revegeta666
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Pollinator houses are filling up nicely which hopefully will take care of most of my IPM this summer!
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OUTDOOR GROWS 2023 -ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE-
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Chuck Jägerschnitzel
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Some people say they like it.
And those who don't could breed with it to get it more to their liking.
I saw someone on another site who crossed it to GG4, he said the unusual leaf form bred like a normal recessive gene, he made the cross, inbred the cross and got roughly 25% with fancy foliage in the F2s.
40degsouth
Well-known member
I’ve been picking out about five or so flowers a day with botrytis. On closer inspection I’ve been able to find caterpillar damage in most cases, despite my best efforts spraying bt and with the sacrificial plants in the garden. It seems to be a particularly bad year for them.
I’ve got a theory that these tiny cats float in on their silks, from the surrounding trees, in the same way spiders do.
I was describing, a few posts back, how “walk ins” are detrimental to your flowers and here’s a photo of what I’ve been banging on about. The tiny cats dead on the top bud, in the second photo but the bottom bud had botrytis in it; assuming it’s the same perpetrator, that is.
It’s not all that bad, I’ve hardly lost anything really and acceptable losses are so close to zero it’s not really worth mentioning.
I took all the terminal buds off a Blackdog x AOG f5 today. She probably needed another week to hit my %10 amber but we’ve got some pretty bad weather on the way.
It’s a resistant plant to the leaf spot and a beautiful blend and example of the two parents. The resin development is off the charts and it’s earlier by about a week than the Blackdog mother. I did chop a bit of her down before I thought of getting a photo for everyone so, sorry about that
Zoom in and check out the resin and how small the caterpillar is that ruined my beautiful bud.
Cheers,
40.
I’ve got a theory that these tiny cats float in on their silks, from the surrounding trees, in the same way spiders do.
I was describing, a few posts back, how “walk ins” are detrimental to your flowers and here’s a photo of what I’ve been banging on about. The tiny cats dead on the top bud, in the second photo but the bottom bud had botrytis in it; assuming it’s the same perpetrator, that is.
I took all the terminal buds off a Blackdog x AOG f5 today. She probably needed another week to hit my %10 amber but we’ve got some pretty bad weather on the way.
It’s a resistant plant to the leaf spot and a beautiful blend and example of the two parents. The resin development is off the charts and it’s earlier by about a week than the Blackdog mother. I did chop a bit of her down before I thought of getting a photo for everyone so, sorry about that
Zoom in and check out the resin and how small the caterpillar is that ruined my beautiful bud.
Cheers,
40.
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revegeta666
Not ICMag Donor
I can confirm this as I have seen many of them hanging like that from olive trees. When it's very hot they will also use their silk to rappel down from the cannabis plants, and burrow themselves into the soil to hide during the hottest hours of the day. Then in the evening they climb back up to resume their destruction.
St. Phatty
Active member
I fell through the ice once when I was about 10.
That's what I get for being the neighborhood kid who was always out catching and watching animals in the swamps.
It was close to shore and the situation responded well to basic human reactions like PANIC.
:::::::Pipeline Gardens 2023:::::::
Planted seed yesterday. God said it was time. :smoke: Growing more than just the Sativa Candy Chunk cultivar (cv.). We got to F12 with it last year, and holding off doing a true reproduction until we get all the seed in form 2022 and have it sorted out. This is pretty early for me, usually...
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revegeta666
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so cute haha:::::::Pipeline Gardens 2023:::::::
Planted seed yesterday. God said it was time. :smoke: Growing more than just the Sativa Candy Chunk cultivar (cv.). We got to F12 with it last year, and holding off doing a true reproduction until we get all the seed in form 2022 and have it sorted out. This is pretty early for me, usually...www.icmag.com
Cute little indica seedlings with the fat first sets of leaves. I love seeing them expand when they catch the wave and get a good start, sometimes they get stunted a little with cool conditions. Not much yet, but they're going to be getting some momentum. It was nice to day and it will be in the 70's the next couple days.
Forecast to stay above average temperature next week so looks like they will be able to stay outside! Average last frost here is April 22.
Forecast to stay above average temperature next week so looks like they will be able to stay outside! Average last frost here is April 22.
PioneerValleyOG
Member
Wow, can we get some more info on these?
Here's a fellow member who lives in Siberia 53 N posting some shots from last years outdoor in the Russian forum!
May be good fellow to share tips with! I don't know how you guys do it! Excellent work getting some bushes grown out that far north.
May be good fellow to share tips with! I don't know how you guys do it! Excellent work getting some bushes grown out that far north.
revegeta666
Not ICMag Donor
Of course! The little houses are just a piece of wood where you drill some holes for the solitary bees, solitary wasps, hoverflies, etc. There are hundreds of species of these solitary insects.
Solitary bees and wasps are different species from regular bees and wasps. They don't live in a community, and because they don't have a hive or queen to protect, they don't sting and are not aggressive at all. In fact they are quite chill and polite and respect your personal space.
They only feed on pollen and nectar and they are not carnivorous. Their larvae are carnivorous and voratious though, this is why these insects spend their whole cycle, looking for caterpillars and bugs, which they kill and bring to their hole. When the hole is full of caterpillars, aphids, etc, they lay their eggs inside and close the hole with some mud. When the larvae pop out of the eggs they feed on the caterpillars and start their own cycle.
