A Cabinet, a Closet, and a Table walk into a bar...

[MO_Grow]

Early on when I started building my soils I spent a few weekends going to all the local materials yards, landscape supply, garden centers, hell I even went to lawnmower repair places asking for leads. Eventually I found a local guy for my bulk outdoor compost (I use bagged for indoor), and a place that actually bags up soils for other companies, where I have been able to source 3/16" and 3/8" pumice for a few years now. They had 3/4" red lava rock this whole time, but just the other day I noticed the 3/8”, to be fair this red lava rock is a lot of mixed sizes, 3/8” down to 3/16”. The pumice is very uniform in size. I give it a rinse in a big strainer, and then it goes into my mix.

Edit for the mix: I also add 2 cups of fresh blended Briess Malted Barley, and 1cup of BAS Insect Frass.

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Cool, thanks for the info! I think I know of two different gravel yards in my area. Those were gonna be my next places to check out. Just wasn't sure what kind of customers they serve. If they serve just companies, businesses, and/or contracts? Or if they also work with pedestrians/home gardeners looking to buy maybe a bag or two/few cubic yards?

Just trying to find a better replacement/substitute for perlite. I've always used it but I don't like how light it is and doesn't stay in place like lava rock. And perlite also breaks down to dust quicker it seems like. The home improvement stores carry only the small ass size (I'll have to maybe check again what kinds of gravel they offer). And the hydro store only carries the huge ass size, think they refer to it as #4...and it's a huge ass bag! Not your typical bagged product (1-1.5 cubic ft) size. If I were growing outdoors, sure, maybe, possibly, but I'm just small time indoor. Thanks again!

Your garden's looking good!!

 

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Cool, thanks for the info! I think I know of two different gravel yards in my area. Those were gonna be my next places to check out. Just wasn't sure what kind of customers they serve. If they serve just companies, businesses, and/or contracts? Or if they also work with pedestrians/home gardeners looking to buy maybe a bag or two/few cubic yards?

Just trying to find a better replacement/substitute for perlite. I've always used it but I don't like how light it is and doesn't stay in place like lava rock. And perlite also breaks down to dust quicker it seems like. The home improvement stores carry only the small ass size (I'll have to maybe check again what kinds of gravel they offer). And the hydro store only carries the huge ass size, think they refer to it as #4...and it's a huge ass bag! Not your typical bagged product (1-1.5 cubic ft) size. If I were growing outdoors, sure, maybe, possibly, but I'm just small time indoor. Thanks again!

Your garden's looking good!!

I agree, I used perlite 1 year, never again. Floats too easily, doesnt stay put in the soil. The lava rock breaks down rapidly against itself, almost as easily as perlite, but I really like those big pores. The place I found the pumice/lava rock is advertised as a sod/landscaping yard. Hopefully you can track down something comprable in your neck of the woods, as Im a bit west of you.

Thank you for the kind words.

 

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My auto burper. Hooked up to a wifi timer that lets me program as little as 1 minute a day. Going to start putting a wet sponge or something in there to see how often I need to run it, before I have actual product in it.

 

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Roc Bud Fringe v1 & Auto Mix, Useful BoO, and Eso OBSM first to show. Still waiting on the County Line PJP and the Twenty20 autos.

 

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All but 1x PJP and the 1x Trizzlers have arrived, fashionably late.

 

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This is my girl's soil for her 2' x 2' x 5' Secret Jardin tent. Its her first indoor grow, she's gonna do dwarf sunflowers, plantain, lettuce, who knows. It's looking wild. Been sitting in the humid cold dark for a few days.

 

[MO_Grow]

I agree, I used perlite 1 year, never again. Floats too easily, doesnt stay put in the soil. The lava rock breaks down rapidly against itself, almost as easily as perlite, but I really like those big pores. The place I found the pumice/lava rock is advertised as a sod/landscaping yard. Hopefully you can track down something comprable in your neck of the woods, as Im a bit west of you.

Thank you for the kind words.

Ya, I also like the bigger pores as well as how they stay put over the perlite.

... You had me scratching my head at the last sentence there, ?! I live (born n raised) in Cali, so I was sitting here like "how much more west do you get than the west coast?!" ? I guess people (you're not the first) assume from the MO in my handle that I'm out of Missouri... I'm not tho, those are my first and last initials.

This is my girl's soil for her 2' x 2' x 5' Secret Jardin tent. Its her first indoor grow, she's gonna do dwarf sunflowers, plantain, lettuce, who knows. It's looking wild. Been sitting in the humid cold dark for a few days.
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Nice!

 

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We have so many seeds, we dont buy many packs each year, usually just replacing stuff we run out of, or trying something in a category where we havent found a real stand out yet. This year we placed this Baker Creek order, our bare root strawberries are coming from Territorial, and we might round it out with a small Seed Savers order. A few live plants that are seasonal are also on the short list.


