master kusher
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The plants a person puts out after tending well shouldn't need hardly any baby sitting or tending to at all except maybe once or twice the whole season.
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Many Forest Gorillas vs Several Forest and Well Tended Plants
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xet
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You can water every 5 days with those temps unless you have water retention issues.
I have 47'C day on top of day with 35'C nights and every 4-5 days is easy.
Nice grow will sub
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
^^ That's extreme heat for sure.
Sandy Loam in some places so drainage is pretty quick.
Sandy Loam in some places so drainage is pretty quick.
I'd bet we're not too far away
though so far an abnormally cool summer... but for those who had to deal with "Calima", a extremely hot and humid air mass, full of Sahara sand dust that travels to Canary Islands and Southern Spain.It feels like living in a sauna the moment you enter the car or any space restricted space.
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Your a little closer to the Sahara I think.
xet
Active member
That is a nice base to start with. I have sandy loam but it is rather clay heavy making for great water retention though it is more prone to run off the rainwater then soak it in.
Biochar will beat out the polymers and water crystals in such and especially acts as a long-term improvement and is very easy to produce. I mixed mine about 2:3 (40%:60%) char:soil and the biochar was well charged first.
Dig a small camp-fire style hole, put some wood in it and keep stacking doing your best not to cause smoke and when it's petering out hose it down with water and chuck the char into a water bath to ensure the burning is stopped and then add your urine, DE, rock dusts, blood meals, chicken manure, etc let that soak for a week or better and let it dry out naturally turning it ever so often and then mix in with your soil. Since we are late in the season let it dry out then cover it with a tarp and let it bake in the sun till you use it to give the bacteria ample time to own the pile. Way worth it and so easy why not. Other big thing is: cover your soil around the plant. 6" or thicker and as far out around the base as possible, exceeding 3x the perimeter if possible. Short-term and long-term benefit. /infodump
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Big thanks xet. Looking for something for them next year.
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Finally!
Finally!
WooT!
Have to tie them up tonight because their starting to lean. I'm afraid the added water weight will break them.
Finally!
WooT!
Have to tie them up tonight because their starting to lean. I'm afraid the added water weight will break them.
JustSumTomatoes
Indicas make dreams happen
I'm getting some rain too. I guess I get to have this week off!
I done some steakin myself today. My guerilla plants were leaning too from all the rain. I found some bamboo sticks awhile back up top around my guerilla plot. These things have to be at least 20yrs old....maybe my old ladies dad from yrs ago. At least I'm not the only hillbilly the least 25yrs to find this spot lol. It's a hike only to get here and he's the only person I know that ever grow on this mtn side. Unless these sticks are older. I found them back when I planted here 1.5 mths ago or so. I almost decided not to plant there but I said f-it ....there's at least a dozen bamboo poles lying beside a few fallen trees. There so old they've rottend but still usable. I've seen no signs of anybody up around the grow. It's in a helluva thicket it's so weird those sticks were laying were I found them. But they've came in handy
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Had to stake a plant (Canadian method).
It was starting to fall over.
It was starting to fall over.
Man those are already a couple wks into looks like??? Right Tycho?? Looks like you got a heavy leaning sativa there. Looking great brother. I don't have anything that's that far in....probably the lat and more mature plants I'm sure. Your up in the mid 40n didn't you say? How short have the days got up there?
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
Thanks KB.
I bought NL Auto Fem. Bullshit. They're Sativa regular seeds. I pulled a dozen males in each spot. But they are Autos. I'm at Lat 45 and 15 hours of daylight. They started flowering about 4 weeks ago. It's a slow flower for sure.
I bought NL Auto Fem. Bullshit. They're Sativa regular seeds. I pulled a dozen males in each spot. But they are Autos. I'm at Lat 45 and 15 hours of daylight. They started flowering about 4 weeks ago. It's a slow flower for sure.
'Boogieman'
Well-known member
I have grown a few NL autos from different seedbanks, they all have thrown sativa dominant phenos for me just like yours but smaller. I suspect the thai comes out when altering the genetics for autoflower. Im at 42° North and started my strains mid april, still not a white hair in sight so I suspect you have auto or more likely semi auto. Very good looking plant I wish I ran a few autos this year.
