Many Forest Gorillas vs Several Forest and Well Tended Plants

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dont they harvest the corn before the Herb is done?

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Nice shot of the early morning moon! Makes sense. They generally don't spray after june unless its specialty fungicide apps. Sounds like a good spot to grow! I remember walking through beans up to my chest getting to a plot. You get wet guerilla growing. Put a fan on those boots so you don't get fuzzy mold on the outside. Shoes clean them selves is what I hear.

If they do spray after the initial planting, it'll be after farmer visit in July. If it's infested with pests, they'll spray from a chopper. In that case, I'd abandon the plants or pull out some pollen and seed them. But spraying corn from the air is rare in these parts.

dont they harvest the corn before the Herb is done?

These are my super autos so they finish pretty quick. Ya, 10-12 feet high. Crazy I know.

There are two types of corn crops.

1. Silage Crop where the corn is taken off the fields when protein and nutrition is maxed out. That's the early stuff farmers are taking off the fields now (Beginning to end of September). This crop is usually mixed with other grains and sometimes with molasses, and used as Beef or Milk cattle feed.

and

2. Seed Crops where you see the farmer pulling the corn off as late as Christmas. They let the seed mature. At that time, the corn is usually ALL yellow. Very little protein. It's harvested and the crop is sold.

So it's pretty much a crap shoot if farmers in your area are beef and cash cropping which most do, UNLESS you watch the individual fields and TAKE NOTES. The field mine are in is ALWAYS cash crop. It's either corn or soybean.

But I would put Autos in any corn field without blinking. Autos tend to finish quick. If you do Photos, you had better know if it's a Silage or Cash Crop or you could lose them. So I'll say it again.... TAKE NOTES and keep them with your gardening stuff. lol

Having said all this, I hate planting in corn. But I had some late starts and had spotted the fucked up planting patterns like in the pictures above, and it was better than throwing the extra seedlings away (this concerns Risk, but that's another topic). The biggest danger in planting in corn fields, at least around here, are raccoons (and if you're dumb enough to pull corn plants to make room for yours). They won't target your plants, but they'll take down 100 feet of corn plants 25 rows deep at the edge of a field to get at the corn cobs. Especially when there's a water source near by (river, creek, drainage ditch). So you have to make sure the irregular plantings are well away from the edge which is harder to find. I find corners closer to the road safest.

I put a lot of time in planning which I start November 1st. Everything from how many Autoflowers I can pop, sprout, transport, plant, visit, harvest, dry, to cure and bagging. Then I do the same with Photoperiods. Will any activities interfere with each other? Obviously scheduling is a major area to focus on, and I work backwards from packaging in November/December back to mid March when I start getting everything ready to start popping seeds. It's a dance, move this, add that, when, what, where ... it took me a month to do, then I tweaked until I started. This April 350 extra seeds landed in my lap so I had to re-adjust my schedule and plan so I could fit them in. But by Harvest time, I abandon my plan and have to do the best I can with what I've got because nothing ever goes according to plan by harvest time. If I have too many in the ground, I'll grab the colas, and move on to the next plot. If I have time, I'll go back. I'll do one last round well after a couple hard frosts in November/December to see which strain is still fighting for life. Frost resistance is important because we get the odd hard frost early in October.

Someone grew Indicas on my land last year. Way way back in the bush. There was snow on the ground and the fuckers were loving it, and still healthy with only a slight sign of frost damage on half (50-75 plants). Wish I knew what strain it was.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

5lbs seed crop

255gr seeds
45 seeds=1gr
~11,500 seeds

I'm going to need a bigger pre-roller (cone filler).

 

[gaiusmarius]

i love all the tips and and general information you share here. kudos.

 

[AgentPothead]

Until I saw that coffee mug, my brain was seeing those seeds as ginormous for some reason. Like marble size.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Hobo Dry Trimmer

Hobo Dry Trimmer

I call this my CCM-Casio Dry Trimmer.
(20" CCM bike wheels & Casio keyboard stand.)

