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Greetings to everyone in the Lab. Last night turned into a nice lighting storm. I dig listening to the thunder and the warmth of the EMR's fill the valley.

It wasn't as epic as this one, but it's alive.

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Updates: 

6/17/18, The indoor BT plants were transplanted into the 5 gallon bags and moved under the 1k MH. The root ball and transplant hole was lightly dusted with mycos. All except #F will be flowered. I was short a copy of #F and the chickens ate the other one. A copy will be collected from the plant outside. I'll get it in next round. These should fill -or over fill- this space. Id like to get a copy of the Noodle x Gogi f3 in but it might be too much.

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6/19/18, A topdress was started in the case it's needed for the future seedbearing ladies outside. 

Recipe:

  • 5 gallons of fish compost.
  • 5 gallons of rich soil w/ewc.
  • 5 gallons of soil/compost from the farms field.

The bucket of field soil was a little dry. It was hydrated with some watermelon water, old aloe water (sitting on the counter for a week) and some fermented barley wash. After the field soil was moist all the above was mixed well.

 

A quick IMO was the first thing to get started before anything else, so it has time to collect. About 1 cup of oats was semi hydrated with about .5 cups clean water and 1 tsp pure maple syrup mixed in (any natural sweetener will work, except honey has anti-bacterial properties so I wouldn't choose that one). This was spread onto a paper bag and set outside for the afternoon to collect airborn microbes. Up and away from chickens. This was added later.

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Then the malted barley was ground. I used an older stone plate flour mill. These mills can heat up quickly during use. I stop it fequently to let it cool before it gets too hot. Heat can destroy some of the nutritional value of your food. In this case soil food.

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The fermented barley was started about 6 weeks ago. Some whole malted barley was put into a 5 gallon bucket and covered with water, it will absorb some, so about 6" of water over the barley. About 1 TBS of molasses was mixed in too. It was first started as a chicken and pig treat. After a while it started to smell and look like lacto. So I soaked my feet in some of it and it worked like lacto! This was added for the biology in the wash and inside the hydrayed barley grains. Finely ground, dry barley was added for enzymes.

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Here is a list of the amendments added.

  • 6 cups basalt rock dust (BRD).
  • 1 cup crustacean meal.
  • 1.5 cups algamin kelp meal.
  • 2 cups neem pellets.
  • .5 cup alfalfa meal...I would keep this out of the indoor bloom mix.
  • .5 cup fish meal.
  • 2 cups finely ground malted barley.
  • 1 quart fermented malted barley and wash.
  • 1 cup of IMO oats (added later, scratched into the surface of the pile).

This was all mixed well on a trap. The IMO oat project started earlier was sctarched into the top of the surface of the pile before it was covered. The mix was folded between a tarp and the tarp was weighted down with logs...chickens will scatch through it and eat all the bugs and worms. While they do this they turn a stacked pile into a driveway or backyard topdress. This will sit here -be kept moist- till the plants show sign of needing it or about 4 weeks from now. Each lady will get about 1 gallon of this mix. The mix-in-tarp stays under a tree in the shade.

 

After 3 days of sitting the fungus is fruiting.

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I've been letting the pigs out lately to graze around the property. They are very curious and will get into everything. If left alone they can destroy things rapidly. They started to tear the tarp to get to the topdress mix. I had to put another tarp over it. Then I stood guard with a hose and spray nozzle. 4 on 1 is unfair when it comes to hogs. 

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6/20/18, another tea was applied to both outside and inside plants. Here's the recipe:

  • 3 gallons of clean water.
  • 2 cups EWC.
  • 1 TBS molasses
  • 1 tsp BRD.
  • Aerated for 24 hours.

Applyed by pump sprayer to foliage and soil surface.

 

Alrighty then folks. It's a beautiful day. Going to take the dogs and go water plants. Peace.

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Guest 3rdCoaster

Love the energy of a good round of thunder and lighting, smell of ozone in the air.

