OregonBorn
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Concentrates are all over the place up here. Just have to go to the right place I guess.
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OregonBorn
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Five dollah... five dollah gram buuuuud!
Lots of places have $5 weed around here. Usually bottom shelf stuff, but sometimes not. I picked up a kick-ass gram of Durban for $5. And a $5 gram of Blue Magoo that is really tasty. Only bad thing is that they tend to run out fast of the better super cheap stuff.
Oregon is the cheapest place in the states for weed though. Gotta love that.
PDX Dopesmoker
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Weed in Oregon weed stores is cheap because its outdoor flower, not because its lesser quality. Sungrown pot can be every good as indoor stuff, especially if you baby it like people do with indoor plants.
I find it weird that apparently some people are willing to pay higher prices for lesser material just because the grow was more expensive, but if the result is cheap grams of outdoor blue magoo from the williams valley i am willing to accept it.
Oregonism
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlsQP2S7Cqk
Lesta Bentley, Oregon head, on Weed Nerd live right now...about 45 mins in from the start...sorry stream is live and started at 6:00, so :55 in as I am typing...dispensary, legal talk. Pretty much covered, but its Oregon.....
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Lesta Bentley, Oregon head, on Weed Nerd live right now...about 45 mins in from the start...sorry stream is live and started at 6:00, so :55 in as I am typing...dispensary, legal talk. Pretty much covered, but its Oregon.....
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OregonBorn
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I have found good cheap in and outdoor weed. I have no issues smoking outdoor, and I grow outdoors myself. My weed is better than most of the stuff that I buy and sample, in or out. The issue I find with a lot of cheaper weed on shelves is that a lot of it is old. Not that CBN is a bad thing, but? I have also bought some indoor claimed to be 30% fresh stuff that barely got me stoned. I got a gr of $18 top shelf Bob Marley that was a waste of dough. $5 Durban was far better.
PDX Dopesmoker
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Nobody should, the snob appeal of indoor isn't generally justified by the quality of product it produces as compared to outdoor grown. I don't think I've ever seen an indoor room at more than 1kW/square meter, most are less than half that. The sun gives 1.1kW/square meter and I think that light density makes a big positive difference in producing potent, flavorful flowers.
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Robrites
Man accused of stabbing co-worker at pot grow operation
Man accused of stabbing co-worker at pot grow operation
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- A 28-year-old Medford man is facing attempted murder and other charges after authorities say he stabbed a co-worker at a marijuana grow operation.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says Matthew Gabbard stabbed a co-worker with a knife multiple times in the chest and abdomen Saturday afternoon. The two were cutting irrigation lines at a grow site.
Detectives believe the stabbing was unprovoked and that Gabbard had intended to kill his co-worker.
Authorities say the victim, 31-year-old Jakob Crouch, was taken to a local hospital with stab wounds that did not appear to be life-threatening.
Gabbard was arrested and lodged in the Jackson County Jail after being treated for a cut.
Man accused of stabbing co-worker at pot grow operation
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- A 28-year-old Medford man is facing attempted murder and other charges after authorities say he stabbed a co-worker at a marijuana grow operation.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says Matthew Gabbard stabbed a co-worker with a knife multiple times in the chest and abdomen Saturday afternoon. The two were cutting irrigation lines at a grow site.
Detectives believe the stabbing was unprovoked and that Gabbard had intended to kill his co-worker.
Authorities say the victim, 31-year-old Jakob Crouch, was taken to a local hospital with stab wounds that did not appear to be life-threatening.
Gabbard was arrested and lodged in the Jackson County Jail after being treated for a cut.
OregonBorn
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I am with you there. People just do not realize that light falls off at the square of the distance from the light source. Take a light meter and read the light energy (watts/sq meter) indoors from the top of a 6 foot plant. Then read the bottom. If the top of the plant is one foot away from the light (indoor growers rarely set them close enough) the bottom of the plant is getting 1/36th the amount of light as the top. Go outside and do the exact same thing. The bottom of the plant is now getting the same amount of light as the top. Well, within 1/billionth or so of intensity. Meaning the sun gives the same light top to bottom, whereas indoors it falls off drastically with distance.