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
I've had tiny 10" plants that flowered @ 4 weeks from the same batch (f2s).
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
I had a few autos left so I stuck them in a corn field. I found corn fleas on the plants so I sprayed insecticidal soap on them. Hope it helps.
I had some males at a guerilla patch about a week ago that had already opened some pollen sacs. The fems are barely showing in that guerilla patch. But back down in my container area the plants are just starting to show pistils....they are basically all fem anyway. But that guerilla patch is up on top a mtn and I'm sure it's getting more direct sun. I dunno if it's were they are planted directly into the ground or the different lite they get....possibly the standard seeds opposed to the fem seeds in my container area, don't think it's strain because I've got the same strain in a different guerilla spot and they have not shown this faster rate of sex....I was at that guerilla patch a week before and didn't even see any balls. I can't believe a wk later the balls hanging and open. I've got another plant I gotta check this evening or tomar.....kinda the last one. I hope it's not a male but I suspect. I'm prolly gonna have to get outta the house/AC and hike up and check out things
TychoMonolyth
Boreal Curing
I know what you mean. I've noticed the same. Everything is good one day, 3 days later a male pops up.
I also noticed plants that are exposed to sunrise do substantially better than those who are shaded early morning.
I also noticed plants that are exposed to sunrise do substantially better than those who are shaded early morning.
Yes finally getting the males identified and culled.
I've found the opposite. I'd much rather have my plants shaded in the morning then in the afternoon. Afternoon patches seem to me to do better.
This goes against conventional farming wisdom. If you're growing apples, vegetables, or whatever, you're always set up to get the early sun. Any book on farming will say the morning sun is much better then afternoon sun.
I've found cannabis to be different. One factor is morning mist and fog. In my area, and on much of the west coast, marine layers will sneak in off the coast at night. It'll burn off anywhere between 8 AM to 2 PM depending on local conditions. Makes a huge difference especially during bud formation.
I think there's more to it then this. Cannabis seems to enjoy heat. I plan my vegetable garden so it gets good morning sun. In the afternoon I find my lettuce, spinach, squash, etc. wilting in the hot sun while the cannabis thrives. Unless it's thirsty.
Which brings it around to a cause I think for morning patches to do better. Afternoon patches use more water. The cooler morning light and afternoon shade is much easier on a thirsty plant then the hot late day sun. As a guerrilla grower I'd definitely keep this in mind when planning my patches.
One other factor is a matter of time. If the sun hits a patch at 7 then is shaded by 1 that's 6 hours. If the sun hits a patch at 10 and is shaded by 5 that's 7 hours. During the long days of summer the sun will linger in the afternoon and early evening.
But this is all subjective I know other people have differing opinions I'd love to see a study done...
I've found the opposite. I'd much rather have my plants shaded in the morning then in the afternoon. Afternoon patches seem to me to do better.
This goes against conventional farming wisdom. If you're growing apples, vegetables, or whatever, you're always set up to get the early sun. Any book on farming will say the morning sun is much better then afternoon sun.
I've found cannabis to be different. One factor is morning mist and fog. In my area, and on much of the west coast, marine layers will sneak in off the coast at night. It'll burn off anywhere between 8 AM to 2 PM depending on local conditions. Makes a huge difference especially during bud formation.
I think there's more to it then this. Cannabis seems to enjoy heat. I plan my vegetable garden so it gets good morning sun. In the afternoon I find my lettuce, spinach, squash, etc. wilting in the hot sun while the cannabis thrives. Unless it's thirsty.
Which brings it around to a cause I think for morning patches to do better. Afternoon patches use more water. The cooler morning light and afternoon shade is much easier on a thirsty plant then the hot late day sun. As a guerrilla grower I'd definitely keep this in mind when planning my patches.
One other factor is a matter of time. If the sun hits a patch at 7 then is shaded by 1 that's 6 hours. If the sun hits a patch at 10 and is shaded by 5 that's 7 hours. During the long days of summer the sun will linger in the afternoon and early evening.
But this is all subjective I know other people have differing opinions I'd love to see a study done...
