My first time tying down the tops. I have to say I saw results in a day. All the lower branches took off to get to the top. Now looking nice and bushy!
Feeding once every 5 days with 1/4 fox farm nute trio, added kelp, calmag, ph down and mackerel this year.
All looks good, only issue is PH will not go below 7…but my PH has always run high…
Loving the outdoor garden! Beautiful healthy ladies. I cant wait to go back outside with a plan. We gotta get legal round here first tho. I wont be able to hide that funk
It is rough in a cloth pot like that but, is controllable. If I could grow outside, I owuld like at least a 2’x2’ circle in the ground with landscape barrier, or chopped up 55 gallon safe drums.
Bottles on top of stakes rattle in the wind and keep birds and deer away from the plants.
Also keep stakes from poking thru bags when used to cover pots during inclement weather.
So far everything going well, haven’t even Fed anything yet, ocean forest doing it’s job, just ph water with calmag. I must have got a hot Batch of OF, got some dark green leaves with slight nute burn. I’ve been having issues with caterpillars🤬, BT sold out everywhere, been using neem (all I got), seems to be helping a bit, can’t find spinosad either.
Later on started to see brown spots in the bud. Opened them up and they were gone.
Passed on trying again this year. I did get some fresh spinosad though.
Good luck
Yeah, they can definitely cause lots of damage. Good news is I don’t think I have nearly the problem you had, seems to be slowing down. I’m not sure how effective neem is on caterpillars, but it seems to be helping the issue. I have also moved the plant away from any trees or plants.
Thanks, sorry about your plant, if you try outdoor again hope it works out
@Dave101 i recently used Jacks Dead Bug to wipe out caterpillars on my brassicas in my veggie garden. Worked great. I typically go with Neem and Bt and this worked better.