Right now I am reading 750 w/sq meter with my solar energy meter outside. Its 12:30 standard time (1:30 daylight time), near high noon. With a 400 watt bulb I get all of 250 watts at a foot distance. At 2 feet that drops to 63 watts. At 3 feet that drops to 30 watts. At 4 feet that drops to 16 watts. And so on. I do grow indoors to start seeds and for cloning, and to finish my plants some years. And indoors is great to keep temps consistent. But when it comes to light, there is simply no comparison. Lights are also really really really spendy. One 400 Watt bulb is a dollar a day, or $30 a month to run for me, at 20/4.
PDX Dopesmoker
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Its almost as if I'm having a conversation with myself, very good to know that there are some other well educated folks out there. Not that simple awareness of the R-squared law requires sophistication, but it does seem like there are a lot of people who don't seem to do the math.
Have you ever run the numbers on the dollar value of free light that a 12' tall, 12' wide plant gets? Thats about $2000/month worth. Not that you need to do the math to tell how good outdoor bud can be, anyone with a moderate amount of experience could tell you after the first bong hit of my outdoor or just by opening the jar.
Two job openings near Medford for anyone who knows how to lay irrigation hose
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Robrites
OregonBorn
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Now that is poetic.
Fire control just went onto effect up here as well this week. No more slash or pile burning. But campfires are still OK. Several fires burning in the gorge now, and east of the Cascades. No rain for a month here. And they predicted that it was going to be a wet cool summer? Wrong again!
OregonBorn
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And be happy we are in Oregon!
They are actually RUNNING OUT OF WEED TO SELL IN NEVADA!
Imagine the export potential w/o the federal Nixon laws on pot.
They are actually RUNNING OUT OF WEED TO SELL IN NEVADA!
Imagine the export potential w/o the federal Nixon laws on pot.
moonymonkey
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just voted to legalize herion,MDMA,methaphetimene....small amounts usage..
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Robrites
Ravenous Mormon crickets could swarm western farms this year
Ravenous Mormon crickets could swarm western farms this year
By The Associated Press
Farmers in the U.S. West face a creepy scourge every eight years or so: Swarms of ravenous insects that can decimate crops and cause slippery, bug-slick car crashes as they march across highways and roads.
Experts say this year could be a banner one for Mormon crickets — 3-inch-long bugs named after the Mormon pioneers who moved West and learned firsthand the insect's devastating effect on forage and grain fields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service reports "significantly higher Mormon cricket populations" on federal land in southwestern Idaho, agency spokeswoman Abbey Powell wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
"There isn't a clear explanation why populations are so much higher this year," Powell wrote. "We know that populations are cyclical. ... In Idaho, in a few locations, we have seen populations as high as 70 per square yard."
The bugs can start to be detrimental to rangeland and crops when they number about 8 per square yard, state officials said.
The federal agency says the bugs— actually katydids, an entomological cousin to grasshoppers — are stretched in a band across southwestern Idaho, concentrated around Winnemucca, Nevada; and sprinkled throughout Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado.
Residents in the north-central Oregon town of Arlington started dealing with Mormon crickets in June, scrambling to protect gardens and farm crops and trying to keep the bugs from invading homes through open windows and doors.
Out-of-control swarms can mean big economic losses for states. In 2003, some counties in Idaho and Nevada were forced to declare states of emergency because of cricket-caused damage. Estimates of crop damage in Utah reached more than $25 million in 2001.
Police and transportation workers also keep an eye on invasions. The bugs are juicy when squished, and when swarms cross the road, they can make the pavement as slick as ice.
Idaho State Police Lt. Col. Sheldon Kelley has responded to wrecks and slide-offs caused by the bug slicks.
"Most people don't know they are coming" until their car is almost on top of the swarm, he said.
