Week 3 of flowering, and September is almost gone. We are still totally at the mercy of whatever weather comes here in New England. With any luck things will continue to be mild and dry.
The outdoor plants bud site production has definitely started taking off. But again the temperatures are likely slowing overall progress. In just a week there has been a development.
This week, the temperatures are hovering around 60 degrees, and it may even include some rain...
Let us know your thoughts on the status of these plants. Can they go the distance?
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Week 2 of flowering, and it's now September. We are at the mercy of whatever weather comes here in New England. With any luck things will continue to be mild.
It's been nice to see the outdoor plants starting to get the bud sites going. But again the temperatures are likely slowing all production down a lot.
Even the bees in our area are starting to freeze up in the afternoons.
Seriously starting to consider looking into building an outdoor enclosure for the plants just to ensure they can go full term as temperatures start to consistently reach the 50's and colder.
But for right now we are going to appreciate the fact that we are into the flowering stage. So there is an end in sight.
Let us know your thoughts on the status of these plants. Can they go the distance?
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Got a couple or a lot of weeks left in your flowering stage? Starting to worry if you're going to have enough days to get to the harvest before it gets too cold?
Welcome to the unpredictable world of New England weather...
This weekend brought the first real break in an otherwise long and continuous stretch of very hot and near unbearable levels of humidity. However that also meant dangerously low evening temperatures. Some parts of New England saw well into the mid-40's.
While that's not going to kill your crop. It's not going to help move things along much either.
Luckily the temperatures in the greater area appear to be coming back into the 60's and 70's.
Courtesy of https://www.news10.com/weather
If our crop was a football team (go Pats btw), we'd be looking at a hail Mary toss right about now to get to the endzone (i.e. Harvest). Case and point, we're about 2-4 weeks in of a possible 8-12 week flowering cycle. And the temps have started to drop below the 50's.
We're hoping for mild couple of months into late October. But who really knows. We read the farmer's almanac, which if accurate said something about a cold winter. But we don't need to get to winter...just to middle fall.
We aren't going to be creating any outdoor palace for these ladies. It's just fingers crossed and hope for the best.
How's everyone else managing things around dropping temperatures?
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Finally the super silver haze plants are flowering. These ladies have been amazing growers, but all through August were acting like true sativa divas. And just would not flip from veg to flowering.
Now that we're in September, it's going to be something of a race to the finish line. Most seed vendors list this strain as having a outdoor harvest time in mid-October. The indoor flowering time is 9-11 weeks.
By our estimate these girls have naturally started flowering in the past 1-3 weeks. They also appear to have made it through their stretching phase. They didn't do anything super dramatic like a 50% stretch, but they do look lean and elongated right now.
We're very excited to see the transition from lean to filled-in as the bud sites continue to develop.
It's pretty amazing to think that these outdoor SSH plants, started from clones that were cut way back in 2017!!!!
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We were cleaning out some old photos, and came across some harvesting photos. Growing your own cannabis can be a bit of a project. But when you get to the harvest it all seems worth it.
...I mean until you start worrying about curing, over/under drying, mold, etc...
Just kidding that is also a fun process and part of a larger learning curve.
Anyways as the east coast approaches harvest. We are excited for all the growers getting ready to go through their first or Nth harvest.
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Getting into the last week of August. Here in Mass we are dealing with a little bit of a heat wave this week. Weather in some parts of the commonwealth are going to see temps go over 100 degrees.
The plants are happy, just need to make sure they are getting the water they need. Ironically the humans are the ones appearing to be wilting in the same conditions.
Seriously, is anyone else sort of done with summer??? Or at least these 90+ days with 70+ humidity.
What we're really hoping for are milder temperatures from now through the end of the season in October (hopefully not November). Fingers crossed as these girls don't seem to want to switch over to flowering naturally.
Aside from enjoying the nearly explosive growth of the plants this summer. We've also been able to enjoy seeing a wide range of insects show up. Here are a couple that we were able to get photos of.
Moth on leaf
We're not really sure if a moth is a good or bad thing for the plants. But it looked nice and was willing to sit still for a close-up.
Green planthopper (can you see it? 😄)
So these are definitely not helpful to the plant, however they look super cool. We also see a number of different species in and around our garden. By far the best looking ones are all white. Sorry couldn't find one to get a photo of.
Flower Spider - Misumena vatia
This was a surprise to see. Take that literally. We didn't see this spider which is the size of a small marble until one of our faces was right next to it...
Misumena vatia - is a species of crab spider. With the largest and most well-known being the flower spider. These are also called the goldenrod crab spider or flower (crab) spider because they are often found on goldenrod plants.
Another interesting note: these spiders have the ability to change color from white to yellow. And the spider can adapt colors to blend with the plant (if white or yellow). It takes about 10-25 days to go from white to yellow, and about 6 days to reverse.
Bumble Bee (Bombus) - Just chilling out
This bumble bee was just chilling out. The photo is a little misleading with the lighting. It was actually taken close to dusk so the temp was lowering and that was why it was so inactive.
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