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Use the BOG method. When you transplant from your 5 gal to your main pots, (or whatever sizes they may be) only bury the 5 gal 3/4 of the way. This leaves a 1/4 of the 5 gal pot, or roughly 4", sitting above the main soil level of your final pot. I used to do this in the bay where I would have more moisture problems. When watering you can't really get the stalk wet because the water runs right off to the main part of the soil.
Anything getting close to harvest?
One garden is totally fine. Other one I cheaper out on this year and bought one roll of the smaller gauge caging and 3 of my larger plants bent it in half and totally collapsed. View attachment 536684
My arms hurt. Ripped out all the massive stalks today at one place. Went to the other one and now I got the workers doing it. Boom. Were almost 100 percent in and hanging. Got the triminator cranking. View attachment 547193
It definitely can be worth it...Really nice to have consistent income every three months.. My advice would be these things... Look for a place with really tall ceilings- its much more important then people realize- 10 feet is a minimum and 11 feet is ideal... Pick one good strain that yields well and people want it consistently and really focus on that, after a couple runs and you really have your room dialed in then start messing around with different strains and techniques... My old roommate got the new 1100 watt bulbs and he has been absolutely killing it with the sour diesel.. He's been getting about 36 pounds off of his 12 lights pretty consistently... He has a huge amount of area he covers with each light- I think its close to a 6x6 foot space per light.. I had my 1000 watts pretty cramped thats why my yield per light was so much lower.. Spend the money and build your room really well and make sure your AC and Dehums are totally in sync... Last but not least make sure to keep the night time tempatures really really warm,, everyone that gets really good yields has really warm tempatures in the dark cycles.... and of course watch out for mites and powder and all the other pests- i kinda figured you have that under control...
i use the 8 foot tall cages and I'm pretty sure it's 14 gauge. Last year I added a couple more bags then the year before so I listened to my buddy who said " the smaller cages will be fine and they are so much easier to deal with and cut". So I got a roll of the smaller stuff and about 70 percent of the ones I used it on fell in the rain. His plants got massive last year and he had all 30 of his plants fall completely to the ground and break. He was devastated.what size wire is it that failed, and what size you doing this year? What do you like to use? Last yea my trellis system was a PITA so cages are my must have this year.
i use the 8 foot tall cages and I'm pretty sure it's 14 gauge. Last year I added a couple more bags then the year before so I listened to my buddy who said " the smaller cages will be fine and they are so much easier to deal with and cut". So I got a roll of the smaller stuff and about 70 percent of the ones I used it on fell in the rain. His plants got massive last year and he had all 30 of his plants fall completely to the ground and break. He was devastated.
I cant wait to see you guys kill it again this season.Ok cool. I'm planting direct in the ground, im sorta planning on 4 10' rigid EMT per plant with 2 cages...one that will be slightly around them early season, and one maybe with 3 foot gap, between, and maybe even some across the top. I can do 8 plants in my greenhouse that would be 10x10 space per plant, with 14' headroom.
ANY pointers you might have? Last year I DI'd a trellis net on my greenhouse, about 6' up, and a second one 8' up, and not only was it a bitch to work in, most the plants ended up flop city and took daily tying and shit. Hoping to have it done right this season. My plants are already in ten gallon smart pots, 3 tall, with genetics that will get big,. Hoping 8# plus per. I'll have 2 plants outside the greenhouse in the ground as well, that are mold immune even with my shitty microclimate
Ahahaha.i dont get that from my whole indoor grow!lol.fuckin wish scotland was sunny.we,r rich in haggis,sheep,tartan and freezing wind but as far as weed goes...its not great.On average last year I would say my blue dreams produced between 2 and 7 pounds. Most of the nice ones in the 200 gallon pots with full sun and plenty of space were on the upside of 5 to 7 and some of the smaller ones were between three and 4. The seed starts all averaged around 5 to 7 #. Just not the same consistency and since I don't have the seeds myself I'm never exactly sure what my friends are actually giving me. ( I'm always impressed though. ). The blue dream I had was very powder mold resistant. I also really liked that it produced dense buds that were spread out. I love the seed starts buds as big as your leg but those are the first to mold when the rains come.
If you use a few treatments of AACT you'll keep microbial populations boosted and that will help speed up breakdown of the plant material.My cover crops look like are really starting to grow and I am a little nervous that they might not break down all the way before its time to plant... I was thinking as soon as the results come in I'm going to rototill it all up really good and get the process going- It takes about 2 months to break down is that correct????
Rye grass, I'm assuming.The cover crops- it looks like regular grass is mixed in there but I'm assuming that it's a grass that was in the cover crop mix i bought. Cause there shouldn't be any regular grass that was able to get into the dirt.
Excellent. Looking forward to the results. The best $25.00 spent.Thx guys- @Bulldog11 and @leadsled -- I just went and took my soil sample. Got it zip locked up with all the forms filled out and sent it out with a thursday arrival date projected- Ill post the results on here in a couple days when I get it back.. My cover crops look like are really starting to grow and I am a little nervous that they might not break down all the way before its time to plant... I was thinking as soon as the results come in I'm going to rototill it all up really good and get the process going- It takes about 2 months to break down is that correct????
That sounds like a good plan. A lot of my friends do that method and it works great. Prolly better then My cages. I'm gonna try a couple but I spent a ton of $$$$ on those damn cages and taking them all to the dump in a u haul is a pain in the ass. If you go to you tube and type in Mendo dope he has like a 6 hour film he made of a start to finish garden and it's very impressive and he uses the same method you were talking about I think.Ok cool. I'm planting direct in the ground, im sorta planning on 4 10' rigid EMT per plant with 2 cages...one that will be slightly around them early season, and one maybe with 3 foot gap, between, and maybe even some across the top. I can do 8 plants in my greenhouse that would be 10x10 space per plant, with 14' headroom.
ANY pointers you might have? Last year I DI'd a trellis net on my greenhouse, about 6' up, and a second one 8' up, and not only was it a bitch to work in, most the plants ended up flop city and took daily tying and shit. Hoping to have it done right this season. My plants are already in ten gallon smart pots, 3 tall, with genetics that will get big,. Hoping 8# plus per. I'll have 2 plants outside the greenhouse in the ground as well, that are mold immune even with my shitty microclimate
So yesterday we started building a 10 foot wide x 100 feet long hoophouse for a light dep... I have a couple questions... I ordered the 12 mil blackout cloth the guy recommended at the grow store I shop at.. I was wondering if we flower in the beginning of april and we are covering the plants at around 4 pm or so and uncovering them later that evening after its dark out.. Will it get to hot under the tarp and create problems???? It seems to me that a black tarp in the sun will create tons of wet heat in the greenhouse????
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