2010 outdoors,

[MJBadger]

Well the heatwave ended , temps are down and although i`ve had some rain it`s not soaked the ground yet . Fingers x`d for some more . Coz i follow threads all over UK etc i keep an eye on weather to see what i have coming my way . It`s all looking green in the garden .

Stay green .

ps; is it just me or are you having probs with the site on posting etc , i keep losing it due to poss maintainence issues on site .

 

[MJBadger]

deleted this post (double) site keeps messing up .

 

[hugh420]

Hey guys hows it goin? Im in wales at the moment and have left my plants in the hands of my neighbor and i just found out my lowryders been eaten and he had to chop it early he trimmed it but i think he threw out the leaves so no bho for me i dont know what could have gone at it becaue ive never once seen any animal in that field.
Hows the weather back home?

 

[tonto]

Hows the weather back home?

had rain for a solid week now, plants are exploding though


btw what does every one do for flowering ? im probably going with comfrey and molasses but are there any cheap additives?

Indica-how much is that silica stuff?

 

[MJBadger]

btw what does every one do for flowering ? im probably going with comfrey and molasses but are there any cheap additives?

Hi tonto , yarrow & chamomile make good flower ferts , use whole plants .
i`m using mollasses & organic tom feed but next year will have a comfrey bed to use . Apparently Bracken fern can be used as a flower fert made just like a stinging nettle tea but i`m not having a lot of success finding the info on the web i need . ie P K ratio/strength . You can also add a bonemeal tea , takes a few weeks to prepare though as you need 2-3in of powder in a container (i use 4pt milk poly) fill with water & shake a few times daily , eventually you`ll have a thick creamy sludge in bottom of bottle . Just add a good slug or 100ml to a 2Gal watering can .

Stay green .

 

[tonto]

wouldnt add bracken at all,probably done enough damage health wise all ready.

http://oregonbd.org/Class/accum.htm

found this in the nettle tea thread, pretty mind blowing when you think of the possibilities, going to be using a fait amount of diy teas this year for flowering.

for silica, oat straw is looking pretty good, some one in another thread also mentioned bamboo leaves are high in silica, bean racking my head trying to think of where a close bamboo plant is though


thanks for the bone meal tip, iv bean way under strengh.

 

[tonto]

so little question

plants are showing pre flowers but are still small, can i keep giving them veg ferts to get them bigger untill i see hairs?

 

[MJBadger]

thanks for the bone meal tip, iv bean way under strengh.
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tonto , using it the way i do still works out at roughly 1/90 for a 9lt watering can . I used to use it just once a month with nettle tea every week but this year i`m gonna try on a selected few plants using it every 3wk & i only water around 1/2
lt on each plant . Where iv`e been using it once a month the results are generally good .Using it as i do i only give the plants Bone tea 5 times during the entire season including vegging time & flower . I may increase that if this 3wk feed works out .

plants are showing pre flowers but are still small, can i keep giving them veg ferts to get them bigger untill i see hairs?
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Yes , once the flowers seem set in growth & you think theres very few more to come then switch to flower feed . A little extra veg time will do no harm as the plant needs good growth , this will support the formation of flower then the plants demands benefit from extra P K to fatten & feed the buds up .

wouldnt add bracken at all,probably done enough damage health wise all ready

please explain . The link you put up shows Bracken in a good light on P K .


Stay green .

 

[tonto]

please explain . The link you put up shows Bracken in a good light on P K

Bracken Area= Higher cancer rates, cant avoid the spores but i wouldn't actively start adding this to my plants, even though its a pissing in the wind effort lol.

Yes , once the flowers seem set in growth & you think theres very few more to come then switch to flower feed . A little extra veg time will do no harm as the plant needs good growth , this will support the formation of flower then the plants demands benefit from extra P K to fatten & feed the buds up .

thanks

 

[cloneX]

I've bamboo's where is the link to that info tonto?
Plus anyone know how to deal with powdery mildew, I tried the milk spray on a honeysuckle and seems to help, but don't fancy spraying me ganja with it.

 

[tonto]

I've bamboo's where is the link to that info tonto?

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=3412335&postcount=43

 

[TrichyTrichy]

 

[cloneX]

If you mean to pinch off infection, thats what I've been doing just wondered if there was anything else I can do to stop it?

MJBadger any milk from the Papaver somniferum

 

[TrichyTrichy]

great idea cloneX but i was just pinching cookie

 

[MJBadger]

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MJBadger any milk from the Papaver somniferum

Does a bear shit in the woods ?



Stay green .

 

[tonto]

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[hugh420]

Well my neighbor cut the lowryder and crammed it into a box so now its all moldy. I have no scales but i threw out maybe 7 grams got maybe 6 grams that isnt too moldy and made about 2 grams of hash and a little bho.
The smoke is very weak but the trichs were still clear and i microwave dried it.
Im hoping for better results from my green-o-matic which still has a week or two to go.



^ a pic i took of the g-o-m trichs by holding my phone camera up to my microscope

 

[hugh420]

hi all heres how the rest of my plants are doing. most have shown female preflowers and i have had no males yet

^^my top skunk 44


^^my biggest mazar


my bucket of mazars bagseed and a red lebanese

When does flowering usually start in ireland??

 

[Cookie monster]

Looking healthy and bushy Hugh, good news about the pre-flowers
It's usually the males that show first for me so finger crossed the unknowns show pistils soon.

Flowering time can be any time from about now to september depending on strain, hopefully somebody who's grown them before can give you a more accurite answer.


Things are going well in my garden, bug and mould spraying seem to be working so far.
The 2 that are floweing are doing well dispite the rainy overcast weather, I'm praying august has better weather in store.

A few pics

 

[hugh420]

Nice buds cookie .What strain is that???
My leaves are getting eaten recently is there any way of getting rid of snails and caterpillars without spraying a load of chemicals on my plant??
Also i was wondering if i should change my nutes for flowering or if i should use mollases or something.