Well I can try an help as much with it as possible. I’ve defdinantely learned a few things along the way
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I think I might need to research the main line technique as well if it works so well
Just catch up on my reading 
here a couple days off the forum and bam your stuck reading for days hahaha
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Yeah, I feel ya! I have 80 unread with most of them being around 50 new replies each!
Miss a day and you miss a lot…
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How every thing down in the sunshine state my friend all good I hope
You still working with the indoor thing or you move out side completely now weather should be getting nice down your way
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Weather is great! I’m out of rain water due to our drought, but my well water should help with adding calcium.
So much has been going on that I haven’t had much time to update. The indoor are doing well…
I’ve already picked out where I’m going to cut for my clones. Just waiting for a little more size and then will get them going. After I’m sure they’ve taken, and the autos finish, I’m thinking of switching to a flowering schedule inside until this fall. Then I’ll switch back to a veg cycle again.
Just for the hell of it, Blueberry Auto outside in the ground. BBA3…
I’m doing a comparison between full Sun and filtered light. I can already see BBA4 stretching for the Sun…
You can see the difference between the first 3 nodes and the two at the top. That’s from moving her from under full Sun with a street light at night to filtered light with full darkness at night.
In a few days I’ll update those topics for a better view of the growth…
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Thanks for that, you can clearly see the difference between the spacing
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It’s all about playing around and having fun with them. I trust what I have learned, but I still enjoy making my own observations.
I’m actually thinking I could put that stretch to use with filling a screen without overcrowding the colas that will form. This would allow better airflow during our moist Fall season.
Plans are being made to remove a bunch of trees to provide more grow areas. This will probably be my last chance to play with the filtered light.
I’m glad that posting that was helpful…
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Went and checked on my girls today. They are on the edge of the swamp. Thriving better than I expected almost knee high and came up Jan 22. they are getting plenty of sunlight and surrounded by huge ferns and cypress trees. I was shocked after close inspection. There must have been 70 black bugs that look like roaches on each one. However they don’t seem to be eating my girls. Have you ever seen these? They are smaller than a ladybug. What should I put on them?
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@maximusindica If you can get a picture of them that would help a lot
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I agree. There would be no way to attempt identifying them without a picture. There’s always an abundance of insect life in the swamps.
Normally I would say not to worry since there is no sign of them feeding, but the number of them gives me pause to wonder why?
@garrigan62 has a few effective natural remedies. I would suggest food grade diatemaceous earth, but I believe it’s mainly effective against soft bodied insects and larvae.
Neem oil is effective, but you don’t want to use it once you begin to see signs of flowering.
Again, identifying them is important as there are many beneficial insects that help protect things. It’s one of the drawbacks of growing outside. We do have a couple. 
Try this on them. Can’t really say that it will work seeing how we don’t know what where dealing with but it is all natural let’s see what happends please let us know
Will
Tabacco Juice recipe
Take 3 strong ciggeretes or more soak them over night in water
Boil it for 2 to 3 miniutes, addind the hottttest hot sauce you can find, let it cool off and spray the plants 3 to 4 times a week. You can add safer soap or dish soap if you like to the mixture.
(make absolutly sure you use gloves/face protection while handling and spraying)
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Are these the ones? I’ve recently experienced a swarm of them, but I didn’t notice any damage from them either.
It looks like a cricket but it’s warm so apparently it’s not what it looks like though
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Looking great my friend!
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The top picture looks like a cricket but the bottom looks like so type of beetle ?
You say they aren’t doing any damage so what the problem they late on the rent or something lol
I tend to leave the bugs that don’t do damage alone
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YES, exactly. They jump and are super soft. They are doing no damage to my crop. And thanks for the reply. If everything goes as planned can we expect a higher yield on our outdoor grows with fem seed vs indoor grow under lights, and NOT talking auto’s or hydro just great soil and nutrients?
SWEEEEET Sativa. Drooling and jonesing just looking at it. Good job!
No problem with them. Just reminded me of his description, so I figured I’d see. Not seeing any damage from them, I let them carry on.
In my opinion, outdoor plants have the ability to produce more per plant. I’ve yet to match the density of indoor buds, but with what I’ve learned here I’m thinking I can get close now.
The yields are why many indoor growers would like to be able to grow outside. Not to mention, we still can’t artificially match the Sun.
We have more obstacles in nature, but we also have everything the plant needs. What the plant has thrived in for thousands of years.
I could live in a sealed environment, but I have to go outside to thrive in this life…
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Well said @FloridaSon
I think most of us would grow outdoors if we knew we could without getting in trouble
That said I will still put a plant or two out and take my chances with the 
Have you ever tried and out door scrog grow ? Was thinking about it when I can put my plant out it would help me keep it low and might help me stay under the radar