 

Gotta admit, I dont know jack about all this soil biology you are brewing up but it is damn interesting.   

 

Hosing down pigs, watering plants and walking dogs...sounds like a wonderful day.

 

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I got paid too work a really nice spot that hired an organics expert and it was some of the most fun I’ve had growing!

 

we made soil out of the leaves by way of thermal compost, used wood chips and straw for carbon and got the heat going with fish bone meal and alphalfa pellets. Worked really well too!

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Guest dawn patrol

The best cannabis I've ever grown was all organic.  Not the biggest flowers but the most potent and the best terps ever. 

 

The added soil work was a negative, the cost of getting amendments down here was ridiculous and the plants stank was a security issue. 

 

Keeping the soil and compost tea from cooking to death in this heat was a challenge as well.  

 

But one day soon I will be back to playing with this method because it just brings out the dankness of every strain and I think if I added a foliar regimen I could get some of the flower size issues sorted.

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On 6/21/2018 at 12:35 PM, 3rdCoaster said:

Love the energy of a good round of thunder and lighting, smell of ozone in the air.

 

Gotta admit, I dont know jack about all this soil biology you are brewing up but it is damn interesting.   

 

Hosing down pigs, watering plants and walking dogs...sounds like a wonderful day.

 

 

Thanks bro, it's a good one here.

Honestly, I'm still learning the meat and potatos of it all. Besides a general overview of soil, I apply the things I understand -I think I understand- and play by test and observe response. Pigs are curious and smart, they almost listen.

 

On 6/21/2018 at 4:08 PM, Coastal said:

I got paid too work a really nice spot that hired an organics expert and it was some of the most fun I’ve had growing!

 

we made soil out of the leaves by way of thermal compost, used wood chips and straw for carbon and got the heat going with fish bone meal and alphalfa pellets. Worked really well too!

 

That would be fun! Sounds like you guys made a nice soil mix. Cannabis is a bioaccumulator and mines all sorts of nutrients from the soil. That's a great way to recycle the leaves back to the garden too...sustainable practice.

 

On 6/21/2018 at 9:36 PM, dawn patrol said:

The best cannabis I've ever grown was all organic.  Not the biggest flowers but the most potent and the best terps ever. 

 

The added soil work was a negative, the cost of getting amendments down here was ridiculous and the plants stank was a security issue. 

 

Keeping the soil and compost tea from cooking to death in this heat was a challenge as well.  

 

But one day soon I will be back to playing with this method because it just brings out the dankness of every strain and I think if I added a foliar regimen I could get some of the flower size issues sorted.

 

That's been a hands down observation for me too. 

Yeah, usually a dollar per pound to ship. That's how it was back in the U.P. I paid 50$ to ship a 9$ bag of Basalt. It broke open at the post office and I had to go pick it up. They wondered why someone would pay to ship rock dust... But a 50lb sack of amendments can last me a couple years.

I moved compost tea making inside due to the heat. Now it sounds like King Kong is ripping bong loads in the kitchen all night. In the winter I use a 200w fish tank heater to keep it around 74F. Don't know what to say about the heat of soll outside. I'm dealing with that here atm...besides light colored containers and soil cover mother nature rules. A constant drip line of cool water can help on really hot days. But that's not feasible for most.

I look forward to your return to soil...timing foliar sprays can increase growth rate, yield and -in some cases- shorten bloom cycles. The outdoor plants are shifting gears and it's time for some enzymes.

 

Thanks for stopping in everyone, it's fun to share.

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Hello again, a little about the room before flowering gets under way.

A wall was built to partition the room for both cycles. The studs are 12" on center, insulfoam was used and expanding foam filled the gaps (a 1/2" gap was left around the insulfoam board to be filled). 4 outlets w/gfci on a 20 amp, 120v circuit were installed. 3/8" plywood and FRP panels were used for the walls. 

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A standard 2k bloom set-up. 6' 8" x 11' 3" with a 9' 3" floor to ceilng clearance. Just under 700 cft.

