Blazing Oaks 2016

[juiceyjay]

Well the concrete boom truck got here bright and early at 6 AM today, ready to rock and roll. I have never seen one in action before, it was a very impressive piece of machinery. The size and reach that it had was pretty incredible, and this was apparently the 'small' boom truck, since the larger one would not make it up our road. It ended up taking 61 yards of concrete to finish the entire slab. On Monday the forms will get knocked down, there will be little bit of clean up to do on the concrete work, and the metal frame for the greenhouse will start going up.

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Hell year getting shot done. Whoever told you to put a boiler room is an idiot. Navien makes a tank less water heater specifically for radiant flooring. It has thermostats and recirculation pumps built in to keep your floors at a constant even temp.

This is a radiant floor system I was just working on a week ago that we installed. They didn't buy the Navien tank less ment for radiant floors so this is what you end up having to do.

The far right is the one dedicated to the radiant floor. It is on a closed loop system with a storage tank and 2 recirculation pumps (1 on the inlet 1 on the outlet) and a electric thermostat that kicks the tank less on automatically to keep even temp.

 

[Blaze]

Would one Navien unit be able to heat the entire system? We have six zones total for heating the slab. Plus three zones for irrigation. Supposedly the tankless heaters are more efficient right?

 

[juiceyjay]

Would one Navien unit be able to heat the entire system? We have six zones total for heating the slab. Plus three zones for irrigation. Supposedly the tankless heaters are more efficient right?

You would have to check em out on there website to see how large of a system 1 can handle. I'm not positive on that.

 

[Blaze]

Realized that I had not posted any pictures of the light dep harvest.

Archive OG:

SFV OG Kush:

Super Silver Haze:

OG Twist:

White Fire #43:

Watermelon Rancher:

Urkle Wreck:

Three Queens:

The three most potent strains this run were the OG Twist at 26.8% THC, Archive OG at 23.2% THC, and White Fire #43 at 22.5% THC.

Best smell and flavor was hands down the Watermelon Rancher, followed by the Urkle Wreck. Best bag appeal was definitely the Urkle Wreck as well, it came out incredibly dense and just coated in crystal. My personal favorites have been the Three Queens and the Watermelon Rancher

Everything passed all the microbiology and pesticide screenings, as always.

Interesting to note that all the same clones that I ran full season outdoors last year actually tested a little lower on THC in the light dep than they did in the outdoor. This surprises me as the light dep obviously has a lot more visible crystal. It was across the board though - everything was 2%-5% lower than it's outdoor counterpart. I have heard from others who have done similar tests that full season outdoor does indeed usually test higher on THC than other cultivation methods and these results would seem to confirm that.

 

[Blaze]

We also had out first third-party inspection today, which went great. They came to check to make sure we were not over the plant count and had followed through on posting our permits and tagging all our plants, etc. The guy who we hired for our third party is actually a civil engineer and a surveyor, so I think he will be a good contact for us in the future. I have some big plans for future expansions and additional infrastructure, so next year we will have to start dealing with CEQA and other regulatory agencies, just like any other business. It will be important to have everything in place by 2018 when MMRSA takes effect, and we may have recreational use by then as well if prop 64 goes through in November. The inspector was very curious about the entire process so we had a good chat on all the different stages and processes we use, as well as the regulations at the state and local levels. He will be back again right before harvest to do our final sign off for the year.

 

[MendoGiantZ]

Looking amazing @Blaze ....Really interesting that the light dep tests lower then the full term... I woulda bet money it was the other way around... The greenhouse looks super simple to build you should shoot down to sonoma and build me one when your done :) ... Just kidding...

 

[Homesteader]

@Blaze- What kind of difference did you all have this year in terms of weather? Do you have those clones from last year going full term as well?

 

[Blaze]

This summer was fairly normal, not nearly as dry and hot as the last few. I have the same clones form last year in my full term outdoor and I just transplanted a bunch to go into the new greenhouse. So I will have two outdoor crops, a full season greenhouse crop, and a light dep crop of the same cuts to compare by the end of this year.

 

[Blaze]

Looking amazing @Blaze ....Really interesting that the light dep tests lower then the full term... I woulda bet money it was the other way around... The greenhouse looks super simple to build you should shoot down to sonoma and build me one when your done :) ... Just kidding...

