The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

[COconnect]

Living mulch is the best answer, however I am getting gorilla hair redwood for my mulch. Just picked up a couple yards of it. Mulch is the most important thing outside of nutes/soil, sun and genetics IMO. It helps the micro heard stay healthy, and doesn't create a crust on top of your soil that the water likes to run off.

O by the way, I finally in my new spot!!!!! Got several dozen plants enjoying the nor cal sun ATM. Maybe in a couple months I will have plants big enough to post in this thread. Until then, I got lots of work ahead of me. Good luck on your season everybody.

I learned about the "gorilla hair" this year. Good luck with your spot, May the water be with you!


In other news, since we're talking about growing large plants, what about a sprayer to do the job?? So easy to use this thing. Sorry if I already posted this pic somewhere, but it might be interesting anyways.

Oh and p.s. giant hash plant

 

[Stank J.P.]

Looks sweet connect. ? for all the deppers out there. I am pulling tarp from 5:45 pm.- 9:00 pm. and notice when I pull the tarp off at 9:00 the panda film is quite wet on the inside. I am wondering if you guys would run a dehumidifier or not worry too much about it. I am not wanting to run ventilation as I get a bunch of foggy marine layer mornings/evenings where I live. Props for your input.
peace.

 

[ponobegone]

badass sprayer I gotta check that one out! I am not happy with my Hudson fogger this year and looking for another option. it keeps leakin air at the tank connect, a dam kindergardener could of designed it better. and I love some stihl power tools! stank, im pullin 8:30 to 9am and noticed the same thing the past couple weeks. maybe its just that initial 2 weeks when they perspire like crazy during the stretch. I used to get it indoors in my tents and water would run down the sides until I got my airflow and dehueys dialed in. the dehueys wouldn't run all night after the 2 or 3 week stretch period. right now im just running ventilation on a timer I hope I wont need a dehuey, if so I gotta stretch my hoop out.

 

[Backyard Farmer]

I use a 55 gallon drum with a bulkhead in it and use a 3/4 threaded to 3/8 barb in the bulkhead to a North Star 2.2 GPM @ 70 PSI 12V pump and Flash Turbo spray gun.

I don't have to carry anything around on my back, I can mix up 50 gallons of solution up at a time...

The 3/8 hose will reach all my plants if I just park the quad and trailer I have the set up in along side each patch....I have about 100' on the outlet side of the pump.

I wouldn't be foliar spraying if I had to mix it up 2, 5 or 15 gallons at a time.

You could build 3 of them for the price of that STIHL sprayer.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578544_200578544

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200311938_200311938

 

[cannascholar]

I run two to three large drizairs in my dep, plus 3 12" max fans, 2 24" circular fans upfront and and 18" ducted fan in back. I used less fans last years dep and saw less than a lb of mold. This year I am having to run extra because some of my gals are lookin like pounders(5gx blue dream).

I don't yank the plastic off at night, just simply leave it on from 7:30 to 7:30. I'll pull off the ends in the last 3 weeks as long as its not foggy at night. I like to keep it tarped at night to help lock In heat. I'll run two propane mr.heaters on a cold night and the girls seem to love it. In the future I'd love to get the greenhouse heaters that duct its humidity and gasses outside.

I went cheap on my sprayer this year. $85 at tractor supply for a rechargeable 6 gallon sprayer. Does the Job ok however with teas I just spray them as they're getting hand watered. A good percentage-paid worker makes these corners easier to cut.

 

[COconnect]

It's sooooo much fun playing Ghostbusters though!!!

 

[Yes4Prop215]

Plants sure are loving this heat! Its been crazy watching the march1 seeds race against the april1 seeds. the April seed starts are going insane, have easily doubled in size since last week, its safe to say that they will probably catch up and outgrow the march starts….I really wish i could go back in time and plant all seedlings, the clones just dont compare in terms of vigor and growth. NorCal Blend is the shit, by far the smoothest transition I've ever had, zero burn, plants caught right away. My soil was delivered in January and sat for months in the shade, got rained on a few times, then sat for another month in their mound resting places after amending, then we soaked them regularly and mulched with happy frog soil conditioner, microbiology over chem nutes all day.

