MotherLode Gardens 2016

[orechron]

With the motherloads ca:k ratio and prudent use of N there should be no worries.

Credit where it is due the orechron is the guy to talk with. A month of rain/fog with almost no mold. He knows a thing or two

Thanks buddy. Dialogue with you and veg and some key articles led me to push calcium and limit K. I think its a a seesaw though: one one end you have mold and pest pressure because the plants are fragile with high k and on the other you have yield limitations. A little difficult to balance it perfectly because of how soil and plant needs change over the season.

Shcrews' plants are the high Ca end now with beautiful, giant, healthy flowers but the plants are smaller because of the low K. I would take that route any day in my climate.

 

[BigNoise]

@orechron

Can you point me to any articles or threads related to the Ca/K balance and how it relates to mold and yield?

 

[jidoka]

Orech...what is weird is that it seems strain dependents. OGs, cherry pie in particular love low K. Long going sativas seem to need more K...imo

 

[DAT]

Shcrews, it has been such a wonderfully creative season and you have been very inspirational to me, u have given me really fun ideas for my own art. The beautiful black girlfriend is a great model . I'm going to use her in my next drawing. Will you continue to take pictures and keep up you journal in your off season?

 

[Shcrews]

Don't fuck with Baby Face Shcrews and his vicious poodle Bud-E
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thanks DAT thats hella fucking cool, nobodys ever drew a picture of me before . and bud E looks tremendous! i love how your brain works. would love to put that up on my wall!! you made me look like baby popeye with a raygun or something... epic.

Shcrews, it has been such a wonderfully creative season and you have been very inspirational to me, u have given me really fun ideas for my own art. The beautiful black girlfriend is a great model . I'm going to use her in my next drawing. Will you continue to take pictures and keep up you journal in your off season?[URL=https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=56318&pictureid=1662451&]View Image[/url]

thanks! i'll keep ya updated of course with lots of pictures, i'm stoked on my new camera! and my new girlfriend

 

[Shcrews]

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[orechron]

@orechron

Can you point me to any articles or threads related to the Ca/K balance and how it relates to mold and yield?

I used to have a folder on my laptop as well as a bunch of web bookmarks, but I dropped that laptop and couldn't recover anything from the hard drive. The names you'll see come up in the growing large plant thread (Tom Hill forum) are Albrecht, Carey Reams, and Tiedjens. All were agronomists or chemists and there is a long list of work by them that you can dig into.

The short path would be Michael Astera or Steve Solomon. Their credentials aren't as impressive but they communicate the basic concepts.

In a nutshell, if you overload your soil with potassium it will make it difficult for your plants to get enough calcium. Strong, disease resistant cells are only built with adequate calcium. The most common mistake is the overuse of compost (high K). I've made a ton of mistakes but overuse of compost is up there with the worst of them.

Orech...what is weird is that it seems strain dependents. OGs, cherry pie in particular love low K. Long going sativas seem to need more K...imo

I agree. Sometimes drastic, sometimes not. I've found that everything in the chem family prefers higher K, or needs a bump after flowering starts. My experience is limited though: stardawg, dog walker, possibly a fake headband. I've never grown chem 3,4,d, etc.

Your legend cut is stupid good in low K soil.

Sorry for slight derail Shcrews. Hope the chop is going well. Maybe see you at the cup this year?

 

[Shcrews]

Sorry for slight derail Shcrews. Hope the chop is going well. Maybe see you at the cup this year?

no worries, i love it. harvest is going smoothly, just getting started really. really pleased with everything this year. not all the biggest plants but they are all exceptional quality

 

[Shcrews]

trim life

the beer bottles and cheap dog food belong to my old partner, i definitely need to clean..

 

[BAKED_BEANZ]

lol trim life ,

the joys .... we used to put dining room table up on upturned coffee cups back in the hand trim days . much easier on the back and neck . can rest elbows on the table . nice working height . trash bin to sweep fines into next to you

just a thought for anyone who wants to try it .

we,ll need some nice dried bud snaps , shcrews

 

[Shcrews]

Blueberry Hashplant:

Tranquil Elephantizer:

Ancient OG:

 

[Shcrews]

chop chop

 

[Shcrews]

Surveying the damage after the storm:

this Goji OG got it the worst..

 

[Shcrews]

the Zelda had to come down this morning in the rain, found a small bit of mold on one of the buds which to me means she's done. havent seen any mold in the rest of the garden. this plant was also yellowing a lot sooner than the rest.

 

[FreedomGrower]

Lookin good to me ... I lost a few tops even in the GH this week ...

 

[Stoney Johnson]

Epic flowers Shcrews. Your flowers always crush. Cheers

 

[Shcrews]

first day of big storm, everything looks good at sunset no mold or broken branches anywhere

my drying room is not dry enough, getting another dehuey tonight. giant buds will rot in seconds flat it seems, if the drying room is not on point

 

[99 plants]

first day of big storm

you mean 1st storm?

 

[Shcrews]

you mean 1st storm?

yah that is what i meant actually heh. already cleared up, might be cloudy later though.

 

[99 plants]

already cleared up, might be cloudy later though.

my cut of blue dream is fire.