Sounds good, but I charge $300 per hour haha....

The irony is all the planning, prep, and permits took about 7 1/2 moths, the slab took about 3 weeks, and in less than a week almost the entire frame is up. Actually building it is proving to be the fastest part....

 

[juiceyjay]

Sounds good, but I charge $300 per hour haha....

The irony is all the planning, prep, and permits took about 7 1/2 moths, the slab took about 3 weeks, and in less than a week almost the entire frame is up. Actually building it is proving to be the fastest part....

Permits and blueprints are always what slow building up.

 

[Blaze]

Everything in the full season outdoor is starting to cluster up nicely. We've been having some bug issues so I will be spraying with Azamax tonight and following up in two days with spinosad. I want to make sure we knock any pests back as much as possible before the plants get too far into flower.

Watermelon Rancher:

Twist OG and Archive OG:

SFV OG Kush back-cross (Kush Cleaner crossed back to the original SFV clone) from Little Hill:

Kush Cleaner from 707 Seedbank:

The smart pots have filled in very well considering that they were 5-6 weeks behind everything else. This whole row is different phenos of Sour Diesel x Watermelon Rancher and Mendo Pineapple x Watermelon Rancher:

Kush Cleaner behind the garden gate and posted cultivation permit:

Our own personal 'Avenue of the Giants" - OG Ringo on the right, Guava Kush x Kush Cleaner on the left. That's a 10' orchard ladder for scale:

More Kush Cleaner and Twist OG towering over the 6' fence:

 

[Blaze]

Took most of last week off to go camping out in the Sinkyone Wilderness with some friends. We have been going every year since we were in high school, this was the 15th annual summer trip. It is one of the last undeveloped, unspoiled sections of coast line in the entire country and will remain that way due to the extremely rugged terrain. There is no cell service, no internet, no radio or TV reception, and no facilities of any kind except a few old outhouses.

This was looking south from the mile long black sands beach:

Looking North:

Looking East, back towards camp:

This was the road into our campsite. We had our own little private valley with a creek that meanders through it:

Our home for 4 days we stayed:

My only complaint is that I wished we could have stayed longer. This has been one of the most hectic and busy summers ever, we all really needed a break.

 

[Bulldog420]

Great job Blaze. I tend to snoop around this site just for your grow.

 

[Blaze]

Thanks Bulldog, hope your garden is growing well.

 

[Blaze]

End walls for the greenhouse are done (except for the cooling wall) and the plastic goes up tomorrow. We had our inspection with the county building and planning department today, and got everything we have done so far signed off. They will only have to come back one more time once the electrical is finished for a final inspection.

The exhaust fans are freakin' ridiculous:

 

[papapayne]

JAW DROPPING man. Blown away, simply blown away. much respect

 

[Blaze]

Thanks dude :)

 

[scoop]

Mucho respect/thanks for the tip on Regalia, guys. I might be fighting the same stem rot issues here as a few of you others are seeing. Small/fuzzy growths on the stem of a few near the soil surface. Those (2) plants are wilting... so we will see if I'm too late or some sort of miracle appears and saves the day. Either way....shit happens...and I'm extremely glad now that I sat those extras out on the edge of the treeline as a backup for just this kind of "fun".

Again...for better or worse...thanks for the overall insight/education.

 

[juiceyjay]

I can't wait to see that building full of plants.things are Looking great on that side of the fence

 

[Blaze]

Mucho respect/thanks for the tip on Regalia, guys. I might be fighting the same stem rot issues here as a few of you others are seeing. Small/fuzzy growths on the stem of a few near the soil surface. Those (2) plants are wilting... so we will see if I'm too late or some sort of miracle appears and saves the day. Either way....shit happens...and I'm extremely glad now that I sat those extras out on the edge of the treeline as a backup for just this kind of "fun".

Again...for better or worse...thanks for the overall insight/education.

Stem rot is awful, especially when it takes out a plant this close to harvest. Preventative measures are usually your best bet in the future. If you are going to be reusing your soil planting a cover crop can definitely help keep your soil healthy and free of disease.