Canadian Gorilla vs. Mother Nature

[gorilla ganja]

There you go. Figured out the best way to post pics. My Bangis are about the size of one of your branches.
Only 2 months in the ground longer than mine. Dam these plants can grow.
Starting to get their color back. Do you spray for bugs? I don't see any damage.
GG

 

[pipeline]

Great to hear rain is on the way. Hope it puts a damper on those fires. They must not be far. Where there's smoke there's fire.

Nice flboy! Those Bangi are fattening quite nicely! She's not too unhappy, just growing fast and getting hungry. We understand...

Won't be long and we'll be shifting to phosphorous feeding mode... mmmmm

 

[blue_tick]

GG thanks brother for helping this old ass hick boy how to get the pic's up like I wanted them. I don't spray anything for bugs in the beginning I had a little bug issue but not so much know.

pipeline thanks I need these to start wanting phosphorous they are out of control. I have some other gear that are nuts already

 

[Bean Bag]

This is a great thread/grow/project Gorilla Ganja, Subscribed!
Please take these comments in a positive way, just trying to throw my $.02 in;

Piss every where bro. I pee around the plants, around the thin spots of veg that I expect deer to come through, and on the plants themselves sometimes. If the deer keep hassling you try it out, and even consider making some cayenne pepper/dish detergent spray to load up your plants and all the surrounding vegetation with.

As far as the breeding goes... I would personally use the Bangi females instead of the males. Mold resistance tends to be dictated by the mother in a cross, and flowering time tends to be dictated by the males. If you use bangi males and the bangi is your latest strain, you would be setting yourself back.
I would use the two best males from the Pinewarp on everything, personally.

 

[gorilla ganja]

This is a great thread/grow/project Gorilla Ganja, Subscribed!
Please take these comments in a positive way, just trying to throw my $.02 in;

Piss every where bro. I pee around the plants, around the thin spots of veg that I expect deer to come through, and on the plants themselves sometimes. If the deer keep hassling you try it out, and even consider making some cayenne pepper/dish detergent spray to load up your plants and all the surrounding vegetation with.

As far as the breeding goes... I would personally use the Bangi females instead of the males. Mold resistance tends to be dictated by the mother in a cross, and flowering time tends to be dictated by the males. If you use bangi males and the bangi is your latest strain, you would be setting yourself back.
I would use the two best males from the Pinewarp on everything, personally.

Thank you for your input Bean Bag, This breeding question has been on my mind. I have asked a few quality breeders this question.
Male or female for passing on certain traits. There has been no consensus with the answer. I will start another thread right now in the breeding area to shed more light on this issue. If you or anyone else can provide links to info on this topic, that would be great. Or anyone else that has real world experience with this can post their thoughts here.
As for this year. I only have Bangi Haze and Tikal males, all others are feminized. Maybe next year I will pick my best crosses and do another run with males from other strains and Bangi haze females and see what the difference is. Thanks again for your input.
Peace GG

 

[gorilla ganja]

Dam the weather man. The 7 day forecast called for lots of rain. Now everyday when I check the weather, it seems to disappear from the forecast. Pockets of rain here and there. Let's hope the ladies got a shower. On the news they said some local areas have had the lowest rain fall in 50 years. The forest fires continue. Well back to my rain dance.

 

[45th]

Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri all have pockets of fields underwater

 

[blue_tick]

45th I talk to some friends back home yesterday in ohio. they said they are getting rain every other day so far this summer to much in fact so I believe it. they are wondering if this is a sign of what's coming for winter.

 

[blue_tick]

GG sorry to hear about the disappointment on rain and fires you are talking of. draw a rain turtle on the ground when we were younger we did it to get of work lol

 

[gorilla ganja]

Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri all have pockets of fields underwater

Just the opposite here. Farmers are looking to crop insurance already.
Selling off cattle that they can't feed. Why can't mother nature just spread out the rain evenly,lol.

Well the rain dance worked and we finally got a decent rainfall last night. Maybe more tonight.
GG

 

[blue_tick]

GG glad to here it for you my friend and the farmers as well. maybe the rain will set in for a while now and help every body out

 

[Golden Tree]

Great thread!

I'm glad I found my way here.....

Awesome healthy looking plants buddy


Thanks for sharing

Respects sir...

GT

 

[Kygiacomo!!!]

45th I talk to some friends back home yesterday in ohio. they said they are getting rain every other day so far this summer to much in fact so I believe it. they are wondering if this is a sign of what's coming for winter.

ya its raining alot here in east ky. i live about 20 mins from the place im sure everone seen on the news that got destoryed by those flash floods last week. i havent had to carry very much water so far. i do hope that it drys up about mid august though lol johnson county where all that flood happened got 5 inches of rain in 1 hr. it was horrible there

 

[gorilla ganja]

Great thread!

