Fun In The Sun 2016 - Tiger - Ape - Pitbull - Gorilla & More - Run Wild
VladPutin
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HAPPY 420!
Let's get the introduction and preliminaries out of the way. If you followed my previous journal, most of this is redundant. Feel free to skip ahead. Here's the windup, and the pitch...
STRAINS FOR THIS GROW
Returning champions for this season include: Pitbull, Ace of Spades, Grape Ape x Sensi Star, and Golden Tiger(+). New to the roster are: Liberty Haze, Gorilla Glue #4, and Zamaldelica(+). A total of 7 plants. I have complete strain descriptions for each but I figure you know most of them and I don't want to clog this up with too many details. Following is the Readers' Digest condensed version:
GT = Golden Tiger(+)
GT+ was started from seed in late November, '15. It was sexed and moved into a 1 gal. pot mid-January. It was topped a few times and held until March 27 when I moved it into its current 7 gal. pot.
ZD = Zamaldelica(+)
ZD+ was also started from seed but not until early February. It was slow to show sex — not until late March under 12/12. Re-veg has also been slow. She is still in a 1 gal. pot.
LH = Liberty Haze
LH started from a clone I picked up in early February. It was up-potted to 1 gal early March then into 7 gal on March 27.
GG4 = Gorilla Glue #4
GG4 is another clone, but came late to the party (March 27) after my Panama seeds were males. She was up-canned to 1 gal immediately and is still there.
AS = Ace of Spades
AS is a cutting from a cutting of one of my outdoor plants last year. I kept her in a 1 gal pot all winter, up potting to 7 gal. with the others on March 27.
PB = Pitbull
PB is the evil twin to AS. She is another cutting from last summer held all winter in a 1 gal pot and moved to 5 gal. March 27. This is my current favorite strain I've grown. In my last grow it was fast, easy, a good yielder, purple, with a wonderful complex fuel smell, and she packs a punch. A real joy to grow. This time around it has become my problem child and is going to get some special attention. PB got the brunt of our recent storms. I had to remove a couple of broken branches. In addition, I'm convinced she has a root problem. I will be exploring what to do today. Both PB and AS will have their hem lines raised and some internal defol' before going in the ground.
GASS = Grape Ape x Sensi Star
GASS was also started from seed in late November '15, sexed and held in a 1 gal pot throughout my previous grow. An unstable F2 hybrid, she was another up-can on March 27. I grew these in my previous grow but they were never given a chance to shine (almost no veg time). I want to see what it can really do.
SOIL
Soil mix is: 2-1-1-1 sawdust-pumice-sandy loam-compost
Above base soil mix was amended (in no particular order) with: EWC, bone meal, guano, blood meal, feather meal, rock phosphate, Epsom salts, dolomite lime, Azomite rock dust, kelp meal, neem meal, myco, alfalfa meal, and humic and fulvic acids. It was mixed and has been cooking since mid-January.
Each pots was made from a piece of 2' x 8' metal lath with a second piece cut and wired to the bottom to create gopher cages. They are buried about ¾ down into the surrounding sandy soil and each holds 10 cu-ft (75 gallons) of the soil mix. I've already found my mix a little too porous. That should be easy to fix in future runs with additional amending. I have five of these pots ready. Because they are so much younger and smaller, two plants will be in smaller pots and in a different location. GG4 will go into a 25 gal. softpot with Promix and organic nute's, while ZD+ will be hanging out in her own 25 gal. softpot of DBHBB.
PESTS
The usual culprits for me: White flies and spider mites without a doubt. Potential pests include: deer, squirrels, gophers, bears, turkeys, moths/caterpillars, and people.
WATERING
Water as needed. It varies a lot. Some plants need it every day (they are ready to up-pot), most about every 4 days currently, The LH went for two weeks and looks very happy.
FERT'S USED
TBD for the 5 big pots. Nothing at first. Trial and error tests along the way. I am trying to stay organic. Fish fert's likely. I can also top dress with more EWC and amendment. Expect experiments on various plants with possible (unintentional) negative consequences. Because of its soil and smaller pot, GG4 will get feedings w/ Earth Juice. ZD will get the usual DBHBB drenches and foliars.
Here are thumbnails (click for larger versions) of where I left off and where we begin:
This is PB. Photo was taken a few days ago. She looks much worse today. She has acted differently than all the other plants since being moved into the bigger pot. PB usually looks over-watered - yet keeps wilting more often than any of the others. Now leaves are drying, necrotic, twisting. FUGLY! I'm not sure what the deal is unless I didn't do a thorough job of mixing my soil (possible). We'll see if she makes it.
AS She has a bit of a list to starboard from the wind.
From left to right: GT, LH, GASS
ZD (left) and GG4 (right) still in their 1 gal pots. They are ready for bigger pots - I just need more room.
This is the future home for the girls getting the larger pots.
Since days are still relatively short, I am keeping all under lights to make sure they don't flip early. The big pots get a couple of hours in the middle of the night, ala GLR. The small pots go inside for a total of 16 hours of light. I hope to hold them this way until mid-May, but IDK if I will be able to at the rate they are growing.
4-20 is a bittersweet start to this outdoor journal - only because my personal fav' strain that was doing great, is now off to a very bad start. Job #1 is to see if I can find the problem and if you all can help me turn her around. I'll try to document what I see...
