**Cali Growers Unite** (All Are Welcome, Though)

[Elk Woman]

hi folks, we're out here in the Sierra foothills with two weeks left to go on the big girls (Critical Mass, Sour Diesel, Snocap); and IT'S RAINING! I'm OK with a day at a time, but I'm terrified we'll get mold on our so-far-pristine biggest plants. What would any of you do, short of chopping too soon? We have an excellent drying room, but it's heart-breaking to pull anything before it reaches its best. (we already did that once)

And a comment about mold and mildew: when I find it on my plants, I carefully cut out all signs, and spray peroxide (3 percent) on the adjacent areas. With mold, after cutting out, I use alcohol on q-tips to carefully clean any suspicious areas, and monitor daily afterward. I realize this may destroy a bit of resin, but at least the rest of the plant is safe and happy. Any responses from others who've done this?

Another comment: Our Bubba Kush plants were very small this year, didn't even make it to 3'. Is this typical? The kolas are fat and lovely, and about 1/2 harvested (we can visit them daily, so no biggie to wait for the perfect moment). They smoke OK even though a bit unripe, and we decided with such a small bud yield we'd rather have some unripe than moldy-ripe.

And the last question: what's you-guys' take on frost? How cold can it be before we would see damage? We had a scare last week (29 degrees) and covered the plants with painter plastic (long and tedious), but the OG Kushes were so tall we topped all of them and now we have a bunch of small, fluffy buds: no nugs at all. They're better than scruff, but nothing I would show to brag about -- unlike my Train Wrecks! (Thank you, Pot Fairy!!)

Love and abundance to all of good heart!

 

[DimeBag65]

hello Elk Woman sorry to hear about your distress, i can completely understand and really there is only a few things you really can do...

i would shake your plants as often as possible to get the water out of the colas, make sure they are well tied up so they dont get too heavy and break.

the flowers that arent dense and are still forming up you shouldnt have too much of a problem with... the bubba kush would be one to worry about... mold usually doesnt just start from water but start from a damaged area and works its way out, if you start noticing dead leaves open up the bud and look for mold.

Best wishes with the weather and im sure someone else will have some tips.

if you can put a fan on them after it rains it will help to keep the air flow.

 

[HAPPYTREE]

what up all caligrowers heres a small pic of what i got going down my way .PINEAPPLE TRAINWRECK day 35 or so


keep up the great work cali growers and have a great harvest dimebag


HT

 

[Guest]

Dimebag65
How do you keep those outdoor monsters from being eaten up by bugs? I dont see any signs of pest damage. Awesome stuff!!!

 

[DimeBag65]

Lookin damn tasty HappyTree! i havnt had anything pineapple tasting in a while, and your making me crave the flavor! enjoy

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i have a few quick pictures...



Strawberry kush^



Sour Diesel^

Peace

 

[HAPPYTREE]

Strawberry Kush UMMMMMMMMM i have yet to taste a strawberry strain in my 15 yrs of burning the ganja.

Like hte guy posted below me your plants look like they have a insect force field or something LOl . Man they dont look touched.
should have a lovely harvest DB.

 

[DimeBag65]

woooooo

things have been real busy lately... but the fruits of my labor are looking nice

as far as the plants not looking ate up... i use a spray that is Safer brand, 3 in 1 that is like 75% neem oil through veg. i used Safer caterpillar killer as well.

I have some late season pictures for all interested.





Sour Diesel^




818 og kush^




Hindu kush X skunk^







ThunderSkunk^



Strawberry kush^





Strawberry kush purpling up with the cold nights...^^ some bottom branches left for seeds maturing...



grapefruit^

 

[Guest]

Totally awesome DimeBag
Most of my outdoor crop is a magnet for green worms, but I give them a good battle. My indoor operation is cranking up now, vegging away and looking promising, now if I can take it to stage 2 (More Power Scotty!!!!) it will be something special.

 

[Frozen Bacon]

I had to chime in... CALI is the place to BE!!

Heres some Blue Dragon / Af gooey / a bed o' kush, and a sweet OG kush nug shot

 

[DimeBag65]

I hear you about those green worms the Tester, they are some bastards!

Nice pictures Frozen bacon, some dank nugs and great looking flower pictures.

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heres a few more

 

[emmy75]

wow caliheads everything looks great. nice pics peeps.

finally got my plants healthy and ready to show.







got them sittin in peat, kelp, bat guano and wc basically. hopes u all like.

 

[fulfilldadreem]

Just wanna shout out to all the homies livin the cali dream. a socal beach bred growing chronic in norcal and I got nuthin but love for the west coast. im in the weed capitol of the world and livin the dream.








every damn day i smoke dank

peace

 

[DimeBag65]

Very nice emmy! those lil ladies are looking happy and healthy

fulfilldadreem- nice chronic, keep reppin the west coast

nice to see more new faces showing up in the cali thread!!

 

[Elk Woman]

Harvest Fun

Harvest Fun

Hi all, thought I'd try posting some pix. If this works, I'll post a few more. We had a very interesting harvest season, which I would like to write about at some later date. Meanwhile, let me show off the crew that came to help. Several of them will be featured in my to-be-written account. The colas are Master Kush, from Bay Area clones.

 

[nissan 420]

Checking in

Checking in

Joining in with the local bunch. I'm in LA.

 

[KillerDemo]

i LOVE my state..

 

[TahoeTops]

CA is the best!!! I will never live anywhere else! I just find it hard to pick a county to stay in.

I'm in the Bay area right now!!!




Peace

 

[TahoeTops]

Here is an updated photo:





Here is a Mazar Cola three weeks into12/12:

 

[tenfeetofganja]

Well then, your not invited to the cookout. Sheesh! Lighten up dude! If you got some pics of better stuff, dont just say ya do, post em! We would like to see em, too!

We dont just grow, we produce elite genetics.

Blueberry ColdTrane .a.k.a. Blueberry Dreams or MM (Mikes Memory)

Flowered @ Day 59. Grown recirc DWC. fed with GH.

For this genetic we took our old-school arcata t-dub and crossed it with pollwn from a friends male SSH (SSH which he found from bagseed). from those seeds we ran a group test and selected plants. from those we backcrossed it with the t-dub, stabalizing the cross. then another patient sent us some blueberry (when we flowered the blueberry we realized it was somehting beyond DJs cross simply from smell and calyx strucutre. however by tthe time we got around to germing the seeds, the patient that had given them to me had passed on and his wife knew nothing of what the genetical cross was made from. we think he took his ayatollah mother and crossed it with dj's blueberry then backcrossed it again to the ayatollah. the name that as been going around with it is bluebery cold trane. but then a few people started callin it "Blueberry Dreams"...now we refer to it as (IMM) or In Mike's Memory in honor of a dear friend and patient of ours.


when I have more time I will show you some of our Hogrider's Cough


irie meditations...

10ft ganja

 

[L.V.Dubb]

Well, I don't live in CA. anymore, but, this plant was from bagseed which my sister sent me (along with some good nugs) from California. She still lives in the bay. A nice Indica, with a good couchlock high. For a year, I was on probation, and as of Aug. '07 I have been off, so my sis did me the kindness of sendin' me some dank and some seeds since I could smoke/cultivate again. This was my first grow after my forced hiatus. Just ordered some Nirvana Ice, waitin' for them to arive, then once I get some xtra $, will be ordering a lot more genetics, I reckin'.


See ya 'round the bend!