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Tijuana Donkey Show Outdoor Garden
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epicorchard
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After seeing Mendo's enourmous plants this week I parked a Twister (borrowed) next to my rows. I told my plants if they didn't start growing again I was gonna run em wet with plenty of WD-40. I think they got the message.
nasty,
twisters fuckin blow, the downfall of the ol trimmers union....machine will never be as good as (wo)man!
twisters fuckin blow, the downfall of the ol trimmers union....machine will never be as good as (wo)man!
What if you live somewhere you don't know anyone twister seems handy then unless you want 25 strangers on your farm in an area where meth is the #1 drug. #foodforthought sure It take a jobs from people but it also saves growers like me. I'm purchasing a twister t4 next week what other options do i have. Everything is looking good those are huge monster's
epicorchard
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I hear you, but I've run them for a few years on other peoples gardens. Even when you run the product when its fresh and rigid, and lubricate lightly with grape seed oil, EVOO, or even plain water, you bruise the shit out of it.
The better and cheaper option is to use a fan big leafer like the trimpro (or "ok trimmer" knock off for half the price.) Then follow up with a trim pal dry trimmer and your all set.
Less damage to your buds, and cheaper to purchase. Also the twister wrecks your trim if you use any kind of lubricant.
I own a twister t2 that i've had for years. We hardly ever break it out unless there is a good amount of larf which rarely happens. No matter how you shake it, these things hurt your valuable nuggets.
We might break it out this year just for lowers, anything smaller than a golf ball will probably go into it, but all tops and decent nugs will all be hand trimmed for me.
turbo
mendo-local
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Outfuckingstanding! ... as for the trimmers, I would honestly cry watching my whole year of hard work turn to shit pounds. I strive to grow and breed the dankest weed around, not to be another tard flooding the market with ugly as fuck 1000 $ pounds..... once again man your plants are beautiful!
yea
Nicer to have some heady cute girls from europe who dont have cars, have no desire to do anything but work and make money and are cool as heck. The weed from them has suchhhh a better vibe, imho.
Trust me, with a little research/imagination most folks can put together a solid crew. Ive seen ton load gardens get trimmed in 30 days, all by hand. Yes it was over 30 people doing the trimming, mostly euros.
Some dude was talking about p's for 3 digits, i told him 'what?? do you want 2 year old twister buds?'
lol
epicorchard
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Should be a good year if the root aphids stop devouring plants. I have three patches, and they all act differently. The only patch losing plants is the one getting blasted with water and is lacking in adequate drainage. Seems like the root aphids take charge as soon as the soil over saturates.
Crazy to think how differently I'll be doing things next season. Drainage, Drainage, Drainage.
Buddy I think your idea is cool but crazy and that we could just attack the problem a different way , we'll chop it up when I'm over the hill 
not a bad idea. time to go recruit some euro chicks. we hired girls from L.A. last year and the results were about what you would expect
Dramatic and lackluster at the finish??
epicorchard
Member
Im always down to look at things from a new perspective, but good luck talking me out of 6" of gravel, and a shit ton of perlite and vermiculite. Can't have my plants sitting in water, but I also cant grow monsters without pushing my water to the max.
Vermiculite is mostly Aluminum so I won't let you bring any of that in to the mix
Lava rock would probably be cheaper than gravel and work better. Soil with high organic matter can hold more oxygen and water though....That's where I wanted you to take things.
Lava rock would probably be cheaper than gravel and work better. Soil with high organic matter can hold more oxygen and water though....That's where I wanted you to take things.
epicorchard
Member
lol.. scratch the vermiculite. I have a good quarry down the road, think I could find something that doesn't hold water, but I'll go with the best performance option surely. I also want to increase my plant spacing to around 20ft so I'm gonna rebuild everything anyway.
GREAT WORK!!
if i aint said it yet haha..
BIG PANTS DO fall harrrrrrd,i hate seeing that,
here in FLA seen it to many a times to grow HUGE ones?
mold/virus/insects threw da ROOF too..
no mites,but wierd tiny beetles doing damage like mites?
all that SHIT goes away in winter though!
Love the thread man,lotta work..an you did well.
Cant wait to see them trees holdin bud soon!!
LG
if i aint said it yet haha..
BIG PANTS DO fall harrrrrrd,i hate seeing that,
here in FLA seen it to many a times to grow HUGE ones?
mold/virus/insects threw da ROOF too..
no mites,but wierd tiny beetles doing damage like mites?
all that SHIT goes away in winter though!
Love the thread man,lotta work..an you did well.
Cant wait to see them trees holdin bud soon!!
LG
epicorchard
Member
Oddly enough the big ones are staying strong. Its the smallest ones that have been going down. Ive noticed the big ones seem to be drying out their portions of the mounds faster than the sick ones. Once again leading me to suspect drainage issues.
Also I have a duplicate patch that is getting everything the same, except the mounds sit on rocky, sandy, soil that drains like a dream. Not a sick plant in sight.
Then theres the Chem 4 patch that gets half as much water because of a limited well. No drainage, but no issues due to finite water supply.
exactly
