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::::Pipeline Gardens 2015::::
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Kygiacomo!!!
AppAlachiAn OutLaW
thanks kyg! yeah the screw-ups are always easy to see.On the big plants you can't always tell why one plant did better than another.
Thats a good idea, peat moss would look similar to soil. I don't use perlite except when starting because it may float up and stand out in the winter. Usually gets covered with leaves and winter weeds soon after harvest, but you never know if someone may walk by.
Dry weather expected this week besides a little rain tomorrow. Perfect pollination weather. You've got 1 week boys...
ya it may but i mulch my plants with leafs that fall from trees and covers up everthing.. the mulch holds water in and also helps the microbes which in turn helps us. i try to keep my little warriors as happy as possible. its also a good way to add more organic matter to our soil,which breaks down into humus and giving even more slow release nutrients...Besides helping retain moisture in the soil by reducing evaporation, leaf mold also absorbs rainwater to reduce runoff, and in hot weather, it helps cool roots and foliage which is a win win for us
if u dont want to use perlite then u could use pumice which is what i use in my living soil mix. pumice and rice hulls
Seems like the soil internal drainage is good, I just need more to build it up. Peat bales need a little lime to balance their acidity I think. The native soil would probably buffer pH too.
After working the soil and mounding it again, I noticed it was really becoming a mound. May not have to do anything. Its rarely this wet...
I should mulch a bit to keep the soil from crusting so bad. Would keep the weeds down too.
After working the soil and mounding it again, I noticed it was really becoming a mound. May not have to do anything. Its rarely this wet...
I should mulch a bit to keep the soil from crusting so bad. Would keep the weeds down too.
Kygiacomo!!!
AppAlachiAn OutLaW
Seems like the soil internal drainage is good, I just need more to build it up. Peat bales need a little lime to balance their acidity I think. The native soil would probably buffer pH too.
After working the soil and mounding it again, I noticed it was really becoming a mound. May not have to do anything. Its rarely this wet...
I should mulch a bit to keep the soil from crusting so bad. Would keep the weeds down too.
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i dont use lime i use oyster shell flour. i like it better bc it dont have a huge amount of magnesium in it but has a ton of calcium. yea man u need to mulch but i think u need to get something in there like pumice,rice hulls or perlite to help with oxygen to the top roots. i was looking other day under my mulch just to check shit out and just a hair under the mulch i could see a shitload of white fuzzy roots sticking up.. last year i didnt mulch and had really hard dried out top soil. when i would water the plants it would funnel away from the stalk for 10 or 15 seconds till it got wet and i knew that couldnt be a good thing but i did not think mulching would cure that. check this thread from a guerilla legend about mulching its great info and watch convienced me that i should mulch my plants,which is super easy btw bc all the leafs are laying there 3 foot from my holes anyways.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=84379
Then I wouldn't have to get on my hands and knees and break crust every few weeks. Every time you do, it cuts a few roots. I did my best not to. Taking notes. Thanks for brainstorming with me. I actually already know all this stuff, just have to review it from time to time... Have a good evening!
uthenger
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Uthenger was looking at the post #71 and #72 pictures, when you had that drainage problem.
Then he was looking at your name, pipeline.
Hmm.
Had an idea. Next year you could use some pipe lines to drain away that water. Just use some garden hose, one end with some home-made cloth filter you put into that collected water pool (you dig a big hole there), the other end will have a simple plug. You place the plugged end to lower ground, you fill with water the hose (using a funnel), then when the free end is in the collection pool then you release the plug from the other end. The water will be sucked out by gravity.
http://images.clipartpanda.com/pipe...Free_Clipart_Picture_110321-155557-726053.jpg
Then he was looking at your name, pipeline.
Hmm.
Had an idea. Next year you could use some pipe lines to drain away that water. Just use some garden hose, one end with some home-made cloth filter you put into that collected water pool (you dig a big hole there), the other end will have a simple plug. You place the plugged end to lower ground, you fill with water the hose (using a funnel), then when the free end is in the collection pool then you release the plug from the other end. The water will be sucked out by gravity.
http://images.clipartpanda.com/pipe...Free_Clipart_Picture_110321-155557-726053.jpg
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Went on a tour of a couple friends' gardens today. The plants were doing very well in one, bushy and short, plenty of sun, mostly females. The other had been flooded by the creek and the plants were still trying to recover. Shade was also an issue. Mostly males except for 2 female. Gonna have to rethink the plots for next year there...
We are getting rain today! Perfect timing again after working the soil and top dressing fertilizer. Should see a little more growth, and pollination is going on this week! Flowers weren't dropping pollen yesterday, but they will this week I'm sure... Will bring some extra pollen just in case...
