Intrinsic does outdoor.

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:57 pm

Buenos Días vatos!!

A cool crisp mourning and just letting the grass grow.
A lot of yellowing and leaf die back; hopefully normal for this climate and time of year.
She's adequately feed, watered and I play music almost every day, she ought to be happy.

The competing tomato, fruiting away too.

A leek, a napa cabbage and bell pepper and tomato in background

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Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:00 pm

And the Obligatory trich pics

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:09 pm

Jesús Malverde wrote:...this could possibly go another couple or three further weeks.
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That's fucking impressive. Depending on your elevation...

I'm looking at 2nd week of October. Maybe some of the lower branches first tho. Jeez i don't want to deal with harvesting the whole thing at once. Might forgo any trimming

by-the-by I'm at 3000 feet , I do want to be impressive. Girls dig it, right?

Post by **Jesús Malverde** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:33 pm

The yellowing and leaf drop are normal for October for a lot of genetics in my experience, and are actually a good sign as they tell you the plant is approaching readiness for harvest. Some genetics, however, stay fresh perky green right up until the end. There's that moment growing outdoors when your plants are approaching full maturity and just so beautiful to look at when you realize your work for this season isn't even half done. All spring and summer long, the chop looks like the finish line, but its so far from that. Between trimming and setting up a good place for drying (critical!!!) that can be heated and force ventilated, when you do the chop, you realize you'd just reached a false summit and the real goal is still a long way off and up.

Post by **Jesús Malverde** » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:41 pm

Not intending to be any sort of buzzkill...

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:04 pm

Not at all haysus. And i do kinda think the yellowing leaves are normal since the rest of the garden (except tomatoes) is dying back from the cooler nights and shorter days.
Some (hopefully) purty pics:

Tomatoes

And Canna.

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bentech · Post by **bentech** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:32 pm

is this the strain you normally grow indoors?

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:49 pm

Yep! from the seeds i made from last year
It does have a different look. Leaves are thinner. It implies environment plays a role besides just genetics.

Intrinsic · Post by **Intrinsic** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:37 pm

Rained a few days ago and what sun predicted happened. The buds Got soaked, heavy and Split at the nodes.
Lost two big branches on top.
Tied her up … better. But that is all the work I'm doing on it. If something wants to break OK, it is so close to the end it's inconsequential.

I'll be gone next week (trippin' in Zion Woo-hoo!) then the chop in 2nd week of November.
Well with Sun's advice a week later, maybe; been a couple of frosty mornings. Snow is a coming. In my garden that usually that is the deciding factor for last harvest and shut down.

Looking ragged; But still beautiful.

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Broken branches hanging.

Fall is here. Pistachio turning his gorgeous autumn colors. So the canna Fall colors fit right in.

Because of the rain and wet ground I picked the butternut squash lying on the ground. left those sill hanging.

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Tonight's Dinner

deran · Post by **deran** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:19 pm

Jesús Malverde wrote:The yellowing and leaf drop are normal for October for a lot of genetics in my experience, and are actually a good sign as they tell you the plant is approaching readiness for harvest. Some genetics, however, stay fresh perky green right up until the end. There's that moment growing outdoors when your plants are approaching full maturity and just so beautiful to look at when you realize your work for this season isn't even half done. All spring and summer long, the chop looks like the finish line, but its so far from that. Between trimming and setting up a good place for drying (critical!!!) that can be heated and force ventilated, when you do the chop, you realize you'd just reached a false summit and the real goal is still a long way off and up.

thx for the reminder, was reading a thread about some genetics from a grower who knows his stuff, he said 1 thing thats ultimately the truth for 99,99% of strains out there :

nobody took ripening as the main key/selection feature, meaning yellowing of leafs, natural chlorophyll deprivation, leaf loss and some more aspects ... dont mix up ripening with finishing dates, one has to do with trics the other with the plant itself

this grower does remember the times before indoor HID revolution, and as you see, he is missing some more or less important features in todays genetics ... this dude is growing 16 weeks + strains outdoor, went through all of shantis haze variations and found only 1 keeper plant, despite going through at least 5 packs per strain, that fits his "high" needs