Offical "Outdoor Grow Off 2011" Thread....

nice. I saw that a vew years ago. Some guy set up a rifle with webcam for disabled hunters.


But yeah, the problem with this one is if you use it you may have swat and/or an anti-terrorism team come to investigate.

 

Yeah im planning on doing some outdoor again this summer.


But i WILL NOT be doing it in my backyard as im sure most of you know if youve read the 2010 outdoor thread.


Ill be moving to another location, 2 more in fact.


Hoping to score some seriously good clones from a buddy. Hes got a guy who grows some A+ stuff.

 

I will read the rest of this thread later, im sure it will be a good one. Just stopping in to tell you guys my plans.


I think im just gonna build a little hoop house and do a light dep or just green house it. something small, in my back yard...


I wish everyone better luck on this years outdoor. hopefully I wont have to be a bitter old Dick after this one...

 

bump i got a few stories

 

2011 light deprivation crop in Odell,Illinois


Hey Boa, and hello to everyone contributing to this thread:


Got some pics of a successful 2011 light deprivation grow in an outdoor, partially underground enclosure. Strain is 'Sweet Skunk' and is local to central Illinois. Northern lights X Durban background. 24 cuttings were transplanted to 2 gallon pots as soon as they were thoroughly rooted thru a 2 inch rockwool cube. Pots were filled with organic mix that was mixed up and covered with a tarp about 30 days prior.


The mix consisted of a small amount of cow manure compost (about 1 quart per 2 gallons of mix), a small amount of alfalfa meal (half cup/gallon), and two types of bat guano; a smaller amount of high N guano (1 Tblspn/gallon) along with high P bat guano (3 Tblspns/gallon) mixed with a finely ground 'Heco' peat moss mix.


Enclosure was just a simple frame, built out of treated 2x4's, along with a "roof" made out of six pieces of pvc pipe (1 inch schedule 80 pvc). The schedule 80 pvc pipe has a thicker wall and is stronger than schedule 40. The pvc pipes support a 12 ft X 12 ft garden pond liner that was converted to use as a blackout curtain. The pond liner was attached to a 4 inch piece of pvc pipe using duct tape, so that it could be rolled and unrolled across the top of the enclosure, using the pipe as an axle, and rolling the tarp up from the lower part to the higher part of the enclosure.


If you look closely, you will notice that the floor of the enclosure has been dug out to a depth of about 16 inches. This gives the plants a much lower profile, and keeps them from sticking up above the tarp cover. If this setup is used during the rainy season, the pots are placed on pallets, because the bottom inch or two of the enclosure fills with water after a heavy rainfall, but it does drain pretty quickly.


24 plants were given 12 hours of light per day, receiving about 6 hours of direct sunlight during that time. They were covered at 8 pm and uncovered at 8 am. The pond liner was the only material that would completely black out the inside of the enclosure.


After 60 days of 12/12, each of the 24 plants yielded just under an ounce apiece, for a total yield of just under 1.5 pounds of high-grade bud in just 60 days time + the time spent rooting them out. This was the third crop of the year...April~May, June~July, August~Sept. And with the beautiful, indian-summer weather that we have had since, he probably could have pulled off a fourth crop for a total of six pounds+/- for the year, just from this site!


partially underground shade enclosure-appx 9 ft X 9 ft in size





enclosure covered with pond liner and tucked in for the night--you can see how the liner is attached to the pvc pipe "axle" at the front of the enclosure. The liner is rolled up on the pipe from the lower front to the higher rear of the enclosure. The roll of pond liner material is then stashed on the ground behind the high side, until it is time to roll it out again that evening.





A shot of my buddy's "greenhouse". This was the first year using this setup; I told him that he should spray paint the pond liner with camouflage color spray paints...I think that it would blend in a lot better. As it is, you can hardly see it from 50 feet away now. Close up, it is completely surrounded by shrubs and weeds.





About 2.5 weeks from the 60 day mark and harvest day

 

out door


i thought outdoor was suppose to be easier...you have to do that every day....i guess just during flowering period though...love to see how it does...good luck...just seems like a lot of work


ncm

 

takes a little discipline


He has to be there every day to cover and uncover at 8 pm and 8 am respectively, and yes, it has interfered with my buddies drinking activities in the past. For 4.5 pounds yield from this small area, he makes sure that he is there at the proper times LOL.


He has very bad knees, so there is no way that he could ever run a large guerilla grow. He could hike out into the woods, but they would have to chopper him back! So for him, this is it for the year.


Next Spring, We are going to try larger pots and vegging the plants for a couple of weeks before putting them out in the enclosure...that should at least double the current yields.


Good Luck


Vinnie Kaz

 

Not to shabby! Nice to meet ya!

 

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thanks res


here is what Ive been play n with lately


tall one is a berry strain


two others are NYC diesel and a purple strain i got from some purple bud























only got like 12zs dry cause got eaten early flower by lipids on the big berry


I am 6'4"

 

cool pictures. ur about the same hieght as me, what strain was that? sorry if I missed it

 

3 different strains


berry sativa dom


Nyc diesel


some purple strain i got from a friend

 

nice


:redbong:

 

A couple Early Pearl shots.

 

I am a newbie and did not read the whole thread, so if it was mentioned already I apologize.


What seed bank did you get the seeds from? Can you please tell us the approximate latitude they were grown at and when each strain was ready for harvest? Nice looking plants! Thanks

 

VERY nice looking plants. That top cola is NICE!!!:bravo: The bud to leaf ration looks very nice as well. Must have been easy to manicure.


Where did you get the seeds from, what latitude was it grown at and when did you pick them? Thanks