We are getting rain today! Perfect timing again after working the soil and top dressing fertilizer. Should see a little more growth, and pollination is going on this week! Flowers weren't dropping pollen yesterday, but they will this week I'm sure... Will bring some extra pollen just in case...
Just realized this morning the pollen will bring will be from 2013 seedlot. Its from the males that we pulled at the flooded plot when I went on tour the other day. Needed a little smoke to get my by for a couple weeks and realized I could use the pollen! This will be great having the older genetics in the gene pool to bring back some diversity of the hybrid.
Weather this week has had a couple days of clouds and fog, but today it really cleared up, and should stay this way for a few days! Good growing conditions. If we keep on this dry pattern for a few more weeks, I think we have a winner!
(2010)
Weather this week has had a couple days of clouds and fog, but today it really cleared up, and should stay this way for a few days! Good growing conditions. If we keep on this dry pattern for a few more weeks, I think we have a winner!
(2010)
Decided to give them another week to pollinate. Males haven't dropped pollen. They are a little behind becuase of shade, being the 2nd wave of plants, and the wet conditons I think. Early on, back in July, the males were pulled out of the good spots so the females could spread out. Looks like we'll produce a bit more seed than we wanted, but they should still have plenty of flower growth. You don't want to go past third week of August with pollination, or nearly the entire buds will be pollinated. Going to have to check them mid week to see how progress is. Once pollination has occured, they'll be pulled. Females bud progress varies, most are small buds, just at pea size now. Tops look nice!
Pulled a few diseased leaves. They're fine. Its the long dew periods and hot afternoons. Plants loved aerating the soil and top dressing. They grew another foot!
Pulled a few diseased leaves. They're fine. Its the long dew periods and hot afternoons. Plants loved aerating the soil and top dressing. They grew another foot!
Kygiacomo!!!
AppAlachiAn OutLaW
i was about to ask the same thing then i seen your post lol
The plants are looking great pipe! they are growing nicely in this hot weather we are having
Yeah buddy, thanks guys! They're on track now. The white fuzz is good I'm pretty sure. Its just a beneficial fungus breaking down the fertilizer into plant available nutrients. Loosening the soil seemed to get it going. I've seen it before after I top dressed.
Keep that sunshine coming!
Keep that sunshine coming!
Plants have been getting little sips of water with the heavy dew running down their stems every morning. You can see the moist soil by the stem in some of the pics. Getting a good rain this morning.. Warning, heavy bud growth is occurring with this storm.
Read a little in my soil microbiology book:
"Aggregates aren't entirely solid. They contain open spaces called pores. Pore size is important because it controls entry and colonization of aggregates by microorgainisms. Pore size also influences the diffusion of water and air through aggregates......
Microorganisms usually occupy between 0.2% and 0.4% of the pore space within aggregates; it is more common to find them on the outside..... Fungi are usually on the outside of aggregates.....
.....Concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide vary. Lowest oxygen concentration corresponds usually with high carbon dioxide concentration. Oxygen decreases because it is consumed by biological activity. Carbon dioxide increases because of respiration. A soil with high clay content or high organic matter and microbial population, carbon dioxide is commonly high (10% of soil air). Carbon dioxide disappears mostly through diffusion into the atmosphere.....
.....Gas diffusion through water is much slower than through air. Oxygen diffuses 10,000 times slower through water than through air."
We want to get all the air we can down there for all Gods critters to work. Prevent crust by putting down mulch. Do some light tillage to loosen the crust if necessary. Avoid over watering! Be amazed.....
"Aggregates aren't entirely solid. They contain open spaces called pores. Pore size is important because it controls entry and colonization of aggregates by microorgainisms. Pore size also influences the diffusion of water and air through aggregates......
Microorganisms usually occupy between 0.2% and 0.4% of the pore space within aggregates; it is more common to find them on the outside..... Fungi are usually on the outside of aggregates.....
.....Concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide vary. Lowest oxygen concentration corresponds usually with high carbon dioxide concentration. Oxygen decreases because it is consumed by biological activity. Carbon dioxide increases because of respiration. A soil with high clay content or high organic matter and microbial population, carbon dioxide is commonly high (10% of soil air). Carbon dioxide disappears mostly through diffusion into the atmosphere.....
.....Gas diffusion through water is much slower than through air. Oxygen diffuses 10,000 times slower through water than through air."
We want to get all the air we can down there for all Gods critters to work. Prevent crust by putting down mulch. Do some light tillage to loosen the crust if necessary. Avoid over watering! Be amazed.....