Capacity should be about 5 lbs.
Have a few modification to do over the winter. (proper stand, zippers, velcro, move the PVC to the outside, ...)

I have to motorize it, but I still have the chain and front sprocket so... Should be ready in a week or so.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Until I saw that coffee mug, my brain was seeing those seeds as ginormous for some reason. Like marble size.

What better place to lay a coffee cup from the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame!

On that topic, I'm wondering if there are correlation between seed size and phenos. This NL strain has 10 giant autos (9 feet+) and 1 typical NL auto (50-100cm). There are big seeds, and tiny ones at about the same ratio. Anyone?

 

[TychoMonolyth]

i love all the tips and and general information you share here. kudos.

Thanks. This place is awesome. Everyone shares, and when I'm wrong, I'm corrected, which saves me from repeating mistakes.

Just ask a question, and watch the flood of info flow. Then watch people cheer you on and congratulate you for killing it. Typical gardening forums don't even come close.

 

[AgentPothead]

What better place to lay a coffee cup from the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame!

On that topic, I'm wondering if there are correlation between seed size and phenos. This NL strain has 10 giant autos (9 feet+) and 1 typical NL auto (50-100cm). There are big seeds, and tiny ones at about the same ratio. Anyone?

I don't know anything about that. But I do know that tumbler is fucking awesome and I want to make one. What size mesh is that if you remember?

 

[TychoMonolyth]

I don't know anything about that. But I do know that tumbler is fucking awesome and I want to make one. What size mesh is that if you remember?

I had a hard time deciding on mesh size. Some have too much material between the holes and some holes are too small. I though I could get something like a mesh laundry basket, but those holes are way too small. Then I found some that was only 2 way stretch. Finally found this so I got 2 yards (50" wide). Lots left over for a smaller one. Delivery was fast.


https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/7mm-polyester-hex-mesh-black-.htm

 

[AgentPothead]

Awesome thanks Tycho! I now have a new project and I love projects

 

[metsäkana]

lmao mc gyver weed spinner

 

[TychoMonolyth]

 

[troutman]

You just graduated to Seed Whore with all those seeds.

 

[Dday391]

Could you catch trichomes only with one of those with a small screen? Maybe just trim or chopped up larf? Or you think too much green would make it through? Such a cool machine tho man!

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Absolutely. But you'll need a screen.

I ordered 200 Mesh 75 Micron Stainless Steel Woven Wire Cloth roll (48" by 50 feet). The largest I could find was 12"x24" on ebay. I plan on using the same machine for it. But it's too late this year for it. At least for me.

If you look hard enough on the web, you might be able to find a couple yards. I couldn't.

 

[pipeline]

Thats pretty cool! Can't wait to see the finished project! I have an extra keyboard stand I think. I should make one!


Seed size depends on several things, genetics, nutrient and water resources, sunlight, timing of pollination.



Pretty seeds there! I love seeing healthy seed! Can you donate a few to icmag/seedbay for the server fund?

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Thats pretty cool! Can't wait to see the finished project! I have an extra keyboard stand I think. I should make one!


Seed size depends on several things, genetics, nutrient and water resources, sunlight, timing of pollination.



Pretty seeds there! I love seeing healthy seed! Can you donate a few to icmag/seedbay for the server fund?

Sure! How?

 

[TychoMonolyth]

EF2 (strong for Canada) Tornado missed me. But not by much. I have friends who got nailed hard. Winds were horrific here. Going out to the plots today to check for damage.


One thing I noticed is that people don't respect a 4 way stop in a power outage. Motherfuckers should lose their car instead of a fine for that shit.

 

[Badfishy1]

EF2 (strong for Canada) Tornado missed me. But not by much. I have friends who got nailed hard. Winds were horrific here. Going out to the plots today to check for damage.


One thing I noticed is that people don't respect a 4 way stop in a power outage. Motherfuckers should lose their car instead of a fine for that shit.

The basics are tough to learn my man. Glad you are alright