Hi all,
What a great series of posts. I've already learned some new stuff. Thanks Tobor. I love your motto too... Year of the Megaharvest. I think I'll adopt it.
I'm trying to figure out what grows best in my area and dial it in. This will be the third year. I'm at 40N at 4200' South facing rocky slope. Lots of creek water down below pumped up the slope to a tank that provides gravity fed irrigation. We've been building up the soil the last couple of years, but I'm tired of waiting. In my experience it takes about 4-5 years to get soil built up. So this year, I'm planning to use some food grade 55 gal drums cut down a little so they should hold about 40 gal of soil and grow the rest in the beds we've been developing. The drums might also be cool because they're portable, so I can move them around to get the best sun.
Last year we got rain at the beginning of Oct. and of course overacted to the weather reports and pulled them down a couple of weeks early, so I'm looking for late Sept to mid-Oct varieties and promise not to overreact, but be on site to keep an eye on things. The couple we did leave up didn't have any problems.
My earliest last year--Oct 5--was:
BubbaTrip2 comprised of (Katsu's Bubba x A13A11) x C99
I started a few beans (below) before xmas and they're already sexing, so I'm going to keep them in a holding pattern and move them outside in mid May.... they should hit the ground huge.
BubbaTrip2
ApolloHaze x Trippin' Space Queen (A13HzA11 x SpaceQueen)
Romulan x SpaceQueen
Next up to sprout are:
Corleone Kush (Bubba x OGK)
Agent Orange
God Bud
Chicklet's BMW (Afghani Blueberry f4)
Cohiba x White Rhino
BMW (Blueberry, Blue Moonshine, White Widow)
Clones going in the ground early July are:
Killer Baloney (KillerQueen x StoneyBaloney/g13 F4)
Apollo11
Back at home, I'll run some November hazes Apollo 11 Haze and SuperSilverHaze x A13Haze right in the front yard, where I can erect a tarp if needed. I love SF
This is gonna be a great year for all of us... I can just tell. ;)
--Trinityalps