r/outdoorgrowing

Decided to try my hand with a hula hoop. Rain the past two days. Hope she holds strong, she’s getting thicc!

Had 2 big 8 foot plants jelly donutz from humbodlt seed company probably would have gotten more but had to chop a bit of the 1 due to powdery mildew but a nice haul
Highly recommend hsc this jelly donutz smells amazing and super dense

Started in March indoors, transplanted last week of May directly into the ground. Hole was dug 4 ft wide x 2 ft deep. Backfilled with 20 year old horse manure plus the native soil/clay that was in the ground, about 50/50 manure/soil.

Fed by Dr.Earths tomato/herb through veg (half cup per plant once a week) then Dr.Earths Flower girl (half cup per plant).

Did I need to feed? I don't think so. Couldn't hurt though was my idea. Topped many times and LST early on.

Some PM problems along the inside cola structures later in flower. I was using lost coast all through flower but it only did so much and didn't want to use it late in flower so I switched to Zerotol HC and that did the trick for PM.

The plant was sprayed weekly with BT.

Did a bud wash with zerorol in the first bucket to kill any remaining PM if at all (again, why not, can't hurt).

It's all hanging to dry now in the barn and I'll report back with final dry weight, taste....

I grew this indoors last winter but wanted to try it out side in NE Ohios brutal weather. Given this was a tester strain it sure got tested. I did cover it with a cheap temu clear pop up tent during heavy rain. But I think next year what ever I grow wont get the tent just to see what the durability is like with each strain.

This had VERY LITTLE rot, two smaller buds and the top of one main cola.

The rest in the last photo are Durban Poison BC1 by Dead PanHead genetics.

Im thinking 2 but he says it'll get "stawnchy". strain is jager cheeta piss and most of my jagers got done earlier

Was a tiny spot of mold on the top bud so decided to pull it. Then it was gifted. Trichomes look good plant just a bit “airy” and leafy. Hanging in the dark now after 30 minutes of trimming the bigger leaves.

Smells like pinesol cleaner. This was one of the faster developing plants with nice, dense buds. Very low bud rot. Almost none except for 1 or 2 small small buds. Got it before WPM but I can see it would eventually get it as some small bud sites were showing it.

It's been a tough late summer/early fall in SoCal with the El Nino. We had an extended spell of hot, humid weather that lasted from early August until earlier this week. I lost a great deal of product due to worms and bud rot...

Except for my HSC strain! The Cali Octane triploid proved to be extremely hardy and rot-resistant even under adverse conditions. Today is choppy chop day and I would estimate losing <5% to worm damage and very little bud rot. The buds are big, dense, and frosty, but the longer internodal distance between nugs prevented the spread from bud to bud, making problems much easier to control. This was easily my highest performing plant this year and I'm super stoked on how it came out. HSC for the win!

By the numbers:

Germinated 4/11/26 with 100% success rate (n = 4)

Grown in wine half-barrels with Fox Farm Ocean Forest. Top dressed several times with Dr. Earth and worm castings. I had a hard time keeping up with her appetite, and supplemented occasionally with FF Grow or Bloom liquid.

Grown outdoors 100% (post germ) with some supplemental light until late May, then just sun.

Harvested Oct 3-4th at peak ripeness. I buck and wet trim, then wash with 1% peroxide to kill any bugs/mold/etc.

Great end to a long season!

Northern lights photo in NC