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Outdoors in California 2013
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Damn mendo knocking it out the park for real!!!! One day when you get a chance can you go over your storage a bit?
Very nice numbers you posted up, followed by photos of some amazing herb. Once again, congrats.
hey mendo do you use a special nitrogen sealer or just a regular vacsealer? also have you heard about those iron pellets that help fight the oxidation of nugs? just saw a 50pc from a mendo garden in the bay and the herb was already browning up! looked like it was turkey bagged a little too early.
most of my stuff is sitting in turkey bags or vac sealed using the sheildNseal. havent seen any oxidation except for the chem4 its turning golden.
most of my stuff is sitting in turkey bags or vac sealed using the sheildNseal. havent seen any oxidation except for the chem4 its turning golden.
I use a regular vac saver.
I don't have a nitrogen sealer yet. Its on my want list.
Not herd of the iron pellets I wouldn't want that in my bags.
Chem4 always turns golden. I hate it, but it sure is strong.
I think this is the last year I'm growing it.
Was the ganja you saw last years maybe?
Some people are terrible I wouldn't be surprised.
But that's one of the problems, everyone and their cousin is "trying" to grow and they put out total crap.
They go to a dispensary and buy clones.
Then grow it with Maxsea or Grow More.
Then flood the market with shitty d grade weed and it just drives the price down to giving it away.
I'll just keep doing what I do best.
Growing the best ganja in the world!
S
StanKDanK
hey mendo. do you reuse your soil next year ?
bamboogardner
Active member
Hey Mendo. Good job on your efforts. And don't pay attention to the haters playing the "my dick is larger than your dick" game. Your grow is commendable and so what if it is not the best in the world. It's good enough for you and that is all that counts.
So I wonder if you could please answer a few questions for me. I have been doing clones in 200's for a while and am reverting to regular seeds, not feminized this year in an effort to increase the yield.
So how soon would you pop the regular seeds? I have a greenhouse I can veg them in if a few months extra veg would help a lot. Also how do you sex the plants? I have done both the clone thing and then flowering the clones and culling the males. I have also taken the original plants that were seeds and made them flower, and then brought them back to veg when they showed sex. But I can only assume that making them flower and bringing them back is stressful. Maybe I am wrong. Any help in that area would be appreciated.
Maybe I am in the wrong department for this next question. Trimming. I have been doing it by hand at $175 a pop for the trimmers, and there must be an easier way. I had a Trim Pro Rotor (the one with the fingers that drags the buds across the screen) a few years back and it tore the crap out of the buds, not withstanding the Chlorophyll smell the buds had for some time. Got rid of it 1 month after I bought it.
This year I used a wander trimmer by EZ Trim. It was good to pull all the fans off the plant after it was bucked out of the field, but from there it definitely needed to be hand trimmed and touched up. But the trim team still wanted their $175 per # even with all the fans off. So any help in that arena would be grateful.
Again, good job my friend. Looks awesome and best of the New Year to you. Keep up with all the info. I am sure most are grateful. Don't forget. You can please some of the people some of the time, but you will never please all the people all the time.
BambooGardner
So I wonder if you could please answer a few questions for me. I have been doing clones in 200's for a while and am reverting to regular seeds, not feminized this year in an effort to increase the yield.
So how soon would you pop the regular seeds? I have a greenhouse I can veg them in if a few months extra veg would help a lot. Also how do you sex the plants? I have done both the clone thing and then flowering the clones and culling the males. I have also taken the original plants that were seeds and made them flower, and then brought them back to veg when they showed sex. But I can only assume that making them flower and bringing them back is stressful. Maybe I am wrong. Any help in that area would be appreciated.
Maybe I am in the wrong department for this next question. Trimming. I have been doing it by hand at $175 a pop for the trimmers, and there must be an easier way. I had a Trim Pro Rotor (the one with the fingers that drags the buds across the screen) a few years back and it tore the crap out of the buds, not withstanding the Chlorophyll smell the buds had for some time. Got rid of it 1 month after I bought it.
This year I used a wander trimmer by EZ Trim. It was good to pull all the fans off the plant after it was bucked out of the field, but from there it definitely needed to be hand trimmed and touched up. But the trim team still wanted their $175 per # even with all the fans off. So any help in that arena would be grateful.
Again, good job my friend. Looks awesome and best of the New Year to you. Keep up with all the info. I am sure most are grateful. Don't forget. You can please some of the people some of the time, but you will never please all the people all the time.
BambooGardner
bamboogardner
Active member
Hey Jackel. I live probably a bit south of you, but in the same northern cal area. Some of the trimmers wanted 200. I had to get some product out to pay bills, but still have a crap house load to finish up.
From what I have seen if you pay by the pound they hurry and don't do a good job. Then if you pay by the hour, they "milk the cow" in an effort to get more hours. Grrrrr. Cant win.
I wish someone could design a trimmer that could do quantities with at least 80% of the quality of hand trimmed. Everyone I have seen, including the twister knocks the trics off, and it is visible, especially under a microscope.
