NEW Colorado Growers Thread

[Corvette Doc]

Can you go into any more detail about the garlic spray? Where did you find out about making it? Can you make a bunch of the solution and store it for a week or two at a time so you don't have to make it fresh each time? I'm wondering if this will be effective just with the garlic too instead of adding neem/azamax. I applied a bunch of predator mites and don't want to kill them off with neem or essential oils. Is there any risk of burning your plants with this spray? What are different application ratios?

I've had some limited success with making grasshopper traps using apple cider vinegar and canola oil in gallon ziploc bags. I pinned them around my plants to the support cage or set them on the ground. The best trap I noticed is sitting in a slight hole on the backside of a cage where the grasshoppers can simply walk in and fall into it instead of having to climb up to it to fall in. I think they are attracted to the cider smell and then they fall in and drown. Somebody on IG recommended this to me and said that that is what their grandfather back in Kentucky did for his cabbage patch. You can also use tupperware containers or something like that.

This is exactly what i was told on another site started by Pueblo Organic Growers;

Take like a gallon of water and heat it to a boil. Puree your garlic, pour the hot water over it and let it steep over night, strain and load into a spray bottle. You can also add like a tablespoon of hot pepper or hot pepper sauce while its steeping. Six cloves to a gallon would be rather weak. Not sure of your exact needs so start there and add more if you want it stronger

I don't have a Gallon pan and it is summer so i boiled it hard in 2 quarts strained and added cold water...you will actually see an oil that develops on the surface so i added a drop of soap to emulsify. I guess it would last in the fridge??? What it does to mites??? My ladybugs don't seem too effected by it but don't seem happy either. All my spiders moved off the plants onto the cages, so i guess they hate it too.

I don't know anything else about this. I am just experimenting with it. I was due for another Azamax spray so i just combined them on my own. Adding Chili Powder to the mix makes it even better, but that will start killing a few of your mites...not all but a definite hit in numbers.

I will look at making traps...this year is unreal on how bad it is getting...i hope it doesn't get any worse.I am thinking of cutting the tops of of 2 litter bottles and bury them to almost flush with soil to catch other things also...If i could just remember what we use to put in those??? I saw orchards do this with 5 gallon buckets when i was a kid...It has just been soooo lllooonnngg and i can't remember the right mix. I do remember that they used hydraulic oil...i will have to find a different oil.

 

[Corvette Doc]

I use to use this in my yard in Arkansas. It's not cheap, but its convenient.
http://www.mosquitobarrier.com/

It helped with the skeeters a lot. I would spray it once per week. The grasshoppers gave two fucks about it though.

You would hate me...I let the larva hatch and add to my water when i water my plants. I don't let them live long enough to become emergers but it does trip people out with my living water. The Algae REALLY adds to the nitrogen fixed into the water and a lot of other things as well. If it's green it must be good, Right?


Oh Yeah, I turned off my extra lighting yesterday....Does anyone know why i will increase my watering now?

 

[MJPassion]

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/07/...rijuana-doctors-suspended-plant-counts/58799/

4 Doctors suspended over med pot plant counts.

 

[Ganoderma]

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/07/...rijuana-doctors-suspended-plant-counts/58799/

4 Doctors suspended over med pot plant counts.

From the article is seams to infer that you should only qualify for anything over 75 plants only if you have cancer!

it sounds more like law enforcement is behind this with their fear of any one with a large plant count is a potential black market source.

 

[Seaf0ur]

Meanwhile Krusto crushes it in yields with very few plants...

 

[MileHighGlass]

How long have I been saying they are coming after the home growers?

"but it's in the constitution"

I must have a fucking crystal ball.

Have fun with your 6 plants boys.

 

[SooperSmurph]

Omfg there are good people left in Denver.

Lost my phone last night, tripped on a curb and it flew out of my pocket and into oblivion, hurt my leg and head, limped home before realizing it was gone. Wife spent over an hour looking for it, no avail.

This morning we get a call from our mobile service provider, someone turned in my phone to the store. I have repeatedly said my neighborhood (Stapleton) is full of families and good people, this proves it.

I love this city and never want to move again, but the market is what it is.

 

[Corvette Doc]

From the article is seams to infer that you should only qualify for anything over 75 plants only if you have cancer!

it sounds more like law enforcement is behind this with their fear of any one with a large plant count is a potential black market source.

I am sorry. I am a cancer patient. Even i say 50+ plants is BS. I would like to see some better definition on what we finish out...That should be max about 25 or so to me...I can't keep up with 18 on my own. But being able to experiment with genetics that aren't really making anything??? I have no idea what would a good number for that...

How do we get REAL protection from persecution under the rules? They didn't actually do anything to the "docs", just reduced their retirement accounts a little bit. We need something for the average person since it was written into the constitution of this state...Who is now going to the smithsonian for walking out...

 

[reppin2c]

It's a sad day in colorado

 

[Seaf0ur]

How long have I been saying they are coming after the home growers?

"but it's in the constitution"

I must have a fucking crystal ball.

Have fun with your 6 plants boys.

I've been singing that song myself...

now I'm of the mindset that if I saw the law through the peephole, I'd go runnin with the scissors before I opened the door...

Its not worth the money for the plant count that they will not respect anyway.

I just dont comply anymore.

 

[MJPassion]

I just dont comply anymore.

Compliance should be on the shoulders of businesses & elected officials... not individuals!

What was this nation founded on?
Seems most have forgot & allow the powers that be to spit in their oatmeal every morning.

