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This was really cool. I was talking to her and she flew up closer and walked that hand rail and was cooing at me. I checked on the spider and nothing I can see.I just love living here. I've got wild sparrows and blue belly lizards taking mealworms from my fingers (yeah, got pic's and video) and just a few minutes ago a dove comes looking for something. I didn't have anything for her, no mealworms on the patio (I usually do, got hundreds in a tub in the garage) no bread or table scraps we give our chickens but she came and said hi. We'll see if she returns and accepts my offerings. Next time I hope to be ready. The pic is her sitting on a 1 1/2" ABS pipe in a dragon fruit plant given to me by a client two plus years ago. No fruit yet but I've given about two dozen cuttings away. The video speaks for itself. I love these little slices of nature in life and are always special.
Sheep dip, can't load the video. Oh well.
Might as well start a diary and post all this stuff in one place.
Chemdog x Brutus OG - F2
Currently the only strain I'm working.
Wants: Northern Lights and Chemdog. Maybe for Christmas.
Growing outside in the clay soil amended with composted chicken straw, leaf litter and horse manure and sand. Also I like to keep a few in 4-5 gallon pots with basic potting soil and manure tea weekly. Holes are dug 18-20" deep, lined with chicken wire and filled with all the above as well as a tablespoon of blood meal and tablespoon of Espoma Garden-tone. I give a monthly tablespoon of the Garden-tone and watering with manure tea. I use clean organic straw for mulch with a layer of horse manure in between. Most straw sold for live stock has herbicides. Don't use it.
That's about it. I've never had my soil tested. People for miles around have the same clay/rock soil and can easily find it, if I were interested. I've grown a lot of veggies in this crap and with the amendments through the years I can pretty much grow what I want.
Questions are always welcome.
Pics:
Six seeds I planted Saturday. Yeah, just soil in peat pots. What did you expect after two days?
Got some disappointing news this morning with my one and only Sativa pheno, he's got balls. Not really the problem, the problem is he's in the garden around several others. I may dig him up and move him or allow the pollen to develop and then cut him down. Haven't decided yet as the others are happy to just get some sun. Rain continues but did have a few hours of sun today.
I really thought with the way this Indica pheno was growing it would turn out to be male but so far so good. Put my hand in the pic to give some idea of size. This and the one above and a couple of others are about 11 weeks.
Awe, my two girls in the greenhouse stretching away 3 weeks in flower. There's a young spider who has a web between the two. If you look real close you'll spot her. Keeping my babies safe. Love all the work they do for me.
Not loving these spiders. I've got both black and brown widows. This one has taken up residence in a propane heater on my patio. Got bit on the leg a few years ago and can still see damaged skin. I'm no worse for wear and it wasn't bad nor even close to life threatening. No doubt a brown widow as they are less toxic.
Holy shit, an adult King Snake. It was basking next to a client's home when I disturbed it repairing a bathtub drain this afternoon. Wasn't happy I wanted to take a closer look. Hissed and snapped and even shook its tail like a rattler. Showed the client and 5 of her 6 kids (little one was napping). While we do live in a large city, well, on the edge and considered county of San Diego there's a lot of open country. Never know what I might run into.
Here's a flower I can't wait to taste.
Got a 8'x 16' greenhouse from my neighbor a few weeks ago. They used it as a storage and yeah, he smokes. It's still sitting in our front yard. Too stoned to get it in place. Maybe this weekend.
Long day and time to relax.
Happy growing.
Northern Lights rocks my world. All time fav but yeah, that Chemdog taste is like nothing else and grows pretty well here outdoors. Super Glue is another I'd like to grow in the future. So many strains these days it's impossible to try them all let alone grow 'em all.when you have that strain, why would you work with anything else?
Northern Lights rocks my world. All time fav but yeah, that Chemdog taste is like nothing else and grows pretty well here outdoors. Super Glue is another I'd like to grow in the future. So many strains these days it's impossible to try them all let alone grow 'em all.
I got the F1's from a 2nd generation grower. I've been repairing his plumbing and that of his retired parents for years. If he says it was Chemdog x Brutus OG I believe him and the taste is Chemdog. If I can find some pure I'll cross it back in as well as grow it separate. I've got the room but I really don't want the cops over here busting me for dozens of plants but I'm finding it impossible to comply with cali's Horsechit 6 plant limit.i'd be incredibly impressed if you had access to a pure NL--or a Chemdog. there is NOTHING that even compares to Chemdog. nothing.
i'm ruined for life.
