Plumber's First Coco Grow

[PlumberSoCal]

don't do that you would hate it here in TN..... I just got my tax bill for the 1st land that I got here (means the other 2 will be here soon) but it's unreal more like car reg out there in ca..... Gas here is View attachment 906263

I KNOW!!! We have our insurance and property tax included in our payment but we inherited my wife's moms house a few years ago and we have to shell out the tax bill every year which is ridiculous. $4+ a gal for gas, property tax that makes you wonder why you're giving money to an incompetent state government who's more concerned about PC bullshit then doing their fucking jobs. Yeah, a little city within a 20 mile distance from Murfreeboro on 40-50 acres would be perfect. Hunt and fish on my own land would be about as close to heaven as I can get here.

 

[basscaptain]

It is out here trust me, and there's work here to if needed:)

 

[newh]

Cali has more stupid restrictions on more things than one can count. You can't use any minnows not caught in the body of water you're fishing and then most lakes won't allow you to use traps or nets for bait fish.

The big joke on the Colorado river is catching big strippers, on small trout. Illegal but that's how you get the biggin's.

I'll stay with top waters and plastics for bass early am and dusk, dough baits for trout all day and shrimp and mackerel for cats. It's been many years since I camped right on the water. I NEED THIS!

This is what I do for a living:
Before
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After
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Whoever did their remodel were idiots. The bath sink drain (left) was tilted up going into the cast iron tee. The divider was rotted out in the tee so when the drain clogged it couldn't be cleared, the snake would go from the tub to the sink and vice versa. Frickin mess. Spent 4 hours under there cutting out the cast and running the lines properly with 1/4" downslope per foot.

I used to catch strippers with cocaine and liquor

 

[Aqua Man]

I used to catch strippers with cocaine and liquor

Just spit my fuckin coffee out but was worth it

 

[Srenots]

Just spit my fuckin coffee out but was worth it

lmao

 

[PlumberSoCal]

I used to catch strippers with cocaine and liquor

 

[PlumberSoCal]

Days 67/37/6/5

Flip day

Put all 8 day 67 plants on the swing set with the Kratky bottles. 3 are 8 tops and the rest 4. Didn't have the time or room to keep any in the greenhouse. I'll measure the stretch.

@Dirtbag

2 in rockwool and aquarium gravel in a Kratky bottle. I'll transfer them to DWC buckets in a few weeks. Just filtered water for the next few days.

9 plants from last months planting and there's 6 new ones who need a home.

Starting Bok Choi and planting more lettuce. We could start harvesting a little lettuce now.

I'll wait another week.

We had a frost warning last night. I was in bed around 11 and found out so marched outside and brought all the Kratky tomatoes, peppers and basil in the house. Got up at 7 and it was 46F but no frost.

I have to get the big greenhouse in place and wrapped this weekend.

Chemgopher's are popping and the Ground Pounders should be next. No current pics other than the 6 little ones on the pan i peat pots and the 2 Kratky bottles. Looking forward to watching their roots grow. That's one of the most interesting things about using the Kratky method.

Happy Growing!

 

[Aqua Man]

Days 67/37/6/5

Flip day
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Put all 8 day 67 plants on the swing set with the Kratky bottles. 3 are 8 tops and the rest 4. Didn't have the time or room to keep any in the greenhouse. I'll measure the stretch.

@Dirtbag
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2 in rockwool and aquarium gravel in a Kratky bottle. I'll transfer them to DWC buckets in a few weeks. Just filtered water for the next few days.

9 plants from last months planting and there's 6 new ones who need a home.
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Starting Bok Choi and planting more lettuce. We could start harvesting a little lettuce now.
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I'll wait another week.

We had a frost warning last night. I was in bed around 11 and found out so marched outside and brought all the Kratky tomatoes, peppers and basil in the house. Got up at 7 and it was 46F but no frost.

I have to get the big greenhouse in place and wrapped this weekend.

Chemgopher's are popping and the Ground Pounders should be next. No current pics other than the 6 little ones on the pan i peat pots and the 2 Kratky bottles. Looking forward to watching their roots grow. That's one of the most interesting things about using the Kratky method.

Happy Growing!

Kickin some ass there brother

 

[PlumberSoCal]

Kickin some ass there brother

Loving this hydro stuff. To think of all the time I wasted.

 

[PlumberSoCal]

Kickin some ass there brother

That leaf issue cleared up. Just went back to hand watering. Thinking of trying the auto watering again but first flushing the plants with bottled water. I don't understand why recycling won't work. Works in hydro with inert media. Maybe if I just let it run continuously after flushing? Thoughts?

 

[PlumberSoCal]

It begins

Ground Pounders. 3 of 5 so far.

Another round of the Gophers.

This will be their last grow this year as I'll be adding a few new strains on my next planting, Nov 25. I'll be harvesting the Gophers Jan-March

starting with these. They spent their 2nd night outside and looking good. Only 10hrs 50min of light per day. In another 6 weeks we'll only have 10 and it's been cold, at least for these parts dipping into the mid-upper 40's. This is only temporary, the big greenhouse is progressing.

Been a while since I've had room on my pan.

