When will they start budding

Just follow the directions. If Epsom is the only nutrient your giving it you can go full strength but if you are adding other fertilizers check to see how much Magnesium is in it so you dont give too much but, when your scratching it into the top layer, its almost like a time release affect so you can add a little more.

I think im gonna spread them out some so they can get better air flow. They are all bunched together right now. I will cut back some of the foliage but not a lot. Im just gonna let them grow and hope for the best.

I just pruned mine today. I am getting ready to start flowering them. I am giving them a couple days to recover.

In kentucky, you should start flowering outside around the second week of August an finish around the end of October.

Thats what I’ve been thinking but my oldman keeps saying the should be budding by now. They are just flourishing bushes lol.

We have had heavy rain and winds the last 24 hours. Some got turned over but no broken branches. Im gonna have to thin them out. They are thick.

Now would be a good time. Right after a rain. The plants are bloated with water.

You might start flowering in the first week of August. We alway leave them out till the first frost. With a lot of rain an high humidity keep a watch on the buds for mold or bud rot In can happen.
Good luck

Only a few table spoons if your scratching it into the top. Give it some in small amounts once a week. Its not good to give them drastic changes. Do everything slowly for them. Small amounts of fertilizers spaced a week or 2 apart to give the plant time to assimilate it all.

Are these bud sights?



Those are pre flowers, and yes, buds will form there. Looks like you’re going to be in full flower in a week or two.

Yayyyyy i was starting to think they weren’t gonna do anything.

I still can’t believe my outdoor plant started flowering a couple weeks ago. Today is day 15 from when it produced budlets. That’s when I consider them being in full flower. Pics are 15 days ago, and today.


Real nice! Its crazy how 2 weeks can make that noticable of a difference.

I know right. I am starting to fight some of the older leaves yellowing, and that concerns me. It’s like I’m lacking nitrogen. I’m in living soil, so not sure how to address it.

I will be no help to you there. Sorry bro.
Looking good.

I think the yellowing leaves are normal at this stage. Isn’t it?

I’m just not sure. Seems like I shouldn’t be seeing much in the way of yellowing leaves at this point. You can see in these pics what I’m talking about. I think I’ll soak a tbs. of blood meal in a gallon of water and give it a little boost of nitrogen.


It cant hurt… it looks healthy to me… i would feed if it was mine but thats me. Im alway over feeding them…

Me too I hunch outdoor plants get a lot of wash from rains and run out of stuff and the earths so big hard to overfeed, my logic anyway