Stank J.P.
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Hi, great garden. You said you water twice a week in 105 degree weather. How many gallons approximately would you say a watering consists of for plants the size they are right now? Thanks and keep doin what you're doin.
MotherLode Gardens 2017
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Hi, great garden. You said you water twice a week in 105 degree weather. How many gallons approximately would you say a watering consists of for plants the size they are right now? Thanks and keep doin what you're doin.
Woodchips would work, at least a couple inches, 3-4 would be better.
Before doing that I would use a weed whip with angled string or a set of metal blades and chop everything down to soil level.
You could do just the weedwhip work once every few weeks, and that would be the cheapest and once done initially would be easier to take care of
Solarization might get rid of the Bermuda grass if it isn't too deeply rooted. It's most effective in the top few inches of soil but the heat can reach 90 at nine inches deep.
After severely weed whipping rake the area smooth as possible because you want the plastic to make the best contact possible with the dirt.
Get 2 mil. clear plastic, Uv treated would be ideal but it only needs to last 42 days from June-August in California for the sunny areas. June to
August is the best time to do this.
Before putting plastic down water well for the top twelve inches of soil, and you can anchor the plastic edges by digging a six inch deep trench at the edge of plastic and burying it.
Plants get a lot of benefits from solarized soil, gets rid of pathogens and weeds
ManyManySpliffs
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Shcrews Shcrews he's our man, if he can't do it no one can... Goooooo Shcrewssss! Cheerleading you on buddy. lol 
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Damn those natives will be a nice bonus if youre thinkin of them as just extras that may or may not make it. I always underpromise myself on yield so I consistently surprise myself 
.. Brain hack
.. Brain hack
Native soil plot, that's cool! No amendments wow! Looking good with just foliar feeding! Its too bad the government makes it hard on the herb growers by limiting plants. As if its not hard enough to be a farmer, the government limits your plant population. Whats the deal with that? Quality medicine would be easier to produce without these limits I'm sure. Its easier to work on and inspect small plants. You guys have an impossible job, what a challenge. Looking forward to watching the progress! 
Heat messing with the plants at all?
Zoysiagrass is slow growing and chokes out weeds. You will have to hack it back from the mounds though. I would do wood chips or bark mulch about 3 inches thick.
Thanks for sharing, Shrews!
Heat messing with the plants at all?
Zoysiagrass is slow growing and chokes out weeds. You will have to hack it back from the mounds though. I would do wood chips or bark mulch about 3 inches thick.
Thanks for sharing, Shrews!
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Wow u doing good shit in the local area brother. Great to see people from here who have a true passion for cannabis and not just exploiting the plants. And u know it's cheap to make some baskets for those girls in the native dirt. But I didn't say it would be quick not easy for awhole hillside. Keep it growing on
i dont think it works like that. from what i've seen , foliar feeding helps make plants healthy and healthy plants have big roots. thanks for stopping by, stick around!
nice. my non-weed IG acccount is mostly pictures of food and my dog.
Watering at this point in the season is always tricky for me , if you water too much you end up drowning the roots before the plants have had a chance to fully grow into all that soil... , but underwatering is obviously a concern as well when temperatures near the triple-digits. Plus the plants are still growing rapidly so their needs change daily. At this point in the season i usually start watering 3x per week although they have been getting water about 1-2x per week up until now. The amount varies depending on factors like the weather, how the soil feels and how the plants look. a normal watering right now may be anywhere from 20-40 gallons per plant.
fuck yah. i've been telling people around here but they still insist on using smartpots
They love the heat. i've never seen plants grow so fast.
We already have bermuda grass growing on and between half the mounds. It's really a pain to deal with. woodchips are in my future i think.
yah i've been keeping the hill pretty clean with the weedwacker so far but i defiinitely see woodchips happening sometime .
i always underpromise myself on yield yet i still consistently disappoint myself. i think your brain hack is working better than mine. But the ones in the native will do OK but i'm really trying not to care too much about them. I want to get the mounds poppin!Damn those natives will be a nice bonus if youre thinkin of them as just extras that may or may not make it. I always underpromise myself on yield so I consistently surprise myself
So it's been a long week , a long month, a long season.. My queen and I have been on the hill almost 3 months straight working every single day, often all day, sometimes in extreme heat, but finally the garden prep work is finished. tomorrow I will put the finishing touches on the new drip system for the native soil plot, and then all that's left to do for this month is put up the next layer of trellis. Soon we will take a much needed vacation and then I can finally start my seed project!
The season has thus far been uniquely challenging, not to mention physically taxing and quite stressful. i had to balance the considerable task of selling last year's harvest with the even more pressing matter of managing this year's crop. Making sure planting and early veg stages went smoothly while at the same time dealing with the demands of financing and buying a property. Not to mention this is the first time in half a decade that i've shared my space with a female, who happens to be the only person helping me this year. Fortunately my past experience has helped me to persevere and focus on the job at hand, and now with spring finally behind us, I am looking forward to a relaxing summer before the chaos of what will hopefully be our biggest harvest yet.
Happy 4th of july to my american brethren, and best wishes to everyone. peace!
The season has thus far been uniquely challenging, not to mention physically taxing and quite stressful. i had to balance the considerable task of selling last year's harvest with the even more pressing matter of managing this year's crop. Making sure planting and early veg stages went smoothly while at the same time dealing with the demands of financing and buying a property. Not to mention this is the first time in half a decade that i've shared my space with a female, who happens to be the only person helping me this year. Fortunately my past experience has helped me to persevere and focus on the job at hand, and now with spring finally behind us, I am looking forward to a relaxing summer before the chaos of what will hopefully be our biggest harvest yet.
Happy 4th of july to my american brethren, and best wishes to everyone. peace!
Everythings looking super healthy and happy. I believe you just may have the best year, yield wise, yet! Congratz on a great start. All that hard work will sure pay off in the end.
My AOG f2's are still just seedlings. They will get planted in 20gln pots and thrown outside to flower.
My AOG f2's are still just seedlings. They will get planted in 20gln pots and thrown outside to flower.
way to grow dude, things are beasts already. what kind of straw did you end up getting?
one plant per mound this year. i dont like dealing with the crowding that inevitably comes with multi-planting, and since we got a good start this year there was no need for it.
not sure what kind, basically whatever the local farm supply store had in stock.
