Sativeo de perrera

[Eltitoguay]

Outdoor cultivation of sativa-dominant hybrids and pure sativas.
Latitude of about 38.5°N, and altitude of about 800 meters (2630 feet), in the northernmost valley of the northern slope of the "old" or Iberian or European Sierra Morena, to differentiate it from the American Sierras Morenas of Mexico or Argentina.

As a cultural curiosity, let me tell you that although my Sierra Morena is the European one, it is the one referred to in the original lyrics of the world-famous Mexican song "Cielito Lindo" (and which practically functions as the unofficial Mexican anthem): In 1882, the Mexican musician Quirino Mendoza y Cortés adapted/changed the original music (with Andalusian or Manchegan Seguidilla style, or Manchegan or Andalisian Fandango style) to the Mexican mariachi/ranchera song, to pay tribute to his wife, who, coinciding with the song, also had black eyes and a mole next to her mouth, and whom the author also met and fell in love with her, in Sierra Morena, although this time in the Mexican Sierra Morena (Chiapas), also called the Mayan Sierra Morena.
Of course, the original music was more similar to this...(warning that last one may make your hair stand on end...)
Seguidillas:




Fandangos:

 

[Eltitoguay]

I live on the northern slope of a low mountain, with Sierra Morena to the South, and a large valley at my feet, to the North. The climate is "continental Mediterranean" or "inland mountain Mediterranean".
This spring has been abnormally rainy, within a structural drought of several years, and the pastures/savannahs of the valley and the surrounding hills are bursting with flowers. Some photos of the valley under the drizzle, at the beginning of this month of May:

 

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19-May-2024
This season I want to grow 4 plants:
Flash Back 2ed. feminized (Flo x White Widow; Sweet Seeds), Nueva Caledonia  regular ("landrace"; Asociación de Cultivadores Españoles aka A.C.E.), Extreme Haze regular (NL#5-Haze "extreme haze pheno" x Old Timers Haze "green light pheno"; Tropical Seeds Company aka T.S.Co.), and Green Haze 19 A5 feminized (Green Oldtimers Haze #19 x NL#5-Haze A; A.C.E.).
They were born between the 5th and 17th of this month, and until this morning, they were all still in two pots outside my house, next to the "arreates"(in Spanish) gardens that surround it.

 

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19-May-2024, mornig

Flash Back 2ed. feminized (Flo x White Widow; Sweet Seeds), borned on May-5:

Nueva Caledonia regular ("landrace"; A.C.E.), born on May-8:

Extreme Haze regular (NL#5-Haze "extreme haze pheno" x Old Timers Haze "green light pheno"; Tropical Seeds Company), born May-14:

And Green Haze 19 A5 feminized (A.C.E.);
that yesterday May-18, instead of the root timidly beginning to emerge from the shell when the seed is hydrated, the seedling has emerged as if ejected from the shell, like spaceships when they get rid of their "phases" or useless parts in mid-flight...
I really want to repeat this variety, which I loved a few years ago (of the other 3, I have only farmed Flash Back before).
I buried it in substrate as best I could; I strongly hope she survives such an energetic takeoff...

...And so, it looked this morning; It has only acquired a very faint green hue, invisible in the photo...

 

[Eltitoguay]

When the plants grows a little, I will transplant they up the hill, in "La Perrera" (the outer enclosure of an old kennel where the puppies could be isolated from the adult dogs: it is nothing more than a baseboard of blocks on enriched natural soil, like a small garden, with a light structure of metal posts, and walls and ceiling covered with anti-bird mesh and shading/camouflage mesh: there is no greenhouse's plastic cover).
"La Perrera", "The Dogs' House", same days ago, before transplanting; Next to the entrance door, a "amiguete" and selfless collaborator in this crop, "Yako", in his work to prevent possible "mammals bipeds pests":

"La Perrera" It will be approximately 7 meters long, about 2.25 meters wide, and about 2 meters high:

...And looking from the inside of "La Perrera" to out, another collaborator and "amiguete": the very old "Tigre"; napping, but always "with one eye open"; -Right, my old "Tigre"?-

..."Tigre" is very old, and could die any day now...

 

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The morning of this May-18, I have decided to transplant the New Caledonia of A.C.E.
First, I have to prepare the soil from the hole in the ground of "La Perrera", where I will transplant it.
The old kennel is separated from my house, up the hill. Some photos from how is the road:

 

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18-May-2024
More than 20 years ago, I removed a great part of the cement floor and metal mesh from the outdoor part of this old puppy kennel using a metal bar and pickaxe, until reaching the natural floor. Then I dug 5 large holes as deep as I could, removed that soil, and replaced it with commercial substrate (I don't remember how many bags of Canna Terra Profesional + I had to buy), clay, vermiculite, and river sand. Every year, I only remove that old soil, to add fertilizers and amendments.

