Sox's 2014 Hill

ZONER · Jun 30, 2014

sox said:
Thats a damn good idea

Hey Sox,
I see you have the pots on wooden skids, couldn't you use 2 x 2 x 8 or longer (if you can find them) dimensional lumber.
Then use screws and attach them to the skids ..... Not to take away from anyone else's ideas.

ZONER

sanvanalona · Jun 30, 2014

sox said:
Thats a damn good idea

May I ask why not a cage? They are really nice and sturdy and inexpensive over the long run. Some of mine are four years old .

SunGrown · Jun 30, 2014

Hey Sox,
I see you have the pots on wooden skids, couldn't you use 2 x 2 x 8 or longer (if you can find them) dimensional lumber.
Then use screws and attach them to the skids ..... Not to take away from anyone else's ideas.

ZONER

I have some friends who use 2 x 4's nailed on...looks dumb/attracts attention but it works well.

May I ask why not a cage? They are really nice and sturdy and inexpensive over the long run. Some of mine are four years old .

Yeah, a 300 foot roll of field fence is less than $200 and each roll will do about 20 cages depending on how big you make them, but I have been so broke on a grow before that I can remember when 200 may as well have been a million . Depends on budget.

ZONER · Jun 30, 2014

SunGrown said:
I have some friends who use 2 x 4's nailed on...looks dumb/attracts attention but it works well.

Yeah, a 300 foot roll of field fence is less than $200 and each roll will do about 20 cages depending on how big you make them, but I have been so broke on a grow before that I can remember when 200 may as well have been a million . Depends on budget.

Go find sturdy straight tree branches and screw them on ..... :D

SunGrown · Jun 30, 2014

ZONER said:
Go find sturdy straight tree branches and screw them on ..... :D

LOL, brings back memories of using manzanita for poles on a huge hillside

Seamaiden · Jul 1, 2014

caregiverken said:
i like the horizontal trellis netting!
I probably should have done that!
I need to start working on that support stuff

I used to trellis horizontally, but it's a pain in the ass at harvest.

sox said:
lol i wish i had $$ to spend on Tposts, but the bamboo should do...i think their will be 3 horizontal layers, maybe 4...and then a net tossed over the top once they bush out real big. Only bummer about the bamboo on the inside is you dont get to pull the plants apart very wide...with Tposts you can go out as far as you want...But it is SUPER windy and we had to get something up...it looked like hurricane season out here.

Brother, conduit, with the ends cut off at an angle and pounded into the ground. Cheaper than t-posts and you can get longer lengths (which I do believe you're gonna need!), too. ;)
That's Sea's money-saving tip of the day.

EVOKE · Jul 16, 2014

Whats up @sox where u at hope all is well with ya....
peace n grow...

Ar15 · Jul 16, 2014

Hey Sox very nice garden I'm loving it. I can't wait to see the next updates. They are going to get huge by end of Aug!

fishwhistle · Jul 16, 2014

Seamaiden said:
I used to trellis horizontally, but it's a pain in the ass at harvest.
Sea,you need to do it @Capulator style,he just takes cord(like clothes line size i think)and winds it around his frame into a trellis and when its harvy time he unties one end and pulls it all through,winds it up and uses it again next time,voila nothing in the way!

caregiverken · Jul 16, 2014

I hate the netting..I went with the plastic kind this year..Might be a little better.
Still in my way though.

Hope all is Well Sox! Love and Light!

sox · Jul 19, 2014

Hey!
Sorry for the gap in updates, been super busy.

Visited a GH that pulls over 300lbs twice a year, and their is 4 of them on this property. It is the biggest operation ive ever seen. AND they keep their numbers in check, kinda.

Good news is im running all their trim for them. Sour D and Bubba, so we have been busy busy busy making all the ice wax we can.

Here is a shot from about a week ago, ill get more pix up soon.

A little friend we found on a GSC

And a little bastard that we found last night next to our tea station

Hope all is well.
Love & Light,
~Sox

SunGrown · Jul 21, 2014

Yeah, some of the light deps are ridiculous aren't they? Use it as inspiration!

Great frog!

sox · Jul 21, 2014

Couple evening shots as the sun was going down last night
My first time ever growing TLO style, ive always used some kind of organic nute reg in the past.
Tea and H20 is a whole nother ball game, but the plants seem to be happy!

@baba G, thats your rOarGe that i F3d front left :)

RBK

Purple Cheesel

TKOG and Purple Cheesel

TKOG

Purple Cheesel

Love & Light,
~Sox

SunGrown · Jul 21, 2014

Do you train your branches out or just leave em el natur al? I would be bending some of those girls branches over, could double your finished harvest on a lot, just my .02 , it is looking great either way!