I hate to revive an old thread///but...a good friend who helped me out last year found some seeds in a bud from the Purple Chem and they are germinating right now...one looks like a stealth fighter..
I guess I'll see what sprouts....if anything.
Xrancher
Thanks Illmind and all the other farmers for your input.
If there is one place you can't hide from the truth, the internet is it!!!
I feel the pain from losing your crop but it really sucks to get stock seeds and have them turn to shit...for sure!!!!
That's one of the problems with this...
Yep MG, couldn't agree more...I've heard some good and some bad about Swerve's gear...but the good definitely out does the bad...
I swear Swerve has done some bad ass breeding this round!!!!
I've been smokin since 1968...and Swerve's Purple Chem is the SHIT!!!
for my next run...it will...
Hi all you Farmers, I lost over half of my outdoor grow this year by the "Perfect Storm"...
A storm did come through...but only after i tore my knee up so I couldn't walk...FUCK!!!
anyway...
This is a smoke report on salvaged Cali's Purple Chem...
It has a super fruity, chem smell...
This will be my last post on this thread...I injured myself 3 weeks ago and was really not supposed to be walking...I could have crushed both femurs but got away with a torn meniscus in one of my knees...
while I was indisposed I lost the major portion of my garden to mold...I will live to...
Thanks for stopping by S i R and the kind words Bro,
I've had shit happen that only a fiction writer could think up...and ya...with a little help I could throw a hoophouse up in no time...shit...I've lived in worse...lol
My learning curve is so steep I can hardly walk anymore without goin...
The uncovered garden after the rain storm...
Contemplating harvest...
I expect at least 50% loss from worm and mold damage on some plants...others seem quite tolerant of bugs and mold...
We'll see...if it was easy...
Update: The rain started Monday October 3, about noon...I worked all night Oct 2, to erect "Hoophouse 2.0".
The pics...
Oct 2 @8:06pm
Raining hard Oct 5, 2011 @1:05am
Dry inside...
Perspective...
More pics to follow of the uncovered garden...
Thanks for stoppin by and the kind words MG...
Thanks for the kind words Rory...
Yep...I've heard so much shit goin round that's why I posted up these pics...by the way...anyone else like to post up some CC pics feel free.
Nice plants there Celtic...I was just looking for a male...my...
I've heard a lot said about Swerve and his genetics good and some bad...I have to say I should have cloned this pheno but had to many "irons in the fire" so to speak...she's about 4 1/2 feet tall...here's the pics...
Although I'm...
They just look big because hortohoney has small hands...lol...
I know this diary is about the PJ Purple Myst...but I believe I have authors license to go off topic for a bit...
I have lost one of my plants...the TrainWreck...it was the growers fault (read me) and nature...it died of...
Thanks for the kind words Dr. D...I'm trying hard and still learning every day...
Now for some real good news...
4th generation clones keeps the PJ Purple Myst girl going...possibly being released to the masses next year if all goes well...
Roots...!!!...
Close up...
Thanks for dropping in SOG, I missed your post in the heat of the moment...
I hate bugs as well...but they are a fact of life...this year was worse than last year.
I will be growing on a different ranch next year and the growers near where I will be have told me that they have no bug...
Hey there S i R, thanks for your humor...let me just say...don't grow your god damn plants so fucking big...unless you have scaffolding...lol...
Worm damage on PJ Purple Myst#1...not too bad...only a few buds affected..
I lopped off the...
I now believe after dissecting many buds that the moth explosion I witnessed a few weeks ago was from my garden.
I haven't found one worm on my big plants with damage...only the remainder of their pupal casing...
Next year I will definitely spray for moths earlier... right when the buds...
So...I was in the garden at dusk...I saw a moth on a leaf...
I went to kill it by hand...but...
The motherfucker was already dead!!!!!!!!!!
Yahooooo!!!!!!!
it's working...
Peace and Blue Skies,
Xrancher
That's the rub...how do we know our limitations until we cross the line...???...
Then it's too late...and we know...reminds me of the Biblical myth about "The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil"...
I have purchased Pyrethrin, BT and Spinosad to combat the "evil ones"...
I decided...
It's been 10 days since I've updated...the Agribon experiment is over and off of the girls.
I have worm damage...it could be much worse...I cut all the damaged colas off the affected plants...I'm trying to salvage the undamaged parts...probably 1lb dried...damn fucking moths...
I'm...
I've missed you for sure Dr. D...I have some good news and bad news...
First...I believe I've found the problem with #3 PJ...I spent some time crawling around in the Enchanted Garden taking a close look at what's going on...this is what I found...one main branch was dying...1/3 of the...
No worries...
Yeah...it took me 20 years of procrastination to get here...lol...and...I'm moving next year to a different farm...it's good and bad at the same time...IYKWIM.
Thanks a bunch Tinker, I'm not so much a professional than trying to give patients some options with what...