I know its late, but i don't think it's too late....

After being left with a bunch of cuttings, I decided to go ahead a give uk outdoors another chance. Back to my roots, since this is how it all started back in Austria in the year 2000 or so.... ah, those were the days, but that's a different topic.

I initially didn't want to grow outdoors this year, since the last year was sooo bad and didn't see much point. But i was left with a bunch of cuttings which i had made for a friend (his father became really ill). So instead of chucking the babies away, i decided to keep them and give the uk outdoor another chance...
If i had known before, would have started a lot sooner and would have had the babies planted out by now and growing in full swing. But things aren't looking too bad. Here a look at my new spot.
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It took me a while to find it but i think that i'm a happy camper. It gets a lot of sun, but not entire day. I believe just more than 6 hours of direct sunlight should be enough. Been preparing the spot since the past week. Marking the territory to keep the animals away, bringing compost, and finally digging, digging, digging. Been really busy! So far i have brought about 150L of compost and all the nutrients. I only need to finish digging the holes, bring another 50- 100L of compost and finally introduce the cuttings. All this should happen by the end of this week. wish me luck

AT

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Nice man just reading your other thread...shame about those purple widows they are great outdoor plants and the earliest ive seen flower...

Whats on the menu then?

best of luck ill be watching...

And here a group shot of the little ones which are going outside.

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Mostly White berry cuttings, roughly 20. About 10 pakistan valley cuttings. 2 lemon skunks and finally 2 sensi stars

I know that i have a lot of cuttings, but i don't expect my yield to be spectacular. This is mainly due to timing and lack of preparation. I'm really doing this cause i didn't want to throw them away!


AT

Theyre gonna do great i reckon...

Looks like a nice spot, I hope the hard work pays off for you.

Thanks and hope to provide a good outdoor diary! I grew Purple W. last year and thought it was a nice strain and like you said, early flowering. Had 2 of them done in the first week of oct. But did not provide perfect conditions last year. Weather was all crazy on top. Overall, i was not satisfied with my outdoor grow and hope to improve this year.



It is a nice spot. The only thing that stresses me, is that there is a tiny airfield close to it.
Hard work it is! Bringing all this compost and just started digging yesterday. I had to give up after 45min. of digging because i was sweating so much that even my pants looked like i took a bath in them... not very sexy but this smell should provide good defence against grazers such as rabbits and deers.

Will go digging a little later, cause its simply too hot right now! if you are not too busy you are more than welcome to help me HG...

AT

You really have picked the worst week for manual labor!

Am more than happy grabbing a shovel to give u a hand but by the sounds of things your going to be all done and planted up by the end of the week. But if u fancy a jay with a view when your in london let me know!

you are a little to late for growing outdoors mybee not to late, if u got autoflower plants he,he

hello, hows life dude

and never say never ........................good luck with ur outdoor grow dude

riptd

Not too late man, keep at it.

~Satta

Yeah mate with 5-6 wks of veg left ur to late Taliban get a clue..
They will be great mate best of luck to you

All the best

Mr F

Taliban means student in Urdu I will follow your white berry grow with interest austrian"Those viennese growers and their cannabis farms" It was actually an austrian ex-girlfriend who got me into growing back in the early 1990's,she smoked like a chimney Luc is one of the best commercial seed vendors for outdoor UK IMO,I am sure good things will come your way.

I know, the worst week. On top, this weather makes me wish they would be in ground already, instead of my backyard and those 3h of direct sun. Grab your shovel and i pick you up. Gonna need to stuff you in my boot with a blind fold, cause you can't know the exact location of my secret spot!



taliban, you such a terrorist! but i still like you cause you voted for me!



Thanks and will do my best!




thanks




I know, i think they will start flowering by mid august. They should then be done towards the end of october. really hoping that october won't get too wet and that my girls are not too succeptable to mold.



Never knew what the word taliban actually meant. Another funny fact is that rambo was fighting WITH the taliban against the russians in afghanistan (is that part 3?).... . Movie fact that was.
Never heard of Luc but will look into it. Had some good results back in the mountains in austria with nebula haze, top 44 and bushmen. but i also had some disasters with the last two crops i did there before coming here. Both were nicked just weeks before harvest. how frustrating is that? There is lots of outdoor growing in austria and clones can still be ordered in shops and be purchased legaly. something i would certainly enjoy here in the uk.
I kinda like the idea of having little plants this time around. keeping them low should provide a good cover, but i still fear the eyes from above.

