6' 8" tall and still growing fast :) - 2018 Legal Marijuana Grow - Episode 7
Despite topping her early, my Blue City Diesel stands 6' 8" tall and is showing no signs of slowing down vertical growth yet. Plus a hatching of lady beetles :)
Back Episodes
Ep1 - "Got my girls in the ground" | Ep2 - "They grow up so fast" | Ep3 - "Mysterious pest damaging leaves" | Ep4 - "What have I wrought?" | Ep5 - "Invasion of the Insect Hordes" | Ep6 - "Sometimes a girl just needs some room to breathe"Blue City Diesel
She now stands 6'8" tall at her tallest top and stretches 5'6" wide from tip to tip of her widest branches. The dark purple coloration on the stems has become even more pronounced.
Girl Scout Cookies
The Girl Scout Cookies now stands 5' 2" tall and stretches 4' wide from branch to branch.
Lady Beetle Larvae!
The Blue City Diesel played host to a hatching of lady beetles under one of her leaves. The lady beetle larvae hung out around the empty egg cases for a few days eating the egg cases before dispersing to hunt in my plants. Go get 'em lady beetles! The larvae are a predator of aphids and other pest insects just like the adults :)
Other Insect Visitors
Green leafhopper - minor pest
Cool yellow fly
Stink bugs (above and below) - these are most likely beneficial (predators). The rule of thumb is green stink bugs are plant eaters and brown or gray stink bugs are predators. Even the plant eaters just suck juice and don't do much damage.
Red eyed fly - I like the shadows here :)
Spotted cucumber beetle - this is a pest but typically not a serious one for marijuana growers in my area
Mayfly in August
Thankful to live in a legal state!
I am thankful to live in Oregon, a state which has finally legalized marijuana for recreational use. I can legally grow up to four plants (I have two beautiful girls). I hope to see the legalization movement continue to sweep across America regardless of the current political climate.
Cheers - Carl
Beautiful plants.
Those are going to be hyuge spears!
What kinds of goodies do you make with the material?
I agree with @donkeypong they are trees!
Mighty fine ladies Gnasher!
It's a tree. Where's my axe?
Abe Lincoln said once, give me a day to cut down a huge pot plant and I will spend half the day sharpening my bong. Or something like that, I believe. Hey it has been a long time since my last American History class. Plus, bong hits :)
My 1st grow last year in Colorado. I planted Way too close and they grew like christmas trees. One was 18ft tall.
nice! 18' tall is impressive :) Yeah I am growing too close together myself, but it is the only place in my yard not visible through the fence from the back alley. And ultimately even a couple of too-close-together plants will still yield way more than I need for personal use for me and my wife. We grew three plants last year and ended up giving away a couple pounds to friends and family.
Cute dogs btw :)
Look at those Guard dogs
You should be! And the weather is good enough to grow outside.
I've got a calendar photo in mind. How big do the leaves grow? 😂
Lol. That's where my mind went too.
Oh snap. Well shoot if two such well respected Steem-ians both thought the same thing, who is little ole me to say no? :)
Great! It seems Carl is keen to display his 'grow' :D
Ahhhgh!!!! Hey it is all organic as well! 100% natural!
Sweet grow & photos are superb!!!
I really like your breakdown of the insects you see on the plant. We're growing outdoors and it's like an oasis, with the diverse the of visitors the plants bring.
Can you walk us through your feeding regimen?
Keep on growing & posting!
@massmedicinals
I have barely fed them anything at all so far. I actually just fed them for the first time a week ago. I gave them both a lot of new soil that had vege stage fertilizers already mixed in, and I innoculated the roots with mycorrhizal fungi which enhances their ability to get nutrients from the ground anyway, and the mycorrhizal fungi is very sensitive to too much fertilizer and you can kill the fungi and have net slower growth by over fertilizing. So I kind of played it by ear and kept an eye on them to see how they were doing and they didn't seem to be telling me they needed anything, so I didn't give them anything :)
They both have open access to the dirt a few feet down under the new soil I put in, and the dirt in my area is super rich river silt for many feet straight down which is in the proper pH range as well.
Last week I fed them a (not precise) mix of mostly 5 - 1 - 1 fish emulsion with some smaller amounts of a couple different flowering fertilizers that I had left over from last fall. I was aiming for roughly 5 - 2- 3 but wasn't too worried about precision.
Very interesting. Thanks for the info!!!
We have a couple ladies outside. The soil was a mixture of about 3/4 veggy fertilizer and 1/4 coco coir. They have been in cloth pots for a couple months now without any additional vegetative fertilizer. Wasn't sure if they would benefit from any feeding.
Like you said you don't want to over feed, but at this point i'm wondering about them starving for nutes. They are also about as tall as yours.
How thick is the stem at the base for your ladies?
That bcd is looking extremely happy. Loving the coloring. I sure do miss her and one day I'll have a grow again. Keep them happy and they will drop bomb buds.
Oh and the bcd is naturally mold and mildew resistant.
catwalk hight ! and everyone seems like they are having a party there :) I wonder if bugs can get high ...
Can you juice them? Or put them in a green smoothie instead of kale?
Ganjamite. Spread it on your toast.
That sounds... amazing!
Legal in Canada on October 17.... will also grow 4 plants, need some GSC or Blue Dream seeds....
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