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jus wana say im tuned in for the year bro. and i wish i was right there with ya. happy treez
Great info on the rabbits papapayne, very detailed. Based off your info a buck and 2 or 3 does would be plenty for our family. Any thoughts on housing them with or near chickens? We've got a good sized coop, with big over-hangs on both sides. I was thinking I could put the hutches under the overhangs to keep them shaded and out of the rain. It would sure make things easier if all the barnyard animals could all be in one spot.
The only thing I'm worried about after reading your reply is the issue with heat. How hot of a temperature can rabbits tolerate, in genreal? Highs of 100 are the norm here all summer long, and usually a few times a season we get up to 105. My chickens can handle the heat (barely) but when we get those 105 degree days I have to put frozen 1 gallon jugs in the yard for them to nuzzle up against to chill off. I don't want to end up with any dead rabbits.
Oh and any thoughts on those stackable wire rabbit cages? Seems like they would be very space efficient, but they are definitely smaller than what you seem to be housing them in.
jus wana say im tuned in for the year bro. and i wish i was right there with ya. happy treez
Great info on the rabbits papapayne, very detailed. Based off your info a buck and 2 or 3 does would be plenty for our family. Any thoughts on housing them with or near chickens? We've got a good sized coop, with big over-hangs on both sides. I was thinking I could put the hutches under the overhangs to keep them shaded and out of the rain. It would sure make things easier if all the barnyard animals could all be in one spot.
The only thing I'm worried about after reading your reply is the issue with heat. How hot of a temperature can rabbits tolerate, in genreal? Highs of 100 are the norm here all summer long, and usually a few times a season we get up to 105. My chickens can handle the heat (barely) but when we get those 105 degree days I have to put frozen 1 gallon jugs in the yard for them to nuzzle up against to chill off. I don't want to end up with any dead rabbits.
Oh and any thoughts on those stackable wire rabbit cages? Seems like they would be very space efficient, but they are definitely smaller than what you seem to be housing them in.
Ph is perfect, organic matter is good, but could be a little higher. You will definitely need a lot more calcium. Cannabis is a calcium hog and there is more and more research showing that the liquid calcium products really do not do anything - you need it in the soil. Magnesium is sufficient. Phosphorous and micros I'd have to look up some of my old tests, I can't remember the numbers off the top of my head.
What about nitrogen? I don't see it on there. Nitrogen is a big one, cannabis use it more than any other element from what I have seen. I really like using feather meal in my mix as it provides a constant supply of slow release nitrogen over the whole season and is impossible to burn your plants with.
Don't forget to look at the physical properties as well. Aeration and drainage are just as important as pH and nutrients as they dictate how the plant interacts with water and oxygen. You can actually do a simple test yourself to determine where you are on the 'texture triangle' as well as figure out bulk density.
Google "golden arm tarp puller." But don't buy one (unless you've got money to burn). You can build something similar with parts from the hardware store for at most a few hundred bucks vs. $1500. It's basically just a metal arm on a pivot.
Or bunch up some of the tarp around a tennis ball and tie some rope around that, then toss the rope over the hoop house. I would guess you would need at least 4 for something that size. I forget exactly what that type of knot is called, it's an old camping trick for securing tarps.
Even a stick or a 10' length of PVC to hook under the tarp to give yourself some leverage can do the trick.
Oh and I would be leery planting old mother plants. They tend to grow pretty slow and in general be not so great. Just because they are big now doesn't mean they will do well. Young and vigorous is what you want, not old and big...