Drivers who see pavement that looks like it is moving should slow down and drive as if they are on icy roads, he said. Police work with transportation officials to post warnings and, if necessary, sand roads fouled by cricket carcasses.
Lloyd Knight, a division administrator with the Idaho Department of Agriculture, said he hoped last winter's huge snowstorms would naturally limit their numbers. Female crickets can lay up to 100 eggs each summer, which hatch the following spring.
As it turns out, the deep snow cover helped insulate and protect the eggs, he said.
The department has received more than 100 complaints about infestations this year, but that's still within expected norms for the region, Knight said.
Nevada state officials also say they've seen an increase in swarms this year but nothing excessive so far. A Nevada state entomologist says they expect larger populations in 2018.
There is one silver lining to Mormon cricket infestations, Kelley noted: The bugs make great catfish bait for anglers who aren't too faint of heart.
-- The Associated Press
Ravenous Mormon crickets could swarm western farms this year
By The Associated Press
Farmers in the U.S. West face a creepy scourge every eight years or so: Swarms of ravenous insects that can decimate crops and cause slippery, bug-slick car crashes as they march across highways and roads.
Experts say this year could be a banner one for Mormon crickets — 3-inch-long bugs named after the Mormon pioneers who moved West and learned firsthand the insect's devastating effect on forage and grain fields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service reports "significantly higher Mormon cricket populations" on federal land in southwestern Idaho, agency spokeswoman Abbey Powell wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
"There isn't a clear explanation why populations are so much higher this year," Powell wrote. "We know that populations are cyclical. ... In Idaho, in a few locations, we have seen populations as high as 70 per square yard."
The bugs can start to be detrimental to rangeland and crops when they number about 8 per square yard, state officials said.
The federal agency says the bugs— actually katydids, an entomological cousin to grasshoppers — are stretched in a band across southwestern Idaho, concentrated around Winnemucca, Nevada; and sprinkled throughout Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado.
Residents in the north-central Oregon town of Arlington started dealing with Mormon crickets in June, scrambling to protect gardens and farm crops and trying to keep the bugs from invading homes through open windows and doors.
Out-of-control swarms can mean big economic losses for states. In 2003, some counties in Idaho and Nevada were forced to declare states of emergency because of cricket-caused damage. Estimates of crop damage in Utah reached more than $25 million in 2001.
Police and transportation workers also keep an eye on invasions. The bugs are juicy when squished, and when swarms cross the road, they can make the pavement as slick as ice.
Idaho State Police Lt. Col. Sheldon Kelley has responded to wrecks and slide-offs caused by the bug slicks.
"Most people don't know they are coming" until their car is almost on top of the swarm, he said.
Drivers who see pavement that looks like it is moving should slow down and drive as if they are on icy roads, he said. Police work with transportation officials to post warnings and, if necessary, sand roads fouled by cricket carcasses.
Lloyd Knight, a division administrator with the Idaho Department of Agriculture, said he hoped last winter's huge snowstorms would naturally limit their numbers. Female crickets can lay up to 100 eggs each summer, which hatch the following spring.
As it turns out, the deep snow cover helped insulate and protect the eggs, he said.
The department has received more than 100 complaints about infestations this year, but that's still within expected norms for the region, Knight said.
Nevada state officials also say they've seen an increase in swarms this year but nothing excessive so far. A Nevada state entomologist says they expect larger populations in 2018.
There is one silver lining to Mormon cricket infestations, Kelley noted: The bugs make great catfish bait for anglers who aren't too faint of heart.
-- The Associated Press
OregonBorn
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Mormon crickets... are they the ones that come to the door with the white short sleeve shirts and the bicycle helmets?
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Robrites
Northern Oregon could catch a glimpse of Aurora Borealis on Sunday
Northern Oregon could catch a glimpse of Aurora Borealis on Sunday
Northern Oregon might catch a faint glimpse of the Northern Lights late Sunday night or early Monday morning, forecasters with the National Weather Service said.
