B.O.G.'S Sour Grape in Straw Bales

[caregiverken]

Hey Farmers just wanted to trow out some pics from the
LIL HIDDEN VALLEY GROW.... from behind my 2nd out building ......
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THE 15 GIRLS GET SUN FROM NOON TILL SUNSET IN THIS LOCATION( they are in 15,10,and 7 gallon pots). WAS UNABLE TO USE MY NEW CLEARED SPOT DUE TO THE FARMER CLEARING SOME TREES FOR FIREWOOD NEXT WINTER.
used my old cheapo camera for 2 quick photos

Very Pretty Zoner!
Its dry and brown here in central Cali :(

 

[Medusa]

I will be utilizing a timer and soaker hoses, they will be set for daily drench. Also will be utilizing a brass siphon mixer for every fourth day, if they need more nutes I will adjust as I go .... be it strength of nutes or frequency.
The siphon mixer will be a 16:1 ratio, 16 gallons of water to 1 gallon of nutes or teas which ever I use. The feeding will be the tricky part in the beginning.
Thanks for the info geologic ...

Zoner to cool. Gotta read rest of post

 

[MoodySass]

wowow i have to try this! Totes my style
:cat:

 

[ZONER]

Very Pretty Zoner!
Its dry and brown here in central Cali :(

Hey caregiver maybe I can get my Ole Lady to do a tribal dance for you she is 1/8 Cherokee, oh thanks for the kind words

Zoner to cool. Gotta read rest of post

Trying something diffrent kinda like your topsy turvy grow... Love that grow

wowow i have to try this! Totes my style
:cat:

5 bucks a bale and when your done ..whoosh into the compost pile, thanks for dropping in MoodySass

 

[ZONER]

Hey farmers,
Well had a few days of thunder boomers and heavy rain then sun but figured I would throw up some picks of my bale farm. Due to the rain I have had an issue with nutes due to the bales only hold so much then the rain kinda washes it out, so I watch the NOAA web site and feed accordingly. The girls have bounced back from the bug shellacking they took but its an ongoing issue for me with the bales thank god the birds have noticed and started gobbling up a whole lotta bugs.
O.K. On with the pics ...... My apologies for the over grown grass and such but that will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon.

SOUR GRAPE # 1

SOUR GRAPE #2

SOUR GRAPE # 3

Now for some veggies ...

Eggplants & peppers sweet n hot

Tomatoes starting to come in

Even my other little compost bin for kitchen scraps is growing a ? WTF

Even caught the sun shining through my hummingbird feeder

And now my girls in the Hidden Valley behind my 2nd out building ... Hard to see they blend in real nice ...lol

They only get well water from the soaker house on a timer, sitting in my soil mix. Might give them a flower spike in a week. Maybe ...

Well folks ain't a whole lot going on other than vegging but still like to post the straw bale grow ....

ZONER

 

[0tt0]

Awesome, never even considered growing with straw bales this way. What fertilizer do you use?

I see you've made a hole in each bale and filled it with soil. How big is each hole? Do the bales actually contribute anything in their own right to the plant..or are they just for root space and moisture retention?

 

[ZONER]

Awesome, never even considered growing with straw bales this way. What fertilizer do you use?

I see you've made a hole in each bale and filled it with soil. How big is each hole? Do the bales actually contribute anything in their own right to the plant..or are they just for root space and moisture retention?

Hey OttO,
The holes were for the 16 oz solo cups I transplanted from, originally put in some fresh EWC into the hole then filed around the gap with the potting mix. Feed the girls with organic teas and then poured the residual over the top of the bales around the stems.
Originally I used urea which has a 50-0-0 on the bales every other day in the beginning to get the straw bales to start decomposing, so it's like growing in fresh compost through out the grow. I will start making a flowering tea with seabird and bat guano, kelp meal and Molasses along with some alfalpha meal and feed then soon.
Hey thanks for popping in..... Oh and you can not over water straw bales .... Thats straw bales not hay or alfalfa.... Straw has a capillary action the straw tubes only hold so much the rest basically drains out.

ZONER

 

[Medusa]

Hey caregiver maybe I can get my Ole Lady to do a tribal dance for you she is 1/8 Cherokee, oh thanks for the kind words

Trying something diffrent kinda like your topsy turvy grow... Love that grow

5 bucks a bale and when your done ..whoosh into the compost pile, thanks for dropping in MoodySass

Good it's fun. I should of put one outside. She just went in flower.M

 

[Medusa]

Hey farmers,
Well had a few days of thunder boomers and heavy rain then sun but figured I would throw up some picks of my bale farm. Due to the rain I have had an issue with nutes due to the bales only hold so much then the rain kinda washes it out, so I watch the NOAA web site and feed accordingly. The girls have bounced back from the bug shellacking they took but its an ongoing issue for me with the bales thank god the birds have noticed and started gobbling up a whole lotta bugs.
O.K. On with the pics ...... My apologies for the over grown grass and such but that will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon.
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SOUR GRAPE # 1
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SOUR GRAPE #2 View attachment 421386SOUR GRAPE # 3

Now for some veggies ...
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Eggplants & peppers sweet n hot
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Tomatoes starting to come in
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Even my other little compost bin for kitchen scraps is growing a ? WTFView attachment 421400
Even caught the sun shining through my hummingbird feeder
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And now my girls in the Hidden Valley behind my 2nd out building ... Hard to see they blend in real nice ...lol
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They only get well water from the soaker house on a timer, sitting in my soil mix. Might give them a flower spike in a week. Maybe ...

