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[St. Phatty]

when you grow regular seedlings - you get MALES ! ! !

gonna grow them out a bit and feed them to the deer & the birds.

plant in the pot is a young Walnut tree. It's a pollinator for another Walnut tree that's about 2 years old. which just got its first walnut

Got 1 1/2 Females and 7 Males out of the first batch of seeds.

the small plant is a GrandDaddy seeds Cookie-Apollo 11 cross that is just starting to grow. she was on the ropes from the heat and possibly from me over-nuting her (low pH fvcks up nutrient uptake, then she gets zapped with afternoon heat, not a good combo).

To get her back growing, I flushed about 20 times, literally 20 gallons. using G&B potting-soil mix that comes in 3 cubic foot bales.

The large male is next to her is her brother, same genetics.

The one in the back is an Apollo 11 F3, probably a male that I thought was showing pollen bags, like little clusters of grapes. Now it is acting slightly strange, those little grape clusters are not growing as fast as normal. Makes me wonder if I'm going to see a pistil and the grape clusters become brachs. That would not bother me.

 

[therevverend]

Would copper spray work on that kind of Botrytis infestation?

I haven't tried it but copper is used to fight boytritis, especially in grapes. They use something called a Bordeaux mixture, copper and slaked lime. Apply it to the plants and it should prevent the mold from spreading until the rain washes it off. You'll want to use care when using large quantities. It can build up in your soil, poison livestock and fish and kill off your earthworms. I'd think this is likely in large commercial applications, spraying it on a few infected cannabis plants would be fine. I wonder if it would kill slugs..

It seems like the copper/Bordeaux mix type spray would be effective on leaves and flowers. It probably reacts the same as the rubbing alcohol, I can watch the mold die as I pour it on. Then I wipe it off with a paper towel soaked in the alcohol.

I think you're talking about the 4th picture down from the top. It's actually an effect from using the zoom at a distance. It's sunlight filtering through the trees. I'm in western Washington, the land of boytritis. The maple trees, the weeds, the blackberries, the rotten crab apples, dead grass, my clothes, it's all over everything. As soon as plant material enters senescence the mold starts breaking it down. Last year my zucchini plants were annihilated by boytritis and powdery mildew. This year I moved them to the front of the garden they're much happier and producing a big crop. The PM and grey mould work together, they're a dream team of plant destruction.

My strategy to beat the boytritis, along with all the other diseases and problems, is to outgrow it. If I have enough big healthy plants experience has shown the mold can't destroy them all. If I was serious about growing a mold-free crop I wouldn't mess around with as many hashplants as I do. I'd only grow my own stuff I've bred that I know has resistance.

The paradox you run into out here, and it's a problem for all northern growers, is that the earlier a plant finishes the better the weather is at harvest. Our dry season runs from mid July to mid September. Afghani types in general have the best chance of finishing when the light intensity is still strong producing better flowers and yield. The narrow leaf strains will finish but the earlier ones tend towards the hempy side and the later ones suffer from lack of good equatorial sun.

But I don't worry too much about all that shit, grow whatever I want and damn the mold. If it finishes on time and mold free, good, if it rots into the ground it's next year's fertilizer. Things don't always go according to script, the rains came early last year, wrecked the early plants that finished mid September to early October. The stuff that finished mid to late October came out the best. You learn not to put all the eggs in the same basket and to mix up the variety.

Here's a picture of the other Strawberry Glue, the taller elongate one.

I've got two (Grape Ape x Romulan) X Sour D. They've got a strong sweet fruity smell, can't quite place what exactly it smells like. They're growing like crazy, my friend who gave me the seeds said both parents were giants. I tied the big one over, the smaller one got topped by a slug so it's a super bush. Here's the bigger one.

And the smaller

A friend grew this variety a few years back, most of it rotted into the ground. It worries me a bit but it was in a shady wet spot and he didn't really know what he was doing. The flowers were frosty, big and super dense, how I like it but boytritis likes that too. I anticipate a big harvest if they come through. The breeding is awesome and they absolutely reek, I don't have to rub the stalk to smell.

A friend gave me a Sour Lemon seedling in April. I'm impressed, his have grown like crazy and mine has grown like crazy. I like the structure, vigor, and it smells like Sour Lemon. The breeding is (California Sour x Lemon OG), there's quite a few strains out there named sour lemon or something similar. The name game has been out of control for quite some time.

 

[axle2u]

you do know how to grow, red.....i will say that

and your diversified interest....is spectacular
i only wish, i was your neighbor....ahaha

stellar!!

-axle
canada

 

[axle2u]

Auto gelato, day 65 from pop... smells proper..

