thanks zebulon, I got the oldest 8 in the ground today. just in time, as we are expected to get a nasty thunder storm with high winds again tonight.

last night it stormed with very high winds (tornadoes were reported in the area), which I knew would blow over at least 1 of the elder plants. to no surprise, today when I arrived at the plot I found 3 had tipped over, and were exhibiting some shifty growth as a result (that explains any awkwardly bent plants you see in the pics).

this will be the plants first taste of nutrients, in the highly enriched soil. so I expect them to take off with growth any time soon. the oldest plants are now well over 1 month old, and from a brief look today none of them appear to be showing their sex yet.

since I haven't been very good at labelling each plant in all the pics I've posted (and you can no longer tell from the labelled pots), I've thrown together a little layout diagram to label each plant in the ground. the diagram was drawn from the view of the first 2 pictures (DSCF0556.JPG and DSCF0557.JPG, which were taken from the entrance of the plot).

I think I spaced the plants out good enough, they should have plenty of room to bush out. I wasn't too fussy with keeping everything perfectly spaced apart, but I don't think that I did that bad of a job.

next update in a few days. :smokin: