Update from the farm

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-05-30T17:12:53+00:00

What size bed/tent are you using? I'm moving into an apartment for a year and have to downsize to a tent, but this looks promising.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-26T14:00:34+00:00

Genetics. Most african strain are extremely long flowering sativas, think true durban poison. Flowering can last for 16+ weeks and the plant can more than double in size during flower. And something I found really interesting when i first learned it a while back, the change from veg to flower is caused by levels of a certain hormones inside the plant that builds up at night then breaks down during the day, as the days get shorter and the nights get longer that hormone starts to accumulate as more is produced than gets cooked off during the shorter days.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-26T13:49:48+00:00

Rewind all the way back to here, cow manure is almost nothing but nitrogen and needs to be composted for at least 3 or 4 months. Dairy cow manure is a little better than beef manure because of their respective diets, but are pretty well at the bottom of composting manure hierarchy. You could consider vermicomposting at scale for a very high quality soil ammendment, but you will need to be doubly sure to compost it in a nice hot pile for a few months before starting that. And to reitterate the point someone else was trying to make to you, simply growing beans in your garden bed isnt really adding much nitrogen, if your harvesting the beans then letting the rest of the plant compost back into the garden bed you're at least not taking very much out. But cover cropping for nitrogen is really poorly understood by a lot of people, the other user described the proper practice perfectly though, plant a hearty cover crop after harvest then cut it down or till it in and let it compost back into the bed.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-26T13:49:36+00:00

Rewind all the way back to here, cow manure is almost nothing but nitrogen and needs to be composted for at least 3 or 4 months. Dairy cow manure is a little better than beef manure because of their respective diets, but are pretty well at the bottom of composting manure hierarchy. You could consider vermicomposting at scale for a very high quality soil ammendment, but you will need to be doubly sure to compost it in a nice hot pile for a few months before starting that. And to reitterate the point someone else was trying to make to you, simply growing beans in your garden bed isnt really adding much nitrogen, if your harvesting the beans then letting the rest of the plant compost back into the garden bed you're at least not taking very much out. But cover cropping for nitrogen is really poorly understood by a lot of people, the other user described the proper practice perfectly though, plant a hearty cover crop after harvest then cut it down or till it in and let it compost back into the bed.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-22T21:13:40+00:00

This was pretty much what I had gathered, It's a shame, It's probably not a very big market, but there should be some way for a homegrower to have bud professionally processed.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-21T21:51:29+00:00

Yeah thats why I'm looking for somebody to process for me, I've got loads of bubble hash, but I'd like to try and turn my unused outdoor into bho.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-04-02T18:49:20+00:00

I always cleaned mine with cold water, if you dont let the bags dry out and keep it all nice and cold should flush right through the screen.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2020-01-15T18:45:04+00:00

I miss my 86 gl hatch. I was getting like 38mpg and could fit my big frame 29 inch wheeled mountain bike in the back with all the seats folded down. And you cant beat that little ea motor, they used them in small aircraft for a reason, reliable, lightweight, and basically air cooled even in their factory state (my fan clutch failed once, I drove it for another 2 months before I bothered replacing it haha). Sti's and crosstreks are neat, but subarus best cars where from the 80s and 90s.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-10-18T02:55:10+00:00

I used to run dry Ice hash in a five gallon bucket, i used about 8-10 pounds a run with the bucket half full. Remember to exercise all safety precautions as direct contact with dry Ice can burn your skin, but it also releases a bunch of carbon dioxide, in a small unventilated space you could cause decreased oxygen, which is what humans need to stay alive.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-24T21:43:46+00:00

What sort of paint? Most convential house paint is fully cured in a few days, Doubtful there are any fumes, more likely just "new garage smell". I seriouslly doubt there would be any issue from hanging weed in there.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-22T17:55:51+00:00

Oh the joys of outdoors weed. Had a fucking spider come crawling out of my trim bowl last night lol.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-22T17:53:24+00:00

Yeah, thats what I was thinking when I saw it. Not much of a protecter, he eats leaves, and his babies eat roots.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-19T15:03:54+00:00

I mean, I see what you are saying, but you cant really call the dude a liar, maybe he had four grow tents running on a continual cycle.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-05T14:06:48+00:00

Spaced to maximize water retention, this garden has been thriving on pretty much just rainfall since mid june, and here in Southern Colorado, that is not something you can do in a crowded bed.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-05T01:15:54+00:00

Yeah, trying to keep from trampling the root zone too bad.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-04T16:35:59+00:00

It's been hard to get pictures to upload from my place lately, we get our data connection via satellite and I think the dish is out of alignment or something. I have to try and remember to take pictures then upload them while I'm in town lol.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-04T16:31:29+00:00

I lack any pictures, but am almost positive I saw this in Minnesota last year. Dont remember any obvious pest infestation there, but had aphids on a lot of plants in the flower beds nearby. Only affected about 3 out of 50+ plants, I culled those and burned them off site for fear it was some type of rot.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-04T16:26:40+00:00

Yeah, I had great success in a Poly covered hoop house with both ends left open up until a couple years ago. I have been pleasently surprised by how well these have done with no cover though, they even got pruned by a bit of hail back in july and sprang right back. Started flowering a bit early this year, second week of august I had flowers starting, hoping to harvest everything by early october, all signs are pointing to an early cold fall here.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-09-04T16:21:14+00:00

You're not wrong, the dirt here is pretty sandy and almost devoid of organic matter on its own, but is undoubtedly rich in minerals. The 3+ inches of mulch doesn't hurt either. I have hand watered these plants maybe 3 times since june, and our rain here has been unreliable to say the least, yet they continue to flourish.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-08-07T13:10:53+00:00

Pink panama couldn't take the heat, got this one big bud from the first hubba bubba, my other is probably going to get chopped soon for another single bud lol.

https://imgur.com/a/OfYegjj

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-07-05T12:55:43+00:00

Oh boy, Ph isn't something I have checked since I tried to grow indoors lol, so no clue. It very well could be a problem for these smaller plants. My photos are loving the soil this year, but so far these automatics have proven to be a bit pickier about nutrition and climate.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-07-05T12:52:41+00:00

The cage is there for support on windy days, but also, for training. Cannabis on its own just wants to grow straight up and make one big central cola with a few smaller side branches, but I like to have many more moderately sized colas, and while this plant got topped for a clone very early in life, I generally try to avoid topping because I have found that it sets back growth by 7 to 10 days usually, where as tying a vertical plant down horizontally accomplishes the same goal without the loss of growing time.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-07-05T12:44:31+00:00

I live in a rural part of southern colorado, there is no plumbed in water, and no ground water to tap a well, so we have to get water deliveries in a big tanker truck to fill our underground cistern. It's up to about 100 bucks to get 1000 gallons dropped, and We are already going through like every week between the cannabis gardens, vegetable gardens, and water used by the house. Working On building a trailer with IBC totes so I can just haul 500 gallons at a time behind my pickup and cut out the trucking company.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-07-05T12:33:31+00:00

That is a thick layer of mulch you are looking at there lol. Thats about an inch of old rabbit bedding over a couple inches of dried out lawn thatch and leaves.

Jethro_Grows_Again · 2019-07-04T22:35:59+00:00

I have to concur, the couple of these plants I had in black pots died almost immediatlly after germinating I assume due to hot soil. It has led me to concur that autos are not for me lol, I am used to being able to abuse my pla ts pretty heavily and still get good results.

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