Sweet post @rebeccaryan!
Since it's probably getting colder in the evenings/mornings (guessing lows around 14C). Just curious if that purple is from the strain genetics or the environment?
Really nice outdoor garden you have there. I see no light manipulation, which is awesome.
Any mold or bud rot?
Also what are the straps made of around the stems? Is that just cloth?
Excited to see your harvest posts!!
~ MMs
Thank you!
I think a bit of both. The temperature has dropped at night and as soon as that happened, some of my higher Sativa dominant strains started to show shades of pink and purple. That makes me suspect that it’s in the genetics or the genetic tendency of the plant, otherwise wouldn’t they all turn pinky purple with a temperature drop?
No bud rot that I can detect.
Powdered mildew was awful...again some plants only, not all...so I think I’ve learned that this plant can be breed to be resistant to mold...otherwise wouldn’t they all have gotten it?
What do you think?
The black straps (you see) are actually hockey tape. I’m using the internal skeletal framework of the stalks to support the branches and flowers.
It is working. We had a storm with high winds yesterday and through the night. The plants came through it with next to no damage. Worked like a charm.
Great to chat with you. Hope things are going well. ;)Hi @massmedicinals!
Things are going well. No time to grow myself this year. Just helping other people with theirs.
As a fan of hockey [go Bruins], i'm really liking your use of cloth tape. Fall winds are the worst. Our plants last year were far too tall 10-12 feet. And a lot of stems snapped.
Bring on the harvest photos and concentrates videos!!!
Hockey tape is the ticket for wind in the Fall.
I almost lost 1 branch....missed her in my taping job.
She was hanging with a devastating crack through her trunk (literally) by the time I found her, in the morning.
So, I did what any self respecting grower would do...I took that hockey tape and taped her back up so she could continue running defence on my second line. And you’d never know... lmao!
If that broken stem doesn't look like it's recovering, and the buds still need more time. You can cut the branches so you have a lot of stem, place them in water and finish them in your indoor tent.
We ran into this last year, wind broke one of our girls. We tried to tape the stem where it split at the base of the stem. Which looks to be just like your situation. The broken stem did not mend well from this quick fix. If our indoor tent was set-up we would have tried finishing that stem inside.
Again not sure that's even necessary with your plant, but it's an option if you need it.