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Sun&Soil
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I had an AK47 that was pollinated by a careless neighbor decades ago. What I thought was a tragedy actually turned into a gem.
Those seeds produced a great line that tends to do exceptionally well with my questionable Falls. I have kept it going for 20plus years and has been my primary go to. Friends interested in breeding have crossed it several times and I'll grow those out aswell. Those have done well with the crappy Falls too.
About 3 years ago I discovered fems and a whole new world of cannabis cultivars. I've branched out since and haven't gone back to that AK47 x ?.
My seed stock is low and I need to do a seed run to conserve it, but I can't seem to get away from trying all of these new cultivars.
This picture is from the last time I grew it. 4 summers ago I think? Man time goes by quick.
Mrs S&S finds it to be too gassy for her tastes and the buzz knocks her on her ass. She's not a lightweight by any means, but this particular line gets to her. I think that's the subconscious reason behind me trying all of these new cultivars.
I just spent $180 at the grow store. I bought a bag of perlite I really didn't need which would have saved a bunch of coin but the finally had #3! They have only had #4 recently......I like #3 a lot better do I jumped at the chance to get it.
@BIG, when you grew with 100% perlite how did you get rid of all that?
Sun&Soil
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You would be suprised.we recycle all our ProMix soil for sure….that dirt is getting to expensive to just throw away
besides , where does one throw away dirt?…
Africanna
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Stretching in general is great prevention medicine
I tended to avoid taking any muscles relaxers or opiates/pseudo-opiates and then doing physical labor, as it often resulted in far greater pain later.Two cups of coffee a tramadol and a robaxin are working now for a dab and go pitch some hay.
But sometimes stuff needs done.
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oldfogey8
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Love the purple.
Sun&Soil
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@bigsur51 aren't you living in the prairies? Your native soil has got to be top notch stuff loaded with all sorts of healthy goodness.
I'm totally ignorant as I've never been out that way and experienced it myself, but I have to imagine all of that self feeding prairies do, you have yourself a great resource for your base.
I'm totally ignorant as I've never been out that way and experienced it myself, but I have to imagine all of that self feeding prairies do, you have yourself a great resource for your base.
Africanna
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It can be amended ad infinitum and will continue to improve.we recycle all our ProMix soil for sure….that dirt is getting to expensive to just throw away
besides , where does one throw away dirt?…
that is what we do
we add lime , blood and bone meal , chicken poop , worm castings , and some special voodoo ad infinitum….
oldfogey8
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we recycle all our ProMix soil for sure….that dirt is getting to expensive to just throw away
besides , where does one throw away dirt?…
Africanna
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Excelentethat is what we do
we add lime , blood and bone meal , chicken poop , worm castings , and some special voodoo ad infinitum….
Like the others, even after converting to volcanic pumice, and despite criticisms from living soil folks, I also tend to dump my used mixes into the produce gardens outside. Usually into the potato field, but sometimes into the raised beds.
We also run a decent size compost bin with a secondary compost area for when the primary is nearly converted, and from the secondary the stuff goes into the other gardens.
Those protocols and using older bulk organics from the cannabis that I have lost interest in has provided us with some stellar spuds.
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Sun&Soil
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It tends to grow with sporadic purpling and cranberry colors. It is also splotches or spotty and not a consistent coloring.
Stay away from the salts, keep the roots in the soil after harvest and watch it get better grow after grow. That's how I garden.
A long-time friend in the Yukon Territory makes his own arrow points from black rock we find on the beaches there out near the NW area of Taggish Lake, near the Carcross Narrows. He uses them with the recurve bow he made.
Some of the rock on the shoreline just SE of the Taggish Narrows is sharp enough that if you land a soft-skinned boat on shore or fall when landing, it can get a bit gruesome. When fracturing the rocks to make points, along the fracture line edge can be as sharp as any razor.
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I'd read (and somewhat practiced very briefly) that the reuse of any used (higher salts) soils/mixes can be made more successful with alfalfa meal being added as both a buffer and nutrient source when reconditioning.
But I also would suspect that a pile left outside to age, getting precipitation, age, etc. would naturally lower the existing salts from previous uses.
oldfogey8
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