AT

I thought John fought with the Mujahideen

Damn, i think you are right. you certainly know your facts. but didn't the mujahideen turn into taliban? or am i getting something completely wrong?

AT

I was next door in Pakistan just as it was all winding down,bit difficult not to know the facts I never bumped into J.Rambo coming through Peshawar or the Khyber pass though,Taliban were a splinter faction of Mujahideen in mid 90's under Mullah Omar,long story.

Good luck matey hop all the hard graft pays off..............I'm keen to see what results you get planting at this time .......Out comes the beanbag ...Takes a seat.

Fancy bumping into you badpenny another beanbag job

Must have been pretty crazy times, but you must miss the lovely hash from there. you obviously didn't run into j.rambo. I did a quick wikipedia check about mujahideen and it certainly refreshened my memory. Not quite the same thing and it says that most of the mujahideen leaders which were fighting the russians later fought taliban.
I have a couple of austrian friends which traveled and hiked through afghanistan during the 80s and said that they were such friendly people very hospitable and that it is sad. This shows how a country can be manipulated, by state and/or religion and finaly crushed by us.

I hope we got that sorted for now and i won't get any strange packages that explode in my face. for being so ingnorant by briefly thinking that john rambo was fighting with the taliban and finally that taliban and mujahideen were ultimately the same thing. how wrong i was!

AT


Ps: still don't want to go out.... so hot out there! I might as well go much later, there is light till 9 at least.

Did u manage to get them all planted out tonight or did the heat and a few jays of whiteberry put u off?

speaking of hash - managed to come upon some lovely morrocan (i think) very hard but in this heat is a bit flexible and bubbles away so nicely when skinning up - dont think i would have had the pleasure of it if me grow was still going - to be honest id swap any day tho.

if i planted one of them all them tonight? Not quite, I ended up bringing one 35L bag of compost to the spot at 9 o'clock. Things were just too quiet tonight. so i couldn't start shoveling at that time... one would hear me from about a mile away. will try to wake up early and do it tomorrow morning after bringing yet another bag of compost.

I hear you loud and clear about your grow and the fact that you would trade. enjoy the hash and things will certainly get better soon enough. Did you ever find out why they came to your place?

AT

Thanks and grab a seat, i can always use some luck as well. especially in guerrilla style. I wonder what my outcomes will be, but expecting the worst (all gone) and hoping for the best about an oz a plant! or maybe more. I know this all kinda last minute, but this is how my plans run down for the next couple of days.

I have already brought 210L of compost and will bring another 2x35L. totalling 280L! What fun that was!
This is what i have done so far...
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I have dug out an area of about 1.4x3 m and about 30cm deep... I still want to make the area about 2x4m and about 50cm deep!
Will bring another bag of compost later on and dig a little more. Got myself a digging fork, which makes the job a lot easier!
Then i will slowly bring all the cuttings starting staturday through to monday. Need to bring water was well, as will water them as i plant them in. hmm, good rhizotonic!

More to come later on,

AT

I'd rather be digging all of today than the shit im having to deal with - our main mail server went down at 12 and i have been sitting in a 35C+ office sweat dripping off me - thank fuck there is a balcony or i would be fucked as i really NEEDED a few jays to keep me calm and collected while sorting out the nightmare.

With the all effort your putting in i really hope things turn out great.

Being in the office with that heat must be the worst. But i couldn't even enjoy a spliff at the spot today. I was just too exhausted. I was even getting a bit dizzy as i was digging under the sun at around 2ish. I was such a fool and had not brought anything else to drink except 0.5L of ice tea, which was gone in literally 2 gulps! Had to give up prematurely, because i thought i would die from heat exhaustion. But i returned and finished what i had to do. I'm not really complaining. I see it as excercise and i haven't been getting much lately.


