The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[mr.shiva]

Cool pics Cali grower, reminds me of my bushes last year

 

[caligrower]

thanks guys......

VEG- how much water you feed as of now and how often....i know you do beds but roughly how much water per plant if you had to guess .....

 

[Paco]

Rootwise, FTW!!!

 

[ROOTWISE]

NewHouse Paco FTW!!! Big love homie...

Caligrower- Right now, every 3rd day I am doing a big deep water. Probably in the neighborhood of 40 gallons. No coco in my mix. I'm holding at optimal moisture range for about two full days, per moisture meter...

Soon it will go to every other day....

 

[Veg N Out]

thanks guys......

VEG- how much water you feed as of now and how often....i know you do beds but roughly how much water per plant if you had to guess .....

Hi CaliGrower!!! Hope your garden is blessed with much Sun !! So in my "House Pads" I am delivering water with a Honda WH20X Pump...This thing lays down about 120 gallons per minute @ 60 PSI .. I use MSGR300 Mini Jet sprayers from the Good Folks @ DripWorks in Willits, CA. They deliver 30 GPH and do a 5' diameter circle. I have as many as I need to cover the area evenly [I just made up hundreds of Mini Jets and kept putting them in till I had the coverage I liked...I haven't counted how many is in each "HousePad"] and water for 30-45 minutes every other day or so depending on the weather. If the weather hits 3 digits I'll turn the pump on again in the late after noon for a bit as well...I don't have any real system to it other than to just pour the water on hard because of the sheer yardage present in each "House Pad" ... Bless it up!

 

[Double F]

My partner put molasses in the foliar feed without my knowledge, well now the plants are attracting ants. Is there anything organic that i can spray on the base of the stems?

 

[OrganicBuds]

My partner put molasses in the foliar feed without my knowledge, well now the plants are attracting ants. Is there anything organic that i can spray on the base of the stems?

You sure you don't have aphids? Usually when I see ant problems it is because they are farming aphids. I spray my plants with a molasses foliar all the time without ant problems. Heck, I even water with molasses almost every watering. It is in my teas, my organic nutes, everything almost.

 

[Pointswest]

I would have to agree with OrganicBud, the molasses should not attract ants. I have been using molasses for foliar and soil applications for two years and have never attracted ants to the grow.

The ants are farming a colony of aphids on your plant. Look closer for aphids.

PW

 

[mendo420]

Big up!
Its getting HOT out here! But these girls are lovin it.





Bless

 

[MummyCat]

peace to everyone

 

[McDank8O5]

Devils Island


BlackWater






happy growing and stay safe

 

[Double F]

I would have to agree with OrganicBud, the molasses should not attract ants. I have been using molasses for foliar and soil applications for two years and have never attracted ants to the grow.

The ants are farming a colony of aphids on your plant. Look closer for aphids.

PW

no aphids, the ants are all forming around what looks to be small wounds in the branch were sap leaks out, like where i pruned the inner nodes. they are all clustered around drinking the sap. no aphids at all.

pretty frustrating. i took the following course. grants ant traps at the base of every stem to kill the queen. a bunch of tangle foot around the base of all the branches to stop their movement. and a hefty spray of neem and spinosad sprayed directly onto the stems...

i read cinnamon works as a deterent. some people were saying the ants are good because they aerate the roots, but im not buying it..

 

[ROOTWISE]

Sunday Funday! Nice to see all the shining gardens from our crew on here. Hoping to see more!

Here's my week's progress....

 

[guest8905]

beautiful grows fellas as always much respect and thanks

this last two weeks have been epic, lets keep it up!

always positive but kicking ass!

 

[OrganicBuds]

Anybody else that lives in the bay having the worst weather in history? Not that we have been getting rain, but we haven't had a day over 75 since March? It is killing my grow season. Anybody else having theses issues?

 

[OrganicBuds]

no aphids, the ants are all forming around what looks to be small wounds in the branch were sap leaks out, like where i pruned the inner nodes. they are all clustered around drinking the sap. no aphids at all.

pretty frustrating. i took the following course. grants ant traps at the base of every stem to kill the queen. a bunch of tangle foot around the base of all the branches to stop their movement. and a hefty spray of neem and spinosad sprayed directly onto the stems...

i read cinnamon works as a deterent. some people were saying the ants are good because they aerate the roots, but im not buying it..

Close that wound up with some clone-x and some green tape. The spinosad should take care of the rest.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Hey Rootwise...what moisture meter are you using and what is the optimum reading on it?

 

[ROOTWISE]

YosemiteSam- Reotemp, backyard 17" Moisture Probe is what I have. You calibrate it yourself so my numbers may not be your numbers. I am liking what I see in terms of growth in my 5-7 range....

Go getcha one...

 

[YosemiteSam]

I got a control wizard. I suspect keeping moisture in the right range (whatever it is) makes a huge difference. I personally like to be able to measure metrics that I feel are important and control to those metrics.

Anyways I will take a look at what you are using. Thanks.

 

[jrmedic]

ROOTWISE

Much respect. Keep it up and thanks for being one of the OGs to keep it alive. The shape of your trees is epic.