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that looks sweet, brother!!

-ax

 

[axle2u]

boreal CLOUD, none are showing sex yet...View Image View Image View Image View Image

goregous...

 

[gsxr97]

Cleaning bottoms up

Cleaning bottoms up

Doing some bottom cleaning up. Stretching is in full effect .

 

[JustSumTomatoes]

After yesterday's trek I figured I'd stay asleep the whole night, but I guess not. Anyways, dropped the remaining 5 Boreal Lights off yesterday after the storm. Holy Moses this water wicking setup is legit! It was a weird feeling walking away from my plants without watering them. Unfortunately, one of the smaller plants that appeared to have been growing sideways for a bit must have snapped off during the storm. It looked very perky for something on its side and completely detached from the base. No biggie, there's plenty of others and this one was lagging anyways.

It just occurred to me that this is the first mono-crop I've ever run (not counting mixed bagseed.) Anyone else ever run mono's or is it too much to put all of your eggs in one basket? I've got faith in you Tycho lol.


Top: Young Boreal Lights ready for their swampy new home.

Middle two: 3-week old BL's enjoy the summer sunshine and unlimited water supply.

Bottom: The casualty.

 

[yardgrazer]

Cant see your photos! (Probably set to friends only)


I've tried taking photo of my Boreal Lights plants, but they blend into the background too much to be interesting.

 

[JustSumTomatoes]

Cant see your photos! (Probably set to friends only)


I've tried taking photo of my Boreal Lights plants, but they blend into the background too much to be interesting.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I wasn't even aware people haven't been able to view my pics. Yeah, it seems a bit paler than the darker indicas I'm used to. I was worried they might be nutrient deficient, but I see no yellowing or signs of it. Might just be its natural color. More sativa in there.

 

[noknees]

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[JustSumTomatoes]

@noknees: Tell me more about the fertilizer... Is it quick or time release? Does the packaging have instructions for amount per area?

I put a Peak's Nl that was smaller than that in a 5 gallon buck late July in high-quality soil (Happy Frog) and it pulled 2 1/2 oz dry. No amedments added.

 

[Bud Green]

Back down at the hideout this morning to water..
These girls have been drinking more than 200 gallons of water each week..
My reservoir is about 300 feet away and about 15 feet uphill.
I have some buried 1 inch pipe and about 100 feet of hose that I roll out and roll up 3 times a week..

Since the water just sits in the tiny reservoir, I like to aerate it before I use it..That's what hose in the pic is doing..
I slip it in a piece of iron in the ground so the siphoned water goes up and splashes into a 20 gallon pot I keep hidden out there for that purpose...
I dip my watering buckets into the pot of water..

The birdfeeder and birdhouse have attracted lots of small birds, who now live right in the brush...
I have had almost ZERO problems with bugs since I started doing this..

Everything's looking good...Hope it stays this way for August and September...

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[noknees]

@noknees: Tell me more about the fertilizer... Is it quick or time release? Does the packaging have instructions for amount per area?

I put a Peak's Nl that was smaller than that in a 5 gallon buck late July in high-quality soil (Happy Frog) and it pulled 2 1/2 oz dry. No amedments added.

pm sent

 

[star crash]

 

[star crash]

 

[star crash]

Back down at the hideout this morning to water..
These girls have been drinking more than 200 gallons of water each week..
My reservoir is about 300 feet away and about 15 feet uphill.
I have some buried 1 inch pipe and about 100 feet of hose that I roll out and roll up 3 times a week..

Since the water just sits in the tiny reservoir, I like to aerate it before I use it..That's what hose in the pic is doing..
I slip it in a piece of iron in the ground so the siphoned water goes up and splashes into a 20 gallon pot I keep hidden out there for that purpose...
I dip my watering buckets into the pot of water..

The birdfeeder and birdhouse have attracted lots of small birds, who now live right in the brush...
I have had almost ZERO problems with bugs since I started doing this..

Everything's looking good...Hope it stays this way for August and September...

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It looks good bud... I’ll come scratch your back for you if you want...:friends:

 

[Bud Green]

thanks man... Come on down to the hideout sometime! Lol....

 

[yardgrazer]

I like the birdfeeder idea, but bears.

 

[St. Phatty]

Males & Females

Males & Females

/\ Females

Right to Left -
Chem Apollo 11 cross,
2 Blueberry Headband cross, clones
Cookie - Apollo 11 cross -- the tiny one that just got transplanted.


\/ Males

High Quality Bird and Deer Food.


Tools of the Transplanting Trade -
Soil, Char, Leaves & Seedling.

 

[Booyah!]

All homebred besides the Duckweb in the very front.