The IC Organic Growers Community Thread.

[VerdantGreen]

hey DARC you can send some karma my way for a nice male when i pop the rest of the seeds. i was a bit gutted not to get any last time.

VG

 

[DARC MIND]

master hoop skillz

master hoop skillz

are you that well trained darc? lol

 

[vapor]

the Lemon Thai is the most 'different' weed i have ever smoked. the high is crystal clear with a kind of stimulated energetic feeling. you could almost believe you weren't wasted some of the time but actually it is very potent and you will be reminded now and again that you are very high indeed.
taste and smell are straight lemon cleaner, one pheno was very strong grapefruit.

i have a few more seeds of this and want to do some F4's at some point. i also have a cross in mind to do with it. huge respect to bodhi for maintaining and spreading these unusual genetics.

VG

I like thai's one of my favs, some real fruity flavs come hard in some of them i have tryd. I really like the tfd thai f2's ray davis did they where real tasty,and what i like to call a humble up high.. peace

 

[OrganicLearner]

gmo

Yeah I remember coot warning that the alfalfa gmo situation is going to get worse, so is organic alfalfa meal pretty much unheard of now? Is anyone able to get organic alfalfa anymore?

 

[Granger2]

Kis organics has organic alfalfa. Shipping makes large quantities impractical. -granger

 

[The Sensi Rebel]

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[MileHighGuy]

COMPOST IT!!!

Or at least let it age first.

You don't want your soil to be working on the duck poop, you want the duck poop working on your soil.

 

[MileHighGuy]

On the Alfalfa kick, it hasn't gotten to bad yet with GMO.

I usually ask the Farmers where they get their seed and how they grow it.

The guy behind me grows alfalfa with fresh irrigation water, and organic chicken shit.

I know that when I chop that alfalfa it isn't certified organic, but I would have a tough time calling it non-organic.

Just be aware of where you are getting stuff.

Also with items like alfalfa that are SUPER lightweight and hard to ship in a large quantity, consider making Fermented Plant Extracts with them or adding to compost tea etc.

A little Alfalfa goes a long way, so you really don't need much.

The alfalfa over at build a soil isn't Certified Organic but I know where it comes from.


On a Side note, I was just in my grow shop and was looking at bottles for fun. I noticed that many of the organic bottles have Cotton, soy and other high GMO products in them. How on earth do they get these things certified, I just don't get it.

 

[xmobotx]

i like to grow my own and forage them in wild areas

i use a lot of alfalfa and clover grown right in my yard for the compost process ~been thinking about messing around w FPEs some again or even making "alfalfa meal" from mine

 

[MileHighGuy]

yeah mobotics do it!

My next goal is to have a whole crapload of bocking 14 comfrey all over the property to add to the compost and use for FPE.

 

[Jhhnn]

COMPOST IT!!!

Or at least let it age first.

You don't want your soil to be working on the duck poop, you want the duck poop working on your soil.

Agreed. Bird poop, whether from chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, whatever, is very "hot". It needs very much to be aged, at least, or blended into composting, even better.

Well, unless you're using very small amounts.

My own goals wrt "growing organic" is simply to not intentionally introduce chemicals into the process. We compost all our kitchen scraps, which aren't necessarily from organic foods, along with lawn clippings, garden trash, leaves, even the contents of kitty litter boxes where we use corn based litter. I'm sure that there are very likely some GMO ingredients in there, but I doubt that it matters much if at all after the composting process.

 

[The Sensi Rebel]

Okay! thanks guys.ill certainly have enough, that's for sure. I feel like every two weeks I'll give the cage a good clean and leave the rest to my worms! Im sure its safe to assume the NPK is around 5-3-2 considering they have the same diet as baby chicks minus the medicated meal. either way, as chicks they poop up to a half lb a day which is about 50-70% of their weight in poop per day lol. they also love pooping in their water dish so I might just start saving some of that poop water too for teas. neat though!

I compost every day every week since I started organics, but this seems like a great thing to happen for my soils and teas.

 

[The Sensi Rebel]

xmobotx, whats you're indoor composting situation like?

 

[xmobotx]

sensi right now; i have a medium tote {i think it's 16 gallon} w/ a 1/2" screen dividing finished castings from "fresh" compost ~the worms have moved from the castings side to the compost side

the compost was that which i activated in the bucket linky

i have been harvesting [vermi]compost from this arrangement starting some time in the last couple weeks w/ no adverse effects and seemingly good results ~it seems to be an improvement but not so much time yet

 

[OrganicLearner]

On the organic alfalfa I meant in 50 lb bags, does anyone know what the effect of bearing grease would be on soil/plants? This new sprayer I got has a bunch of grease inside for the pump and it has a stinky chemical smell on the inside. The sprayer was purchased new so I think it's just the grease causing the smell..

 

[Carlos Danger]

OL,

My new Chaplin 1949 arrived with that smell. I ran water through it once and gave it a good rinsing. Mine was designed multipurpose including plants, so ymmv.

 

[Jhhnn]

On the organic alfalfa I meant in 50 lb bags, does anyone know what the effect of bearing grease would be on soil/plants? This new sprayer I got has a bunch of grease inside for the pump and it has a stinky chemical smell on the inside. The sprayer was purchased new so I think it's just the grease causing the smell..

Some plastic lets off smells in a de-gassing process. You only smell it because it was contained in the sprayer, couldn't get away into the open air. Rinse it out, leave it open for a couple of days, & the smell will be gone.

I can't speak with any authority about the grease in your particular sprayer, but it's probably synthetic silicone grease, used for extreme water resistance and its inert qualities. Several varieties of it are approved & widely used in food handling machinery. Certainly not organic, just non-reactive.

 

[soil margin]

Nice, like the idea of this thread.

I grow outdoor organics. Right now I've got 10 baby plants in 5 gal soil pots, 1 large indica mother in a 30 gallon bin, and another 12 mature clones waiting to get transplanted today. Two strains right now, the sativa dominant hybrid which is unknown
and a indica dominant purple hybrid plant that comes from a P-91 cross.

I use my homemade 3 yr old compost mixed with recycled 707 soil and amended with sand and leaf mold. Makes a great light soil mix that holds a boatload of water while still maintaining good drainage. Water every 2-3 days with a nice ACT tea brewed from a handful of compost and a couple tbsp of blackstrap.

Here's a pic of one of my early P-91 outdoor girls.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Beautiful contrast in colors there!

 

[John Deere]

Nice job, sm! Wish I could run outdoors.