On this Pic i almost finished digging. you can see the big pile the back.... the area measures about 1.8x4m and i dug about 40-50 cm deep.
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I turned the whole bottom layer with the help of my digging fork and made sure it doesnt have big lumps in it. I think its pretty good natural compost but we will see. I added a bit of calcified seaweed, perlite, and a bit of fish/blood. I turned the compost again.
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Then, i added compost which i had carried the past days!!! first, i dumped the 4 bags John Innes 2 into the hole and mixed it in with some natural compost and some more perlite, since it doesn't contain any.
Finally, as all this was mixed, i toped the whole thing with some JAB with added JI, but this isn't on the picture anymore. was getting too dark to make a proper picture. I put the empty 25L bags there so show the scale.
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AT

Looking very nice bud prime plot that

Looking more than ready for the plants - bad move not bringing a drink or 10 along.

Looks like we may have some rain on the way so may save you shifting loads of water - maybe setup some plastic sheet to collect some water - may not be the best idea as it could easily be seen i suppose.

I did bring a 1.5L bottle of volvic when i went today at 7, but that was gone in no time as well. Will bring a spliff along tomorrow as i'm bringing the last 2 bags of compost.
Rain would be great and had the same thought process about the plastic sheet. Yes, it would be quite visible....

I can carry about 15L water everytime... so no big issue, but if it rains it would be great, cause then i wouldnt have to bring the cuttings and water at the same time....

AT

Niceone mate, looks like you got yourself a decent sized plot.

You'll be glad to hear it pissed down in the night.

Stay safe.

GG

Thanks and hope it this nice plot that won't be discoved! To be honest, i kinda wish i had started on this about a month ago, but this is how its going down and i think it isn't too bad.
I'm happy that it did start raining and will bring the final 2 bags of compost, right after writing this. The girls are happy and growin away in my backyard but i just need them to be on this spot i made for them... They will love it! The move will start tonight hopefully!
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Cheers,

AT

I finally brought the final two bags of compost! This time, i actually got to enjoy a sandwich followed by a spliff on my little piece of land. Wasn't so exhausted, since i didn't really have to touch the shovel and the sun wasn't blazing hot.
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The girls are moving there tomorrow, but i think that i will be busy doing that until monday, like i said.
I also covered the plot with some cut grass and so forth, cause otherwise it would just stick out from its surroundings, especially from the sky....
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how do you like my camouflage??


AT

Plot looks sweet,plants look great,good look this weekend..me thinks, this will be a nice grow for pulling up a chair...
peace yossman

I hear ya toker, I only had to dig one small hole for one plant and I was sweating like a bitch on heat! When I planted her I watered her in and I was like "one for you one for me (gulps)" Sharrin a drink with my girl. Digging in winter is so much easier and beter for the plant. But when ya gotta dig late ya gotta dig late. You should pull some decent buddage of them plants methinks.

All the best WB

looking good dude

Thanks yossman and i'm quite pleased myself. We will see how things will turnout.




hotnESS!!!! but all done. Just bringing water with rhizotonic from yesterday. hoping to get something out of it, but i don't care how much... The WB should turn out nice and purple in october and i really hope they make it alive until then!




Thanks jaba!



So, i've been really busy and managed to bring out all the cuttings... White berry, Pakiskan valley and some lemons skund and sensi star. Its looking kinda tight but i really want to keep things low anyway... With the PVs in the front and the tall WBs and LS in the back.

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This pic is taken one day after planting and they all look lively and i think they love it there! Except the bushy WB on the far right but i think she will get her act together very soon. I put slug killer all around the plot and some between the plants for good measures.
To keep animals at bay, i've been marking the border of my territory upon almost every arrival. And i got some hair from the hairdresser and sprickled that around. It was a really easy job to convince the hairdresser to give me the hair after my haircut , and didn't even have to lie about it much. Just told her that i needed it to keep animals away from my vegetables She agreed and told me that she lets her kids pee in the corners of the garden to keep the foxes away! grand stuff! There should be a good amount of human scent covering the plot, cause of all the labour in last couple of days. I think they should be safe without the chicken wire.

Will bring them some more water tomorrow and then will let nature do its work for the next 2 weeks!

AT

Get chicken wire mate no wire = no plants .......Pls wire, made that mistake and its a hard one to swallow

Good luck

Mr F

Hmm, forgot to mention that i was also spraying them with Grazers, while they were in my backyard. That's a product i found at the local garden center and should keep plants from damages done by rabbits, deers, pigeons, etc... Will give another hefty spraying dose at the plot and all around, before i leave.

no chicken wire... and we shall see...