I'm glad I found my way here.....

Awesome healthy looking plants buddy


Thanks for sharing

Respects sir...

GT

Thanks for stopping in GT,
I wish I could take credit for the health of the plants.But really it is 95% mother nature and 5% me. I dug a small hole added lime and a handful of fertilizer. Absolutely no water from me or sprays of any sort. Just testing what is the minimal one can get away with, after all it is an amazing survivor plant. I guess we will see come fall which finish in time and without mold.
Peace GG

 

[gorilla ganja]

ya its raining alot here in east ky. i live about 20 mins from the place im sure everone seen on the news that got destoryed by those flash floods last week. i havent had to carry very much water so far. i do hope that it drys up about mid august though lol johnson county where all that flood happened got 5 inches of rain in 1 hr. it was horrible there

Glad to see someone is getting rain. Well the flood is a bit much though. Hope everyone is safe. We finally got a decent amount of rain here. I'm looking forward to see how my thirsty girls have responded.
Cheers GG

 

[Kygiacomo!!!]

Glad to see someone is getting rain. Well the flood is a bit much though. Hope everyone is safe. We finally got a decent amount of rain here. I'm looking forward to see how my thirsty girls have responded.
Cheers GG

ya its been great so far. there has been many days i just wanted to go to the plots to check them out just from being bored. its rained about ever 3-4 days since june which is great bc july and august is usally hot,humid and very dry. im going to plot5 tomorrow to feed so i should be able to see some new growth from the big church. i havent been there since the 15th. i'll have a update tomorrow

 

[gorilla ganja]

A Tribute to a fallen Guerrilla

A Tribute to a fallen Guerrilla

This is a Tribute to Silverback

I never had the pleasure to meet or chat with Silverback as I came to this great site after he passed away.
There is a sticky called Silverback's Threads: the Complete Collection in the outdoor section.
A must read for guerrilla growers. He was a wealth of great information.
In one of his treads called: Yield increasing planting method,there is a technique called horizontal planting method. He never invented it, it's a technique that's been around for along time. But his thread brought it to my attention. I planned on doing this to all my plants, but plans changed due to not being able to grow them big enough inside.
Anyway I lost another Durban Poison. Just disappeared. I don't know if something ate it or what. It was a small one planted in a bad spot that was very dry. I thought i would try this method. I added a bunch of water crystals and transplanted a Bangi haze into the spot.

I forgot to scrape the stem and it's late in the season for this method. We will see how it works. There is at least 5 branches that can grow up.


R.I.P Silverback

 

[DJbigbud]

I do this with my tomatoes every year, but I cut off the lower branches, this should be interesting! It would work very well if you had a spot you could access with a tiller. Till a long strip, plant the plants 5 feet apart and then when they are 5 feet tall, lay them down and bury the main stem. Course tilling for plants isnt good if they fly for plants, but where Im at, I think this is pretty much unheard of and it would just look like a farmer put in a new tree row or something similar.

 

[gorilla ganja]

update:

Plants have been getting some rain finally. Of course the rain can't come without a storm. Two plants were blown over, A S6 and A Shaman. Here is a pic of the S6 blown over. I was tempted to leave it because it blends in so well.

Serious 6 before

And after I tied it up

Shaman after I tied it up

All plants are between 3 and 6 ft tall ( 91 - 182 cm). The taller ones have been in their holes the longest as I have said. In this pic you can see the difference between a 6 ft DP and about 3 ft Bangi Haze.
The Bangi Haze were buried in homemade temporary pots waiting for them to sex. I ended up just burying the cardboard pots further under rather disturb the roots growing under and through the pots.
Still not 100% sure on the sex of Bangis. They are slow to show and very hard to tell when they do. I see no pistils. All the other strains I can tell for sure.

Durban poison with 2 Bangi Haze

A cool looking unknown insect

I'll post pics of the other strains tomorrow.

 

[gorilla ganja]

Part 2 of update:

Here is a pic of Tikal. She is a beast of a plant considering that all I did for this one was add 3/4 of a cup of blood meal to the soil when I planted her in the middle of a deer trail. She is about 6' or 182 cm. I pray she shows some flowers soon or there is no chance of her finishing before the freeze comes.

Tikal

Shaman topped by a deer about a month ago, I super cropped one branch on the right.

The Pinewarp has a very nice structure and huge fan leaves. I really like this one so far.

Pinewarp

These are the 2 Bangi Haze buried in cardboard pots. Looking a little on the yellow side.

Bangi Haze

Overall I'm amazed at the health of all plants. Very little insect damage.I did see grasshoppers in the area for the first time, and they can do damage fast. They have been getting rain every couple days now. Usually in the form of a fast and violent lighting storm.
I'll take it after a couple months of drought like conditions.

Hope everyone is having a great season.
Peace GG