NEW Colorado Growers Thread

[Douglas.Curtis]

So who's ready for Monsoon season! Pretty sure I'll want a swamp buggy for my driveway at some point this summer. lol

 

[Avinash.miles]

So who's ready for Monsoon season! Pretty sure I'll want a swamp buggy for my driveway at some point this summer. lol

any and all rain will be welcome in my neck of the woods....

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

any and all rain will be welcome in my neck of the woods....

Same here, it's been declining around here the last few years and it's hurting the population. I'll gladly deal with an impassable driveway for a while.

 

[Avinash.miles]

Same here, it's been declining around here the last few years and it's hurting the population. I'll gladly deal with an impassable driveway for a while.

for me, last year was about perfect - lots of snow in winter, ditches full till fall; pretty warm and wet spring last year was bomb for the mushrooms (we got TONS of king boletes last spring / early summer).
this year.... dry, just dry

 

[MJPassion]

Weather is as bad as I’ve ever seen it!

I’m hoping for a nice slow drizzle that’ll soak in before running off.

40 days would be just about right. Lol!

 

[meowmeowmeow]

Poochie Love's outdoor

Poochie Love's outdoor

PNW Dogshit x Faceoff Bx1 from Archive
She s been through a hail storm, wind and numerous showers outside. Feeding her various nutrients I have left, neem meal etc.


Take it sleezy

 

[LubdaNugs]

for me, last year was about perfect - lots of snow in winter, ditches full till fall; pretty warm and wet spring last year was bomb for the mushrooms (we got TONS of king boletes last spring / early summer).
this year.... dry, just dry

Incredibly dry here, seems like it’s only a matter of time before we burn.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Incredibly dry here, seems like it’s only a matter of time before we burn.

Durango is already there. I've heard the rangers are even discouraging the discharge of firearms as well now. It's that dry down here.

 

[green404]

A couple grow stores near me have gone out of business. Anyway I was wondering if people are growing much in CO? I will have to travel a ways to get supplies I guess or order from the internet. I would rather shop locally.

The grow store on I-25 and Evens is closing on June 30th. They are selling everything at "cost" until then. They have a good selection of most anything.

Kind of a bummer they were the only grow store I found that I liked.

 

[MJPassion]

Incredibly dry here, seems like it’s only a matter of time before we burn.

I saw a huge fire N of Norwood & W of the Lone Cone. It burned quite a few hundred acres over night & the next day. That was last weekend. I’m not sure if they’ve got any control of it yet but there are 2 helicopters flying in & out of our dirt airfield.

 

[Avinash.miles]

I saw a huge fire N of Norwood & W of the Lone Cone. It burned quite a few hundred acres over night & the next day. That was last weekend. I’m not sure if they’ve got any control of it yet but there are 2 helicopters flying in & out of our dirt airfield.

yup
2000 acres and 0% contained

 

[redlaser]

Stay safe guys, hope you have evacuation plans already.

How is the air support, do they generally get things under control fast unless wind is an issue?

 

[green404]

How is the air support, do they generally get things under control fast unless wind is an issue?

A lot of fires in the western US do not get under control for months. Some places and some conditions once they get going they keep going for a while especially in a bad year.
Sometimes fires will go until the first real snow.

"air support" is usually a federal production, they have to declare an "federal emergency" get funding and 48hrs-weeks ? later they will have planes rotating dropping red slurry and water. Sometimes they can get a fire under control with it, many times in bad years not.

Really depends on the year, dryness, location, wind, luck, stars.

 

[Ganoderma]

yup
2000 acres and 0% contained

Not a Cheech and Chong kind of up in smoke event.

 

[ColoSpringBudZ]

Im sad my local grow store closed. I worked at the big two on the Springs and still miss the mom and pop places.

 

[redlaser]

A lot of fires in the western US do not get under control for months. Some places and some conditions once they get going they keep going for a while especially in a bad year.
Sometimes fires will go until the first real snow.

"air support" is usually a federal production, they have to declare an "federal emergency" get funding and 48hrs-weeks ? later they will have planes rotating dropping red slurry and water. Sometimes they can get a fire under control with it, many times in bad years not.

Really depends on the year, dryness, location, wind, luck, stars.

I don’t see a lot of news on Colorado fires, have seen a few it seems though.

Unfortunately we get more than our share of fires in California, hundreds of new ones a day some days. Mostly small of course.

Only good part of that is they seem quick to respond with whatever is needed. I’ve seen air tankers show up within hours depending on what kind of fire. ( fastest air drop was edge of town by major highway)

Last year we had one eight miles away and another that was three miles away. Closer one we were told to evac but wind changed and we stayed to keep things wet.

Some crazy fire stats in California:
yesterday:
105 new fires
44,378 acres

Year to date:
24,353 fires
1,725,561 acres

10 year average (2008-2017)
25,612 fires
1,332,694 acres

Taken from yubanet.com under fire news.

Anyway, hope the fire isn’t close to you guys. Sucks evacuating but the alternative isn’t so good either.

 

[jidoka]

Im sad my local grow store closed. I worked at the big two on the Springs and still miss the mom and pop places.

What are the big 2 in CS?

 

[green404]

Unfortunately we get more than our share of fires in California, hundreds of new ones a day some days. Mostly small of course.

yeah, California gets some fires..

Here in Colorado their seems to be a game of money and funding for most of our fires. I don't know the details but it seems like they usually they(the state) get federal money before they start to very much air support if any.

A lot of Colorado is fairly rural so it doesn't make sense to toss million dollars at a National forest with 2 small cabins. But we also have some very densely populated dry mountains with lots of homes.

They seem to do a good job of trying to stop the fires. What can you do ? IMO It like trying to stop mother nature, It has to burn sometime.. that's the way the forest works.

 

[bean_stalk]

Since fire is a natural thing your property doesn't mean squat.

This year, here in CO, we'll be breathing lot's of CA smoke once again. All the while we supply South Cali with most of it's water.

Point is you need to make choices.

bs

 

[Ganoderma]

The Gov. vetoed the Cannabis tasting rooms bill.