The IC Organic Growers Community Thread.

[VerdantGreen]

i use a program called 'graphic converter' to size my photos and 'save for web' at about 140kb. you get the choice if you want to keep exif data or not. i think its free to download.

its a bit scarey when you first post pics. i went for years thinking people were absoutely crazy to post pics online... then i realized that its pretty safe and defo much safer than talking to peeps in real life about your grow.

VG

VG

 

[vonforne]

I use irfanview to resize photos and when you upload them to the site it strips all information from the photo saying

This site does not supply owner information
Connection encrypted.

Look at a photo in my albums. Right click on that photo and then go to ´General` then click on information and you will see that the photo is stripped of personal information to prevent anyone from seeing what camera you use or where you were at.

If that is not good enough you can go and use Microsoft Photo editor also.

If the photographs are in one folder, you can easily remove the EXIF data from one or more of these photographs using Windows Explorer itself without requiring any additional software.

Select all the images files, right click and choose Properties. Now hit the Details tab and click on the “Remove Properties and Personal Information” link. The next screen will give you an option to remove the various metadata that is embedded inside the pictures.

 

[Weird]

FastStone is a very good program for image management manipulation and to strip data from your photos

like picasa but without the big brother component

 

[soursmoker]

Hey guys what's up just realized I never formally introduced myself... I just came in here rude as hell asking questions...

Well here is my introduction...

I am a micro grower... for now.. but I am looking to upgrade...

I have mostly grown in Half gallon pots and smaller under a 150w HPS in my soil mix...

My soil consists of simple base mix - Peat, Coast of Maine Lobster Compost and some Dusty Perlite and Hydroton...

All I could get was the really dusty perlite and hydroton so i figured both would be better than just one of em...

I ammeneded my soil the the KIS Organics Nutrient Pack and it worked great!

Here are some buds I have grown...

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And here is a picture of my setup... but it is not all yellow/red right now because my HPS blew out and it won't be horizontal for very long I don't think...

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Lol don't have many good pics... I doubt I'll be winning the contest but that is VERY kind of Verdant Green to donate them!

You can click pretty much any link in my SIG and see my grows...
Some are just starting... Some already over...

So glad to be a part of the IC Organic Growers Community!

 

[palmero]

This site does not supply owner information
Connection encrypted.

Hi von, if you go back to your post No.103 and load down one of your fotos (save image as) you can read all of the EXIF data.
Your camera is Nikon C*****

 

[Volga Budmen]

so then what is your solution palmero?

 

[soursmoker]

what I do is right click on my picture > click properties > click the details tab at the top> at the bottom there is a "Remove Properties and Personal Information" link, click it > select create a copy with all possible properties removed > and your done! you now have an exact copy of that picture with no info... atleast I hope... cuz that is how I have been doing it...

 

[stihgnobevoli]

so then what is your solution palmero?

i use a program called, fotosizer, it strips the exif data. least i thought that's what i've been doing. when i resize the pics and save em it's supposed to have no exif on it, least thats the option i set.

here do you see any on this pic?

 

[vonforne]

Here is this week. I have found bore worms in some of the stems. One of the smaller plants have taken heavy damage and I have found them on all plants in this area. I have sprayed with neem oil on one occasion and them Spinosad later in the day. Squeezing the stem in the effected area and then spraying. I have several plants that look great but have the little bastards in them. I am hoping that this will work.

Anyone ever have these? and if so what was your treatment approach?

 

[vonforne]

Here is a shot of a damaged stem. I have one plant almost totally taken out with just a few lower stems left intact. Most have early signs of this.

 

[BugJar]

You should consider starting to support them Immediately von

 

[vonforne]

The worm kills the stem from the inside out........I don´t like using that spinosad outside due to the effect on the bee population.

I will support the branches soon but it is on someones land and I have to keep the tracking down. I try and go in a different way each time but the rain has stopped here and it makes a trail easily. I will have to wait for a while on that.

 

[canniption]

my ozark mountain gorilla

my ozark mountain gorilla

aw,the European corn borer,i used to deal with them when I lived in Minnesota.not a lot will stop them,short of pesticides.i used to stick a needle in and around the hole in the stem to try and kill em.anyway,heres some of this seasons o.d.7 yr. old rols in 20 gal. tubs.i had a soil test done this year that indicated everything was good but a little low on the N.,so I amended with a mix of fish,kelp and alfalfa meals.so far so good.
from left to right.
kens kush
golden lei
destroyer
blue dream

 

[W89]

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just found out I have this plant in my area. Wild alfalfa.


Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh ) Rydb.
[=Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh]

Perennial
Height: 1-4 feet
Family: Fabaceae - Bean Family
Flowering Period: May, June, July
Also Called: Many-flower scurf-pea, scurfy pea.
Stems: Erect or ascending, 1 to several, wiry, much-branched, longitudinally ridged, grayish hairy.
Leaves: Alternate, short-stalked, palmately compound, stem-leaves 5-foliolate, branch leaves often 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, 1/2 to 2 inches long, 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide, nearly glabrous above, stiff hairy below; margins entire; tips usually blunt or rounded, abruptly short-pointed.
Inflorescences: Racemes, elongate, many-flowered, terminal.
Flowers: Calyces bell-shaped, 5-lobed, lower lobe slightly longer than 4 upper lobes, conspicuously glandular-dotted; corollas papilionaceous, about 1/4 inch long, light blue to purple, usually in clusters of 2-4, stamens 10, 9 united, 1 free.
Fruits: Pods, egg-shaped, smooth, about 1/3 inch long, glandular-dotted; seeds smooth, often shiny, brown.
Habitat: Dry sandy or rocky prairies, open woodlands, and roadsides.
Distribution: Throughout the Midwest.
Forage Value: Livestock do not particularly like it but will consume its early growth or plants cured in prairie hay.

Uses: The Lakota treated headaches with a tea made from the roots and burned the plant to ward off mosquitoes.

Comments: This native legume resembles alfalfa but has smaller and narrower leaves that grow less densely. Wild alfalfa is fairly drought resistant, with roots going down 10 feet.

Von I can get this stuff around my way didnt realise it was alfalfa lol same with that crimson clover!

 

[ozzieAI]

The worm kills the stem from the inside out..

i wonder if neem oil used systemically will help you with your bug problem...i think it might as the neem is transferred throughout the plant and has help stop my plant munchers

good luck with it...

 

[vonforne]

Thanks gang. I have neem in the soil when I planted them so ........

I have treated them with neem and spinosad so we will see. I will hit them again on thursday and check the plants.

W89, that is cool! Along with the wild alfalfa I have discovered that I have tons of chicory that has just finished blooming with nice blue flowers.

 

[Eighths-n-Aces]

Do you happen to own a copy of Hemp diseases and Pests V?

It says that "91% of ECB galls are located in the lower three-quarters of cannabis plants, while hemp borers tend to infest the the upper third of plants". That might help you figure out what you have

The book says that beneficial nematodes like Steinernema carpocapsae can be injected directly into the stalks and that Bt can be effective against young larvae but it does no good once they are inside the stem

 

[ICMaggotMe]

Do you happen to own a copy of Hemp diseases and Pests V?

I don't know if this is version V, but here is a pdf of the same book.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/52880514/...ontrol-Mc-Partland-R-C-Clarke-D-P-Watson-2000

 

[Eighths-n-Aces]

^^^^^ thats the same book!

well worth reading IMHO

 

[dreadlock]

Just read this, hope you get it sorted V..sounds like a nasty bug! I've been battling a thrips infestation past few days..such a nuisance. At least next time you'll be prepared..goodluck