I've got 11 that need to be potted by the end of the week so my pan will be full again for another month and still have a runt and another slow grower to pull.

Busted balls yesterday on the other greenhouse spot. Removed hundreds of pounds of rock.

Cut into the rise about 3' but hit this buried rock pile at the end of the day and I was too tired to tackle it.

I only need another foot or so. I'll soak this and grab a heavy bar to break it up. Otherwise I was pleased with the progress.

Hard to tell but it's getting leveled off.

This area is on a 5' rise higher than the patio and it has a natural slope toward the house. In this area maybe 15-20%. Cutting 3' into the rise above this area has given me soil for leveling and allows me to place the greenhouse in a spot that will give me room for 3 bathtubs along the side. Soon. I'll be up there in a few minutes and plan to lay the chicken wire, plastic weed liner and get it in place. It's going to be a lot of work wrapping as I plan to silicone the edges where the panels meet. I don't want leaks.

I wish I had the time/man power to install geothermo heating/cooling. For a house this size, 8x16' two 4-6" diameter perforated irrigation pipes, 15' long buried 2 plus feet with risers above ground on each end. An exhaust fan on each will blow cooler air in summer and warmer in winter. Maybe next summer when it's too hot to grow anything in it.

Time to get to work. A few tokes of Blue Dream and and I'm off.

Happy Growing!

 

[basscaptain]

Ground Pounders in soil or coco????

 

[basscaptain]

I'm dropping some Blunt Force Trauma in water right now

 

[PlumberSoCal]

Ground Pounders in soil or coco????

Coco. No soil grows until spring. Loving the coco.

 

[Aqua Man]

I'm dropping some Blunt Force Trauma in water right now

Let me know how that goes I have some comin. I think ima put the hydro away on this one and do soil in my little room

 

[basscaptain]

Let me know how that goes I have some comin. I think ima put the hydro away on this one and do soil in my little room

So GK has your Address??? Send him a pm with it ....>>>> If you want your x-mass Gift .......... Have to Finish this other order and them pay him but that will happen today/tomorrow

Mine are going Old School on the Beans Then going to 50%HF/ 50% OF Soil

 

[PlumberSoCal]

Leveled

although I still have to cut out those pipes and reroute one for the greenhouse but otherwise it's as level as I can make it.

The black plastic weed barrier is cut as well as the chicken wire. I'm going to grow potatoes in a large round chicken wire/weed cloth diy pots this winter. Rolled the 2 for the greenhouse (they're 17' long) into 8' & 10' diameter rounds.

8' looks plenty big. Plan on growimg reds, whites and yellows. Russets are cheap.

Pretty lite day unless the phone starts ringing so hopefully I'll have some time to get that greenhouse in place.

The Kratky plants are boomimg.

And the tomatoes

None of the peppers are doing well and the green beans are hit and miss. Got a couple growing like weeds and a couple having trouble keeping leaves. Weird. I was hoping to give a friend a couple pepper plants for Christmas to go alone with the home made hot sauce I make him. Maybe he'll get a basil instead. Oh well.

These just make me smile.

I added SuperThrive to their water and have been using it on all seeds/seedlings. The stuff works well. Looking forward to using it for cloning. I have several tomato clones in it that I'll be moving into DWC buckets.

Another Ground Pounder seed is popping.

4 of 5. I'm good with that. I'll give the last one another day or two.

Gotta get going and hopefully be home in a few hours.

Happy Growing!

 

[H2OJ28]

Day 6

Transplanting begins at sunset.

I'll be mixing 30% perlite with the coir and 50% with the dust. With 20 seedlings I can try a couple different mixes and see which one works best.
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I also purchased a bag of peat moss to run in the aquarium to lower water hardness.
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The aquarium has a build in filter in the lower back with a submersible pump.
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I'll fill nylon bags with the peat and run it 24/7.

The battery in my TDS meter fell out when I was testing the soak solution at night while toasted. Horrible timing. Ordered batteries, should be here by tomorrow night, I hope. Rinsed the coco half a dozen times to be sure I got the calmag solution out.

I understand the cation exchange sites in coco need to be changed or buffered with calmag to avoid deficiencies during the grow. Learn something new everyday.

The seedlings are doing well and ready for their new homes.
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I'll do a few in soil, give 2 to our youngest and have about a dozen in coco.

Will update tonight after transplant.

I'm a plumber too man. Texas, master. This looks great! Good stuff there

 

[PlumberSoCal]

In place.

And shelves in. A lot of weight with those metal wire shelves.

All 5 of the Ground Pounders are up.

and another in rockwool for another Kratky bottle.

Gonna put a couple in DWC buckets but have enough to experiment with Kratky.

Hopefully I'll get it wrapped soon.

Isn't it always Hammer Time somewhere?

And then a movie before bed.

Sweet dreams!

 

[PlumberSoCal]

My October 25th planting is gone.

Only 1 in a Kratky basket was left with munched leaves. Mice or rats.

On my way to the garage for traps and will be replanting today which puts me 2 weeks behind schedule. Maybe I'll put those plants with only 4 tops back in, top them and flip in 2 weeks. Then I should have more seedlings.

Shit happens, kinda like the death of mice and rats. Payback is coming like a bitch in heat.