I look forward to following your growing; especially the compost and feeding experiments! Plants look great!
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Welcome aboard, Vlad!The compost is already in the soil mix. Feeding so far is nothing - just giving them water. As we move forward anything is possible.
Yes Vlad, welcome aboard, but you must pass thru security before entering these parts. Major , sorry bud, but Vlad's not checked out yet...please only disclose minimal info until such time i put him or her thru a security check OK. Won't take long Vlad....a few minutes is all..................................................OK your thru....enjoy your stay here at Major's.
Really envious of Yer' growing climate MP...everything looks marvelous...I cheated...read first page...skipped to ninth...off I go to read the middle...Cheerz..h00k...
Growlow
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In Australia our Possums are a bit more agile than their American counterparts. Look entirely different. They also have a HANKERING for cannabis. They'd consider that a work out before carb loading
Deer don't last long in the wild in Australia 
Garden Store "hey how can I help you"
OG "yes, I need to get a little soil. Do you deliver?"
Garden Store "Why yes we do, how much would you like?"
OG "I think 40,000 pounds will be sufficient. But I don't think that will be enough."
Garden Store "Umm sir...we will send a fleet of dump trucks tomorrow."
Wish I could be in that forest of green. I'll settle for a picture though.
Garden Store "hey how can I help you"
OG "yes, I need to get a little soil. Do you deliver?"
Garden Store "Why yes we do, how much would you like?"
OG "I think 40,000 pounds will be sufficient. But I don't think that will be enough."
Garden Store "Umm sir...we will send a fleet of dump trucks tomorrow."
Wish I could be in that forest of green. I'll settle for a picture though.
Ya eh Nis....what a hoot. Can you just imagine...
Budley Dorite
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Deer don't last long in the wild in Australia
In my thickest Crocodile Dundee accent: A deer? That's not a deer.......Now THATS a deer.
Actually the soil has already been delivered, it was there last weekend when we were busy chopping down trees.Garden Store "hey how can I help you"
OG "yes, I need to get a little soil. Do you deliver?"
Garden Store "Why yes we do, how much would you like?"
OG "I think 40,000 pounds will be sufficient. But I don't think that will be enough."
Garden Store "Umm sir...we will send a fleet of dump trucks tomorrow."
Wish I could be in that forest of green. I'll settle for a picture though.
I will ask if they mind if I take a picture tomorrow when I head out to fill pots and transplant, I am sure they will be fine with it.
Ya eh Nis....what a hoot. Can you just imagine...
Give a hoot don't pollute. No need to imagine, I will post a picture as soon as I get done this weekend
VladPutin
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Yes Vlad, welcome aboard, but you must pass thru security before entering these parts. Major , sorry bud, but Vlad's not checked out yet...please only disclose minimal info until such time i put him or her thru a security check OK. Won't take long Vlad....a few minutes is all..................................................OK your thru....enjoy your stay here at Major's.
Glad I made it! Thanks, Duggan. Being ex-KGB must've helped. Haaha.
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Far East Buds
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Not sure why I wasn't subbed. I'll try to catch up but latest looks nice!
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I haven't noticed possums chowing down. We do have ground squirrels that cause damage, but to the roots. The cages should prevent that. Wild turkeys cause a lot of problems and they don't even eat the stuff. They really tick me off. Since we're about the only ones around here with no dogs, our place has become a deer and turkey preserve. Ummm! Turkey Preserves!In Australia our Possums are a bit more agile than their American counterparts. Look entirely different. They also have a HANKERING for cannabis. They'd consider that a work out before carb loading
Mornin' Bro!!
Oh,...morning Major!
I'm looking forward to seeing your mega-pot filling weekend!Actually the soil has already been delivered, it was there last weekend when we were busy chopping down trees.
I will ask if they mind if I take a picture tomorrow when I head out to fill pots and transplant, I am sure they will be fine with it.
Give a hoot don't pollute. No need to imagine, I will post a picture as soon as I get done this weekend
Not sure why I wasn't subbed. I'll try to catch up but latest looks nice!
FE
Friends!
Growlow
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I haven't noticed possums chowing down. We do have ground squirrels that cause damage, but to the roots. The cages should prevent that. Wild turkeys cause a lot of problems and they don't even eat the stuff. They really tick me off. Since we're about the only ones around here with no dogs, our place has become a deer and turkey preserve. Ummm! Turkey Preserves!
Bastids! Yeah, guess you''ll be making thanksgiving a weekly affair then bloke? haha
Hope you have an awesome weekend bro!
Bloody Turkey's....I'm working on a new security feature to deal with them pal....pictures of Thanksgiving dinners autta work just fine!
Bloody Turkey's....I'm working on a new security feature to deal with them pal....pictures of Thanksgiving dinners autta work just fine!
Pictures, buddy, pictures..they dont read too well Im told:!
..But the Venison recipe Poster is still working I guess .. the plants I transplanted from inside to out, are growing slowly adapting to their surroundings(been cold in 40-60s am-pm here) which is a new environment for them.Like the Bambi Clan..Visual and Auditory dominate...
will warm up from here..
Just Crafty vap'd some Purple Malawi..great!! has Colombian Gold seeds.. threw a few into my hops pots in garden.
Major, your lanikea is beautiful!! 
(+) reps!
(+) reps!
Yes...lanikea...i need to find out more of this strain...i may have some soon.