Derbybud
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Well sorry i can't help ya with the brix but I did want ya to know that those droopsies are gone. That girl is praying to the sun gods now. Nice recovery.
Amy Gardner Of Eden: Forest Adventures With Doc Bud’s HBB
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Finally all subbed up & caught up, Amy! Great journal, awesome pics & gorgeous plants. 
I'm lovin' your WW!
I'm lovin' your WW!
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Thanks Shed - I can think in imperial too, I grew up with metric at school and imperial at home - all my siblings were older and I landed right in the transition to metric. I remember, from a child’s perspective, all the kerfuffle about money etc.More like the stuff of nightmares.
Everything is looking lovely in Eden, and your math looked good to my imperial eye. Here's to sunny days ahead.
Those birds are wild looking hey! Big nobbly bump on their scary looking beak too
Thanks Krip- me too!Finally all subbed up & caught up, Amy! Great journal, awesome pics & gorgeous plants.
I'm lovin' your WW!
Welcome to my journal man! And to my personal Eden
I’m super stoked to have you along. Thanks for all the help you give me in the Q&A too 
Things are looking lovely over here Amy! I can see why you are smitten with that girl! She looks to be loving life.
And to you as well for the Q&A help 
Yep - about a week in flower now. It’s up so high and I’m so short, I can’t really see them from above. The last lot of photos I took while just holding the camera above my head and hoping for the best! I had to delete a lot before I got the angles right
Cheers Derby
Looking great Amy! Wow, that WW is a monster!
Cheers weenThanks for dropping in
It really brightens my days so much to have people visit the garden. I had a real world visitor recently who was happy to sit amongst plants and just be and tall and it was sooo nice
Well I hope I can get it to finish. I had a sativa into mid April last year I think and it made it ok, so fingers crossed. Jo also had issues with not much sun on it if I remember right - I’m confident I’ll get this one through.
Flo’ widdit ... (maybe you’re the only one who reads the text
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I couldn’t disagree more!
not trying - actually figuring it out!
Sometimes I get the definite sense that the critters have some awareness of me - the birds less so tho. They seem to go out of their way to make it as difficult as possible to capture them in frame! The dragonflies and spiders though, the actually seem to play with me, the kangas too. They used to freak out when a camera was pointed at them. These days they hold a gaze into the lens and e so relaxed. They’re all getting very used to me. I spend long times sitting in their space without moving much, they’re comfortable.
That video is a Little Friarbird - they have quite different calls to the Noisy one. Most of the sounds you hear there are other birds anyway. I looked a bit and didn’t find much that shows it - if I find one, I’ll drop it in the lounge for you
Someone hinted that we could upload videos now. If that’s true I will try to capture the phenomena myself and share it for you.
So nice to have responders in the garden. I’m very ok with solitude - but I do love company!
I might indulge in another taster of the MiG29... some morning haze to get me out into the garden. I have to take the lower leaves off the Critical Mass - one’s too close to the dirt. Maybe the haze is a bad idea... it made me totally non-dexterous the other day which might not be ideal for pruning
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It's time to categorize your jars by expected upcoming tasks...
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Woohoo! I’ve been desiring exactly that reality. Variety enough to be activity specific regarding strain selection.
Funnily enough I haven’t moved since I typed that I had to go out to the garden
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@SweetSue In particular for Sue, but for everyone else too. I found some Noisy Friarbird recordings that are similar to the birds here. Hopefully embedding the audio will work, let’s try. Nope. It works as links to mp3s, that’ll do.
This recording is from a different location and the musical phrases apparently vary a lot by location. A lot more than I realised actually - I really need to record ours, I’ve been meaning to for years.
Ours are not quite as squeaky and have a wider range of notes. In general they have a wide variety of calls and this is only one, but you’ll get the idea (some sounds of Eden:
And in the morning or evenings (twilight) they will sit up high and to this for hours - again ours are less squeaky and more bell like - it’s quite beautiful (unles you’re very close!).
This recording is from a different location and the musical phrases apparently vary a lot by location. A lot more than I realised actually - I really need to record ours, I’ve been meaning to for years.
Ours are not quite as squeaky and have a wider range of notes. In general they have a wide variety of calls and this is only one, but you’ll get the idea (some sounds of Eden
:And in the morning or evenings (twilight) they will sit up high and to this for hours - again ours are less squeaky and more bell like - it’s quite beautiful (unles you’re very close!).
