...so maybe you could help me out a bit here?

UK 420 guys, you have been an inspiration, luv ya all, thanks for last year! (not too bad)

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Purple Widow my only indulgence so far. The rest are bagseed

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In those little degradeable pots,
John Innes Seed Sowing Compost,
poke seeds under surface,
drop of mineral water,
turn central heating up,
place in airing cupboard,
sweat tits off for 4 days (house too hot!)

Five days later....

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Not too bad
stats: PW 3/5 (not best germin' method mebe?)
Bag 11/26 (doubled these - interesting how only 1 came from each pot, 2 in 1 case)

Then went to look for some spots.

and turned the heating down. thats enuff heat...

binned 5 pots. that's it for the noo

peace

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Did I say turn the heat down?

went for a long walk,

Found a lovely spot. Then...

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I know its only a coincidence but I'm not going anywhere near there again...

gets madder...

peace

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might be good to put them in one of these...

suppose it diffuses the light, maybe stops them getting lanky?

dunno if I should open the vents or close them?

cheers

p

the propagator will help for a few days,but the difused light will make them more lanky,not less.

Day 12...


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quite happy so far (x16)

4 pots with x2 sprouted, like this, the rest just one per pot.

Reckon I should separate them?

peace

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Meet the gang...

Day 19

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But not looking so healthy today.

Think I'll go get some bigger pots an some compost

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Hi ya c64... real nice pic of the baby's against the blue .....



good luck with the rest of it dude

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"Don't worry guys, I'm growin yer food as kwik as I can, it's out to ya soon..."




Thanks 4 looking in rip, and cheers for the propa advice ouncy

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looking nice mate,
have you grown purple widow before as i have been interested in these for a while. will keep popping in goodluck mate

Day 26

I put them outside, but it's a bit windy today, hope theyr ok

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Hi Weed, cheers 4 watching, my first time with PW. But I got them mixed up with the bagseed, so dunno which is which now (doh).
7 more germing, will not confuse those as all are PW.

peace

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dayum! ive seen a few of those gunships lately...

Cheers dude. I did see a report on this site somwhere and the purple widows were the first to flower which made me want them but ive too many strains this year without enough plots. I have also added rudeilis indica to my crop this year as abit of a breeding project if you will. Anyway good luck matey.

Cheers weedi. The PW ticked a lot of boxes for me, can't remember the exact spec cos I got rid of the packet.
Just germed the rest of them. Got 5 out of 7.

Just had a bit of a shock. Found some waste ground near home last w/e which I was sure no-one would use, and put the dirty dozen out to harden off on Monday, just for a week or so.
There were squares of roofing felt in the brambles so I pit the sharp sand on them and put the pots on top of the sand.
Went there today and found the pots tossed aside, and the sand cleared from the felt.
Saved 10 plants, 2 had broken stems.
What were those squares of felt for?


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looking good man.

if you're using a propagator, i find its best to only use when the seedlings have not yet broken through the soil.. humidity/heat encourages them

those cardboard/degradable pots are good, ive got a couple in some similar ones.

i'd seperate those two seedlings in the same pot if i were you, they tend to fight for rootspace.. the more vigorous plant will dominate

whats the finishing time like on the purple widow? i take it its one of the dutch purple strains crossed with widow?

alot of the sativa dominant plants i've grown have not finished until waayy into october, mould probs and all sorts in this climate.

The only thing I can think is that they are there as some kind of man made habitat for wildlife - I think slowworms tend to live under things, and roofing felt might be quite good for them.... just something I saw on the TV once.

But if your plants weren't killed, then if it is a person then maybe they don't care about you growing weed - just not on their biology experiments. Might be worth reccying for another spot, though I think waste ground could be a very good place to grow. Close to home is always convenient too.

God luck

Good answer internewt,I have placed sheets of corrugated iron,and even an old door on wasteground so my kids can see the local grass snakes and common lizards when we lift them up to expose whats underneath Pic shows a "Grass" snake

I'm actually growing in some wasteland this year, of course they'll be in pots, with guano, west+ and water crystals. I think it sounds like a badger or fox at your end.

There's not much soil at my site, still mostly contaminated wastelands. Wouldn't want to smoke bud grown in arsenic or heavy metals...Will make the pilgrimage to water them if it's hot, this wasteland is very close to home.

Thanx4 your comments

not foxes, not badgers, not someone who didnt give a shit, just very frikkin lucky timing

Twas like a scene from The Bill yesterday afternoon. Youda thought they'd found a dead body there or something, according to someone who lives nearby.

Sloan, hi, those pots ive discovered are made from peat, its not sustainable and is not really a good thing 2 b using (cardboard, peat???), my mistake, amongst others...

For the community, here's what I learned from the near-bust:

Hardening-off plants
You may have your max no of plants outside, garden, windowsill, wherevever. Be very frikkin careful.
You thought a lot about your grow-sites, diggin n stuff, stealth, nutrients, but 1 week in that nice sunny spot to get em ready, did u think about it enuff? Max stealth when young and many.
Your spot gets compromised, remove everything. I left the 2 broken plants which is proof.... damn! (fluorescent jackets enter stage right)

Well, we all have our adventure stories but I'm getting a bit old for this (24 next wk!)

