What are you using for fencing material?
Looks like you're keeping nice and busy. Your plants are looking very nice and healthy. Unfortunately for me, I'm dealing with what appears to be transplant shock, with root-bound plants.
Any particular new steps or procedures you're taking, different than last year? Or just more experience & better luck in not getting them as root-bound by transplant time?Transplant shock sucks. We went through it all last year, so far we have managed to avoid any major issues this year except a couple plants.
Any particular new steps or procedures you're taking, different than last year? Or just more experience & better luck in not getting them as root-bound by transplant time?
How long did it take for them to snap out of it last year, and did they ever recover their full vigor / health? Or were they lagging along the rest of the season?
I think my plants being stressed is causing me more stress than the plants.
That's funny, because I've been mumbling to myself the past several weeks about how I never seemed to have issues with being root-bound in coco. I first noticed the transplant shock on the light dep GH plants, and although recovered now, I think they could have been much bigger if I had let them recover a bit before flipping.The main thing this year is we vegged our starts in coco, in smartpots. even when they got a bit big for the pots we just watered more often and they did not get rootbound. IMO coco is better than soil for vegging plants in containers.
not a bad idea... i like the Thrive Alive green bottle for B1. use it for soaking rockwool for clones too.Old timers when doing GGs would use B-1 to help TP shock
When we did it it was 25plants stripped down tonot a bad idea... i like the Thrive Alive green bottle for B1. use it for soaking rockwool for clones too.
grow nerd i used to have many issues with transplant shock as well, completely eliminated it this year, everything hit the ground running and were putting on inches within a few days.
my main method this year involved getting all my starts out early under natural sunlight/supp lighting in mid april into the hoop house, planted into 7 gallon containers with a soil/perlite mix. about a week and a half prior to final planting, i top dressed the shit out of all the starts and they all "caught" and took off really hard in the greenhouse. as soon as i noticed them growing an inch per day, i plugged them into the mounds and watered them in real good.
also let my soil "cook" for a good 3-4 months, kept it wet with waterings and teas, got the microbiology going early. getting your soil trucked in a week before planting = shock and burn.
timing was also key as well…you dont want to plug your smartpots/mounds on a stretch of hot intense days. we timed our planting perfectly with a small overcast system on may19-20. the sun was only out a few hours at a time, and it rained lightly on everything overnight. I've noticed that plants really go crazy after a rain, i couldn't have imagined a smoother transition this year, literally not a single burnt leaf in the entire garden.
Hey schrews I noticed you guys didn't have a t post supporting the concrete mesh on top of the pot, Is it stable enough by itself or are you going to reinforce it later. I'm doing my cages this week so I'm getting ready
the Ancient OG smells/tastes very "OG kushy" but also with some earthy overtones from the Snow Lotus lineage. We have 2 Ancient OG's on the hill, hoping for good phenosI'll be watching out for that Ancient OG, what's she smell like?
thanks! we are definitely lucky to have this garden near Yosemite. it has been a difficult journey but everyday up here on the hill is worth it. peacehi i just wanted to say awesome grow, truly beautiful location. i couldn't imagine a better place on planet earth to grow than near Yosemite valley.
Your girls are looking very nice.
Great to see all the energy you put into your grow.
In this world, regardless if it's drink, or smoke, you're either a go getter or you aren't.
I been smokin some fire for a few decades now, but a pothead/lazy guy I'm not.
You'll go far with your hard work
Don't know if we'll see too many similarity in our strains.
Every province in Afghanistan has a 1000 growing families with many unique features in there favorite lines.
They are chosen more for climate compatibility and heavy trichomes for hashish.
No one true landrace anywhere, but rather hundreds.
We do the same things for our own regions, only difference is us US growers love our variety of flavors and scents.
Here is a pic of my 2x afghany I have called Jihad for 33 years.
Original cuts this old are very hard to find.
But you can see the old time kush traits common in many present day kushes.
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This plant was only 3' tall and will drop about 10 ozs.
The bud is some of the densest, heavy bud I've grown.
Gonna be fun watching your grow
I love this craft, and love watching others with the same passions.