800 Gallon Smart Pot Grow show.

[mendo420]

Thanks for the good laugh Mendo. You seem like a no-nonsense type of guy, keep rollin' man. You ever have interest in the emerald cup?

yes, it was a fun time.
But don't you mean the Sonoma cup?


bring the cup back to the triangle!
FUCK the commercialization of it.

Get the pot to the people!!

This weekend its the SF medical cup at the same place Santa Rosa, Sonoma county fairgrounds. WTF?
Shouldn't it be held in San Francisco?
It's like having the LA cup in Riverside or the San Francisco cup in santa Rosa, just stupid.

Just call it the Cannabis Cup and have it where ever they want to commercialize it. Oh I think that's taken.

Heres an idea..... lets have it in Santa Rosa and call it the San Francisco Emerald Cup!!

 

[grow nerd]

yes, it was a fun time.
But don't you mean the Sonoma cup?


bring the cup back to the triangle!
FUCK the commercialization of it.

Get the pot to the people!!

This weekend its the SF medical cup at the same place Santa Rosa, Sonoma county fairgrounds. WTF?
Shouldn't it be held in San Francisco?
It's like having the LA cup in Riverside or the San Francisco cup in santa Rosa, just stupid.

Just call it the Cannabis Cup and have it where ever they want to commercialize it. Oh I think that's taken.

Heres an idea..... lets have it in Santa Rosa and call it the San Francisco Emerald Cup!!

Like the big international airports. Rarely is ______ International Airport in the city of ______.

 

[minds_I]

Hello all,

Yeah, but S.R. is closer then S.F.

minds_I

 

[greentreefarmer]

Mendo, much respect! Looks like you have your system dialed in well. I'm a first time grower, growing outside in one yard mounds lined with gopher wire. Got a few more plants going than you do, so needless to say I've got my hands full. My plants however had a hiccup during veg, due to a combination of rootbound issues and high temps. After transplant, they started to drop most of their original fan leaves that had stressed during veg, and I removed the leaves, in spurts, with the thought that I was expediting the process that was ultimately inevitable. Those leaves weren't going to turn back.

Unlike yours, only about 1/4 of my girls are from seed. And also unlike you, I topped most of mine, against my own instinct. (The people that I have on hand to refer to for advice are also pretty novice when it comes to the great outdoors) I ended up topping some later than I probably should have and now I have some plants with odd shapes. Fortunately though, the plants seem to be healthy and loving their homes in the primo spoil they're sitting in.

So my question to you is this... how much thinning do you do to your plants? My thought is to remove the inner and lower fan leaves and branches to both redirect energy to more productive branches as well as open up the congestion for better airflow. Is that the right mentality? If so, is that a continuous process? Pruning the inside throughout the season?

I'm learning every day and know that I have ton more to learn. Any feedback is appreciated, and input from other growers is also welcomed.

Thanks in advance,
GTF

 

[locoezon]

Mendo, much respect! Looks like you have your system dialed in well. I'm a first time grower, growing outside in one yard mounds lined with gopher wire. Got a few more plants going than you do, so needless to say I've got my hands full. My plants however had a hiccup during veg, due to a combination of rootbound issues and high temps. After transplant, they started to drop most of their original fan leaves that had stressed during veg, and I removed the leaves, in spurts, with the thought that I was expediting the process that was ultimately inevitable. Those leaves weren't going to turn back.

Unlike yours, only about 1/4 of my girls are from seed. And also unlike you, I topped most of mine, against my own instinct. (The people that I have on hand to refer to for advice are also pretty novice when it comes to the great outdoors) I ended up topping some later than I probably should have and now I have some plants with odd shapes. Fortunately though, the plants seem to be healthy and loving their homes in the primo spoil they're sitting in.

So my question to you is this... how much thinning do you do to your plants? My thought is to remove the inner and lower fan leaves and branches to both redirect energy to more productive branches as well as open up the congestion for better airflow. Is that the right mentality? If so, is that a continuous process? Pruning the inside throughout the season?

I'm learning every day and know that I have ton more to learn. Any feedback is appreciated, and input from other growers is also welcomed.

Thanks in advance,
GTF

Main-Lining

Maybe you will enjoy from learning this method also!
It was my first try this season in that method.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=243733

http://www.growweedeasy.com/main-lining-technique-nugbuckets

 

[mendo420]

Mendo, much respect! Looks like you have your system dialed in well. I'm a first time grower, growing outside in one yard mounds lined with gopher wire. Got a few more plants going than you do, so needless to say I've got my hands full. My plants however had a hiccup during veg, due to a combination of rootbound issues and high temps. After transplant, they started to drop most of their original fan leaves that had stressed during veg, and I removed the leaves, in spurts, with the thought that I was expediting the process that was ultimately inevitable. Those leaves weren't going to turn back.

