[hicksticky]

So I'm back at it again...... back into the sticks and swamps filled with horse flies, ticks, mosquitos the size of VW's, and of coarse clay filled ground....... yeeeehaw!

With that said, it is also a very nice spot. Long hours of sun, seclusion, and a water table that isn't to bad to get to.

I 've grown in the area for years and it has been good to me, but ya got to work for it... Long trips with supplies and hard as hell digging.

So I thought.... well if I am going to dig I might as well go deep.. past the water table.. and well that means going through rock hard clay after the first 10" of root ridden swamp sawd.
I found myself digging down about 3 ft at about 2 ft wide... it's a good size hole which at the time fills with water with in an hour, so a bunch of waste soil if I filled it back in with my mix... where it will be under water most of the year.
I took what I call a sauna tube and cut it in half and drilled holes although out the sides of it... makes it about 2ft x 8", I use it as a swamp tube or wick.
I place it in the hole and fill back around it, then the top of the tube is about 3" above ground. Now I take/ make a pot over the top of this so the plants have a large area to root that will be less likely to be flooded, but with the tube also be able to access water all the time....
I refer to this as a swamp tube hybrid, kinda easier to explain it that way.
Alright enough of my rambling, time for some pics...
Swamp sauna tube..
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I fill it with my mix before I place it in the hole...
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Fill the rest of the hole back in with a mix of soil, clay, and sawd about 3/4 the way back in then place/make what I am using for a container and fill the rest with my mix...
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With a couple others I use 5 gallon buckets in place of the tube.... all seem to be wicking great, haven't had to water yet..... only when I feel they need some nutes down the road.

I also have done other methods of planting... in ground with a mix of native soil and my mix, and a couple where I just took out the native and replaced it with the mix.... where and why I did this is dependent on the area I am growing.
( "my mix" - organic, locally sourced )
Here's a couple of the gals..
Minion City Diesel
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Khalisi #6 (clone)
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[wildgrow]

Hey hey bro! Those wicking tubes oughta be fun to watch. Got any training planned for the ladies?

[hicksticky]

Purple Nocturnal (clone) in the swamp tube hybrid...
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Khalisi (clone) swamp tubed....
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Pineapple haze (clone) 5 gallon bucket swamp tube..
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Original Glue (clone) in a 5 gallon swamp tube hybrid..
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Midnight Madness (clone) in ground...
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So far all the plants are loving there new locations, showing it by great vigorous growth.... plus the fact I'm not having to go out all the time to water is great!

[BruceBanner]

Soil + Hydro!

[hicksticky]

Originally Posted by wildgrow

Hey hey bro! Those wicking tubes oughta be fun to watch. Got any training planned for the ladies?

Hey brothah glad you found the spot.
yeah I'm hoping the wicks work out well, they seem to be doing the job so far.... I will have to hand water in the later part of the season, but right now with the weather we're having the water table is still in range.

I was planing on doing a couple with stakes and the larger ones with tressels and netting which I will be tackling later this week. I haven't done much as far as topping..... a pinch here and there.
The Original Glue has gone nuts...... it's a nice sized bush... I'm surprised because most of the others haven't bush out like the large one..... gonna stake and net that one a couple times along with a couple pineapple haze that have gotten rather large as well lol.

Kinda something like what you've done with your OD Original Glue...
Got some males for pollen and some chucking in mind as well.

[hicksticky]

Got some more ladies..
Khalisi (clone) tubed...
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New York Cookies x Freak (clone) tubed....
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Midnight Madness and a NYC x Freak in ground. With the in grounds ones I dug a 2 x 2 ft hole then took a post hole digger and dug another 2ft down in order to get well with in the water table.
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Sour Bubble (clone) in ground, she was a little root bound but a couple days later after planting she turn around nicely.
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[gorilla ganja]

Glad to see you got an outdoor thread going. This will be fun to watch. What latitude you at?
Best of luck with your outdoor run this season and may all your buds be huge.
Peace GG

[hicksticky]

Originally Posted by gorilla ganja

Glad to see you got an outdoor thread going. This will be fun to watch. What latitude you at?
Best of luck with your outdoor run this season and may all your buds be huge.
Peace GG

Thanks GG and welcome, I'm around the 46th last time I checked.... it's a short season but if done right great things can be accomplished.
Looking forward to seeing how yours turn out as well, and of coarse best of luck and karma to you.

[wildgrow]

Youre gonna love what the sun does for MM terps. 5-fold what indoor tastes like.

Make sure you check PHaze 3rd week of Sept (5th week of flower) for nanners. She'll do it indoors, don't know about out in the sticks.

[hicksticky]

Originally Posted by wildgrow

Youre gonna love what the sun does for MM terps. 5-fold what indoor tastes like.

Make sure you check PHaze 3rd week of Sept (5th week of flower) for nanners. She'll do it indoors, don't know about out in the sticks.

Thanks for the heads up..... the MM definitely got thumbs up indoors... Outdoors she's got a great spot... both of em, can't wait.
I will keep an eye on the p. Haze, haven't flowered her yet, but she will get the best attention I can give so not to stress her. I will admit I would be disappointed, she clones and vegg's like a beast and stank oh boy she is stanky lol.