cornvillain
New member
Hi,
I've been a fan of this site and the wealth of knowledge that it contains for quite a while now, however this is my first time actually participating. In fact, this is the first time I've ever participated in any online forum so please excuse any bone head newbie mistakes I might make. I've been blown away by the level of knowledge and expertise that many of the members on this site possess, and any advice or suggestions from veteran growers will be greatly appreciated
I'm lucky enough to live in beautiful hawaii, and I've been growing cannabis for a few years now for my own personal medical use as well as for a handful of other people who have made me their official caretaker. Medicinal laws here are not quite as lax as in California--each card entitles the patient to grow seven plants (3 flowering and 4 vegging), so while the medical cards ad the invaluable trait of legality, the restrictions on number of plants creates some challenges as far as maximizing yield and efficiency.
One thing that we in hawaii are blessed (or cursed) with is a latitude and climate that makes it possible for plants to flower year round. This is nice because I'm able to perpetually harvest all throughout the year, but the lack of a long season makes it harder to get my plants as big as some of the multi-lb monsters that I see on this sight. I get around the short days by using supplemental light, and multiple transplants to extend my girls' vegging time. Every day I take the the plants outside in the morning to soak up the lovely hawaiian sun and then carry them back inside at night to spend their nights under fluorescents.
I start my plants in one gallon pots and transplant every three weeks or so. My clones start in one gal. pots and then are transplanted to two gals, then to 5 gals, then to 10 gals, and finally I transplant into 45 where I either give them a week or so of extra light to recover from transplant shock and establish roots before going into flower, or just let them go straight to flower. By using this method I've been able to pretty consistently produce 8-16 oz. plants year round.
I use all organic soil and nutrients. I also use compost and fermi-compost teas in the soil as well as a foliar spray. I've mainly been using roots organic 707, and I make a super soil that contains 707, worm castings, fish bone meal, Guano, Kelp meal, as well as some other odds and ends. I put the super soil in the bottoms of my pots as my main nutrient system but also occasionally feed with molasses, and other over-priced fertilizers from the hydro store. I collect rain water which I mostly use for waterings, but also use city water which I aerate before use.
I thought I'd share my little production in the interest of getting some feedback and maybe some suggestions of how I could do things better, as well as showing the mainland growers how you can do things out here on the aina. Any constructive comments would be awesome. Thanks everybody in advance!
I've been a fan of this site and the wealth of knowledge that it contains for quite a while now, however this is my first time actually participating. In fact, this is the first time I've ever participated in any online forum so please excuse any bone head newbie mistakes I might make. I've been blown away by the level of knowledge and expertise that many of the members on this site possess, and any advice or suggestions from veteran growers will be greatly appreciated
I'm lucky enough to live in beautiful hawaii, and I've been growing cannabis for a few years now for my own personal medical use as well as for a handful of other people who have made me their official caretaker. Medicinal laws here are not quite as lax as in California--each card entitles the patient to grow seven plants (3 flowering and 4 vegging), so while the medical cards ad the invaluable trait of legality, the restrictions on number of plants creates some challenges as far as maximizing yield and efficiency.
One thing that we in hawaii are blessed (or cursed) with is a latitude and climate that makes it possible for plants to flower year round. This is nice because I'm able to perpetually harvest all throughout the year, but the lack of a long season makes it harder to get my plants as big as some of the multi-lb monsters that I see on this sight. I get around the short days by using supplemental light, and multiple transplants to extend my girls' vegging time. Every day I take the the plants outside in the morning to soak up the lovely hawaiian sun and then carry them back inside at night to spend their nights under fluorescents.
I start my plants in one gallon pots and transplant every three weeks or so. My clones start in one gal. pots and then are transplanted to two gals, then to 5 gals, then to 10 gals, and finally I transplant into 45 where I either give them a week or so of extra light to recover from transplant shock and establish roots before going into flower, or just let them go straight to flower. By using this method I've been able to pretty consistently produce 8-16 oz. plants year round.
I use all organic soil and nutrients. I also use compost and fermi-compost teas in the soil as well as a foliar spray. I've mainly been using roots organic 707, and I make a super soil that contains 707, worm castings, fish bone meal, Guano, Kelp meal, as well as some other odds and ends. I put the super soil in the bottoms of my pots as my main nutrient system but also occasionally feed with molasses, and other over-priced fertilizers from the hydro store. I collect rain water which I mostly use for waterings, but also use city water which I aerate before use.
I thought I'd share my little production in the interest of getting some feedback and maybe some suggestions of how I could do things better, as well as showing the mainland growers how you can do things out here on the aina. Any constructive comments would be awesome. Thanks everybody in advance!
