Anything outdoors 2020

[Bud Green]

All my clones from last years best, and all my new seedling starts went down to the hideout on May 21..

Everyone was planted in the big holes (120 gallon) and the big containers (25 gal.) and the small containers (5 gal.) on May 22 and 23...

The weather is good now and the babies are exploding with room for their roots to spread out..
These pics are from yesterday, I feel they're all off to a good start..

pic of the hideout
seed plant in 25 gal container
4 boys I moved to my other spot, downwind from the girls..

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[TychoMonolyth]

Beautiful.

What are you going to do with all that weed? Lol

 

[Bud Green]

Mrs. G. is like Mrs. Babba....She's a chimney!

so, we're just gonna burn it.

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[Man_Of_Nature]

Happy sunday all, under the Rain...
Goodbye Blue Sky, goodbye!

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Got my first tick this year but caught him before he bit. Fuckers are everywhere now.

 

[Dankwolf]

Irrigation plan for the year

Irrigation plan for the year

So I have tried dripper lines. Soaker lines and all had issues . so i am going this route this year .

Only thing i still need to pick up is a inline filter to help keep nozzles/ spryers clean .1 8 point manifold per potter and 8 sprayers .

 

[St. Phatty]

3 seedlings out doors. All Blueberry Headband crosses.

Also, Just transplanted the female that Hermie'd after being frozen in the high 20's for about 6 hours.

Will have to keep a close eye on her !

 

['Boogieman']

It looks like all my plants in the ground already have signs of the phytoplasma purple top disease. Some are faring better than others. I have backup plants but I'm sure it's inevitable they catch it too. I know it comes from leafhoppers and neem oil doesn't seem to work. I need to find something stronger to keep these pests at bay.

 

[repuk]

Have you tried spraying them with essential Tea Tree oil? Most bugs seem to hate it. I use like 5 drops per L.

Plenty of grasshoppers here, though my hens keep population at bay.

But when inevitably some hit a plant, didn't do much damage, a bit here and there and they were gone elsewhere.

Neem works by screwing their hormonal system so they cannot reproduce, but doesn't act as a deterrent from chewing leaf nor kills them.

Diatomaceus Earth on the contrary, (sprayed with a powder sprayer) specially now they are vegging, works wonders, it works by contact, made of microscopic silica crystals that pierce bugs exosqueleton, dying from dehydration. This is not like a poison, you won't see them struggling and dying even if they're fully covered on DE... but this is actually good, as e.g. ants will carry DE to their nests, killing others.

 

[radioman]

Ticks are everywhere here in Vermont now. I started putting Female plants out on May 31st - The 3rd time I went out - I got bit on My Back. I put tons of Back Woods Off on but I must have missed a spot. I found him on Me the next morning (although I had showered & check for them when I came in from the Woods). I couldn't get the whole tick out so I went to the Hospital - The Doctor yanked it out with tweezers & gave Me a pill (to prevent Lyme Disease?). It was the second time this year I had a tick on Me. I still have some more plants to put out but I'm thinking about getting a new supply of bug repellents before I do anymore transplanting...

 

['Boogieman']

I probably get bit about 100 times a year from ticks and never had a problem, you will be fine mosquitoes are a bigger worry for me.

 

[St. Phatty]

Ticks are everywhere here in Vermont now.

Ticks in Oregon are wierd.

I've only gotten them once, in one particular area where I was looking around for areas where a fox could hole up.

Basically wanted to understand where the fox Habitat was, and, as close as my neighbor's old cars.

So I had a few ticks on me after that.

But I've spent a 1000 times more time on other parts of the mountain, without getting a single tick.

I thought they hang out on bushes so they can brush off on animals like deer.

 

[Bud Green]

I thought they hang out on bushes so they can brush off on animals like deer.

I think 99% of them hang out in Arkansas..

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[Big Eggy]

Everytime I've come back from France I've found a tick on me.. But never had a problem in the UK 'touch wood'.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Ticks are everywhere here in Vermont now. I started putting Female plants out on May 31st - The 3rd time I went out - I got bit on My Back. I put tons of Back Woods Off on but I must have missed a spot. I found him on Me the next morning (although I had showered & check for them when I came in from the Woods). I couldn't get the whole tick out so I went to the Hospital - The Doctor yanked it out with tweezers & gave Me a pill (to prevent Lyme Disease?). It was the second time this year I had a tick on Me. I still have some more plants to put out but I'm thinking about getting a new supply of bug repellents before I do anymore transplanting...

If I put on rubber boots (neoprene tops), shove my pants inside the boots, then spray the shit out of my boots and pants to the knees, until it's wet, I rarely get a tick.

I probably get bit about 100 times a year from ticks and never had a problem, you will be fine mosquitoes are a bigger worry for me.

I get a couple dozen bites easy. Black flies and mosquitoes are killer until the dragonflies hatch and eat them all in a week.

 

['Boogieman']

If I put on rubber boots (neoprene tops), shove my pants inside the boots, then spray the shit out of my boots and pants to the knees, until it's wet, I rarely get a tick.



I get a couple dozen bites easy. Black flies and mosquitoes are killer until the dragonflies hatch and eat them all in a week.

Black flies, I think we call them horse flies where I'm at and yes they are the most annoying of them all. I used to carry a tennis racket and swing it over my head while walking to my plants.

 

[repuk]

Black flies, I think we call them horse flies where I'm at and yes they are the most annoying of them all. I used to carry a tennis racket and swing it over my head while walking to my plants.

Woohoo, imagine with an electric racket! Lighter and ultra pzzzzft! satisfying

Have a big horse barn near (have thought on going to get some manure) plenty of those here wherever is rotting matter, moscardones!

 

[JustSumTomatoes]

My seedlings are popping up and having a bit of an issue. Not quite sure if I'm looking at nutrient lockout or burn. I used pure peat with perlite, but our water is fairly alkaline. Also am giving light doses of Jacks. Going to try and test the pH tonight. The spider doesn't seem to mind though...

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Black flies, I think we call them horse flies where I'm at and yes they are the most annoying of them all. I used to carry a tennis racket and swing it over my head while walking to my plants.

We have horse flies too. Not so bad. But black flies are tiny fuckers that get in your hair, behind your ears, all over and bite the shit out of you. They leave welts the size of nickles. Up north, when they're thick in springtime, Caribou have suffocated on them. Nasty.

If I plant in May, I use this in the bush.

Woohoo, imagine with an electric racket! Lighter and ultra pzzzzft! satisfying

Have a big horse barn near (have thought on going to get some manure) plenty of those here wherever is rotting matter, moscardones!

This works awesome!

 

[Bud Green]

If I plant in May, I use this in the bush.
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..Wow Tycho, you are way more cute than I would have guessed!

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