 

[MJPassion]

I am sorry. I am a cancer patient. Even i say 50+ plants is BS. I would like to see some better definition on what we finish out...That should be max about 25 or so to me...I can't keep up with 18 on my own. But being able to experiment with genetics that aren't really making anything??? I have no idea what would a good number for that...

How do we get REAL protection from persecution under the rules? They didn't actually do anything to the "docs", just reduced their retirement accounts a little bit. We need something for the average person since it was written into the constitution of this state...Who is now going to the smithsonian for walking out...

^^^And then there's this...^^^
As far as I'm concerned, Corvet Doc, your comments are pretty much dead on correct...
Only way I could honestly see needing 100 plants is if a peep was growing them small like Diesel Ryders.

The oinkas now have a list of suspects to check out.
If you have an extended plant count beyond 75 plants, you best prepare for a visit.

 

[Ganoderma]

Judge temporarily blocks Colorado medical marijuana doctors’ suspensions

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/medical-marijuana-doctors-sue-state-board/

This was unexpected to see


Any one hear about the Colorado town that found thc in their water? The town is called Hugo.

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/hugo-colorado-thc-contamination-tests/

Sounds like bunk to me. THC is oil/fat soluble, not water soluble, So there would have to be another agent to make the THC soluble in water.

 

[who dat is]

Judge temporarily blocks Colorado medical marijuana doctors’ suspensions

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/medical-marijuana-doctors-sue-state-board/

This was unexpected to see


Any one hear about the Colorado town that found thc in their water? The town is called Hugo.

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/hugo-colorado-thc-contamination-tests/

Sounds like bunk to me. THC is oil/fat soluble, not water soluble, So there would have to be another agent to make the THC soluble in water.

That is unexpected but nice to hear.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=330348

 

[Corvette Doc]

Judge temporarily blocks Colorado medical marijuana doctors’ suspensions

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/medical-marijuana-doctors-sue-state-board/

This was unexpected to see


Any one hear about the Colorado town that found thc in their water? The town is called Hugo.

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/hugo-colorado-thc-contamination-tests/

Sounds like bunk to me. THC is oil/fat soluble, not water soluble, So there would have to be another agent to make the THC soluble in water.

Hugo has a few VERY fanatical anti-pot people up there. Chances are they didn't get the sewer treatments right and this is urine background leaking out from all the others thumbing their noses at them. J/K

 

[who dat is]

Finally broke down and bought a bunch of dried peppers and garlic cloves. This shit has to stop.

 

[mayorofthdesert]

Any one hear about the Colorado town that found thc in their water? The town is called Hugo.

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/22/hugo-colorado-thc-contamination-tests/

Sounds like bunk to me. THC is oil/fat soluble, not water soluble, So there would have to be another agent to make the THC soluble in water.

I heard a snippet on npr & thought the same. Reading the article - they tested the water with urine tests and then called the news, hilarious! I'm guessing what's happening is that they're finding URINE in the water & the THC metabolites (NOT THC) much of coloradoans' urine contains. If that's the case, it isn't going to end well for the Hugo Water Authorrity. It's hard to believe that it'd be possible to contaminate the water to the extent that it'd show positive on one of those though. Probably more likely that it's something else tripping the tests.

 

[Corvette Doc]

Finally broke down and bought a bunch of dried peppers and garlic cloves. This shit has to stop.

Oh, how i feel your pain man.

I spent half the morning cutting up 2 liter bottles then discovered some-one took my cider vinegar. Tomorrow i will get them in the ground in the grow areas. Maybe i can reduce the numbers a little bit more??? I am going to break down and spray my yard (away from grow area) with harder chemicals monday or tuesday...I need to catch a gal monday and see what she recommends...i will let you know.

I am avoiding the pueblo site because some-one wants to bait me into a fight over the fact that the Diatomaceous i have been spreading since the day i planted isn't showing any signs against these hoppers. I must keep up the DE to fight ants and mites and caterpillars and...The list is too long. He gives me BS about if it got wet...Which time??? I am on my 3rd bag already. But i can SWEAR to anything that i have not seen it make any difference to these hoppers.

Funny, i spent years trying to make copies of hoppers for fishing...now i just want them all to disappear. They are one of several things driving me crazy the last few months.

 

[who dat is]

Oh, how i feel your pain man.

I spent half the morning cutting up 2 liter bottles then discovered some-one took my cider vinegar. Tomorrow i will get them in the ground in the grow areas. Maybe i can reduce the numbers a little bit more??? I am going to break down and spray my yard (away from grow area) with harder chemicals monday or tuesday...I need to catch a gal monday and see what she recommends...i will let you know.

I am avoiding the pueblo site because some-one wants to bait me into a fight over the fact that the Diatomaceous i have been spreading since the day i planted isn't showing any signs against these hoppers. I must keep up the DE to fight ants and mites and caterpillars and...The list is too long. He gives me BS about if it got wet...Which time??? I am on my 3rd bag already. But i can SWEAR to anything that i have not seen it make any difference to these hoppers.

Funny, i spent years trying to make copies of hoppers for fishing...now i just want them all to disappear. They are one of several things driving me crazy the last few months.

I just got done boiling and reducing down a whole bag of chilis and 4 heads of garlic. I got it down to maybe 10 or so ounces. I'll play around with dilution ratios in sprays to see what works.

 

[Bobby_Stainless]

Hope all are well. Miss it there.

God it's fuckn hot here.