start to lean to the side at all they will eventually tip over and uproot themselves. i need more then some little tomato cages to help support the whole plant. i should have driven tree stakes down along side them when i had the chance. i have had to stake one so far. my batteries are charging so i have no pics at the moment. like i said, i wasn't planning on this. half these plants were topped and trained thru screens. i can't even find the screens in there anymore. i gotta dig really deep.
 
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fdd2blk

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Chewwy1234 said:
So thats the secret top and train thru screens :-? I'll have to remember that for next year :mrgreen:
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didn't make a difference. they ones that are topped and trained are the same size as the ones that aren't. they seem to have a set agenda. they already know what they want to do and there is not much i can do to control them. they are taking over. i may need chains instead of tree stakes. :twisted: YouTube - Feed Me (Git It) - Little Shop of Horrors
 
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fdd2blk

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Chewwy1234 said:
So do you think the screens were a waste of time?
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they are holding the side branches so they are very helpful. i have hammered one stake in and tied it off to the screen so it helped there as well. i think the plant is gonna get as big as it gets regardless. if you top it it just grows out. if you train it it just grows up and out. there really is no "controlling" them at this point.
 
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soaked in sweat

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possums look like crazy little bastards. that one in the pic almost looks like rat with rabies. We Don't have possums here but we do have raccoons getting into our garbage. They other day I cornered a groundhog and the thing started hissing and growling at me....scary shit.
 
greenthumb111

greenthumb111

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I thought you put nets over them and trained the tops through them. What about using tree stakes. You could use a latter and place them from the top. They have frnce pole drivers to knock them into the ground. Your right it would have been easier when they were smaller but who knew? I think its possible. Another way would be to string either electrical conduit (metal) or water pipe across the grow like a clothes line. THis way you would have endless points to attach branches to the overhead support. Just some ideas Im sure you have thought of already.:blsmoke:
 
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fdd2blk

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greenthumb111 said:
I thought you put nets over them and trained the tops through them. What about using tree stakes. You could use a latter and place them from the top. They have frnce pole drivers to knock them into the ground. Your right it would have been easier when they were smaller but who knew? I think its possible. Another way would be to string either electrical conduit (metal) or water pipe across the grow like a clothes line. THis way you would have endless points to attach branches to the overhead support. Just some ideas Im sure you have thought of already.:blsmoke:
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i've been thinking of all kinds of stuff. right now as just plants they blend in with the surrounding foliage. my neighbors two houses down can't tell whats going on. once i start putting up poles and structures things are gonna look weird. i was thinking of stringing a clothes line though. i need minimal structure with maximum support. :blsmoke:
 
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korvette1977

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fdd2blk said:
i've been thinking of all kinds of stuff. right now as just plants they blend in with the surrounding foliage. my neighbors two houses down can't tell whats going on. once i start putting up poles and structures things are gonna look weird. i was thinking of stringing a clothes line though. i need minimal structure with maximum support. :blsmoke:
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Cloth's line .... yep Its the best way to go... or 60lb test fishing line
 
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fdd2blk

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i took a piece of 6 foot iron square rod and hammered it 2+ feet into the ground about 12 inches or so from the main stalk. it's on the side opposite of the way it is leaning. i hammered it in out an outward angle then i tied it off to the screen. we get some pretty good wind in my yard so i may need more. i'm sure other plants will need this as well soon enough.


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Wikidbchofthewst

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fdd2blk said:
finally someone who gets it. my whole body is tense. it will be for the next three months. it almost hurts. :-|:blsmoke:
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You should order up a massage! Have someone come to you :grin:

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we have a family of possums. BIG possums. they run across the corrugated roof, they run across the fence tops, they run across the lawn. had one run right under my chair one night. those fuckers alone scare the shit outta me. this guy showed up in the middle of my living room floor at midnight one night. then he proceeded to run behind the couch. had to sit on a chair until he came back out. View attachment 161442
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Dude, FUCK THAT! If that ugly bastard was IN my house, I'd be on top of a table until someone ELSE handled it. Possums look straight up demonic and...they're just DISGUST! They're so much cuter in Bambi...

smokablunt16 said:
how come some leaves only have three pedals and some look like they only have one? the strain maybe? I see some hairs!!
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fdd posted something about that a while back, let me find it...

fdd2blk said:
i have 1 plant that is all single bladed.
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fdd2blk said:
i see a few 2 and 3 bladers but most of them are just 1. :blsmoke:

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fdd2blk

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i just saw him.

he walks across the corrugated roof every night just at dark. then he comes down the cat house ramp to the fence. he walks along the fence to the trumpet vines. then he goes down the vines to the ground. i fed him grapes tonight and actually pet him. i had him stopped along the top of the fence. when i would peek over the fence and say "Hi" he would lay his head sideways, open his mouth halfway and play dead. so i grabbed his tail. it curled around my fingers. i reached up and pet him. he was softer than expected. he hissed at me. :twisted: IMG_8534.jpg

does his back feet have opposable thumbs?
 
Wikidbchofthewst

Wikidbchofthewst

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fdd2blk said:
i just saw him.

he walks across the corrugated roof every night just at dark. then he comes down the cat house ramp to the fence. he walks along the fence to the trumpet vines. then he goes down the vines to the ground. i fed him grapes tonight and actually pet him. i had him stopped along the top of the fence. when i would peek over the fence and say "Hi" he would lay his head sideways, open his mouth halfway and play dead. so i grabbed his tail. it curled around my fingers. i reached up and pet him. he was softer than expected. he hissed at me. :twisted: View attachment 161730

does his back feet have opposable thumbs?
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EWWW, FDD! You TOUCHED that thing? I hope you washed your hands mister.

And hell no, it HISSED? I don't know why, but the sound of hissing really freaks me out/irks the shit out of me. And I'm talking about hissing coming from a CAT, an animal I think is cute and adorable. Hissing from an animal I think is ugly and demonic? :shock: I'd be GONE.

I would be afraid to touch it at all actually, scared it would bite me.
 
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