I filled up a 12 x 4 bed with super soil and put a Super Silver Haze at the far end of it. Going to have it take up about half of the bed. The soil is a concoction of numerous things. Normally my recipe is slightly simpler, but I had so much space to fill (something crazy like 45 gallons) that I ended up throwing in some other things this time because why not. The mix contained:
Pro Mix HP with myco
Local compost
Mother Earth Coco Perlite
Otter River Black Gold (composted cow manure, wood ash, etc)
Fox Farm Happy Frog
Fox Farm Ocean Forest
Coast of Maine Growers Mix
Coast of Maine Earthworm Castings
Wiggleworm Earthworm Castings
Coast of Maine Lobster Compost
Fox Farm Happy Frog General Purpose Fertilizer
Coast of Maine Stonington Blend Plant Food
Coast of Maine Lobster Meal
The seed came from Nirvana Seeds and is feminized photoperiod. I will add more pics to this thread as she grows. I just transplanted her a few days ago.
Nice plant, I love super silver haze. It was my first grow and I made a lot of mistakes but it still did well and was my favorite smoke out of all I’ve grown. Congratulations and good luck with your grow. Look forward to see more pictures as she grows
I took a few more pictures this morning. I will wait a week to post again so that way we can see some growth. Even within the past couple of days I see growth.
Oh I can definitely wait to see her bud, in fact I would be pissed off if she began flowering right now. I want her to veg for about a month. Out here plants usually begin showing preflowers at some point in July and by August are in full flower. Usually mid July is when preflower begins here which I honestly just consider to be part of the flowering stage.
I had a couple plants last year that flowered prematurely in June. Those plants had bad heat stress because my landlady wouldn’t let me have an air conditioner. She let me grow pot though, go figure. Anyways most types of plants can “bolt” and go to seed immediately as a response to severe heat stress or really any severe shock that makes the plant think “omg im gonna die i better reproduce immediately”. Any plant I’ve had that does this turns out to be shit, usually they get bad bud rot in my experience.
So in essence I want my girl to take her time, grow into a giant tree, and flower when the circumstances are correct.
Here are the updated pics from today, one week after my first post. Seeing some decent growth. It doesn’t look quite nitrogen deficient but is not a deep green and could probably use more nitrogen. Although I notice when I first transplant plants outside in full sun they do tend to be a lighter shade of green shortly after for a brief period of time, so it could just be stress or something, not necessarily a lack of nutrients in the soil. And either way, it is definitely growing.
The first pic ill attach is the first picture I took after transplanting (for comparison), and then the next 2 pics will be the ones from today.
Super Soil is kind of a loose term but generally refers to soil that is extremely powerful and well amended so it does not need much additional fertilizer. In theory with super soil you do not need any fertilizer, although I think this viewpoint is flawed unless you are at least top dressing periodically. My soil also could be considered living soil as it is rich in mychorizae and beneficial bacteria. I also add beneficials to my nutrient mix when I add nutrients.
In my first post on this thread I list the recipe for this particular soil. Although it is slightly different than my regular recipe and not quite as strong as usual. But still should do the trick!
Here is the latest pic. The heat wave this week made the plants get much bigger from allthe sun. We just got some heavy rains too so I won’t have to water for a couple of days and the soil has been naturally flushed. This week I’ll feed her some Roots Organics Buddha Grow, Alaska Fish Fertilizer, Medina Liquid Seaweed, Ful Power (fulvic acid), ION-14L (silicon and humic acid), and some Fish Sh!t (beneficial bacteria). All fully organic products this week.
I noticed a small crack in the stalk where the 2 cola stalks join together at the base, causing one of the colas to lean over to the side a bit. I used some twine to tie them together gently (without constricting the stalks in any way). At the rate the plant is going it will need more support, like tying it to a fence post or something. I have never grown Super Silver Haze but I read that the vigorous growth and massive flowers often require giving the plant some extra support, so this comes as no surprise.
Yesterday she was looking a little bit less happy due to the rain, so I took another picture today when she was bathing in the rays of sunshine to show her off a little more
Sorry for not having updated this thread lately, I broke up with my girlfriend recently and my mental health has not been well.
Here is an updated picture from a couple days ago. About two or three weeks ago I recorded a 15 minute video tour of my garden too and uploaded it to my google Drive.
I took a couple more pics yesterday after pruning off the low branches. She’s challenging to keep up with, this was a major prune and there is still so much foliage. But i only like to take off a little at a time to avoid stressing the plant.
Haha it’s funny you say that. An hour ago when I was having my cigarette I thought to myself “I need to buy a step ladder later”. And then I thought about the fact that even with a step ladder I still won’t be able to access some areas of the plant. Last year I had a couple plants like this and experienced this type of problem, I was standing on top of my workout bench and couldn’t even reach close to the top on my plants last year. It is a good problem to have but definitely a problem.