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The black plastic behind the fan is used to block a little light pollution. It was a quick fix and i'm still trying to figure out a better idea. It worked for a while till the tape let go and burnt out the fan. Should have put some fasteners through the tape. The 6" duct running through the wall is the intake for the veg room. White poly around the walls for better relfection and easier clean-up from tea and oil over spray.

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A timer and power box (junction box with power cords attatched) was installed with a 20 amp, 240v breaker for the lights. 5 power cords were wired in for options to play with different light configurations. Only 2 are being used for the 1k HPS lamps at the moment.

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An 8" fan is used for air exchange. A carbon filter will be installed when needed. The thermostat is mounted to a piece of 2x4 that is suspended from bungee cord to eliminate vibration.

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Back out from inside the flower room into or through the veg room. The 6" exhaust from the veg room follows suit with the exhaust of the flower room and gets dumped out into a little hall/bathroom area. In the winter the air get pushed into the living room/the camping room. In the summer the door to the living room is closed and the window in the bathroom is kept open. The airflow helps keep the bathroom dry. Another timer and junction/power box was installed on a 20 amp, 240v breaker for the lighting. Another little wall was built to close everything off from the hallway/bathroom area that was open to the room before. This was the master -only liveable- bed room in the house which is why we camp in the living room. There is another little 7' x  8' office room too. That's set up for the dry and cure.

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6/25/18, day one of bloom for the Black Triangle indoor project.

6/26/18, 3/4 tsp of finely ground malted barley was dusted around the base of the indoor plants and watered in well...enzymes.

 

The climate inside stays around 79F - 86F with a 35% - 45% RH. It's been hot and dry outside lately and I don't run A/C atm. They don't seem to mind the temps too much at this stage. They would like 20% - 25% higher humidity levels though.

 

A little droop after watering but they are perky most of the time. They show their displeasure when the humidity drops to 35%.

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Note: The 5 gallon poly bags are nice and will hold at least 6 gallons of soil. If you pull them around by the extra flap at the top when full of wet soil, it will stretch or tear. They need to go up on corrugated rubber mats for air flow too.

 

A couple close-ups.

#R

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#E

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#L

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Have a good one and peace. 

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A quick update...

6/27/18, the indoor plants were staked. I try to stake early as to not disturb a well developed root system. The branches will be ties up using speaker wire.

 

6/28/18, the full moon, 2 days after enzymes...3/4 tsp of ground, malted barley and water...pH, idk? Was thinking of getting some test strips out here but I haven't got around to it yet. The plants dig the fresh soil mix. Most of the soil I had here went up the hill. These BT needed another 8cf of mix with the 20 gallons of recycled soil that was added to make weight. Besides the 20 gallons of recycled soil everything else is all store baught, bagged compost, no expensive ewc...cheap easy...plants dig it. I'll post up the recipe later. That and a healthy, living top layer. 

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#S, day 4 of bloom.

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Peace,

 

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Soil mix for the indoor blooming Black Triangle...

 

Base mix:

  • 1/3 SPM.
  • 1/3 pumice. (3 parts meduim agg and 2 parts small agg) Scoria, rice hulls, maybe hazelnut, pistachio and/or pecan shells would work too...perlite will also work. However perlite would be my last option. I'll be honest, I will never use perlite again. Soil spiits out what it can't use. I'd spend the shipping for rice hulls before i'd use perlite. Rice hulls can be scored at feed and grain supply stores. It's used as horse bedding. Another option is a brew store, however they will charge more. Rice hulls and nut shells will eventually break down.
  • 1/3 bagged oly fish compost. Any decent bagged compost will work...good ewc's, even the better.

 

Amendments added per 8cf and per 1cf.

