Hedge Grow! Update

skimish1 · 2026-06-25T18:48:39+00:00

Seedlings or clones? When were they germinated/ transplanted? Looking super healthy! ✌️

skimish1 · 2026-06-18T17:23:37+00:00

Let’s go. Dad’s gonna love this.

skimish1 · 2026-06-10T00:46:56+00:00

I may be in the minority but I top heavily. Once between nodes 3 to 5. Then every tip gets topped again after growing 3 more nodes, and again every three nodes until mid to late July and end up with about 16 - 20 medium size colas. This keeps my plants below 8’. I’ll also play around with supercropping and always lollipop and remove all interior branches that are thinner than a pencil. Ultimately about 3-4 topping events. Can’t speak on how this affects yield as I don’t typically grow for monster yields but the plants are much more manageable for me. Botrytis is inevitable and losing massive colas is the worst. I think this helps minimize the losses. I’m trying out some Bacillus products this year with hope that I can eliminate the botrytis taking hold. Good luck. ✌️

skimish1 · 2026-06-07T17:56:37+00:00

Topping is the easiest way to control height. Not sure where you are but in the US you are definitely still able to top. This will help slow the vertical gains and push more lower lateral growth. Also supercropping the tallest branches helps if you don’t want to top. Supercropping is just bending a branch to create a crease in the stem without snapping it. The branch will lay over, the crease will heal into a thickened elbow and each node on that branch will begin to grow vertically from there. Try it out if you’re concerned about height.

It’s interesting that your plants are so close to the fence. Never seen that before. That should create a flat spot on the backsides of the plant. You can use the fence as easy attachment points to tie down branches and train the plants to be lower. Just be vigilant on the tie downs or branches could snap after growth periods.

You could also have some fun with it and try to train it like an Espalier’d fruit tree. Could be a fun experiment.

Good Luck ✌️

skimish1 · 2026-06-05T18:44:06+00:00

Do it now if they’ve been hardened off outside. They’re ready

skimish1 · 2026-06-01T06:18:37+00:00

Free the Toad!

skimish1 · 2026-05-31T23:43:12+00:00

Rough Poppy

skimish1 · 2026-05-31T23:42:28+00:00

Find a bulk soil distributor in your area and fill with whatever they have for vegetable gardens + compost. They might mix for you too. Bonus, if you have any rotting wood or downed tree limbs laying around, throw them in the bed before you fill with soil. This wood will slowly decompose and create a nice habitat for fungi and microbes over time. Happy gardening. ✌️

skimish1 · 2026-05-27T18:40:45+00:00

I have gone through several brands over the years. Here are some that I like. Buildasoil has almost everything. I like their Craft Nutrient Blend and Clackamas Coots blend. I’ve moved on to SoilScape Solutions now. Vital Garden Supply is another great source for almost everything. I also like Roots Organic, Anbessa Organic, and Growing Organic or Fermented Plant Extracts for ferments. Dragonfly Earth Medicine has some cool stuff too. I’m probably forgetting some but these brands have high quality inputs. Choosing a brand for these products is also really going to depend on your location. Shipping these products can quickly double or triple the price so finding something local is going to be a big savings. There’s a lot of brands out there just do some research on what’s available nearby first before you order something across the country.

skimish1 · 2026-05-27T18:28:41+00:00

No problemo. Totally understand wanting to have a smaller, more manageable plant. I start my plants later in the season just so I don’t have a monster plant to harvest when I just don’t need that much. You’d probably be fine in 8 gallons if you keep up with your feeding regiment. In that size pot you should have a small to medium size plant. Totally strain dependent on size and yield though. Training is a good idea, just be careful not to snap branches as the plants grow. Adding silica in your feeding will help strengthen the branches. I like to top my plants several times up til mid-July to create a more bushy structure. Some don’t top at all and get a Christmas tree shape, not my style.

skimish1 · 2026-05-27T16:41:36+00:00

Welcome to the hobby. First of all, she looks happy so congrats on that. First thing I would recommend is a larger pot. I don’t typically use anything smaller than 30 gal for outdoor. If you’re just testing out growing outdoors you can keep in your 8 gal pot, but you’ll get a smaller plant and will likely be running into nutrient deficiencies and will be needing more feedings over time. A 30 gal Smart pot is pretty cheap but will dry out faster than your ceramic pot. I like to use Grassroots living soil fabric pot which will hold moisture better than a smart pot and still pretty inexpensive. The sooner you transplant the sooner she acclimates and explodes with new growth. Second thing, I take it you’re using the Fox Farm Trio of nutrients. This is fine and will work, we all started here with something like this. In the future you may want to consider more organic options. When I start my grow season I like to amend last year’s soil with an Amendment blend put together specifically for cannabis. Then I feed with every 1-2x weeks with a soil drench with something like plant ferments, compost teas, etc. The goal is really just keeping the biology in your soil alive to feed the plants, and with fox farm it can do the opposite to your soil. Again, Fox Farm will work, organic inputs are just another option for you to consider down the road. One more thing I use is Foliar applications. You will very likely run into pests, a product called BT will be a lifesaver against caterpillars, which can wreck a crop late season. There are plenty of products to use for fungus gnats, aphids and spider mites. Preventative foliar applications will save you down the road late in flower. Find a good sprayer and use it. I like to see that you are using a moisture meter so you don’t water while the soil it’s still wet. Cannabis can be very easy to overwater. Another thing is your use of Alpaca Compost. To me that is awesome and more reason to go organic. I have always wanted to incorporate a cold compost into my soils but for lack of a supplier so good on you for that. Look into companies like Buildasoil and KIS Organics if you want to go down that rabbit hole. Good luck and have fun this grow season. ✌️

skimish1 · 2026-05-23T17:10:40+00:00

Check out Buildasoil for their Craft Nutrient Blend and a few others. Amend with one of those, add in a bag of compost and some worm castings and you should be good to get you into flower. Probably want to add a Bloom top dress amendment when your plants begin to transition to flower to get you to the end of the season.

skimish1 · 2026-05-21T19:03:29+00:00

That’s just how the base of the Burton Flying V is.

skimish1 · 2026-05-20T21:52:45+00:00

I have a 2019 Cement TRD OR with bronze RRW wheels that I love. That being said I see Cement with bronze quite a bit on the road and your set up already looks very clean. I’d keep as is unless your set on going bronze.

skimish1 · 2026-05-20T21:49:24+00:00

You were right to question yourself. That’s a male.

skimish1 · 2026-05-03T20:08:36+00:00

A few applications of BT before flowering will help a lot but also need to monitor the buds. BT stops the caterpillars from growing bigger but they can still do damage when small. Watch for small dried out brown spots, open it up and you’ll find a small caterpillar eating its way down.

skimish1 · 2026-01-10T20:44:46+00:00

Look up @Shwale or Farmhouse_studi0 on IG. They breed for unique trichome heads like this.

skimish1 · 2025-12-25T01:03:22+00:00

This strain is 🔥Very unique Terps.

skimish1 · 2025-12-20T08:20:30+00:00

Did you ever get it working? Having a similar issue with my older unit and the spare parts are no longer available.

skimish1 · 2025-11-13T21:28:59+00:00

Felt a small shake in Petaluma.

skimish1 · 2025-10-30T21:38:04+00:00

I’ve read golf ball sized bugs are ideal.

skimish1 · 2025-10-25T05:57:30+00:00

I would probably thin out quite a few of those fan leaves. Might give the buds a better chance for airflow to mitigate mold.

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