I normally collect manure/guano from the animals that abound around me (rabbit, chicken, horses, sheep, goat, bat) as fertilizer; but this year I have not been able to for various reasons, and to initially enrich the substrate of each hole, about 300 grams of Atami ATA NGR Upgrade, about 200 grams of Top Crop Superguano, 50 grams of Top Crop Micro Vita, as well as ash from pruning wood (mainly olive, holm oak, palm and palmetto), coffee grounds, diatomaceous earth, pine bark, and empty snail shells.
I choose one of the 5 possible holes for the Nueva Caledonia (A.C.E.) , and I get to work...

 

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18-May-2024
...As soon as I dig a little, these large larvae begin to appear and emerge...(a toad also came out, which went to bury itself in the next hole)

...And as soon as I touch them, they curl up in the fetal position and play dead; but shortly after leaving them alone, they "resurrect" and try to dig their way back inside the substrate...

 

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18-May-2024
I mix fertilizers and amendments with the soil, fill the hole again and water...

I let the soil absorb the water for 24 hours, and the substrate begins to dry and reoxygenate.

 

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19-May-2024
The next day, I upload up the hill the A.C.E.'s New Caledonia. to transplant it into its hole, which I find like this:

I transplant the seedling, making a tree pit around it, and sprinkling it with diatomaceous earth, and...it's done; It was simple:

 

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19-May-2024
Our mission with the New Caledonia accomplished, it's time to go back down the hill, towards the house

The olive trees are this spring, full of flowers; Even the ground around their trunks is sifted with a carpet of their fallen dried flowers, which I can pick up by the handful

Suddenly, shortly after starting the descent, two of my dogs who are otherwise inseparable friends ("Yako", a working Eastern German Shepherd, and "Chico", an Andalusian winery terrier) begin one of their recurring arguments/fights Germany vs. Spain...

...What about what or why do they argue? Who knows... About the economic policy of the E.U.? About the exterior? About energy?... Naaah; I think because of football...

...

 

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...I think this time the thing is about whether Iniesta or Beckenbauer was better...
-"Leave it now, guys; each one in his own style... What matters is the "beautiful game""-

-"Veeeenga, basta de peleas"-

Well, the truth is that they are just games: "Chico" can be a heavy, daring and provocative pest; and "Yako" shows infinite patience and tolerance with him, never closing his jaws, which he does not show with larger dogs:

 

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21-May-2024
Right now, the 3 another seedling still in pots:
Flash Back 2°edition. feminized (Flo x White Widow; Sweet Seeds), borned on May-5:

Extreme Haze regular (NL#5-Haze "extreme haze pheno" x Old Timers Haze "green light pheno"; Tropical Seeds Company), born May-14:

And the Green Haze 19 A5 feminized (Green Oldtimers Haze #19 x NL#5-Haze A; A.C.E.); born o May-18; (I don't know if she will survive):

 

[Eltitoguay]

O mai... Primo titooo
Quieres probar alguna viejuna de aeritos? Tengo aún algunas Congo PNxOThz... Que se que les tienes ganas. Ah y ciskei y Zambia. Estas son de las primeras.

Besos y abrazos para todos los primicos

 

[Eltitoguay]

Muchísimas gracias, primo @el mani ; te contesto acá para no enredar el hilo del primo Del Monte;
https://www.icmag.com/threads/hombre-del-montes-garden.18123341/

Supongo que la  Ciskei me podría venir bien cuando necesite un sativa temprana, como este año, que es por lo que estoy cultivando la Flash Back#2... Sobre la Old Congo y la Zambian, ¿qué podrías contarme sobre ellas, si ya las probaste?

Salud y mis mejores deseos para ti y l@s tuy@s.

 

[farmerfischer]

Looking good..

 

[El Timbo]

Good luck Tito! Nice strain choices - let's hope you have 4 girls

 

[Eltitoguay]

Greetings, @farmerfischer & @El Timbo.
As the firsts official visitors, we welcome you to our humble yard with an unofficial party...(and music by the Valencian (East Spain) composer and producer of reggae music, Heavy Roots, performed by several international singers)

 

[farmerfischer]

Greetings, @farmerfischer & @El Timbo.
As the firsts official visitors, we welcome you to our humble yard with an unofficial party...(and music by the Valencian (East Spain) composer and producer of reggae music, Heavy Roots, performed by several international singers)