We have tried a few varieties of sweet corn, as well as Glass Gem for popping. Havent found a winner yet. Gonna try to do staggered plantings to get multiple varieties without cross pollination. This year we want to produce enough corn meal to handle all our tortilla, polenta, and cornbread needs next year. Last year I grew a few traditional peppers, as well as the Sugar Rush Peach, Biquinho Aji Chaparita and Buena Mulata. This year Im going to give these a shot.


Oh yea, forgot about these. We have done medicinal herbs for as long as we've gardened which is 4 years now I think, but lately the wife has been really wanting to go deep with her witchy herb healing stuff, wants to take some herbology courses and such, plantain is something that caught her eye to start really exploring, so here it is. The story with the Green Twister is this... Over the past 2 years Ive gone through 12 of my 15 original seeds and I cant get this thing to go.... Ordered a fresh pack, gonna try again. In the past I didnt treat them like anything special, they are gonna get the canna program this go around.

 

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Ya, I also like the bigger pores as well as how they stay put over the perlite.

... You had me scratching my head at the last sentence there, ?! I live (born n raised) in Cali, so I was sitting here like "how much more west do you get than the west coast?!" ? I guess people (you're not the first) assume from the MO in my handle that I'm out of Missouri... I'm not tho, those are my first and last initials.

Nice!
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I absolutely assumed MO was you repping your state. DM inc.

 

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Finally got my ass out there and cleared some weeds. More to go, but shes looking eager already. Last year we produced 140% of our produce. Bartered for lemons, oranges, and avocados. We have berries and figs, thats the extent of our fruit. The goal this year is to just keep dialing it in. Every year we get a little better. Reduce our waste, maximize our storage, stagger plantings, and stay on top of IPM all season.

 

[Frimpong]

Finally got my ass out there and cleared some weeds. More to go, but shes looking eager already. Last year we produced 140% of our produce. Bartered for lemons, oranges, and avocados. We have berries and figs, thats the extent of our fruit. The goal this year is to just keep dialing it in. Every year we get a little better. Reduce our waste, maximize our storage, stagger plantings, and stay on top of IPM all season.
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What a spot bro!

 

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Mail call. JJ originally shiped me the KNF / Zee pack on Feb 11th, it got halfway here, then sat there for 2 weeks... So JJ sent me out the Gorilla Zee on the 24th, as its absence was delaying my next cycle... Well today both packages arrived! GZ is going in the drink immediately, followed by Starfighter Zee in a few weeks.

 

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Coming soon...

 

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Into the murky depths they go...

Glug glug glug...


1/4 tsp per quart Coconut
1/4 tsp per quart Aloe
7.5 mL per quart FulPower
1/8 tsp per quart Agsil

 

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20x Dank Sinatra F4 (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

24x Rock Island Rockets (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

24x Hippie Crippler (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x County Line Diesel (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Oilspill F5 - (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

46x Gorilla Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Starfighter Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

15x Headbanger Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Mimms Kush (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Zerelda (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

18x Blackberry Bread (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

6x Gorilla Hammer (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Blackberry Sugarcane (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

12x Bubba's Crack (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

15x Dos Jelly (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

20x Midnight Crack (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

12x Urban Poison (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

12x Durban Blanco (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x LA Pure Kush (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Blowfish x Killer Queen (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Crazy Bitch (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Icy Grape F2 (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Goji OG F2 (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Zip Tape (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Ban Ham OG (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Nap Time (Copa Genetics Reg Photo)

10x Lando's Stash F2 (Useful Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Buford OG (Rare Dankness - Reg Photo)

10x Widow Remedy (Barney's Farm - Reg Photo)

11x County Line Hash Plant (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

7x Sangria Cookies (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

4x Purple Jelly Pie (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

8x Bag Of Oranges (Useful Seeds - Fem Photo)

0x Orangeberry Smoothie (Eso's Seeds - Fem Photo)

2x Do Si Dos (Pyramid Seeds - Fem Photo)

6x Copper Orgi S1 (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Fem Photo)

2x Peyote Critical (Barney's Farm - Fem Photo)

2x Amnesia FAST (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x White Widow FAST (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Peyote Gorilla (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Dr. Seedsman CDB 30:1 (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Bruce Banger (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Wedding Cake LE (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Blueberry (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Critical Purple Kush (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Jack Herrer (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

5x Canna-Cheese F4 CBD 1:1 (Mephisto Genetics - Fem Auto)

4x The Fringe v1 (Roc Bud Inc - Fem Auto)

0x Mystery Mix (Roc Bud Inc - Fem Auto)

3x Wicked Myst (Wicked Pissah - Reg Auto)

5x Mystery Mix (Wicked Pissah - Reg/Fem Auto)

4x Purple Kush CBD 1:1 (Seedsman - Fem Auto)

4x Daiquiri Lime (Dutch Passion - Fem Auto)

5x Crack CBD (Fastbuds - Fem Auto)

