Sasquatch's log

[Sasquatch]

Strain: Unknown, Richters
Lighting: Shaded patio, a couple hours of direct sunlight on most days
Grow Media/Soil Mix: Commercial potting soil
Fertilizer: None
Temperature Range: 22-37 deg C daytime
Humidity: Outdoors, SF Bay area, manual misting a couple of times / day
Started From: Clone
Start Date: Late May

Other Details/Images:

When I received the clones from Richters, they had been sitting at UPS for about three days, because I wasn't home when they were delivered. This was what they looked like shortly after unpacking:



As you can see, two of the plants were in really poor shape, one was quite healty and the fourth was very droopy. I put them all in the same 8" pot, which turned out to be a mistake. The fourth plant continued to look like it was going to die for about a week. The leaves would go limb during the day but regain some life during the night. Eventually it adapted to the low humidity and high temperature. This image is at about 1 month:


The two smaller plants showed virtually no development until I repotted them into a separate pot after about a month. They now look like they will survive.

This is what they look like today:




I am now waiting for the growth to speed up. I have been pruning judiciously and I'm happy with the current shape and density of the largest plant, but I wonder if it is getting enough light...

[JustAnotherRegularGuy]

Welcome! You are off to a fantastic start! I got my first plant from Richters and it was about as small as your smallest one. You got some nice size plants from Richters! The plants look very healthy and I think they should start to grow pretty quickly.

JARG

[Sea Mac]

Yes, those are nice plants!

You're well on your way to this:

in a year or two!

Happy Growing!

[chrishna58]

Your plants seem to be handling the SF bay area outdoors environment well. I'm in the south bay area and would like to eventually start growing my plants outdoors, so I'll be very interested in how your plants do.

[Sorbus666]

It's always interesting to read about outdoor growing, just because it's cool to see plant like this adapt to so different environments they normally grow in. 

After all the starting pains, your plants look good. Good luck!

[Arcygenical]

My clones from richters were all like, 3" tall aha...

Looks normal for them. They did grow with amazing vigor though.

[Sasquatch]

Regarding the quality of Richters’ plants and service:

When I received the plants, I let them know that I was a bit disappointed with the condition of the plants (attached the picture above). A couple of days ago, I got a message that they have credited me for the 3 smaller plants. So they did the right thing (although it took them a good while) and I think that people can order from them with confidence.

An update to the grow log is forthcoming. Today I found a slug making its way towards the largest of the plants. I hope they won't make a habit of it!

[Sasquatch]

The smallest of the plants has died. :-(

But the rest are doing pretty well:

[Sasquatch]

Fixed my real camera, so was finally able to take some images that don't look like crap.

[k2ybugger]

that last image in amazing!!
a tre beauty

[chrishna58]

Really nice photography on that last picture! I hope my outdoor plants do as well as yours. Very nice color.

[MstryShovel]

yeah that last pic is great, any chance you still have a high resolution version of that that i could get in my email or something? id like to use that as my background here

[Sasquatch]

yeah that last pic is great, any chance you still have a high resolution version of that that i could get in my email or something? id like to use that as my background here

I’m glad you like it!

Full resolution, high-quality JPEG (1.1 MB)

[gnorme]

tnx for the background
Good luck with your plants

[Sea Mac]

Nice Plants!

[Genius +] for growing expertise gained!

The only thing they want is just a little Miracle-Gro plant food ... It'll darken them up considerably!

Salvia is a nitrogen hog ...