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Stoney Bologna · 07-10-2007, 02:07 AM

Hi All,

This is my first season gardening veggies and I'm loving it! I can't wait until next season when I get a chance to correct the mistakes a made this season. Here's my first ever harvest.

Feature left to right: rosemary, sweet basil, sweet 100 tomato, and jalapeno.

Peace

07-10-2007, 06:40 AM

This last year I've put a few gardens under my belt. After its all said and done and you start harvesting.. well, my conclusion was now I'm going to start with heirloom seeds... seeds from places on the net where they have kept genes from weird places like even Russia.

Because when it comes down to it, it really sucks to put in the time, and then get a variety of tomatoe that is just blah...totally hybridized, boring, etc. Like some yellow ones I harvested. Sure its food, which is a good thing... but still.

Right now I'm harvesting cantalope, which is very very good. I'm happy I guess. Next years garden should be fun.

Banjoboy · 09-16-2007, 05:44 PM

Just some of this years harvest.

Time to plan next years garden. First garden at my new place. Bigger and better next year.
BB

Elk Woman · 11-25-2007, 10:15 PM

Hi folks, I notice nobody has posted anythng on this thread for a couple months; what's the status with the general gardening forum? Will they let us have it, if we post herb-and-veggie pix grown as companion plants with The Kind?

This year we grew our buds outdoors, and I couldn't help myself; I planted beans, tobacco, herbs, melons, flowers and tomatoes in beds surrounding the good-herb plants. Bet you didn't know that melons love exactly the same nutrients cannabis loves? We had four volunteer honeydew melons, sprouting from our compost, which took till end of October to harvest, but they were EACH 10# melons, and as sweet as any you've ever tasted. The zucchini was over the top as expected, and the tobacco got to 6' tall before I pulled it just before the frost. All of these plants were receiving the same super-nutes as the Girls, and everyone did very well!

By the way, I want to address a common statement: "Don't smoke around your plants." This is confusing. The original reason to not smoke around your living cannabis plants is because commercial tobacco and cigarettes are prone to many diseases, some of which can be passed to other plants (tobacco mosaic virus, etc.). You CAN however, plant cannabis and tobacco near each other as cannabis is not susceptible to the mosaic -- at least I've never seen any damage.

The other common reason for the idea not to smoke around your plants is the idea that we are "torturing" the plants by smoking in front of their sisters which would "traumatize" them. Perhaps some of you gardeners are familiar with the book "The Secret Life of Plants;" where a man with a lie detector connected it to his house plants and set it up to "read" their stress levels as he subjected them to first pleasant experiences (watering/singing/fertilizing etc.) and then unpleasant ones (pinching/burning leaves etc.). He kept the polygraph connected to the plants overnights, and when he woke up thinking about what new experiments he could be doing on them that day, the plants in his office were shown to be reacting in real-time to whatever intentions he was setting. If he were torturing them that day, when he got to the office his polygraphs had all registered extreme distress at the exact time he was planning his schemes. Conversely if he had been thinking happy thoughts about them ("I love you; you're so beautiful" etc.), they registered pleasant sensations. To me this proves that plants have consciousness; they are telepathic and receive impressions from the beings around them. This info alone is good enough reason to start and keep a general garden forum, as long as we can keep bringing the topic pack to cannabis-relevance.

The point I want to make here is that if this info is true (and I personally am convinced it is!), then we can minimize trauma to our plants by loving them, nurturing them, talking to them, and THANKING THEM for their good medicine!

As a shaman, I pray over every first pipe; my friends are used to it and are mostly charmed. I use a modified native american prayer which honors and appreciates all the gifts I receive, all the kindnessses, all the teachings and the people in my life who feed my soul;and I always end it: Thank you to the Pot Fairy and All Those Who Serve Her!

Enjoy all the fruits of earth--buds included!

med_breeder · 12-22-2007, 08:50 AM

I agree,
a general gardening forum would be awesome!

peace

happyherb · 12-22-2007, 09:40 AM

general gardening....great idea.... would like to see a chilli thread like the one that was on CW years ago....HH. =]-~

hunt4genetics · 01-09-2008, 10:09 PM

has anyone here grown Giant pumpkins?

if so what strains get massive?

