Outdoor LR2's outdoor party

[lr2jd]

Oui, je parle francais aussi. Je visite Paris toute semaine pour business. Mon accènt est OK, mais j'ecrire comme une pomme de terre. But that won't help anyone, except for the french speaking people ;-). It's good to hear that you're happy with me using centimeters and centigrade.

So, where've you been LR2?
I've been around the bend and back. Blueberry diesels have germinated, so have the PD's and the forrestberry hazes. They're enjoying the sun right now. Outdoors the temperatures vary from -2°C at night and +23°C at daytime. We're finally having springtime over here.
As usual during Dutch spring, it rains about three days a week. But all are growing well.

I can keep on going with stories and all, but i'd rather hear a good (and safe!) photo hosting site from you guys. At least, if you'd like to see some more pictures and less talking. ;-)
So advise me please about which site to use, and I'll show you some budpr0n and growing pics in return.

 

[lr2jd]

Dang, I found out now how this forum works. Good for you guys!
Here's something to look at.

These are my bubblegum ladies. These pics are from two weeks ago. Since temperatures easily reach 38 degrees C (which is 10 too much!) they haven't been flowering as they should be. But still, they look damn nice! This is an open-closet grow now, hooked up an external fan to blow in semi-cool air to keep temperatures below 30C.

Now then, lets get out of the house and take a look outside.
This is how they all started

Some mycorrhizae added to the cocos

Sown everything in peat pots, which break down terrible. So I left these pots outdoors for a month or two before the actual sowing. Still had to cut them up when I planted the juvies outdoors though.

And this is where we are now.

> BBDR

Pineapple Dane (PD)

> Blueberry dieselryder (BBDR)

"Well you have an awfull lot of plants there mister! At least, sown in the same hole." I can hear you think. But this will be survival of the fittest; these Pineapple danes need some selection for further breeding. I'm looking for vigour, height, yield and above all: taste. I'll select on autoflower capabilities too, but flavour is a priority. Tests show that 1/3 is auto. I'll be breeding with the auto geno-/phenotypes only. Everything else will be put down.

And again; I don't care for your likes. Please leave a funny comment or anything; it'll give me much more satisfaction.

 

[cifer]

Nice this seems interesting. Im happy to stay Brillenputztücher? Wo kommst du eigentlich her frag ich mich jetzt brennend englisches Opening, französischer Einspieler und Brillenputztücher bahahahaa, Sau Geil!

 

[lr2jd]

Ich bin Höllandisch hahaha mein Deutsch ist schlechter wie mein franzosisch. Diesem putztucherverpackungen sind wasserfest und brecken nicht zo schnel ab wie normales papier. Das macht es geschiktes material fur nametags. Damn, that was a wrong-written sentence I think. But you get the picture ;-)
I can understand latin and spanish too, but can't speak or write a single word. Guess I've got something with languages..
Maybe it's a good idea to keep it english, for I know most people are only familiar with about one or two languages.

It's 14°C outside right now. No growth, no sun, with a chance of rain. So here's a bit of planning:
April: waiting
May: around 15th of may I'll germinate a new set of plants, this'll be the Taiga #2, Critical Jack and Amnesia, all autofem. Also I'll remove the males of the BBDR, NLX x forrestberryhaze, and PD's and let them flower indoors.
June: first harvest and breeding. Ndb x ierdbei will be germinated. New F2 PD seeds will be sown as well.
July: waiting and harvesting the earliest Taigas, CJ's and the Amnesia.
August: I hope the NDB x Ierdbei will be done at the end of this month. I'll try to make some seeds, since this a hard-to-get strain.
September: party time.

 

[cifer]

Ya, i think ur quite into languages! Something very good and Ur more German than some People at my Place (See this is were my english ends but u know what i...), respect lets pray for some good weather...

 

[lr2jd]

Today we hit 22 degrees C and it'll be going like that for the next week. My AF's have survived some frost, turned purple and back green again. Right now they're at their 3rd set of leaves. The pro's of starting early have ruled out the cons. They have a nice set of roots now, and when the weather turns really good, they'll go like crazy!
The fact that they're planted right in the garden instead of pots will be a big plus, this way I've seen lowryders reach up to 100cm. The waiting game is on!