These insects are extremely hard working and last summer there were between 5-10 of them at all times surrounding my cannabis plants. You are supposed to provide them with some aromatic plants like lavender, rosemary and stuff like that, so they can feed themselves and keep working. I also gave them water and in the hot hours or the day they took a bath before going back to cleaning the plants.
Last summer I didn't spray any kind of pesticides, even neem, nothing, and the plants were 99% clean for the whole summer. The only thing they don't clean is spidermites, for those I used Californicus predatory mites.
When the temperature dropped in mid october, all of them disappeared (I assume they ended their cycle) and in 4-5 days I started seeing caterpillars and had to spray bacillus thuringiensis twice to get rid of them. This confirmed how much of a difference these pollinators made and I doubled down providing them with some more houses for them to use.
Because I was curious of what they actually do, I found this spanish article where they explain all this. They also had installed an insect house with transparent tubes so they could see what was happening inside. It is quite shocking how much work a single of these insects can do during their cycle.
THese pictures are from the article:
Pretty kick ass I think. A little disgusting as well
Sorry for the long post but I thought this could be interesting for some.
Winter set Southern California.. Harvested March 26th.
DcSantos
Active member
they are,you can tell by the way some of them run away from us ! probably in their eyes we are the ones who destroy nature !Maybe some insects and animals are disgusted of humans too!
Looks good BrassNwood, pretty harvest colors! What strains/cultivars did you grow this winter?
I have a bee hive going near the garden, I should make some of these solitary predator homes. Looks like it works well!
Habitat is important in preserving the diversity of the species in the area. How would you feel if someone came and destroyed your house? If you are doing any kind of building development in this county, they have a rule that you have to plant trees to compensate. Keeps us landscapers busy! There's a lot going on out there you don't even think about.
Seemed like the seedling germination for the garden was well timed this year, will swing back into the lower 80's later next week!
Getting some rain today, letting the plants get a taste of the good stuff. Rainwater evidently is energized at the molecular level and has superior qualities according to some science. Should get the seedlings to wake up. They're starting to grow!
I have a bee hive going near the garden, I should make some of these solitary predator homes. Looks like it works well!
Habitat is important in preserving the diversity of the species in the area. How would you feel if someone came and destroyed your house? If you are doing any kind of building development in this county, they have a rule that you have to plant trees to compensate. Keeps us landscapers busy! There's a lot going on out there you don't even think about.
Seemed like the seedling germination for the garden was well timed this year, will swing back into the lower 80's later next week!
Getting some rain today, letting the plants get a taste of the good stuff. Rainwater evidently is energized at the molecular level and has superior qualities according to some science. Should get the seedlings to wake up. They're starting to grow!
40degsouth
Well-known member
Nine out of ten insects say, “never trust anything that’s only got two eyes; especially when they’re that far apart”
A little bit of beautiful, sandy resin on the very lowest branch of this Blackdog. Tucked away under all the biggest heads away from the light and harsh winds.
You could drive nails in with the terminal buds if you loose your hammer; these things are table thumpers.
40degsouth
Well-known member
Hey Pipeline,
naaaa, it was originally distributed through HSO and is the work of Jessie Dodd, AKA, Biovortex. It was a 2012 selection of a cross between Emerald Headband (l think) and Blackberry. I chose this one as a keeper because it was the most resistant against the leaf spot but truely, every plant I’ve seen out of the population was a winner. There’s even one in there that eats the cold up like it’s summer; one of the biggest plants I’ve ever grown.
Excellent medicine.
naaaa, it was originally distributed through HSO and is the work of Jessie Dodd, AKA, Biovortex. It was a 2012 selection of a cross between Emerald Headband (l think) and Blackberry. I chose this one as a keeper because it was the most resistant against the leaf spot but truely, every plant I’ve seen out of the population was a winner. There’s even one in there that eats the cold up like it’s summer; one of the biggest plants I’ve ever grown.
Excellent medicine.
Hybrid vigor, looks like a tropper! Powerhouse was like that Cinderella 99 x Deep chunk. Was a a special light and powerful smoke and the plants were healthy an robust.
Looking forward to seeing some different genetics this year. Been running the Sativa Candy Chunk alone for 12 years!
Looking forward to seeing some different genetics this year. Been running the Sativa Candy Chunk alone for 12 years!
Sloth Loves Chunk was the clones that went so purple. Koda was one of the greens and a Jack variant was the other purple. I've got that harvest all stripped from the branches late today and tomorrow I'll start cloning the current veg plants as I get them in the ground. I'm a bit late on getting my Spring set in the ground and these will have to run into early June to finish.Looks good BrassNwood, pretty harvest colors! What strains/cultivars did you grow this winter?
I have a bee hive going near the garden, I should make some of these solitary predator homes. Looks like it works well!
Habitat is important in preserving the diversity of the species in the area. How would you feel if someone came and destroyed your house? If you are doing any kind of building development in this county, they have a rule that you have to plant trees to compensate. Keeps us landscapers busy! There's a lot going on out there you don't even think about.
Seemed like the seedling germination for the garden was well timed this year, will swing back into the lower 80's later next week!
Getting some rain today, letting the plants get a taste of the good stuff. Rainwater evidently is energized at the molecular level and has superior qualities according to some science. Should get the seedlings to wake up. They're starting to grow!
