Recalcitrant Grown

[Willie]

Topanga S1 is an animal...........this was pruned to 4 leads and then those leads were supercropped.......then there were 8 or 9 leads. This was drinking it's 5 gal pot dry every day. I had to put it in a 7. I would love to let one rip outside this year. Needs NO stake, lol beastmode

 

[Willie]

That Topanga was the crappiest plant I've grown...maybe ever. It went entirety to the hash bag. It was not worth trimming. I am putting it's clone in very small, outside light dep and we'll see if that does better, I did not manage the plant's height too well the first round.
Oh well...

 

[Willie]

Dread Bread is getting close..............I admit to salivating to the point of drool.

 

[Willie]

This is Major Tom to ground control...................
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
Commencing countdown, engines on

Check ignition and may God's love (Lift off) be with you



Take your protein pills and put your helmet on



This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade



This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

BioChar......it's what for dinner. The ash portion is spread on the beds and the char portion goes into the compost. Not to be composted but to suck up alot of good stuff from the compost. It gets planted wherever you put compost and will be like a time release fertilizer.

Finished compost, plenty of creepy crawlies in there
Like this guy........whatever it is this is like #10.He was given a free ride to the bird feeder.

 

[Gentlemancorpse]

This is Major Tom to ground control...................
Check ignition and may God's love be with you View attachment 61787
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God's love (Lift off) be with you

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Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

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This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade

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This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

BioChar......it's what for dinner. The ash portion is spread on the beds and the char portion goes into the compost. Not to be composted but to suck up alot of good stuff from the compost. It gets planted wherever you put compost and will be like a time release fertilizer.

Finished compost, plenty of creepy crawlies in there
View attachment 61786 Like this guy........whatever it is this is like #10.He was given a free ride to the bird feeder.

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I dug up a whole bunch of those in my garden last year! Also not sure what they are, but the chickens liked them

 

[MacGydro]

We always just called them grubs. Fish love em too! Creepy looking little bastards...

 

[Willie]

Dread Bread @ day 63. No amber yet, just getting sticky and there is a mango/orangey smell.

 

[Willie]

Black Grape Dum Dum by Eso....oh my........this is one very cool plant. These pics suck and they can not convey the smell. Been a pleasure to grow and I have it backed up twice. But only day 51........more patience required. I have high expectations based on what I see

 

[Frimpong]

Black Grape Dum Dum by Eso....oh my........this is one very cool plant. These pics suck and they can not convey the smell. Been a pleasure to grow and I have it backed up twice. But only day 51........more patience required. I have high expectations based on what I see

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Dam man I can tell that's a hell of a plant . Well done! ??

 

[Willie]

Dread Bread is hanging.....what a beast! Practically peels itself

 

[Willie]

Bad dawg freebie Chem D x Apollo

some dubstep

 

[Kold Kasiz]

Nice work man, everything is looking thick n tasty!

 

[MacGydro]

Nice, your Dread Bread is way less leafy than the ones I've run. How's the smell? Mine were straight sharp lemon.

 

[Frimpong]

Bad dawg freebie Chem D x Apollo
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some dubstep View attachment 64968

Man that dubstep is def like the one I had . What a great funky , beautiful smoke and high ?

 

[Willie]

Nice, your Dread Bread is way less leafy than the ones I've run. How's the smell? Mine were straight sharp lemon.

It started getting a good smell at the end, but was hard to identify. Then trimming it, there is a pretty good mango smell coming from her, especially from the bigger buds.

 

[Willie]

Tomatoes...here's some Mark Twains I put out today.

They are approx 16" or so

Time to de-limb

what the roots look like.....these were started march 15th or so
the hole............

filled up


Spots are 2' on center and were layed out and prepped with a good bit of compost


They were not thrilled coming out of the cold frame and having their arms and legs ripped off, then stuck in a hole But they will be thankful in august when they are well rooted. At first they are going to throw a little hissy fit, maybe look like they are stalled. But they will come on very strong. You have to watch leaving a branch too close to the ground as the rain will splash dirt up on it and potentially kill your plants. Another advantage is that these will be making fruit starting lower to the ground.
Later on in the season we will take some cuts and multiply the army. I have a good trick for that. That's for October fruit!

 

[Willie]

Cover Crops??? Rootballs???
What to do with all those rootballs? Spread them out in different spots about 6" thick. Then plant with crimson clover in the fall. This is what you have growing now, just starting to flower. Perfect time to harvest it.
6" thick because that's about the depth of the roots.

Take a square shovel and cut that 6" back out, with both the plants and roots. You can see the difference in color on the existing grade. here's a plant.

Those white nodules on the roots are nitrogen that was pulled from the atmosphere
I filled 5 eighteen gallon planters with what was dug up today. Tossed clover and roots right in. Those pots will get sweet potatoes aproxx June 1. At the end of the season, I'll dump the planters out to harvest and then do it again.
Crimson Clover has a pretty flower. The idea is to cut it as it starts to flower to get the max nitrogen. I'll always cut some of the flowers and put them in a vase, they last a while and look great.......
Meanwhile........... finally ordered some Comfrey crowns........now we'll really be growing fertilizer

 

[Jewels]

Outgrowing the Traditional Grass Lawn

A few weeks ago, I moved into a new apartment in Brooklyn. What I like best about my new home is its garden. For the first time in 10 years I have a private outdoor space in which to read and relax; the option to grill in my own backyard; and the freedom to sculpt [...]

blogs.scientificamerican.com

Long winded, some interesting tidbits.

 

[Willie]

Pink Lotus project is underway. Had a few beans and I'll have 13 players

I up-potted them all last night into 2gal trade's and it's kind of tight in the 3x3. I may be able to put these in a larger tent, and then again maybe not,
These beans came as F3's, with Bodhi making the original, then Useful F2'd them and then they were F3'd by Kushala Farms. Anyway.. I grew one seed out, good buzz and a very nice cotton candy terp......horrible structure tho and That's something I want to improve. Funny thing is that EVERY single plant here, has better structure than the original. I expect the tent to thin out when I ditch some males, I'd like to keep 2. I have 12 of the 13 players with cuts in the cloner in case there is something good


Ideally, I have another 30 x 60 tent...I want to veg for 2 weeks then flip.

Now I'm not sure I can pull this off........it's my first rodeo kinda........I should have some beans to share if successful.....hit me up

 

[Willie]

Looking thru one of my older Greenpoint orders..........good lord I got 7 packs for $46.75 on one order......unreal.
Anyway...I popped those 2 Chinook Hazes a while back and the first one is finished. Like trimming a bag of tangerines. It might be the terpiest thing I ever smelled....my nostils were tang'd out for a while after the trim. Very sticky and a well behaved plant...just about to go into a jar...sampled some last night, very spacey and energetic both...but we will revisit
This is the #2 chinook in flower now

Bingo Pajamas is happening, has some clones and kids going too......most folks would have culled it. It came up root first......but somehow I saved it and it was just plain funky for a while


In flower now


Three men have appeared, Sin City Juice, Ecto Cooler x Granny Skunk and Dream Axis. GG4 and Cosmic Serpent are up and running.