07-10-2007, 02:07 AM	#111
Stoney Bologna Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 258	Hi All, This is my first season gardening veggies and I'm loving it! I can't wait until next season when I get a chance to correct the mistakes a made this season. Here's my first ever harvest. Feature left to right: rosemary, sweet basil, sweet 100 tomato, and jalapeno. Peace __________________ "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair
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07-10-2007, 06:40 AM	#112
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	This last year I've put a few gardens under my belt. After its all said and done and you start harvesting.. well, my conclusion was now I'm going to start with heirloom seeds... seeds from places on the net where they have kept genes from weird places like even Russia. Because when it comes down to it, it really sucks to put in the time, and then get a variety of tomatoe that is just blah...totally hybridized, boring, etc. Like some yellow ones I harvested. Sure its food, which is a good thing... but still. Right now I'm harvesting cantalope, which is very very good. I'm happy I guess. Next years garden should be fun.
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09-16-2007, 05:44 PM	#113
Banjoboy Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 64	Garden Bounty Just some of this years harvest. Time to plan next years garden. First garden at my new place. Bigger and better next year. BB
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11-25-2007, 10:15 PM	#114
Elk Woman Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 66	Hi folks, I notice nobody has posted anythng on this thread for a couple months; what's the status with the general gardening forum? Will they let us have it, if we post herb-and-veggie pix grown as companion plants with The Kind? This year we grew our buds outdoors, and I couldn't help myself; I planted beans, tobacco, herbs, melons, flowers and tomatoes in beds surrounding the good-herb plants. Bet you didn't know that melons love exactly the same nutrients cannabis loves? We had four volunteer honeydew melons, sprouting from our compost, which took till end of October to harvest, but they were EACH 10# melons, and as sweet as any you've ever tasted. The zucchini was over the top as expected, and the tobacco got to 6' tall before I pulled it just before the frost. All of these plants were receiving the same super-nutes as the Girls, and everyone did very well! By the way, I want to address a common statement: "Don't smoke around your plants." This is confusing. The original reason to not smoke around your living cannabis plants is because commercial tobacco and cigarettes are prone to many diseases, some of which can be passed to other plants (tobacco mosaic virus, etc.). You CAN however, plant cannabis and tobacco near each other as cannabis is not susceptible to the mosaic -- at least I've never seen any damage. The other common reason for the idea not to smoke around your plants is the idea that we are "torturing" the plants by smoking in front of their sisters which would "traumatize" them. Perhaps some of you gardeners are familiar with the book "The Secret Life of Plants;" where a man with a lie detector connected it to his house plants and set it up to "read" their stress levels as he subjected them to first pleasant experiences (watering/singing/fertilizing etc.) and then unpleasant ones (pinching/burning leaves etc.). He kept the polygraph connected to the plants overnights, and when he woke up thinking about what new experiments he could be doing on them that day, the plants in his office were shown to be reacting in real-time to whatever intentions he was setting. If he were torturing them that day, when he got to the office his polygraphs had all registered extreme distress at the exact time he was planning his schemes. Conversely if he had been thinking happy thoughts about them ("I love you; you're so beautiful" etc.), they registered pleasant sensations. To me this proves that plants have consciousness; they are telepathic and receive impressions from the beings around them. This info alone is good enough reason to start and keep a general garden forum, as long as we can keep bringing the topic pack to cannabis-relevance. The point I want to make here is that if this info is true (and I personally am convinced it is!), then we can minimize trauma to our plants by loving them, nurturing them, talking to them, and THANKING THEM for their good medicine! As a shaman, I pray over every first pipe; my friends are used to it and are mostly charmed. I use a modified native american prayer which honors and appreciates all the gifts I receive, all the kindnessses, all the teachings and the people in my life who feed my soul;and I always end it: Thank you to the Pot Fairy and All Those Who Serve Her! Enjoy all the fruits of earth--buds included!
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12-22-2007, 08:50 AM	#115
med_breeder Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: There is no threat of frost here Posts: 1,007	I agree, a general gardening forum would be awesome! peace __________________ I just can't throw one seed away. I'm the guy that grabs the seeds off of the album cover after the joint has been rolled. I believe in growing everyone out, and keeping the cannabis gene pool as vast and deep as possible. P.S. MONSANTO wants to own the world's food supply! Resist GMO at all cost!
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12-22-2007, 09:40 AM	#116
happyherb no wuckin furries! Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,042	general gardening....great idea.... would like to see a chilli thread like the one that was on CW years ago....HH. =]-~
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01-09-2008, 10:09 PM	#117
hunt4genetics Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,075	has anyone here grown Giant pumpkins? if so what strains get massive?
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