Oooh that first one is so cool and latin percussion...like a Cuica! I can't believe no one has sampled that into a song yet.
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It’s in my head! its in my head! I have at least 3 tracks in my head that feature them in some way. I have samples taken years ago that are buried amongst the Zip disks that I I use with the Akai 3200... ahhh dreams. I’m close to having it all set up and usable again. Then we’ll see if I can still use it!
You are welcome for the help. I just took the figured you had already arrived at and divided them by 4. I did not break everything down starting from the beginning so my suggestion is only as accurate as your math. I feel like you have a good handle on it though!
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Ohhh yeahhh.... the final figures were written on the picture I shared of Doc’s instructions - I’d forgotten that
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Predator update
I’ve had this photo (3rd photo down) for over a week and keep forgetting to share it. Remember the tiny spider colony ...
... that I wondered if maybe was the offspring of the critter of the week from a couple of updates ago? (This lovely, shown here on the same part of the plant, for those who didn’t see it )
Well I’m pretty sure they were it’s babies. I managed to get a close up using the old loupe over the phone lens that I used to use for trich closeups and they’re definitely tiny baby jumping spiders. They are only about 1mm, maybe 1.5mm at most. You can make out the 2 forward facing eyes on a couple of them
InTheShed mentioned elsewhere that they usually spread out and disappear in 3-4 days or so and that’s just what happened. I went out a couple fo days after this with the tripod thinking to Ray for some better shots and they were nowhere to be seen.
Continuing on with the wide range of spiders I have, this one below was spotted close to the base of the White Widow earlier in the week. At least I think it’s a spider - maybe it’s a web making insect. We’ll find out eventually.
In any case, it’s also very tiny and I had a hard time capturing it in photo. That’s a really small leaf it’s on, plus, I was a bit unsteady and there isn’t much light down there! I managed to get a few without motion blur that show a few features though.
Quite speccy isn’t it!?
I’ll update the Predators of Eden (link in sig for anyone interested) thread with these sometime tomorrow - and maybe increase my chances of identifying it that second spider. I haven’t really had the chance to look it up yet.
At some point I’ll also report back here, from there, with a post showing the ones I can identify now
I’ve had this photo (3rd photo down) for over a week and keep forgetting to share it. Remember the tiny spider colony ...
... that I wondered if maybe was the offspring of the critter of the week from a couple of updates ago? (This lovely, shown here on the same part of the plant, for those who didn’t see it
)Well I’m pretty sure they were it’s babies. I managed to get a close up using the old loupe over the phone lens that I used to use for trich closeups and they’re definitely tiny baby jumping spiders. They are only about 1mm, maybe 1.5mm at most. You can make out the 2 forward facing eyes on a couple of them
InTheShed mentioned elsewhere that they usually spread out and disappear in 3-4 days or so and that’s just what happened. I went out a couple fo days after this with the tripod thinking to Ray for some better shots and they were nowhere to be seen.
Continuing on with the wide range of spiders I have, this one below was spotted close to the base of the White Widow earlier in the week. At least I think it’s a spider - maybe it’s a web making insect. We’ll find out eventually.
In any case, it’s also very tiny and I had a hard time capturing it in photo. That’s a really small leaf it’s on, plus, I was a bit unsteady and there isn’t much light down there! I managed to get a few without motion blur that show a few features though.
Quite speccy isn’t it!?
I’ll update the Predators of Eden (link in sig for anyone interested) thread with these sometime tomorrow - and maybe increase my chances of identifying it that second spider. I haven’t really had the chance to look it up yet.
At some point I’ll also report back here, from there, with a post showing the ones I can identify now
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Oh wow Turbo! I totally missed you pop in back there
Sorry man!Welcome, belatedly, to my becoming garden of Eden
I’m glad I had to check back for flowering start dates... or I might never have seen it
Good day to you Amy (you're probably asleep right now)! It's morning here and one of my favorite ways to start my day is to enjoy your wonderful updates -- especially pics - with a cup of joe. I love the shape and health of your WW -- hope mine turns out that nice! 
Well said!!I enjoy reading her latest over a cup of mud myself! Cheers!Good day to you Amy (you're probably asleep right now)! It's morning here and one of my favorite ways to start my day is to enjoy your wonderful updates -- especially pics - with a cup of joe. I love the shape and health of your WW -- hope mine turns out that nice!
Yeah Amy you were right about my idea I had for four posts on a raised bed with a shade cloth of some kind to filter the sun. Should help with my 100+F days in the summer.