Greatlakes grew those monsters last year but she disappeared. Her thread is still here, five year old composted cow manure and a little perlite i think. Gonna try a bucket full of Black Cow and perlite to see how it works.Nature is the way to go outside. I've used many chemical fertilizers in years past and found good healthy soil is the key. I read another farmer's grow log from last year who grew GIANTS in cow manure. Don't recall her name but thinking of trying it. Once composted the shit smells like perfect soil.
Thanks.
Thanks man, found it. Really enjoyed that read. I don't know if the perlite is needed and 5 years is way too long to compost as you lose a lot of nutrients over the years. If done right 3-4 months is plenty.Greatlakes grew those monsters last year but she disappeared. Her thread is still here, five year old composted cow manure and a little perlite i think. Gonna try a bucket full of Black Cow and perlite to see how it works.
just potted this girl up to her armpits in .5 .5 .5 black cow composted manure, 20% perlite and 20% coco coir. We’ll seeThanks man, found it. Really enjoyed that read. I don't know if the perlite is needed and 5 years is way too long to compost as you lose a lot of nutrients over the years. If done right 3-4 months is plenty.
https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/growing-some-monsters-outdoor-scrog.97560/page-4
Okay, time to give it a go. Planted 4 seeds in composted horse manure that's been sitting in a pile in the garden that I've been using as mulch on tomatoes.I
just potted this girl up to her armpits in .5 .5 .5 black cow composted manure, 20% perlite and 20% coco coir. We’ll see
Good luck with them, think greatlakes said horse manure contains more seeds than cow. Girl knew her shit:opps:Okay, time to give it a go. Planted 4 seeds in composted horse manure that's been sitting in a pile in the garden that I've been using as mulch on tomatoes.
There's no manure smell. If anything it smells like dirt. It's soft and light and holds water well. It's worked great as a mulch.
Filled 4 4" peat pots and if they pop and do well I'll fill 4-5 gal pots with manure and grow 'em out. We'll see.
Yes it does due to the cows digestive tract but this horse manure has been completely composted and sitting out in the elements for a couple months. The only weed seeds I expect are the usual from my garden. Who knows, this might be the wave of the future.Good luck with them, think greatlakes said horse manure contains more seeds than cow. Girl knew her shit:opps:
This is great I look forward to seeing those plants. And what’s your usual yield on a plantUpdate 5-28
Light work day today and SUNSHINE! Three whole days in a row they say. Not the light work days just the weather.
Barring any plumbing emergencies with my clients I'll be able to spend the day in the garden.
I moved the female round the other side of the male yesterday to give her more sun and gave him a shake. Got pollen all over me and couldn't visit the greenhouse for the rest of the day until I showered.
So I walk in this morning and my ladies needed a drink. Fixed 'em up and ran out and cleared a drain. Got home and they've perked back up no worse for wear. Do not over water people. Seeing a lot of that malady in the threads. Far too common.
And just look at those new seedlings. Took a few days longer due to the lack of sun and warmth but three have popped.
As mentioned above I'm giving composted horse manure a try as a growing medium. I've read about a horse owner planting directly in fresh manure. I wouldn't try that with any plant. Should be an interesting experiment.
I expect the four in the ground to take off this week. It's time for their monthly garden-tone, blood meal and manure tea but I've got to give them a day or two to dry out. I did put manure around two as mulch but didn't water it in. Works on the tomatoes.
A pair of lizards in the greenhouse. A month ago all the males around the yard were colored up like carnival dancers. Now that they've had their way with the females they've turned dark and the females fat with eggs. Soon I'll have baby lizards eating the bugs too. It's the circle of life, Simba.
Nature has always fascinated me. I've kept fish, reptiles and amphibians in aquariums and vivariums and provided conditions for breeding as well as raising live food. Won a lot of awards and learned a bunch. These days I try and provide the local wildlife with conditions to flourish, except gophers and ground squirrels. Those bastards should be nuked until they glow and then shot in the dark. I can't live with them and grow a garden. They took just about everything down last year. F 'em.
Time to get to work. Still haven't put the chicken wire and weed barier down and I can't move the greenhouse until I do. So, until next time, Happy Growing.
Well, since I've never got them going and out this early in the year I don't know how much to expect. Usually I pop seeds in mid May and in the ground June 1. Usually anywhere from 2-6 oz per plant of dried cured bud. The three females flowering now are the smallest I've ever grown - seeds popped end of Jan hoping on getting a jump on the season and growing several monsters, but they had other ideas. Crap weather, very unusal in these parts and it is what it is. Maybe an oz off of each, before drying?This is great I look forward to seeing those plants. And what’s your usual yield on a plant
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