Snakeguy, hi, I saw a dead snake on the side of the road the other day, was black'n'white zig-zags didn't take a photo, dunno if it was a viper, just going off to google it thanx 4 reminding me.

peace

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10 babies are well and enjoying the sunshine.

2 weeks ago I put 4 out in the forest, but it didn't rain for ages so I'm not sure what condition they'll be in now.
This was when I put them in. Bit of compost, a few NPK pellets, earth very clayy....not really the way to go, but it was a train ride n hike with rucksack job

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The others, with water, are still in the garden...

Day 60

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shame to hear about the old bill and that. someone on here grew purple widow outdoors and it was a REALLy early starter and finisher. looked lush so hope yours turn out the same. will be trying this next year but cant find fems for them and dont want to try a normal pack. goodluck and go see them babies give em a drink up here its been bloody hot.

...and these are the Purple Widows, Day 33. Slow but steady.

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plus 4 young at matey's garden and 7 little-uns still on the windowsill,

that's the whole family for 2009

cheers 4 droppin by and good luck everyone, sun's still shinin!

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Cheers W, the Bill thing was about something else in the end, a stolen car or something, the kids had tried to leg it across the waste ground just a few minutes after I walked home from round there with a bakers' tray full of 10 plants, hahaha
Was talking to a neighbour who, it turns out, owns the land I was on, he was telling me about "some funny comings and goings." Hard to keep a straight face, specially as I was stoned at the time!

Day 66, 3wks in the forest...

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these 4 get the sun from dawn to dusk, hehehe...

But they've been short of water... gave them a litre each today

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Hope that cures the curling leaf thing too??

Are you kidding me 24's not old. Im just starting guerrilla growing and im 24. Nice pictures aswell. Lovelly colour/uniform growth.

5 Purple Widows. Day 43

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maybe leaving home this w/e...

I have a q about the others, which I called bagseed, this was the scenario -
last year we had White Widows and Silver Shiva. A bit late pulling the males, so the crop had a few seeds in (about 3 per bud) and they are now the other plants on this blog.
is that what you'd call bagseed, or have we created a new strain? stupid question, probably!

and yes, WB, i'm actually old enuff to be your dad, but if i need to ask stupid questions on the forum it's less embarrassing if people think i'm a nipper

peace

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Up in the woods, 2 of them are doing all right...

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2 others not so great...water? feed?

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The purple widows, have got personality

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Shouldnt have put the fbb mix in like that...doh

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But those in B's garden are looking alright...

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Looking good fella,those purple widows sound very interesting..
all the best
peace yossman

Protection? Can't take chances with deer and the bill. And couldn't be bothered with fishing line:

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Cheers Yoss, i know peeps are interested in the pw, i should remind u that i'm not good at this sort of stuff, and those ones in the forest, i didn't prep the ground, just dug little holes and put in some compost over fbb, the ground there is not very good, just so any yield i get is not gonna be what you could expect in better circumstances.

Someone was comparing these blogs with the Grand National, yep, i'm one of those amateur riders who just wants to get round in one piece, 66-1 kinda rag, jumping a bit untidy but taking an outside line...

any advice welcome

peace

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HeHe love the analogies this year,at least we've got past the first jumps and are halfway around the track....

You might get a nice surprise mate,i had a few out last year in not so good soil,but they came in trumps at the end..
get yourself some bat guano and place around the base of your plants,this will give them a nice boost..
peace yossman

Cumulus,I like how you deal with Cervids and Porcines

Cheers guys,

Postman knocked with 500g of bat guano, put it around 6 of the 8 out there.... would that be the right kind of amount, reckon?
Also wondering whether I should've kept it away from the stems, can you burn plants by putting that on them????

Also put cat's cradle of fishing line up (10lb b.s.) after reading about some unfortunate munchings on here.

Some pre-flowers but a bit small to tell.

I'm soaked!

peace

p

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garden!

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that bat guano is the biz, eh? can u smoke it?

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cant seem to rotate the pics today so i'll leave it there, you get the idea....

green peace

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, just click on them and windows picture viewer should display them, then use the arrows at the bottom to rotate.

Looking good.

They looking good mate, The guano's great stuff I used 500g round each of my plants and am planning to use the same again in a week or two then use some nutes and more guano for flowering.
ATB
mungo

Thanks for looking in and signing the guest book, specially as you are the people whose blogs helped me to get this far

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we have a girl!

I was surprised as she's one of the tallest in the garden. Immediate upgrade to a 24" pot, will have to think about nutes now she's the banker.... needs love n stuff

B added mash compost from his homebrew

About 6' tall.

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we also have a boy that size, dunno what to do with him. Still in a pot.

In the week we put 4 out in the forest, getting root-bound in those little pots and tooooo many plants in the garden, it pissed down as we tried to dig holes quickly w/o gettin soaked, still got soaked haha!

Culling begins, shame but at least we know wot we got

peace

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and i'm done with tellin the height, she may be six foot but i aint got like the 6,7,8 colas that are goin on in other grows, next year will be dig, add, prep, nutes, bush, feed, bush, bush busssshhhh

got a feelin my lack of ( ) is gonna find me out, still winging this thing, i'll be the next in the hard luck saloon cos i never put up cages, there arent any wabbits round there Famous Last Words

just ordered more bat guano

peace

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nice PW going into flower up in the woods.

deer trashed the fishing line and seen lurking suspiciously...

so better fences asap methinks