Conradino23's Another Outdoor Grow With High Brix Soil - Air-Pots & SoCal Seed Stock

[Big Sur]

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We're going through another heatwave here and still no rain, nobody knows when the weather's gonna change. I already started hauling a little bit of water for the plants. They're gonna make it, but the yield will be reduced if there's no rain.

No water? The Lebbies will feel like they are right at home! We are in for another heat wave this week in Oregon. Wildfires are raging all around the state now. My asthma is acting up with all the smoke. I have had only 1/4 inch of rain so far this month. Very rare to be this little. Usually July has little or no rain here, but not August. Typically I get 1-2 inches this month. I water my MJ almost every day now. They are thirsty buggers, but they are in tubs. Every strain is blooming now in unison. BOING! Its going to be a big harvest. And a good crop of seeds to boot.

 

[Big Sur]

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lmao,so i did put 1 tbls. of my pee into a 1/2 gallon water and gave it to them hope it's not to much!

I alternate feedings between MG type ferts and pee. MG is added at 1/3 strength (1 tsp per gallon). Pee is added at a rate of 12:1 wateree. They love it!

 

[ilikemsticky]

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damm weather made a liar out of me 4am 76 outside gunna be 102 today and tomorrow i am tired of heat and so are all my plants gunna be hot for the next 2 weeks oh boy!

 

[ilikemsticky]

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hey conrad here's something you might be able to use there called dekprotek modular keeps the pot off the concrete 12in square i have a seven on one no problem I'm sure you could put at least a ten on there i got them from amazon I'm sure there available somewhere else!

 

[Radogast]

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No water? The Lebbies will feel like they are right at home! We are in for another heat wave this week in Oregon. Wildfires are raging all around the state now. My asthma is acting up with all the smoke. I have had only 1/4 inch of rain so far this month. Very rare to be this little. Usually July has little or no rain here, but not August. Typically I get 1-2 inches this month. I water my MJ almost every day now. They are thirsty buggers, but they are in tubs. Every strain is blooming now in unison. BOING! Its going to be a big harvest. And a good crop of seeds to boot.

Congratulations on your harvest hope !

 

[lazyfish]

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Hello Conrad,

You have always talked about making your own seeds. How do you go about it all ? It sounds complicated. I used to think it was a bunch of BS especially when you are growing small time crops and cannot grow out a nice Female or Male to take your pick. Now I dream about the potential pile of seeds and all the different strains...

I found a Master Kush variety and its a male. Lasted long before it showed sex and actually I was convinced he was a she. Then I saw the flowers and culled it but had cloned it weeks earlier. I now have 3 nice clones of this Kush variety and think I should cross it maybe. ?

BTW.... you make this all look so easy. You Fk'ed up a few times in your day, eh?

Just thinkin'

 

[ilikemsticky]

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morning conrad hows the heat your way 80 rite now here going to be 104 today those poor plants did you get your girls watered how far do you have pack the water hope there alright pics?

 

[Conradino23]

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Hello Conrad,

You have always talked about making your own seeds. How do you go about it all ? It sounds complicated. I used to think it was a bunch of BS especially when you are growing small time crops and cannot grow out a nice Female or Male to take your pick. Now I dream about the potential pile of seeds and all the different strains...

I found a Master Kush variety and its a male. Lasted long before it showed sex and actually I was convinced he was a she. Then I saw the flowers and culled it but had cloned it weeks earlier. I now have 3 nice clones of this Kush variety and think I should cross it maybe. ?

BTW.... you make this all look so easy. You Fk'ed up a few times in your day, eh?

Just thinkin'

There's nothing easier than open pollination, you just leave a male in a bunch of females and let him open the pods. Easy-breezy.

Now targeted pollination is a tad harder, but can be done nonetheless. Usually you separate the male from your females in early flowering by putting him in the greenhouse or separate grow room and wait until pollen is being produced.

You collect the pollen into a jar or a bag or whatever, dry it a little in a carton box and then put it back in a bag or a vial and you apply it with a small paintbrush on a chosen female in mid flowering or even on a chosen branch of this female. This gives you F2, F3, F4 and so on or a new F1 progeny if you decide to outcross.

Rule of a thumb is to cross indica male to sativa female for best results or mate two excellent polyhybrids that work for you.

Hope that helps, man.

 

[Conradino23]

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morning conrad hows the heat your way 80 rite now here going to be 104 today those poor plants did you get your girls watered how far do you have pack the water hope there alright pics?

It's gonna be mainstay here in September. ATM we get high 90s in the shadow. Some rainstorms are expected by the end of next week, but it's hard to say how much water is gonna be dropped. Well at least mould is unlikely this season.

 

[lazyfish]

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I might try the targeted pollination. So I dry first? How long to dry pollen?

Thanks,

 

[Conradino23]

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If you wanna apply it straight away, 5-7 days.

 

[Conradino23]

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I'm watching this interview with Mean Gene... I really start liking the guy. He explains in detail what Black Lime Reserve is... so one of the hottest strains around has legs in Afghani x Northern Lights x Burmese. Very modern genes indeed

Shaping Fire Ep. 24 - The Keeper Plants: Cannabis Breeding with guest Mean Gene - YouTube

 

[ilikemsticky]

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hey conrad were experiencing a cold snap today it's 74 outside wow i can actually open the house up for a while lol supposed to be 105 today the girls are drinking lots of water but they look like there enduring it fine they take the heat a lot better than other plants i have going gave them the drench you told me about this morning, have you been out to check out your plants how are they doing,I'm going to watch that video you posted later on today check that out sounds interesting well stay cool!

