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2022 Outdoor Gardening in the Northeast

OG_NoMan

OG_NoMan

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The last of the headband. Had a good bit of loss with these due to the leaf spot but it's definitely good bud from what I have smoked so far. Very 😊, mostly done for the season minus a handful of bud that I'll get whenever.

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Swamp Thang

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dufous said:
Satori Swamp Tube Grow in Massachusetts, North of Boston.

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Man, those plants reached epic heights. I love the way the plants are competing with the tree canopy above for sunlight. It is surreal to see those plants towering above the farmer. Those monsters are easily twelve feet tall, and their trunks are built to take the weight of that buddage.

Wow, this is the mother of all swamp grows, and I speak as a fellow swamp tube grower of many years in good standing. My hat is off to you sir, with respect and humility.
 
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Chunkypigs said:
I took these pics yesterday of an ECSD in my new bed that was attacked hard by a groud hog 4-5 weeks ago and I wrapped another cage around it but neglected to do any defoliation on the plant and left it to neglect until yesterday when I was doing work in that area.

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this is how the progression of the leaf spot looks when it's neglected in my swampy plots.
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once it gets on the tiny bud leaves the rot spreads to the inside and then in 7-10 days I see 2-3 day rain spell where the plants never dry and it's game over.

gotta remove the dead tissue as soon as you see it the spores are there and the rain spreads them.

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the tops still look ok but it starts out invisible and I suspect they will fail shortly.

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I have a couple others that I kept up with near this plant and they are still looking decent...
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Hey everyone,I'm CC,I'm a late 50's MA outdoor dude who's been at it since 19yrs old.You guys seem to know what's up,concerning g.hogs,here's what I do,grab a lb. or so of Habanero peppers,half them,boil in a gallon of water,wear gloves and take outside to let cool(vapors are nasty),when cooled mash them through a strainer back into the pot,discard,pour pot liquid through a strainer,you canadd another 1/2 gal to gal of water to make a gal and a half,wear gloves for all this process.Pour finished liquid into a spray bottle and spray plants weekly or as needed.Result,nothing touches or FKs w/ your plants,also you can add gentle soap(I use Murphy's hand soap no phosphate w/lemon verbena)and spray at dusk for insect repellent preventively also.If I see bugs I'll add pyrethrine once during late summer,1-2 wks into flower I add BT to my soap/pepper mix and no bud worms.
 
OG_NoMan

OG_NoMan

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Almost time 😁. Thanks to Chunky and Drumz I am up to 13 different strains. Most will be in the ground but I think I am gonna do some pots also this year as I have no shortage of plants it seems. Gotta get a soil sample sent out hopefully Monday and I'm about to order 50# of rice hulls from the beer supply in RI. Plants I got from Chunky are revegging and just starting to get going again so I just put them into 1 gal pots to help them with recovery. Happy spring everyone :rasta:

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Airloom

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@OG_NoMan

Just got my soil test back...


I’ve just got mine back but no idea how to amend any deficiencies. I’ve got two batches of Coots mix in soft sided demo dumpsters I’ve screened and amended with added perlite. Two of my nearest local hydro shops closed up and they were a really great at listening and offering help.

My only thought is to try a local nursery for help. My tests were done thru a local university extension service. They did attach a generalized worksheet to help. I don’t have enough basic knowledge to confidently amend my medium.

Any suggestions?

I got into this mess by reading The Intelligent Gardener by Steve Solomon after watching a Build a Soil video. I always wanna crib or shortcut my way to success and I KNOW that’s a big reason I struggle. Maybe most growers just figure it out on their own. I’m not lazy just a perfectionist……..

Perfectionism leads to procrastination and paralysis they say lol

Nice looking plants and good luck this season

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OG_NoMan

OG_NoMan

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Airloom said:
@OG_NoMan

Just got my soil test back...


I’ve just got mine back but no idea how to amend any deficiencies. I’ve got two batches of Coots mix in soft sided demo dumpsters I’ve screened and amended with added perlite. Two of my nearest local hydro shops closed up and they were a really great at listening and offering help.

My only thought is to try a local nursery for help. My tests were done thru a local university extension service. They did attach a generalized worksheet to help. I don’t have enough basic knowledge to confidently amend my medium.

Any suggestions?

I got into this mess by reading The Intelligent Gardener by Steve Solomon after watching a Build a Soil video. I always wanna crib or shortcut my way to success and I KNOW that’s a big reason I struggle. Maybe most growers just figure it out on their own. I’m not lazy just a perfectionist……..

Perfectionism leads to procrastination and paralysis they say lol

Nice looking plants and good luck this season

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I wish I was smart enough to guide you. @Chunkypigs is the member that has guided me on this journey of mineral balancing that I believe started with a member named Slownickel and his using much higher levels of minerals than most especially calcium. I believe Slownickel also created the soil test I got with spectrum analytical (K3), that tests in the way that the soil book recomends to get more accurate levels of available nutrients. For me it started with this book I posted at the bottom that you can download for free. There are classes that chunky took from https://www.crescivesoil.org/ that help you understand plant uptake of nutrients among other things but especially give you access to the calculators needed for amendments as well as an online community to help. Currently my ass is puckered as its that time of year so thanks for the luck. Happy growing and hopefully you get where you want to be this year. Good luck to you :smoke:

The Ideal Soil 2014
A Handbook for the New Agriculture v2.0

This Book is Respectfully Dedicated to the late, great
William A. Albrecht
The Ideal Soil method evolved from the research of Dr William Altbrecht and his
associates at the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in
Columbia, Missouri from the 1920s through the early1960s.
 
OG_NoMan

OG_NoMan

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So going off of last year's test and theoretical soil prescription, and this year's test, I have come up with this year's perscription and amendments except for sulfer as I am hoping chunky can help me with that. I used the same NPK as last year because my N was only 4 ppm higher this year which seems negligible and it gives me 74 ppm of K I need. I adjusted my micro's based on how much last year's soil prescription moved the numbers. So for Boron last year I used Borax at 10.4 grams per yard x 4 yards and it brought my number up 1ppm to 2.1. This year I am trying to raise it another point so I will use the same amount as last year again.

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OG_NoMan

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Using the soil book and the soil density calcs from last year to calculate weight, I am trying to calculate the amount of sulfer I think I need. I am probably way off in this soil prescription as Chunky has already told my my calcium base saturation should be higher but I'm trying lol. At this point everything is theoretical and you can see my thinking as I continually try to learn. The only thing that keeps me from shitting my pants is that things are still growing including the plants I just had in the ground before I cleared them for this year.

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Airloom

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Just got an email from Build A Soil about them offering soil tests now. Too late for me but the email also included a reminder about their free online Logan Lab tool for figuring out amendment amounts. I’ve not used their calculator but I’m probably going to try to use it since it’s free. I think even if you don’t use Logan labs as long as you have your results for each nutrient/category, you should be able to plug in your actual soil value and get a pretty good idea of how much to add for each.

I hope this helps someone

Next year I may just let them do my soil test, especially if they offer a customized amendment list for each sample.

If anyone has any thoughts pro or con I’m all ears

Thanks

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OG_NoMan

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big315smooth said:
that headband pic up there lookin good howd she do outside? got blueberry headband cross outta emerald triangle suppose to be real resistant to the bs and is some funky fresh smoke im hoping so
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It was my first year with it. It did very well considering the amount of rain I had last year. It needs lots of staking and a decent leaf stripping for flower. I got covid last year right when i should have been doing that work so I was chasing my tail the rest of the season. Gonna try and stay ahead this year as it's still in the stable. Tilling next week :canabis:
 
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