Unlike yours, only about 1/4 of my girls are from seed. And also unlike you, I topped most of mine, against my own instinct. (The people that I have on hand to refer to for advice are also pretty novice when it comes to the great outdoors) I ended up topping some later than I probably should have and now I have some plants with odd shapes. Fortunately though, the plants seem to be healthy and loving their homes in the primo spoil they're sitting in.

So my question to you is this... how much thinning do you do to your plants? My thought is to remove the inner and lower fan leaves and branches to both redirect energy to more productive branches as well as open up the congestion for better airflow. Is that the right mentality? If so, is that a continuous process? Pruning the inside throughout the season?

I'm learning every day and know that I have ton more to learn. Any feedback is appreciated, and input from other growers is also welcomed.

Thanks in advance,
GTF

How may plants are you running?

for pruning, I don't like to remove any leafs unless they are dead.

In the past I have not thinned out the plants.

I am being more diligent about cleaning the inside of the plants this season. Just to help me with trimming.

I take out the first 2 nodes from the main stem all the way up till i cant reach . Then some lower laterals I will do the first 2 nodes. But with the branching it gets hard to remove all the nodes.

Their are just soooooo many of them so fuck it I just leave them, other wise I would be doing it all day.

I do this pretty much all the way up.

 

[mendo420]

Its been another week

The garden smells like weed! It smells great!

 

[mendo420]

 

[mendo420]

Here it the plant I hacked.

 

[greentreefarmer]

Thanks for sharing the strategy. Love your pics man! Definitely something to strive for. My garden has about 4x as many, with recommendations for all of them in a fairly chill county. Just dove right in without much of a background in this sort of cultivation. Brave/risky..I know. Most of my experience comes from farming organic vegetables. Relying on my soil, which is quite rich, and weekly applications of compost tea at the moment. Not much else being applied, besides a little actinovate, a great deal of faith, and a whole lotta love.

 

[mendo420]

should just have mendo420 cup with all the people that dislike and think they are better growers then you . more fun then having a cup with friends who walk on egg shells

Yea I have one every year.
My friends help me select what's best.
Pot to the people!

They all loved the skywalker best last season.

 

[Bulldog420]

Your friends must love you.

 

[mendo420]

Thanks for sharing the strategy. Love your pics man! Definitely something to strive for. My garden has about 4x as many, with recommendations for all of them in a fairly chill county. Just dove right in without much of a background in this sort of cultivation. Brave/risky..I know. Most of my experience comes from farming organic vegetables. Relying on my soil, which is quite rich, and weekly applications of compost tea at the moment. Not much else being applied, besides a little actinovate, a great deal of faith, and a whole lotta love.

Sounds good.

I guess I'm trying to see how little work I can get away with.
Since spring was soooooooooooooooo much work getting the garden's ready.
"set it and forget it" another mantra this season.

That's my strategy this season, relying on my soil.
I amended it aggressively in the spring. I was afraid I was going to burn the plants, seriously.
So far so good.

I have backed of my teas to every other week if that.
I think I've applied only 4 times this year.
So far so good.

I'm barley spraying the plants.
They look F'n Great!
So far so good.

 

[mendo420]

Your friends must love you.

Haters LOVE me too!

 

[mendo420]

back to the show.
So far so good!

 

[Hank Hemp]

massive trees good job. You'll have arm thick colas, huh?

 

[MIMedHead]

Those are giants Mendo!

I know you don't like to top these outdoor beasts but do you do any undergrowth pruning or trim inside sucker branches? Never grown outside so just wondering.

Looking forward to watching the rest of your season. Much luck to a heavy quality harvest.

 

[sticky367]

Are you planning on applying mulch? @Mendo420

 

[mendo420]

Those are giants Mendo!

I know you don't like to top these outdoor beasts but do you do any undergrowth pruning or trim inside sucker branches? Never grown outside so just wondering.

Looking forward to watching the rest of your season. Much luck to a heavy quality harvest.

yes I hack the inside of the plants.
They call me mendoson the ninja.

 

[mendo420]

Are you planning on applying mulch? @Mendo420

no, it gets in my way.
I have plenty of water and water every day.