  • 16 cups BRD...2 cups per 1cf. You can use 3 cups per cf too.
  • 4 cups crustacean meal...1/2 cup per 1cf.
  • 3 cups kelp meal...3/8 cp per 1cf.
  • 2 cups neem pellets...1/4 cup per 1cf.
  • 1 cup fish meal...1/16 cup per 1cf. (optional)
  • 1 cup oyster shell flour...1/16 cup per 1cf.
  • 2 cups of hydrated malted barley, blended. (hydrated with 1 tsp of molasses per 1 gallons of water. Not allowed to ferment.) Dry, ground -the finer the better for this application- malted barley will work too, maybe better.

All of these amendments can be purchased in small boxes or bags and sometimes by the pound at most grow stores. Animal feed stores will carry most in bulk and may also sell per pound. The internet has everything in all different shapes and sizes. Shipping bulk can be expensive. If your interested in bulk or smaller quantities and don't have a good supply store around sometimes you can find community co-ops that get together to order bulk soil amendments to save on shipping then divide amongst themselves. Depending on the time of year and location. Check your local craigslist farm and or garden section.

 

Arugula, mustard greens, kale and soon to be radishes anyone? This is Mazari.

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Noodle x Gogi f3.

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Panorama Pollination Party! Say that 3 times fast....

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Time to bring some water to this party, peace.

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Early male flowers...#G and #M. These 2 males are producing a few early flowers compared to the other males that don't have any random flowers popping out. Does anyone know if this trait will quantify to sexual instability? The other 3 males look like they are going to produce a tighter formation without rogue flowers. I don't see any intersex on any of the plants so far. 

These flowers will be open in a day or two...there are hardly any viable female calyx at this point. I just remember the nicest and most stable males not showing flowers in veg and not throwing early opening flowers in bloom. Both are the tallest with the longest internodes and not much of a scent. I'm ready to chop them...when I wake up. Anyone with experience on this subject? These are your seeds too. I like diversity but I don't want to start an F2 -or (H2)- generation with a 40% chance of meatballs and hemp...

#G

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#M

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Greetings everyone, I hope you and yours had a happy and safe 4th.

 

It was beautiful day here in the hills. Took the dogs to the patch and had an afternoon with the plants. Captured some photos while there and observed the soil food web at work.

 

It started with the few aphids the plants collected while on the porch. The plan was to spray neem a couple more times till the fowers set. That might disturb the cycle...

 

After they got up the hill -could have come from here too- they collected a few thrips. A few days later I didn't see any new thrip stippling and only a few spots from the aphids. Now I'm curious! So who is eating the pests?

 

After the aphids and thrips were warpped up I started to noticed this...

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I looked everywhere and couldn't find any new pests? Well come to find out earwigs will chow down on some aphids, they are also nocturnal and will eat holes in your leaves. So who do we find with a bit more searching...Mr. Earwig. I do appreaciate the help with the aphids and thrips but your welcome is beginning to wear thin and you need to leave now Mr. Earwig.

This is not my photo.

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So now how do I get rid of earwigs? Apparently mother nature has that answer too (at least I think that's why they are here)...tree frogs. I saw three so far. Got pics of two of them. 

This one was hanging out under the fold and came out to see what all the commotion was about while I was watering.

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This one was just chillin', soaking up the high noon rays. 

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It's super fun to watch this evolve, nature doing her thing. I read about these cycles but this is the first time I got to watch up close. I like to think the plants set this all up for themselves through pheromones and their connection. If the leaf damage decreases we'll know we're on the right track.

 

Edited: 6/26/18, 1 heaping tsp of finely ground malted barley was dusted around the base of every outdoor plant and watered in well.

 

These photos were captured on the 7/4/18. Most plant are around 3' tall.

Ladies first...

#B

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#C 

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#D

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#E

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#F

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#L

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#O

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#P

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#R

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#S

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The males...

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#G

R.I.P.

 

#K

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#M Still considering chopping him.