Maybe my clientele is too picky, lol.
Later
BambooGardner
From what I have seen if you pay by the pound they hurry and don't do a good job. Then if you pay by the hour, they "milk the cow" in an effort to get more hours. Grrrrr. Cant win.
I wish someone could design a trimmer that could do quantities with at least 80% of the quality of hand trimmed. Everyone I have seen, including the twister knocks the trics off, and it is visible, especially under a microscope.
Maybe my clientele is too picky, lol.
Later
BambooGardner
I have no problem telling a worker to go back over their work because it's sloppy. 150 is adaquate pay.
As far as how long it takes? Some get it done in 6 hrs, some takes 14. I don't care as long as it gets done. Plus I cover food n drinks.
Years ago I use to pay by the hour, but too many talkers caused me to go to flat rate. Works better for me this way.
As far as how long it takes? Some get it done in 6 hrs, some takes 14. I don't care as long as it gets done. Plus I cover food n drinks.
Years ago I use to pay by the hour, but too many talkers caused me to go to flat rate. Works better for me this way.
bamboogardner
Active member
Rain in California Today, unreal. 
Well with the trimmers, I see the per pound folks trying to go real fast, and they take off too much bud. The bud is not trimmed such as you would take to the Emerald Cup for judging. A- to B+ at best.
You can't win. By the hour, too slow. By the pound, too fast and lacking quality. Doing it yourself is the way to go, but if you have quantities, that is impossible.
The trim machines in my opinion do not do a good job. Sure, there are some crappy ones like the trimpro rotor, and more expensive ones like the Twister. Either way, the buds are tumbled knocking off the trics, and the TrimPro Rotor is horrible by having the rubber fingers grind the buds into the trimming blade.
Maybe some folks can chime in on their experience with the better trimming machines.
Looking to see Mendo comment, but I am sure that after a long hard summer, he is busy doing R&R and dealing with new problems such as bitches, beer and blunts.
BambooGardner
Well with the trimmers, I see the per pound folks trying to go real fast, and they take off too much bud. The bud is not trimmed such as you would take to the Emerald Cup for judging. A- to B+ at best.
You can't win. By the hour, too slow. By the pound, too fast and lacking quality. Doing it yourself is the way to go, but if you have quantities, that is impossible.
The trim machines in my opinion do not do a good job. Sure, there are some crappy ones like the trimpro rotor, and more expensive ones like the Twister. Either way, the buds are tumbled knocking off the trics, and the TrimPro Rotor is horrible by having the rubber fingers grind the buds into the trimming blade.
Maybe some folks can chime in on their experience with the better trimming machines.
Looking to see Mendo comment, but I am sure that after a long hard summer, he is busy doing R&R and dealing with new problems such as bitches, beer and blunts.
BambooGardner
No rest for the wicked here friends.
you bet I'm still working.... making hash, seeds, cataloging, smoke reporting, and scheming next years plan for attack.
Shit never ends over here.
I wish I could do it all my self but..... I cant.
I used to and still do a lot buy my self.
Harvest is a long hard process.
The window is narrow and plants start to stack up. It just gets stressful managing it all. Its crazzy and I get crazzy.
It never ends soon enough. My work flow is patented.
With the right 6-8 people and 3-4 weeks we can do 200 threw my pipeline.
Good workers are hard to find. So "keep people happy" is my moto.
I would love to pay less but don't.
"It's so easy a caveman could do it' is a saying at camp.
I use a cooperative approach.
Day rate and they get to pick what they want.
They cant milk it to much. But they do.
I run a fast pace and keep everyone busy. Especially my self.
If they are bad I'll fire them in a New York minuet.
I expect a lot from people and have broken many workers.
If they work their ass off I give a nice bonus.
I told them what the flat rate was now 150 and they said they would not do it for that.
Maybe I'll make some changes next year.
But people are still working on shit, and I am done!
you bet I'm still working.... making hash, seeds, cataloging, smoke reporting, and scheming next years plan for attack.
Shit never ends over here.
I wish I could do it all my self but..... I cant.
I used to and still do a lot buy my self.
Harvest is a long hard process.
The window is narrow and plants start to stack up. It just gets stressful managing it all. Its crazzy and I get crazzy.
It never ends soon enough. My work flow is patented.
With the right 6-8 people and 3-4 weeks we can do 200 threw my pipeline.
Good workers are hard to find. So "keep people happy" is my moto.
I would love to pay less but don't.
"It's so easy a caveman could do it' is a saying at camp.
I use a cooperative approach.
Day rate and they get to pick what they want.
They cant milk it to much. But they do.
I run a fast pace and keep everyone busy. Especially my self.
If they are bad I'll fire them in a New York minuet.
I expect a lot from people and have broken many workers.
If they work their ass off I give a nice bonus.
I told them what the flat rate was now 150 and they said they would not do it for that.
Maybe I'll make some changes next year.
But people are still working on shit, and I am done!
