Michigan Growers Tell Your Plans for This Year

Green Dave said:

Hey guys got to se the girls this wweek only have 8 out of 16 that made it through
the drought and deer this season
its my fault since I didn't get up to water

2 years ago I made a fan trimmer
it worked ok but made one hell of a mess
and as the other guys said the trim is not as good
as a hand job but to get a jump on the job it works then go
back and touch it up
stay safe boys
happy growing
GD

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Nothin's as good as a good old fashion hand job.
Sorry, i couldnt resist . Hows everyone doin'? Two of my plants still have not started flowering, same strain. I'm not thinking theyre gonna be able to completely mature before it starts getting too cold, and im also not thinking im gonna run this strain outdoors again. Idk, we shall see.

Big N' Tasty said:

Nothin's as good as a good old fashion hand job.
Sorry, i couldnt resist . Hows everyone doin'? Two of my plants still have not started flowering, same strain. I'm not thinking theyre gonna be able to completely mature before it starts getting too cold, and im also not thinking im gonna run this strain outdoors again. Idk, we shall see.

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Doing well BnT, I hope you are as well... Sorry your ladies aren't showing off yet, its always nice to have those quick finishers outdoors I'm sure. I hope they start tomorrow!

I just had to cut down 2 of my plants. Both were showing balls and one looked more like a hermie. I only chopped the top of the hermie since the lower nodes only had hairs. My other 2 are looking good so far and just got into preflower. They both look female but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I wish I had some property up north to get the wifey off my back. She's been at home on bed rest and really doesn't care for the plants. Hopefully I can see it through to the end with out making her too mad.

I've been getting paranoid watching the sky but I don't know if the cops would bother with 2 plants. I don't even know how easy it would be to see them while flying around. I had a plane slow down over my neighbours corn last sunday but there are a lot of small planes that fly around so I didn't think too much about it. It's pretty conservative on the west side so I don't know how cautious to be. I might have to try my hand at guerilla growing next year to ease some of my worries and to get my plants off my property.

Kingfishster, sorry for your loss. You won't have to worry about cops spotting your 2 plants from the sky, even if they do spot them they wouldnt bother with it. Guerilla growing really does help with the stress of growing though (well, when it comes to the stress resulting from fear of getting caught... Though you might get stressed due to not being able to check on your babies everyday...)

Shwagbag, coincidentally one of the plants appears to be starting to flower. But the other one's still being stubborn, not doing much branching out yet either.

G'luck everyone

Shwagbag said:

Doing well BnT, I hope you are as well... Sorry your ladies aren't showing off yet, its always nice to have those quick finishers outdoors I'm sure. I hope they start tomorrow!

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That's why I like the Iranian strains from Dr. G.T. The auto's - really just a very early finisher - started mid April & have been in the ground since the end of May have about 1 - 2 wks. left. Looking very nice - thigh to waist high w/about 2-4 oz. of meaty buds/plant. My other favorite from him is the chemo/iran. It's his earlist ripener of his Iran. crosses. They are 4' - 6' w/nice colas allready. Will definetly be done by the end of Sept. & expect 3 - 5 oz./plant. With a June - Sept. growing season for me it's nice to have strains that will ripen in time.

That's cool, I always thought I would do strains with different finish times if I did any outdoor. An early, mid and late if you will. That way I wouldn't be (as) overwhelmed at harvest time..... I have a friend with a greenhouse that's medical compliant. Great greenhouse but that's way too much work to do in the fall for me to consider.

been using neem oil and im seeing less bugs, i got out to check the ladies and i found one was male and another was questionable so i left it for now. and hic yea i did i ended up with 2 good healthy females, how good of a yielder is it do ya no? anyway goodluck to everyone peace!

Sounds like everybodys doing good, my ladies are prolly 2.5-3 weeks into flower. Suprisingly my qrazy train is one of the slowest so far which is a complete change from indoor... Can't wait to see what my finishied product will look like.. Peace an good luck to us all!!

Im finally posting some pics for this year. These are my iranian g13s. There not real big because of my late start but im nothing but impressed with this strain. Its fucking amazing that there this far along and its only the end of August. I also have one 8foot tall northern light blue thats looking real good. Ill post pics of that next month.
Any guesses on how much longer before i should chop would be greatly appreciated. Im thinking another week or two

Anyone still around?
Would really like a second opinion on how much longer to leave them out

Hi James, peep the trichs, chop where you like them. There shouldn't be any rush with the weather right now, its been dry and warm so just chop when you get a look at the trichs.

They do look close, the fan leaves are starting to fade but I expect they will fade some more when she becomes a little more ripe and hopefully she'll frost up some more

Thanks shwag. Ill get a scope and check them out next week. Im in no rush with the weather as nice as it is.

james42 said:

Anyone still around?
Would really like a second opinion on how much longer to leave them out

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James those still have a ways to go. The Iran. strains will lose their big fan leaves before they are ripe. My Chemo/Iran. looked like your I/G-13 3 wks. ago & have now lost all the big fan leaves & many of the bigger leaves on the side branches. They are nice & ripe & will be coming out this wk. This hot dry summer has everything a couple of wks. ahead of usual.

tcmike said:

James those still have a ways to go. The Iran. strains will lose their big fan leaves before they are ripe. My Chemo/Iran. looked like your I/G-13 3 wks. ago & have now lost all the big fan leaves & many of the bigger leaves on the side branches. They are nice & ripe & will be coming out this wk. This hot dry summer has everything a couple of wks. ahead of usual.

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Thanks for the heads up. I hope they pack on some more weight in the next couple weeks

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could not miss the 500th page!

Shwag - wtf you got 2 friends with a greenhouse. Heris are coming down as the week rolls on.

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sorry I missed this summer. I am about 4 weeks away. so sorry.

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I will be able to join you all in about 4 weeks. This has been a good year though. I will get internet connection up north in about 3 or 4 weeks. Tried using wifes phone but I cannot reply from it? So again I am sorry that I was not able to share the beginning or the middle but I promise you will see the end. - hic

1 more thing I have monsters in the woods to show you

Hic- What is that clear material you used for the top/sides ? I'm building a new gh next year an don't know what I wanna use for the top/sides.

Damn. If u buy 20gal pots and fill it with soil, bat guano, earthworm castings, Hydroton,and a few other things it grows MONSTERS!