MC`s Forest Adventure

markscastle · Sep 5, 2013

This sucks! Got out the new 9x13 tent and no poles or cover. My old partner strikes again! Bet he took the poles for scrap metal for his crank problem! It`s been two years now and I`m still finding stuff he screwed me over on! My son is going to have to sleep on the little sofa/bed and we will have 4 cats in a 26 ft. RV now! I`ll have to put the next motorcycle payment received into buying a new tent now.

joeca1i · Sep 6, 2013

Dang.Well That lil weasel will be back no doubt...

markscastle · Sep 6, 2013

He showed his head a year ago as he found some one with a truck and trailer to come up the 4x4 road and do some scraping of metals. He came walking up to the RV and asked what happend to the trailor (the one I bought for him to stay in). While he had been here a bear got into it and messed it up, exited through a wall. He wanted to scrap it out even though he never paid for it. I told him that I gave it away to an other scrapper and cleaned up all the trash he left. Then I told him I knew he was the one who ripped my grow and he needs to leave and not come back up here. He turned tail and walked off ,stopping a ways away he turned and said I better watch my back. I almost shot him right there but his friend with the truck started coming up the road and picked him up. Last time I`ve seen him.

markscastle · Sep 6, 2013

OK things keep changing. I got one load of water today and the jugs after watering my plants. Got to move my daughter`s stuff from storage in one town into a storage in an other that`s larger. Monday I move my son and put more stuff in storage, Some time soon my stuff goes in the new storage site from the smaller storage unit that`s more distant. that will leave all are stuff in one place for now. I`ll need to get up early and do chores first the take out the water tank from the truck. I have a slow flat so next I`ll fix that before taking off. By Tuesday this will be nothing but a memory. I`ll have my son here finely and can get to some jobs I`ve wanted to tackle. Most of my plants are budding up fast now. Others will take longer but when it comes time to trim I`ll be glade some are behind other strains. Don`t like the pressure of every plant being done at the same time so this is good. Hope to have harvest done by the end of October to the first week in November if possible. If I work hard I have maybe three weeks before any real rain. By trim time I hope it`s dry.

markscastle · Sep 9, 2013

Done with my daughters stuff into storage yesterday. Today I watered, fetched more water, cleaned out the 325 gal tank and did personal care and house keeping chores. In the morning after I do the chores and water it will be time to help my son put stuff into storage and move up here. I`ll be glade to have the kids stuff done and be able to work on my farming projects again.

markscastle · Sep 13, 2013

Just to update everyone my son used a large amount of GB allowed under my plan for this month so not on line as much to keep overages down. The plants are still healthy and growing up a store as well as putting on bud. Trying to get my daughter up to help put up the pvc pipe tunnels as three persons would make fast work of it. Working on smaller projects that just haven`t got done so nothing exciting to report.

markscastle · Sep 15, 2013

Just got the frames up for the tunnels. I still need to put in the top support down the middle and run pipe on the sides to clip the plastic to. Man the plants are sticky and everywhere working on this. Wish I had the frame done much earlier but it wasn`t to be. I`m waiting on a bike payment to order the clips before I can put up the plastic. I`ll have to do pictures of this point and post them early next month when my data roles over.

markscastle · Sep 19, 2013

markscastle · Sep 19, 2013

markscastle · Sep 19, 2013

Starting to put on some bud.

markscastle · Sep 21, 2013

Rain hit. I tied up the bushes until I ran out of tape then sprayed it all with neem oil to cut down on mold. Wish I had enough money to buy the clamps for the plastic earlier or at least enough for a run down the hill for more tape to tie the plants better before this storm. I lost one and a few branches to breakage. Just a few dollars would have saved hundred's. Now all I can do is hope the rain goes away and the wind is mild enough to dry the plants without breaking more branches. :-(

markscastle · Sep 22, 2013

It`s sunny this morning but no wind at all. This is good, bad but could be ugly. A mild breeze would help dry it out where a strong wind would break branches. No wind depends of the mold factor.

Going to do more tying and check better for damage today, most branches will mend with a little help. I`m at a toss up as to working on the dry shed or putting up the plastic next. Next scheduled rain is around the 12th of Oct. at this point. I should have time to do both by then and be working on security. The alarm system I put up is working well. For about $20 at home Depot you can get motion sensor 9v alarms. They say good for 180 degree coverage and 15 ft. Mine are going off at 85 ft. They work well in plastic bags in the rain. Doberman Alarms in the lighting section.

urbanfog · Sep 22, 2013

Hope not too much damage for you Mark! Thanks for the motion detector tip, may have to place a few around the house just for GP

joeca1i · Sep 23, 2013

Gorilla tape works good for split branches.

markscastle · Sep 23, 2013

I got some Gorilla tape the other day. I don`t think I lose much but it won`t be looking as good for pictures. Using 10 rolls of gardening tape and two rolls of duct tape. Oh well it`s not about the looks anyway , it`s about the quality and yield.
See my Son, Deepthought, decided to come on line here.

deepthought · Sep 23, 2013

Had an alarm go off this morning just as we were getting up. Didn't see anything out there. Dad and I discussed it and figured it must have been the clear plastic bag we had over the alarm rustling in the breeze. I am going to tie down the bags better so they can't move, at least not as much, hopefully that will prevent any false alarms.

markscastle · Sep 23, 2013

I can`t believe how much bigger and frostier the buds look from the same ones posted only Thursday! And they are still in full bloom!

SmokesalotofVT · Sep 23, 2013

nice Big Garden MC.. getting late in the year now.. hope alls still going well.. ~!

deepthought · Sep 23, 2013

markscastle said:
I can`t believe how much bigger and frostier the buds look from the same ones posted only Thursday! And they are still in full bloom!

No kidding! I am going to take some pics of my favorite colas and post them.

deepthought · Sep 24, 2013

Here are some close up pics of some of the colas. Bear in mind they are still putting on bud and are weeks from finishing.

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