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The growing large plants, outdoors, thread...

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Backyard Farmer

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Who the hell leaves piles of trash around their grow ? LOL

Chemdog 91 x bubba bc3 was the outcross to begin the cubing process on the chemdog 4

Took the bc3 chemdog to an s1 bubba and the plants it is throwing are ridiculously similar to the 91 x bubba bc3 !
 

bamboogardner

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Coot's Mix Rare Earth Update

Coot's Mix Rare Earth Update

On the Coot's Mix project here is the update.

Logan Labs reports the following on the first mix: TEC=37.66; Ph = 6.4; OM = 36.04; Sulfur = 403ppm; Phos as P2o5 = 45; Ca = 58.12%; Mg = 18.62%; Pot (K) = 5.67%; Sodium (S) = 3.59%; Exchangable Hydrogen = 9% and all the trace elements are right on the button.

The sample test was amazing. So close to Albrechts forumula. Ca is a tad low by design, for I did not add any gypsum or oyster shell to the mix. Since Mg is right where it needs to be, I am going to add just a tad of Oyster Shell to bring the Ca up. With a TEC of 37.66, the plate is huge and should be self sufficient through out the whole season.

I was just brought aware of a new compost called Oly Mountain compost made with fish. I am picking up a bucket of it today and am going to do the exact same formula as above, but using the Oly Mountain Fish Compost. It is aged 2 years and looks good.

So the project is going well. I will be amending the original forumla and resending to Logan soon. Rare Earth (in the 530) will have the soil available in quantity. Also in 1 yard totes or bulk. They have trucks to deliver. We do not have a price yet and will be working on that this weekend at our meeting.

But the initial results look great. Without amending right now the mix looks fantastic. Could not be happier.

Hope everyones crop is doing well. Brace for the rain tomorrow in the 530. Arriving early am.
 

ganja_hasi

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nuthing but beef and drama which has nuthing to do with the growing of larg cannabis
trees..Am about to clean it up once again..next time it's break time..ding dong..
 

Backyard Farmer

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is it raining or are you just impressed with the size of the buds?

I wish i got some hortinova up, coudn't do it this year, we will definitely have some droopy/broken colas

Both. It's been going for hours and everything's in place.

Concrete mesh inner cage , then t posts and bamboo hortonova double decker stack plus 3 horizontal tiers.

It's getting the job done.

Trainwreck could have used more t post bamboo and net because I'm crazy about support...but in reality they are fine.
 

Backyard Farmer

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theres so many microclimates that there's no general answer, in some places it rains this time of year every year but then will be in the mid 70s and warm at night and the plants will dry out and its fine.

Its like a whole lot of foliar spraying...

I noticed that on the plants that are the healthiest the water beads up and stays on them for a long time and doesnt really run off. I wonder if its the wax in the plant making the water bead.
 

Bo Hasset

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What BYF said... if the rain hit's Butte foothills tonight, then that'll be 3 consecutive years of rain around last part of the month.

Went ahead and did some extra tie down jobs at the garden today while we harvested the first buds of the year today... GT Blue Dragon... they look great, but I'm more worried about the garden... even though I shouldn't be.

I'm just OCD about it, but last two years I had 1 branch break with inner "steer fence" as tomato cage anchored to pot, 3 netting "SCROG"type wrap and then outer bamboo frame with so much green tape it looks Spider Man came through. Plus I ain't scared to pierce that rootball with a 12-ft bamboo pole for staking. Shit's serious, yo.
 

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101N was one of the smallest plants in my garden at only around 7-8ft tall but she's already put out a fat 5 lbs of tops. just been shaving most of the early girls right now taking the big colas and leaving the rest. rain usually isn't an issue to be honest, as long as its only a day and its followed by sunshine. 4-5 days straight of rain and cloudy weather is bad and will definately see issues start. also i figure any broken branches are natures way of selecting the special branches for bubble hash. we are making a fuck ton of ice wax this year since its the hot ticket, got an ice machine and tons of bags/buckets and a special drying space with negative pressure and filters.

grape stomper was early but vigor was bad, they were some of the plants worst affected by the soil imbalance and went yellow. smells like stinky feet, not too crazy of a nose but all 3 phenos are frosty as hell. i mostly took any unhealthy plants first to make some quick ice water hash and to get a few early girls to market before the prices crash to the floor.

does anyone feel like its an earlier year? our neighbors already harvested some of their stuff and its very frosty as well. my cherry pies look damn near finished and i usually let her go until october 14th. maybe my plants triggered right away when i suddenly shut off the supp lighting on them back in mid july. I'm starting to wonder if the soil imbalances actually stressed the plants into finishing quicker.

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Shcrews

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Yah my cherry pies are maturing earlier than last year. Early harvest is not a bad thing. Our Bodhi strains all have a few weeks to go though.
 

Chunkypigs

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looks like you're having an awesome year Yes4Prop! in spite of the issues you had before your garden looks really nice dude. I love seeing all those different shapes and colors you have going on in that field. way to finish!
 

FatherEarth

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BambooG,

Can we see the actual report?

I thought Sodium was (Na) and Sulfur (S).
Anyway sodium seems to be pushing the upper limit a bit, no? Easy fix to tie up or add microbes to remedy...
 

OvergrowDaWorld

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Its down in the 40's at night now and most my strains have 3 weeks left to finish right.
But my Chemmy Jones has around 5 weeks left to finish. It triggered very late.
Its my biggest, most lush plant, but I dont think its gonna last till Oct 24th.
Here she is with 2 GG#4's on each side of her ~
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Bulldog420

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Yes4Prop - Killing it! That one yellow plant in the pic looks like it's ready to be harvested soon? Hope your yields kill last year.

Overgrow - I take it the chopper that flew your spot moved on and didn't bother you yet huh? Glad to see, the plants are looking very nice as well.
 
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