Now that you mentioned it I can’t remember where I made that comment lol!
I love the garden updates. They’re all so happy! Doc says pests become less of a problem once we can hit 12 Brix on our plants. Do you have a refractometer? If not, where would you say your at?
I’m thinking I’ll run my green doctor from MMG outdoors this summer. That and maybe an auto or two just for the giggles.
Trying to fly by....
Hope you are well Amy
Got hit by the "time to heal wounds you didn't know you had" bulldozer.
Got a few triggers thrown at me these past few days.
I will make it through, just don't have energy for a lot of other things
Hope you are well Amy
Got hit by the "time to heal wounds you didn't know you had" bulldozer.
Got a few triggers thrown at me these past few days.
I will make it through, just don't have energy for a lot of other things
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I truly sympathise BirdieTrying to fly by....
Hope you are well Amy
Got hit by the "time to heal wounds you didn't know you had" bulldozer.
Got a few triggers thrown at me these past few days.
I will make it through, just don't have energy for a lot of other things
These things can hit really suddenly when you least expect it can’t they? It’s happening because you’re ready for it and equipped to get through it, remember that and comfort yourself with that thought, too. You got this Birdie! Even when ‘got this’ means days of complete rest, or complete focus on trudging through post-traumatic psychological mud as thick and heavy as wet concrete. Sometimes that’s what’s needed... and then children’s bedtime stories to ground the heart Sending big loving hugs and strength to you across the seas, Phoenix I don’t have one yet but I was excited to find out recently (via the Q&A) that the super cheap ones are ok. It’s absolutely the next thing on the “small gadget” wish list.
I would have no real idea about the Brix levels, but they’re there. This time last year, neiko said my plants looked in High brix territory and these look a bit better than those for sure, so anywhere from 12-14 maybe? I really have no idea
They’re shiny for sure (and without leafwash for a couple of weeks now), but we have had a lot of very hot days too, and then some cooler nights, so there are natural environmental stressors in the mix as well. I do wonder though, if plants are more adaptable to them outdoors.
It also wouldn’t surprise me if the White Widow was higher than the other 2 as well. It has a “thickness” to it. Maybe that’s genetic, but I dont know. It seems to have denser tissue than the other 2 - maybe that sounds crazy, and I’m a bit high on my Saturday morning wake n bake rght now, but that’s the sense I get from the WW. It will be interesting to watch going forward and into next season after another round of ammendments and a long slow cook on the raised bed.
I was thinking about what you said elsewhere (and I cant remember where now - again! I think at yours maybe) about starting with pots outside before doing a raised bed to get your “outdoor grow chops” up. So - here’s what I recommend most highly to you my friend. Get your outdoor soil tested by @Doc Bud because, if it can be amended for the kit the products, a rasied bed is waaaaaay easier than growing in a pot outside. The other day Yeti let me know that DB recommends minimum 26gal outside
And yes! I can see why that is so. I have WW in a 13.5 gal and currently it needs water every 1.5-2 days. It’s busy - and a little demanding for me (but I love it so much so it gets what it needs 
). Plus, the raised bed uses a phenomenally small amount of product - when you get that right
. And because I only need to give water in between I can just turn the hose on and come back an hour later and turn it off. It’s way, way easier, massively more efficient and totally, deeply satisfying. It’s in the ground . I can’t recommend it more highly.
If Archiweedies turns his hose on and comes back an hour later to turn it off, two hours after that he gets a summons from the water company!
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I personally don't have the space, but it would need to be harvested from a surface free of any organic material, which leaves out rain gutters. How do you keep rainwater from becoming black water? It doesn't rain here from late March to late November so it would need to keep quite some time.
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I dont know! We collect rain via gutters and our water doesnt go bad. We have 3 house tanks all about 11000L each and a big garden tank that’s 9000L and a small 1000L garden tank also. All catching different roofs.
We filter it in the kitchen for drinking and wash and do everything else without filtering. It’s fine. Amazing actually. There have been periods where we didn’t have rain for long enough that we ran out and had to buy. The water at the end was still waaay better than the stuff we bought to get us through!
So I don’t know why it doesn’t go black.
My nephew says its the best water in the county!
We filter it in the kitchen for drinking and wash and do everything else without filtering. It’s fine. Amazing actually. There have been periods where we didn’t have rain for long enough that we ran out and had to buy. The water at the end was still waaay better than the stuff we bought to get us through!
So I don’t know why it doesn’t go black.
My nephew says its the best water in the county!