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#N

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A salute to #G who is no longer with us. I  pulled the first few rogue flowers off #G and #M. #G kept pushing them out in random spots toward the bottom inside of the plant. Idk that much about males but this is similar behavior to how females sneak intersex into a line. I've been watching #M close and he hasn't dropped anymore early flowers since i pulled the first few. I was thinking of starting a poll to see if folks want to see #M in the mix or not...this way folks can stay anonymous. I feel like he needs to go. From what I can observe and feel #A and #N are good ones. I don't know for sure, it's just a feeling. #A has a rich earth/hashy thing going on while #N holds this lemon/pine that I keep coming back to smell. #K was slow to veg and was really sensative indoors. He hardly even grew, just held form indooors so I chopped his copy because of this. He's doing better outside. He's still very small and a little sensative, but he has this sweet/minty thing going on that's unique compared to the other plants.

 

A couple worthy ladies along for the show.

Mazari

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Noodle x Gogi f3

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There is a copy of the Mazari and Noodle x Gogi f3 in another field about 15 minutes away from the males. The plan is to isolate (try to anyways) pollen from the males. Try to have 3 different males go into one plant. Maybe cut a male branch right before it opens and put in water under 12/12 indoors? Or try to get it from the males -one at a time- right as they open and bring it to the field straight away. The plan is to slip a baggie over a male branch and close it with a twisty as it comes off collecting the pollen inside, then slip that same bag over a branch of the two plants in the other field. I don't know there will be 100% accuracy using multiple different pollens on the same plant. Hopefully close enough to get a look at the males seperately. Or just to have the stock in the fridge...

 

A snack on the hill. Besides the utensils, avacodo and dressing...and the doobie. Everything was produced in the pots by the soil food web. The doobie was also produced by the soil food web, but indoors.

Note: The watering cup makes a functional bowl.

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A view from the towel...

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Some words of advice from Mr. Adams. 

"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you — daft as a brush, but very very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost." What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Perfect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)"

— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

 

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@Kind024   Stellar job and great story telling of your travels and observations.  You have a fantastic mandala of creatures visiting your plot.  Masanobu Fukuoka speaks of these mandalas in nature.  I have seen this when I have let the nature flow.  1st year I was overwhelmed by small insects.  The next year I was overwhelmed with spiders who moved into eat the large concentration of insects.  Next year I was overwhelmed with frogs and birds who moved into eat the spiders, the next year birds including herons moved in to eat the frogs and bugs....Now there is a balance of sorts.  I will still lose some fruit and veggies to what humans have labeled as "pests" but they are a resident here and deserve sustenance so I do not administer controls.   The ultimate goal is for me as a human to be accepted back into the circle of nature, not be on top of a pyramid:)   

 

You take great care @Kind024 and your knowledge and experiences that you are sharing are effecting mass consciousness and the way growers grow.  Thank you for the path you are creating.  We are all related.  One Love

 

Also, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of my favorite books!!

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Wow, thank you...I really appreciate that @GoodEnergyGrower. That's always the intention, you just don't get to know if it makes a difference very often...if all you see are different images (reflections) of yourself, woudn't you want yourself to have the best experience possible? It's the least we can do to return the favor...

 

I dig your philosophy bro. Yeah maybe I could find a better word than "pest"...that one should get filed next to the word "weed".

 

16 hours ago, GoodEnergyGrower said:

We are all related.  One Love

That's what it's all about brother.

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Greetings to the Lab community. Hope everyone is cool and well hydrated.

 

A little update on the Black Triangle ladies flowering inside;

7/2/18, Both of the 1k HPS lamps were turned on. A 1k MH lamp was being used till then.

 

7/6/18, A layer of straw was put on top of each bag to cover the soil from light and make a cover for macroorganisms.

 

7/13/18, 19 days in bloom. Some photo's were captured. Apologies for the poor quality, still playing with lighting....trying to hold a light above my head (at the right angle) and stand back because flash is too bright, hold the camera steady...i'll just turn in the 1k MH for photos next time. 

 

 From the step stool...

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Below;

#E, front left. . .#W, front right. #W has the fastest resin set and the most of it out of the group ~so far. She smells of oranges and citris.