Well folks ain't a whole lot going on other than vegging but still like to post the straw bale grow ....

ZONER

Hey farmers,
Well had a few days of thunder boomers and heavy rain then sun but figured I would throw up some picks of my bale farm. Due to the rain I have had an issue with nutes due to the bales only hold so much then the rain kinda washes it out, so I watch the NOAA web site and feed accordingly. The girls have bounced back from the bug shellacking they took but its an ongoing issue for me with the bales thank god the birds have noticed and started gobbling up a whole lotta bugs.
O.K. On with the pics ...... My apologies for the over grown grass and such but that will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon.
View attachment 421379
SOUR GRAPE # 1
View attachment 421381
SOUR GRAPE #2 View attachment 421386SOUR GRAPE # 3

Now for some veggies ...
View attachment 421391
Eggplants & peppers sweet n hot
View attachment 421392 View attachment 421393 View attachment 421394
Tomatoes starting to come in
View attachment 421395
Even my other little compost bin for kitchen scraps is growing a ? WTFView attachment 421400
Even caught the sun shining through my hummingbird feeder
View attachment 421401
And now my girls in the Hidden Valley behind my 2nd out building ... Hard to see they blend in real nice ...lol
View attachment 421404 View attachment 421405
They only get well water from the soaker house on a timer, sitting in my soil mix. Might give them a flower spike in a week. Maybe ...

Well folks ain't a whole lot going on other than vegging but still like to post the straw bale grow ....

ZONER

U got a nice place there Zoner.

 

[ZONER]

Good it's fun. I should of put one outside. She just went in flower.M

If you want I could name one" MEDUSA " in your honor. Some of my girls in the Vally were from the farmers mix 2013 so I don't know the genetics.

 

[Medusa]

If you want I could name one" MEDUSA " in your honor. Some of my girls in the Vally were from the farmers mix 2013 so I don't know the genetics.

Sure. What an honor. M

 

[ZONER]

U got a nice place there Zoner.

Well it fits me ..My nieces call me the OGRE and I do live in the woods ....lol
Thank you for the kind words M.

 

[ZONER]

Sure. What an honor. M

I have one that's throwing out a lot of pistils already and she is tall and starting to fill out like a lady .... So tomorrow I will go out and put a name tag on her.

 

[Rosenberg]

Looks like a great method. Do the bales only last a single run?

 

[ZONER]

Looks like a great method. Do the bales only last a single run?

After seeing how deep the roots run And how the bales deteriorate I would probably only use them once.

 

[Gamrstwin36]

Hey farmers,
Well had a few days of thunder boomers and heavy rain then sun but figured I would throw up some picks of my bale farm. Due to the rain I have had an issue with nutes due to the bales only hold so much then the rain kinda washes it out, so I watch the NOAA web site and feed accordingly. The girls have bounced back from the bug shellacking they took but its an ongoing issue for me with the bales thank god the birds have noticed and started gobbling up a whole lotta bugs.
O.K. On with the pics ...... My apologies for the over grown grass and such but that will be cleaned up tomorrow afternoon.
View attachment 421379
SOUR GRAPE # 1
View attachment 421381
SOUR GRAPE #2 View attachment 421386SOUR GRAPE # 3

Now for some veggies ...
View attachment 421391
Eggplants & peppers sweet n hot
View attachment 421392 View attachment 421393 View attachment 421394
Tomatoes starting to come in
View attachment 421395
Even my other little compost bin for kitchen scraps is growing a ? WTFView attachment 421400
Even caught the sun shining through my hummingbird feeder
View attachment 421401
And now my girls in the Hidden Valley behind my 2nd out building ... Hard to see they blend in real nice ...lol
View attachment 421404 View attachment 421405
They only get well water from the soaker house on a timer, sitting in my soil mix. Might give them a flower spike in a week. Maybe ...

Well folks ain't a whole lot going on other than vegging but still like to post the straw bale grow ....

ZONER

looking good..mind if i peek in on ya?
Respect..

 

[2hotmomma88]

Reason I use straw bales is that straw will hold water in by a capillary action and you can't overwater

I was like what? Straw bales?!?

 

[ZONER]

I was like what? Straw bales?!?

Was gonna just grow vegtables but said WTF, lets see what happens with MaryJane ...so far so good.

 

[BeenBurned]

Looking great Z.

 

[2hotmomma88]

Was gonna just grow vegtables but said WTF, lets see what happens with MaryJane ...so far so good.

Looking damn good zoner!