I don't need nutes and special water for the garden, which is a extra plus; no effort at all except for some weeding. However, I'm starting to like the idea of permaculture, so I don't know if I will be weeding at all.
I'll try to upload some pics this week. But don't pin me down on it, there are still a few parties to attend. You've probably heard we have a king now (which meant 2 days of non-stop partying) and the 4th and 5th of may are coming up fast. Which mean another two days of drinking and smoking. Tough life.
Anyways, I'll keep you guys and gals up to date whenever I find the time.

 

[lr2jd]

Pineapple danes

FBHaze

Blueberry Dieselryder

That's it for now.
I'm wrapping up indoors, I've added a sativa pheno Bubblegum male for some seeds and harvest time is coming soon. The lower buds will be given enough time to actually grow seeds, the rest will go up in smoke when the time comes. Here's a pic of my yummyummy gummy forrest.

 

[maffro]

Ubber fucking sweet LR !
That purple canopy is as sweet as your permaculture ideA - Watching with great interest.

 

[lr2jd]

Thanks maffro!

I'd like to explain some more about the whole permaculture thing, because quite some people are unfamiliar with it.
So here's a little story:
As you might know I've been growing since I was fifteen. That adds up to around 7 years of actual experience. I've been using the same patch of garden for over 5 years now and I've been experiencing more and more troubles with nutes, PH and excessive water that doesn't drain all to well (and even drowth during summer). This is a wetland country to begin with, so most nutes are washed off after every rainy week even though all is organic and slow released. Permaculture (in basic!) means that you've got plants all year around, without any 'open spots'. The roots of these plants - in my case wild strawberries - help to prevent moisture from direct evaporation and nutes and from washing away. This way I'd like to create a stable and almost self sufficient patch of ground to work with. In this case I could decrease the amount of nutrients I usually use and my plants need less watering. Also this micro-environment will attract lots of crittery crawlers like worms, earworms, centipedes and ladybugs. This way my plants will stay more healthy, have fewer cases of mildew and hopefully this'll increase yield. Also the plants will be less affected by over and under feeding. Also I've been adding myccorhizae, but for them to be effective there needs to be a healthy environment; lots of roots to attach to, and loads of organic matter. With the principle of permaculture there should be enough of that all year around. So I don't need to rework my patch every spring and autumn. I just leave it when I'm done and I'll cut out a patch of weeds where new seedlings are to be placed. The only problem is that my parents don't mind me planting ganja, but they do mind the garden being full of 'wild weeds'. So there's some discussioning to do. I think I'll start this practice indoors first, in the bin those bubblegums are in right now. I'm tryng to plant clovers first, since they can filter Nitrogen from the air and don't need to take it from the soil.
How this actually works in practice is best explained on youtube, if you like the idea just watch some vids. And to be honest, my english isn't good enough to say what I'd like to say about all the terms of gardening without leaving questions unanswered.

 

[lr2jd]

So, another week has passed. Here's a few pics.

BBDR in normal growth
PD's

FNH x NLX auto

This BBDR is a male. At least, I'm 90% sure, most males (and this is neither truth or a lie) seem to grow more explosive at first for the last three years.

Also the purple canopy is taken down. Made a nice Critical Jack Auto x Bubblegum Sativa since this CJ was super sweet; like those soft candy-bananas >

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Bananas (CJ) with cola/dr. pepper taste (BBLGM)! Holy shyte :booya: Dang I like crossing.
Also made:
- Bubblegum Sativa/coke pheno x Bubblegum Sativa;
- Bubblegum Indica blueberry pheno x Bubblegum Sativa pheno.
Just to keep the lineage alive. I had just 5 or 6 of these seeds, and they're not for sale anywhere. Now (or rather in a few weeks) I have over 20. One of the few purple weeds of which I like the taste. I think I'll reach up to 70gr/90W which is quite good for a CFL grow. If it weren't for those high temperatures I would've reached about 80 or 90 grams. I'll try this again this winter.