 

Notes: It's hard to see #D behind #W here, but she has the greasiest resin of the bunch, small and sparse flower sites but she's uniqe. #B and #C seem to be sensitive to direct HPS light? Both of them were among the 4 grouping under each lamp and started to show light sensitivity...a little yellowing at the tops and the hairs were starting to curl and discolor. Both were moved to the center of the room between the 2 lamps and are much happier now. The plants outside show no sensativity to the sun. #K, is a little picky outside but holds a unique scent like a sweet/minty toothpaste, he's greasy too.

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#W, Close up.

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#S, A nice full structure.

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#S, Close up...it's not your monitor.

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None of the close ups turned out well. Apologies. . .

 

Anyway, the plants are doing well. I was going to add another dash of malted barley but this soil running strong and doesn't need anything but water at this point.

 

The temperature stays around 86F - 90F most of the day at the moment. The humidity is around 35% during the day (a little low) and 45-50% at night. It's been in the 90's outside all week.

 

Stay cool,

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Greetings to everyone in the Lab community, hope you and yours are having a good summer. Best of fortune for a bountiful harvest!

 

7/9/18, Started to chop and drop the cover. A little here and a little there was chopped over the next week. For what it was worth I was thinking this would give time for the macroorganisms to adjust. The tree frogs are everywhere too and I don't want to scare them off. There are still a few leaves around with chew holes but everything seems to be in balance.

 

7/18/18, All the ladies recieved about a gallon+ of the soil top dress that was made earlier in the thread. A few of the plants that get the most sun started to lighten their green color. It's too early for anyone to be light in color. After the top dress was spread out the final chop of the cover was done. All the plants were trimmed under the canopy afterwards and all that biomass was chopped and layed over the topdress. Straw will be layed over that soon.

 

Note: Before the top dress was applied it was mixed with 3 gallons of fermented rice hulls. The rice hulls, a half cup of crustatcean meal and a little molasses have been soaking in water since before the plants went outside. The rice hulls were strained well but not allowed to dry before being mix in. It had a very unpleasnt smell. 

 

Before the trim...earlier in the morning.

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After the trim...later in the afternoon.

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You can kind of see the difference in green in some of the plants. #U on the left and #L on the right...That's #W back in the middle.

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Before the chop and drop.

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After the chop and drop.

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7/22/18, Photos of the males...apologies for the topped males. #A and #N where FIMed by the chickens when they where still on the porch. Good thing they missed! 

#M is no longer with us...R.I.P.

 

A moderate smoker friend came up the other day for a sniff of the males to get a another opinion. My daughter is here to visit too...she just gave me the "dad I smoke talk." She's an early teen and shows intrest in soil and plants. Which came after she smoked. . .showing no interest before that. So I invited her up to check things out and get her opinion on the males too. Their sniffers correlate...

 

#A, is the slowest of the three to develope flowers so far. He smells of a kitchen herb cupboard with strong pepper notes.
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#K, is slow to develope and small. He smells sour and minty with a smooth stem rub, like a light weight oil...not a tacky grease.

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#N, is the quickest of the three to develope fowers. He holds a sweet lemon smell on top which fades to a pine wood box or pine kitchen cleaner...somewhere in there.

Looks like a nice spot of shade to chew on a stick.

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...four days later and the plants are already responding to the top dress. Idk if that's going to be enough to hold them through the seed development. Another top dress of sorts may be needed. We'll see in a couple weeks. I'm thinking wormcastings...

 

peace,

 

Edited: I just noticed the image in that video of the pile of buds with the bottle next to them and the fire place in the back, its around 3:15...that might be one of @Oldproseeds images?

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I agree, very cool thread. I don't know how i missed it before.

 

I like your style and the plant's seem to like it as well. Everything look's healthy. 

 

Little advice if you don't mind. I know you just set up the outdoor spot this year and everything got trampled under foot. But try spreading some clover or grass seed between the pots.

Even a little green helps with the camo and is harder to spot from above.