 

[CareStaker]

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Great video. Speaks to why I try to use and grow genetics that were born here on the east coast of the US. When we understand better, I suspect that we will see that epigenetics is the shaper of adaptation and that that over time is the driver of evolution in both plant and animals.

Yup, same legs as everything else right

Another good reason to grow and buy local.

 

[Conradino23]

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hey conrad were experiencing a cold snap today it's 74 outside wow i can actually open the house up for a while lol supposed to be 105 today the girls are drinking lots of water but they look like there enduring it fine they take the heat a lot better than other plants i have going gave them the drench you told me about this morning, have you been out to check out your plants how are they doing,I'm going to watch that video you posted later on today check that out sounds interesting well stay cool!

It's good to know they're doing ok. Mine are starting to be water stressed, particularly OG UDs, they're getting through their third or 4th set of fan leaves. Chem didn't lose a beat as always. Colombians start to feel it too, yellowing is progressing. Lebs don't feel a thing. I fed them some compost tea to reactivate the upper layer of soil. It's an injection, but should pull them through till weekend when first autumn rainfall is expected.

Great video. Speaks to why I try to use and grow genetics that were born here on the east coast of the US. When we understand better, I suspect that we will see that epigenetics is the shaper of adaptation and that that over time is the driver of evolution in both plant and animals.

Yup, same legs as everything else right

Another good reason to grow and buy local.

Yep future is local, locally based diversity of food, weed and everything else. Actually Italy's always been that way, it's a very decentralized country with strong regional identities reflected through language, food, wine, customs etc. Hmm I'm starting to play in my mind with genetics I'd like to grow next year along my usual line-up... Highland Thai just went on the market We'll see how well Lebs perform in hash department, they start giving off the smell. It seems I can expect them to finish by 3rd week of September

 

[Radogast]

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Yep future is local, locally based diversity of food, weed and everything else. Actually Italy's always been that way, it's a very decentralized country with strong regional identities reflected through language, food, wine, customs etc.

I love that about Italy. Oil served with bean soup in Firenze. In Roma and Asissi - just not done. But even towns closer together have differences, I saw gubbo (a sort of eggplant/zucchini vegetable) in two restaurants in a small tuscan town, the two adjacent tuscan towns never heard of it. - - Then again, this is food and Italy

 

[Conradino23]

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Yeah that's an accurate picture. Some foods are limited to 100 km2 in Italy, 27 languages are also spoken within Italian borders and they all usually have few dialects that stamp strong accents on Italian language, which is fairly new to most of Italians btw as it spread in the 50s and 60s. That makes it quite easy to tell where you are from.

Another thing is a variety of microclimates that owes a lot to 2 mountain ranges, one separating the country into Western and Eastern part and another one being the border of Italy that also marks the frontier of Mediterranean climate. Valleys, lakes and coasts all influence the weather, what you can grow, how good it is, what character it has etc. This is best exemplified in wine probably, DOC and DOCG appelations and maybe one day will be accepted for weed

 

[NorCaliwood]

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Maybe next year you can find some polymer crystals to mix in the hole before you plant. I see some people using straight diapers in the bottom of their holes to hold more water to release as it drys out. They call them water crystals. They absorb 10 times their size in water to slow release it as needed..... I use to be able to get them by the tons from a Homeboy that works as a millwright on a line that made diapers. But you can always throw 4 or 5 in the bottom of your next garden.. Might help when needed? Just a thought. I've used the crystals before and might be the difference between a harvest and dead plants? They add the polymer to diapers because of its water absorbing properties.
Interesting stuff... GL in the gardens and I hope you get some water soon..

Keepem Green

 

[ilikemsticky]

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morning conrad i was glad to hear that your plants are ok i've heard a lot about the og's they are picky i guess you rely on the local rainfall for your plants like a true farmer,my skunk is flowering full on the lower fans are yellowing it seems a little premature maybe i need to pee on it again lol i did top dress with ewc and a few day's later top dressed with some n guano but the leaves keep yellowing it's at 4 weeks of flower so maybe it's that and the heat the other 3 are looking good i think there is some heat stress going on there going to have grin and bear it because it's going to stay like this for another week there's 2 day's of 106 in the forecast damm heat!

 

[Conradino23]

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Maybe next year you can find some polymer crystals to mix in the hole before you plant. I see some people using straight diapers in the bottom of their holes to hold more water to release as it drys out. They call them water crystals. They absorb 10 times their size in water to slow release it as needed..... I use to be able to get them by the tons from a Homeboy that works as a millwright on a line that made diapers. But you can always throw 4 or 5 in the bottom of your next garden.. Might help when needed? Just a thought. I've used the crystals before and might be the difference between a harvest and dead plants? They add the polymer to diapers because of its water absorbing properties.
Interesting stuff... GL in the gardens and I hope you get some water soon..

Keepem Green

I'm gonna definitely work on water retention next year. I will make sure there's enough. First run on the new spot for me is always probing the possibilities and risk, but if I see harvest this year then I know I can go balls on it and even expand a little. We should have rainy weekend, all weather forecasts scream "rain". Some cooling down would be perfect for the plants, so I'm looking forward to it!