While the best views of the lights will be in Washington, those far enough north and away from light pollution have a small chance of seeing the show.
"If you get far enough out away from the city, off in the mountains, in the north, you could maybe see it," National Weather Service forecaster Clinton Rocky said. "We're on the ragged edge of what you can see."
The lights are expected to come as the result of a geomagnetic storm caused by giant clouds of solar plasma produced by solar flares.
Northern Oregon could catch a glimpse of Aurora Borealis on Sunday
Northern Oregon might catch a faint glimpse of the Northern Lights late Sunday night or early Monday morning, forecasters with the National Weather Service said.
While the best views of the lights will be in Washington, those far enough north and away from light pollution have a small chance of seeing the show.
"If you get far enough out away from the city, off in the mountains, in the north, you could maybe see it," National Weather Service forecaster Clinton Rocky said. "We're on the ragged edge of what you can see."
The lights are expected to come as the result of a geomagnetic storm caused by giant clouds of solar plasma produced by solar flares.
OregonBorn
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I usually tell them I am Jewish. Last time I said I was a Wiccan. My SIL is an ordained Wiccan back in Vermont.
OregonBorn
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Solar flares and auroras. Interesting. I am in north Oregon, and rather remote in the west slopes of the Cascades. I get some light pollution in the western sky here from PDX, but I can see the Milky Way on moonless nights. There is a spot up the road a bit from me that has a nice view of the Washington Cascades. I will see what I can see from there tonight.
I am gearing up for the solar eclipse coming here in August. Its already a zoo here with hotel and motel bookings fetching insane gouge prices. The influx of tourists is going to be intense.
OregonBorn
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Oregon goes dark!
Oregon goes dark!
The next solar eclipse will happen on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The timing of the eclipse differs slightly depending on where you're viewing it in Oregon, but the partial eclipse will begin shortly after 9am reaching totality between 10:15am and 10:25am.
How long you see the total eclipse depends largely upon how close you are to the center of what's called the "path of totality". People at the center of the path will experience the total eclipse for about two minutes, while those on the outskirts will see it for just a few seconds. People just above and below the total path will see a partial eclipse. On the coast, the total eclipse will extend from Beaver south to Waldport. In the Willamette Valley, the path extends from Aurora (aptly named) and McMinnville south to Halsey/Brownsville/Sweet Home. In central Oregon the eclipse path will be from just south of Maupin to just south of Redmond/Prineville. The center path of the eclipse runs through or nearly through Depot Bay, Monmouth, Independence, From Stayton to Detroit Lake on Hwy 22, Mt Jefferson, Warm Springs/Madras, and way out in Huntington, just north of Ontario. The dead/ghost town of Valsetz will be dead center. Maybe I will go up to the Avenue of the Giants to see it.
All the hype for a 2 minute show. 36 days and counting!
Oregon goes dark!
The next solar eclipse will happen on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The timing of the eclipse differs slightly depending on where you're viewing it in Oregon, but the partial eclipse will begin shortly after 9am reaching totality between 10:15am and 10:25am.
How long you see the total eclipse depends largely upon how close you are to the center of what's called the "path of totality". People at the center of the path will experience the total eclipse for about two minutes, while those on the outskirts will see it for just a few seconds. People just above and below the total path will see a partial eclipse. On the coast, the total eclipse will extend from Beaver south to Waldport. In the Willamette Valley, the path extends from Aurora (aptly named) and McMinnville south to Halsey/Brownsville/Sweet Home. In central Oregon the eclipse path will be from just south of Maupin to just south of Redmond/Prineville. The center path of the eclipse runs through or nearly through Depot Bay, Monmouth, Independence, From Stayton to Detroit Lake on Hwy 22, Mt Jefferson, Warm Springs/Madras, and way out in Huntington, just north of Ontario. The dead/ghost town of Valsetz will be dead center. Maybe I will go up to the Avenue of the Giants to see it.
All the hype for a 2 minute show. 36 days and counting!
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