 

I just skimmed through the thread and will have to go back and catch the gems in here. But you mentioned having to cut down 5 ft ferns to clear the area. fern's love moist soil. I bet you bury those pots a 1/3 of the way in the ground next year and it will cut your watering in half.   just some stoner thought's 😁 , don't take it the wrong way. Your garden look's great

 

Peace GG

 

 

 

 

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On 7/22/2018 at 7:45 PM, Tynehead Tom said:

agreed, awesome thread and great pics man.

I need to find a nice out of the way clearing like that hehehe

 

Thanks bro, I noticed this spot ealier in the season before the spring growth flushed out. There was a surprise waiting when I came back. The bracken fern, black berry and some short trees had grown in over my shoulders. There was a week of weed wacking, swinging a hatchet and clipping to get it cleared out.

 

On 7/22/2018 at 9:39 PM, gorilla ganja said:

I agree, very cool thread. I don't know how i missed it before.

 

I like your style and the plant's seem to like it as well. Everything look's healthy. 

 

Little advice if you don't mind. I know you just set up the outdoor spot this year and everything got trampled under foot. But try spreading some clover or grass seed between the pots.

Even a little green helps with the camo and is harder to spot from above.

 

I just skimmed through the thread and will have to go back and catch the gems in here. But you mentioned having to cut down 5 ft ferns to clear the area. fern's love moist soil. I bet you bury those pots a 1/3 of the way in the ground next year and it will cut your watering in half.   just some stoner thought's 😁 , don't take it the wrong way. Your garden look's great

 

Peace GG

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you and thanks for stopping in bro, all and any advice, suggestions are welcome. I appreciate it. This is my first grow like this. I've tossed a few plants out in state parks and different spots over the years with varying results. This is the first real involved project outside. That's a good idea, I'll try to get some grass seed going. I like the idea of burying the pots 1/3 under ground. I was thinking about burying them totally and cutting holes in the bottom of the pots to allow for more root development. I scratched that idea to the potential of blackberry roots invading the pots. The sides of the containers do dry faster from exposure. The gound is pretty rocky, a pick axe should take care of that. 

 

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A friend donated a little green house frame to the movment. With a little fortune that will be up and running next season too. Thank you for the donation sister!

 

Thank you all for sharing in this trip, you make it what it is...it's a good one!

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I use to live in a property that was owned by the vancouver regional district. It was one of several residential properties that were part of Tynehead Park in surrey BC. My place was just over an acre but only about 1/3 acre was grass and house, the rest was forest which most of the park also was. Not sure how big tynehead park is but pretty huge. The tv show Stargate used to film behind my place all the time and we would watch from the bushes. I swear I saw myself in one episode hahaha

 

anyhow, the bushes bordering the backyard were thick high blackberry bushes and we tunnelled in, laying down plywood strips. The tunnel was over 50 feet long to a clearing we hacked out and then rototilled the entire area.... about 60 feet x 100 feet. Grew back there, right in the ground, for 5 years straight and never got discovered. I grew hundreds and hundreds of plants in that park every year in various locations gorilla style but the backyard blackberry plot always produced amazing plants with little ammendments the ground was so fertile. I miss that place hehehe it's where i got jumped by a tom turkey as I came out of the tunnel into the grow area and thus my name.... tynehead tom LOLZ

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Guest Oldproseeds

MUCH LOVE MY BROTHER and thanks your right hahaha!!!

 

THATS MY FUCKING WEED PILE AND HOMEMADE WINE in the vid...... 😉

 

You have that passion man,,i can feel it!!

OP

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15 hours ago, Tynehead Tom said:

I need to find a nice out of the way clearing like that hehehe

Not sure if you have one of these but they are real cool!

Watch your legs girls this will tear shit up!

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5 minutes ago, Oldproseeds said:

THATS MY FUCKING WEED PILE AND HOMEMADE WINE in the vid...... 😉

It sure as hell is, what a small small world it really is.

That pic is epic, no wonder it was chosen.

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