The cannabis plants are now in the ground outside. Its been a rough week for them, one did not make it. But the other three I am happy to say are doing well and seem to be adjusting. I am afraid handling the roots made this strain quite upset. And I am rethinking how I will be transplanting cannabis plants in the future to minimize stress and loses. Next spring when I do this again, I will use some plant-able pots. Those kind that break down in the soil. That way I do not disturb the roots of these young plants and stress them from transplanting as much. I direct sowed another seed, so I hope it comes up. Otherwise I may need to start another seed inside once I get the special pots I need.
| Desfrán | |
|---|---|
| 100% sativa | |
| Happy Frog Soil / Ocean Forest soil. Big Bloom, Grow big:All FoxFarm products. | |
| Destroyer x Meao Thai landrace | |
| Vegetative | |
| 51 days old | |
| Feminized | |
| Central Virginia |
Here is what they looked like the first day planted... So sad..
One of them was not too bad, but all kind of slouched over.
It does happen on many strains I have planted outside. But my first loss on transplanting. So I really want to plan for next time to do it better.
While I was checking on my plants, I found a big rat snake! Its probably a good six feet long. Good to have them around, eating many mice.
A few days later, they are coming back nicely.
The bottom leaves will hopefully die back and the top canopy will get bigger.
I placed wood chips around the base of the plant, to help lock in moisture and increase their carbon to nitrogen ratio.
Hopefully they like they new homes.
Now they will grow for many months, probably at least three months before they start flowering.
And since these plants have a head start, I really hope they do well and get quite big by end of summer.
Besides their transplanting stress. They had one near freezing morning to deal with, it got down 32F for about an hour. But luckily they handled it well and seemed to have recovered.
Soon days in the 30s will be over until the autumn.
I think I am not going to top these and see how big they get. Let them grow to their natural full shape and size and see what I get. So for now I will give them good waterings when the rain does not come through. And start feeding them in about a week after they fully adjust to their new homes. And eventually if all goes well they should get quite big. I still have support posts on all four sides so I could string them up if need be. But hopefully they will grow big and strong and not need any additional support. But in the case they do, I can build it out.
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