March 1 seed starts Purple Dieselberry x Fire OG

April seed starts Animal/4SD x Tangie/Plushberry

 

[Stank J.P.]

I forgot to ask the second part to my question in my above post as I was a bit rushed. Light deppers, do you you spray BT as a deterrent for moths/caterpillars? Do the caterpillars just not show up until sept. oct.? Yes and Mendo are inspiring for sure this year!

 

[milkyjoe]

A blind pig finds an acorn

A blind pig finds an acorn







So...in my totally uncooked soil that measured 0.2 EC with water I added a transplant drench and somehow, someway, managed to raise the EC to 0.6. Hopefully I can continue this run of good luck and maintain that trough out the entire season...guess we will see.

 

[CaliGabe]

Plants sure are loving this heat!

When are you going to top some of those?

 

[Yes4Prop215]

I'm inclined to actually skip topping them since i want them to get tall. if i top now they are gonna get too bushy, spill out into the sides of the terrace and then hedge together. if i can keep them tall maybe i can individually wrap them for better yield….not sure at this point.

the glues and other clone strains are all getting bushy and fat, all the seedlings have the perfect structure IMO. the sides are filling out really nicely, perfect combo of the tops and lateral branching stretching evenly.

they are really liking my foliar sprays, PPD or PBP-grow interchanged, mixed with cal25, humics and fulvics, and worm juice. might be a few other things in there slipping my mind, going to do more brix testing before/after foliars, no more guessing games this year. i would go out and buy the AEA foliars that backyard was using but i have all this other stuff lying around that i might as well use. Im interested in hearing what the experts are using for their foliars right now, always open to new advice.

 

[25ftGreatWhite]

Prop your garden is looking dialed. Get a foliar source of chelated CA in that rotation.

 

[COconnect]

I use a 55 gallon drum with a bulkhead in it and use a 3/4 threaded to 3/8 barb in the bulkhead to a North Star 2.2 GPM @ 70 PSI 12V pump and Flash Turbo spray gun.

I don't have to carry anything around on my back, I can mix up 50 gallons of solution up at a time...

The 3/8 hose will reach all my plants if I just park the quad and trailer I have the set up in along side each patch....I have about 100' on the outlet side of the pump.

I wouldn't be foliar spraying if I had to mix it up 2, 5 or 15 gallons at a time.

You could build 3 of them for the price of that STIHL sprayer.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578544_200578544



http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200311938_200311938

I can build 3 quads with trailers for the price of the backpack sprayer? Hmm.
And I'm not sure why you'd need to ever have 50 gallons on deck to spray at one time.

 

[Backyard Farmer]

It already takes me 35 gallons to do everything, as they get bigger, it will take more.

You can build 3 of the northern tool set ups that cost about $100 for the price of one STIHL back pack blower ($350)

 

[reppin2c]

So I use some AEA snake oil at 7200ft here in CO and does anybody have problems measuring em out because they're so thick. BTW I'm not payed. But I'm on par for NorCal on a 95 day season.

 

[furrywall11]

smaht you, BYF. If you already have extension cords out to your garden you could just do it all out of a stationary 50 gallon pickle barrel..My spacing is pretty far apart so I'd need about 200 feet of hose- I think that'd probably work though.... sweet! I'm doing this..

 

[igrowkushbitch]

Crazy stuff around my way.

 

[theJointedOne]

anyone mulching? if so, what is your preferred type?

i was thinking of mulching my smart pots with cocoa mulch. I've used straw with some success fwiw,

 

[COconnect]

anyone mulching? if so, what is your preferred type?

i was thinking of mulching my smart pots with cocoa mulch. I've used straw with some success fwiw,

I believe it was this thread, gorilla hair mulch was mentioned... I find most multches crust up a bit too well.. if you're too fancy aka poor/ truck water for automatic feed. .

Idk, everyone can disagree all they want but I know that anyone in my circle has tried a few things and they haven't been worth it.. mulch, foliar, drip lines, etc...
These people have been making this profitable for years..

Either way, sorry for the thread Jack, but the rest of my input will be on my own thread. Backyard farmer, you can continue being a dick here as you please. I've got a pregnant female to fill the quota for making me miserable. The rude rep messages are against the TOU you know..

Fuck you, Fuck you, you're cool, I'm out.

 

[theJointedOne]

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