AT

Chicken wire is cheap easy to put in place so why risk it,some get away with it most dont.

Forget human hair,forget "Nothing ever touches my plants 'Cos I got soap shavings",forget "My plants aint been touched because I had a piss a week last tuesday",get real mesh protectors,either forestry commission sapling protectors or failing that chicken-wire,as for sprayable products that keep away mammals AND birds?Really?I dont think a pigeons olfactory organs are on par with a roe-deers Fence your plants in mate,otherwise the first peckish bunny that ambles past is going to think you laid on a banquet for him.

Pls do mate lost all my plants in august once REMOVED mesh two days later all eaten were 4 foot plants as well .......... learn from ofters mistakes mate

All the best bud

MR F

I did that Mr F,though I think my costly mistake was made in september,I took the protectors off and stowed them away,the ground was bone dry,rabbits get some of their moisture intake from the plants they nibble,from early morning dew etc,my ladies were budding,they looked the picture of health,I might have even been counting chickens before the eggs hatched mentally calculating the number of ounces I would have come chop-day,went one morning and several of the plants looked decidedly unhealthy,the next day they were dead Checked the bases and they had been ringed,all the bark had been stripped off and nibbled

I hope these tales make you decide to get chicken wire/protection cause if you dont it will be You might get lucky but you have more chance of fat rabbits

Theres always a use for fat rabbits But on a serious note prevention is better than cure,maybe your lucky enough to live in an area with no rabbit population whatsoever in which case you will do just fine as you are.

I see what's going on. I think you guys won't be satisfied until i put fencing around.... By hearing your tales, it would be safe to do so i guess. But I don't have the time to put chicken wire around every individual plant. do you think i can put it around the whole plot???

AT

Yeah look what happened to my 1st plantation, wiped out within 7 days.

If you can't be bothered to do individual cages do a 'Guantanamo Bay' style big cage using 0.6m high wire (homebase ect) then split another roll of 0.6m wire and add that to the top so you'll have 0.9m all around cus believe me some cocky bunny bastard will try and hop over 0.6m fencing!

Oh AT, don't forget to use 'Mulch Pegs' [see below] to pin the wire cage to the ground as the rabbits will attempt to burrow before they try a hop, look on eBay for these, they're cheap;

should i also install landmines and high voltage fencing? Going to try to make it guatamo bay style. I have a million things to do today and i'm leaving tomorrow for 2 weeks. so it needs to be done today but can only put that much time into it! But I don't want to return after 2 weeks and find out that i've been feeding rabits.... worst way to go other than plod! Back home there aren't that many rabbits as here and deers are the real threat. But i will take your word for it try to make it as hard as possible to get to my girls! thanks again...

AT


naturally i will post a pic after work is done, but won't be before 6...

nothing nicer than digging a hole in your plot of land, preparing it for planting

and then sitting down with a spliff and a sandwich

way to go dude, nice work

Hehehe yeah and don't forget trip mines for humans .. scares the living shit out of trespassers these do .. and they're legal ;

Funniest piece of warning. whoever is trespassing will think its his birthday. well, the deer will run away, but if i would see that, i would be slightly scared initially and then have a big laugh. how about a big fake but realistic buzzard made out of plastic, do these work??
Plus just before i set myself to go, it started porring down! so much for going now... will try a bit later, since i don't want to get wet from top til bottom. But i will need to provide security from the evil rabbits before leaving!

Keep them suggestions coming,

AT

Thanks and hard work it was! I only wish i could enjoy my sandwich there today... but its going to be wet and not much time to hang about. Might have time for a spliff and a little prayer to the weedgods so that everything runs smoothly during the next couple of months!!

AT


I'm getting a bit of rabbit paranoia, these days. makes me think of monty python about the holy grail. Maybe i should get myself the holy grenade?!

First and last sight a lot of rabbits see,or rather dont see en-route to one of my patches(only because I like rabbit curry)have you actually seen sign of rabbit on your ground?Scratchings,flecks of fur,droppings or indeed sightings of the actual animal itself?