1x Trizzlers (Twenty20 - Fem Auto)

1x Whiskey Zulu (Twenty20 - Fem Auto)

??x Anvil F7 - (originally by MG, amateur selfed by Dis to F8)

??x JEM F9 (originally by MG, amateur selfed by Dis to F10 - Reg Auto)

8x GG4 x Hyper Cherry Pie F2 (Capt's Farm Chuck - Reg Photo +4)

4x Tangie x Cindy99 F2 (Capt's Farm Chuck - Reg Photo +1)

11x CandyMAC (Idlewilder Chuck - Reg Photo)

12x MTF x ?? (Idlewilder Chuck - Reg Photo +1)

14x Sin N Juice x Swazi Burmese (Gentlemancorpse Chuck - Reg Photo)

14x Black Cherry Pie x Vanilla Gorilla (Mim Towls Chuck - Reg Photo)

14x Black Berry x Black Cherry Pie (Mim Towls Chuck - Reg Photo)

 

[Frimpong]

20x Dank Sinatra F4 (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

24x Rock Island Rockets (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

24x Hippie Crippler (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x County Line Diesel (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Oilspill F5 - (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

46x Gorilla Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Starfighter Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

15x Headbanger Zee (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Mimms Kush (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

13x Zerelda (County Line Genetics - Reg Photo)

18x Blackberry Bread (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

6x Gorilla Hammer (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Blackberry Sugarcane (Freak Genetics - Reg Photo)

12x Bubba's Crack (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

15x Dos Jelly (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

20x Midnight Crack (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Reg Photo)

12x Urban Poison (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

12x Durban Blanco (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x LA Pure Kush (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Blowfish x Killer Queen (Hazeman Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Crazy Bitch (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Icy Grape F2 (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

10x Goji OG F2 (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Zip Tape (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Ban Ham OG (Copa Genetics - Reg Photo)

5x Nap Time (Copa Genetics Reg Photo)

10x Lando's Stash F2 (Useful Seeds - Reg Photo)

10x Buford OG (Rare Dankness - Reg Photo)

10x Widow Remedy (Barney's Farm - Reg Photo)

11x County Line Hash Plant (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

7x Sangria Cookies (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

4x Purple Jelly Pie (County Line Genetics - Fem Photo)

8x Bag Of Oranges (Useful Seeds - Fem Photo)

0x Orangeberry Smoothie (Eso's Seeds - Fem Photo)

2x Do Si Dos (Pyramid Seeds - Fem Photo)

6x Copper Orgi S1 (Briscoe's Bargain Beans - Fem Photo)

2x Peyote Critical (Barney's Farm - Fem Photo)

2x Amnesia FAST (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x White Widow FAST (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Peyote Gorilla (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Dr. Seedsman CDB 30:1 (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Bruce Banger (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Wedding Cake LE (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Blueberry (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

3x Critical Purple Kush (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

2x Jack Herrer (Seedsman - Fem Photo)

5x Canna-Cheese F4 CBD 1:1 (Mephisto Genetics - Fem Auto)

4x The Fringe v1 (Roc Bud Inc - Fem Auto)

0x Mystery Mix (Roc Bud Inc - Fem Auto)

3x Wicked Myst (Wicked Pissah - Reg Auto)

5x Mystery Mix (Wicked Pissah - Reg/Fem Auto)

4x Purple Kush CBD 1:1 (Seedsman - Fem Auto)

4x Daiquiri Lime (Dutch Passion - Fem Auto)

5x Crack CBD (Fastbuds - Fem Auto)

1x Trizzlers (Twenty20 - Fem Auto)

1x Whiskey Zulu (Twenty20 - Fem Auto)

??x Anvil F7 - (originally by MG, amateur selfed by Dis to F8)

??x JEM F9 (originally by MG, amateur selfed by Dis to F10 - Reg Auto)

8x GG4 x Hyper Cherry Pie F2 (Capt's Farm Chuck - Reg Photo +4)

4x Tangie x Cindy99 F2 (Capt's Farm Chuck - Reg Photo +1)

11x CandyMAC (Idlewilder Chuck - Reg Photo)

12x MTF x ?? (Idlewilder Chuck - Reg Photo +1)

14x Sin N Juice x Swazi Burmese (Gentlemancorpse Chuck - Reg Photo)

14x Black Cherry Pie x Vanilla Gorilla (Mim Towls Chuck - Reg Photo)

14x Black Berry x Black Cherry Pie (Mim Towls Chuck - Reg Photo)

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Sangria Cookies by County Line Genetics grown by me. Maybe 10 days out.

 

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Couldnt settle on a pic, new to these soil blockers, this way everyone has an equal chance for me to ruin it!

 

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*grumble grumble* getting sick of DCSE blowing up my inbox with things I wait listed for months ago and forgot... Jerks. Sick of it friend... Sick of it!

 

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Found out my girl might have Lupus. Im not doing great. Here's an update shot.