Heirloom's A Little Bit Of Everything - 2016 Journal

Ok, first set of pics were no good. So after a quick photo lesson my helpful family member got the pics I was looking for.

This is a tangerine dream. If she were upright, she'd be about 5ft tall. She's been topped once, then bent 90 degrees. Garden tape attached at the Y of the two tops. The white post it's attached to is called a step-in post. It has one spike that holds it in the ground. Because it's a one spike post, it can be spun...and the garden tape can be reeled in or out as needed.

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Then the side branches are being trained out and the tips kept low for now while the now exposed inner branches get established. Once the center fills out some we will keep things as even as possible.

We used these 12"x12" metal grid panels as anchors. With a medium sized rock on top they are plenty heavy. They do not block water or air, and they don't disturb the soil in any way. You can add, move and remove them as needed.

Of course this is an outdoor thing. Well....I guess you could put a grid on top of a pot, secure it, let the plant grow up through, then tie things down. Bah. SCROG is better for indoor.

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Here is a top down showing the whole thing. She's in rapid growth mode, and has probably 5 weeks of veg left before transition. I'm glad I asked for this pic. I can see we need to add a 5th panel at the 4-5 o'clock position to pull the right top away from the rest

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2 other plants look similar to the above. A 4th plant is going to be left to it's own devices, and the 5th is going to get spider trained like above....soon.
:Namaste:



EDIT: I just realized that she looks rather bushy in the pics, like shes domed. But she's actually rather pancake-ish. Round but relatively flat.
 
Dennise said:
I third forth and fifth Grizz's statement.... and I put a cherry on the top of my day... My Pom ate about a 1/3 of a joint of Jack Herer... She's a weeble doll... I haven't felt this guilty about something I did in a long time... Well I didn't do it but you know what I mean... She is stoned cold passed out and kinda scary... I know she will be OK and hopefully it will cure her compulsion to steal my buds but in the mean time she is one mucked up puppy... What a day... I think I will go to bed and start fresh tomorrow... Good night my friend and hope you have a blessed evening....:circle-of-love:
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That has happened a time or 2 to my mini poodle. This too shall pass. :circle-of-love::peace:
 
Dennise said:
It's a new and beautiful day and the Pom is back to terrorizing everyone and everything.... Life is good...:yahoo: I gotta tell ya too... I'm terribly impressed by you... More and more as time goes by... You really are "that" guy.....:bravo:....:circle-of-love:
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Awe thank you.

Glad to here the Pom is doing good.

I'm not sure which 'that guy' you think I am, but if you're thinking I'm that guy that drops his pants at a party and dances around with a lamp shade on his head, then your right. No, no, no.....I mean I'm not that guy...you're wrong.

:party:

:blalol:


Actually I'm not a partier. Never really was. I'm the one that quietly drinks his beer and watches the show while pondering the course of humanity.

:circle-of-love:
 
Looking good man..
 
Thanks mate. Not as good as Audrey 2 IMHO. I think they need more direct attention from me, but that's not happening. I'm going to throw some money at them (in the form of more products) to try to stimulate the roots in hopes that they pick it up some in the growth department.

:passitleft:
 
Chook crap gets talked down a lot around these forums, man you want some rapid growth, I don't know what part of season your at, don't dump it on now as it'll burn but spike some holes and spread some around, if your still got month or so..
 
The training you have going is stellar. I like the dog crate looking parts. I have much the same piece to hang my light for the light mover. I feel it will serve you well. Plus the advantage that in a storm the rocks and crate pieces can move so the plant branches may not break in that case. Outdoor these plants have a way of knowing what to do training or not, especially when they get such a good start though I agree a myco product isn't a terrible idea. Just let me know when to bring the scissors for trimming.
 
GrizzWald said:
Chook crap gets talked down a lot around these forums, man you want some rapid growth, I don't know what part of season your at, don't dump it on now as it'll burn but spike some holes and spread some around, if your still got month or so..
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Funny you mention chicken waste. There is straw mixed in that mulch layer that came out of the chicken coop as well as some compost that accumulates on the low side of the chicken yard. I/we have been emptying 3 bags, about 9 bushels, of cut grass every time the yard is mowed into the chicken run. They eat some, scratch through, spread it and crap on it. Eventually in ends up at the bottom of the run where it gets piled up against a wire fence. As it breaks down and more gets added to it, the composted bits fall through the fence wire and you get a nice rich compost.

I'd say 5 weeks until transition feeding.

ShiggityFlip said:
The training you have going is stellar. I like the dog crate looking parts. I have much the same piece to hang my light for the light mover. I feel it will serve you well. Plus the advantage that in a storm the rocks and crate pieces can move so the plant branches may not break in that case. Outdoor these plants have a way of knowing what to do training or not, especially when they get such a good start though I agree a myco product isn't a terrible idea. Just let me know when to bring the scissors for trimming.
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Thank you. Those panels have been with me forever. Honestly I don't remember what it was originally. I've used them, tied together, to make baby chicken runs and all sorts of other shtuff. Keeping the damn cat from using a certain garden spot as a litter box.

I wasn't as in the loop early on with these outdoor plants as I should have been. I discovered there was no mulch and the top 3-4 inches of soil were dry. Ugh. Because of that the feeder root mat had not had a chance to develop. So my immediate solution was to water, water, and water some more with a surfactant. Frequent light spraying to keep it from channeling. Brought the moisture up to the surface then tossed Xtreme Myco and a little shrimp meal on and mixed it in. Watered in with Alaska fish, Biozeus bact., liquid seaweed, EJ catalyst and molasses. Then mulched with grass clippings and straw/compost as mentioned above. Then watered the mulch. That should really help. But I am still going to add more because the Xtreme has one strain as I recall. Am ordering some Advanced Nutrients products. Voodoo, Piranha, Tarantula, Nirvana, B-52 and Bud Candy. If what they claim to be in those bottles actually is, then that combo should be killer and I'll have roots climbing out and over the root barrier.
 
Heirloom said:
Awe thank you.

Glad to here the Pom is doing good.

I'm not sure which 'that guy' you think I am, but if you're thinking I'm that guy that drops his pants at a party and dances around with a lamp shade on his head, then your right. No, no, no.....I mean I'm not that guy...you're wrong.

:party:

:blalol:


Actually I'm not a partier. Never really was. I'm the one that quietly drinks his beer and watches the show while pondering the course of humanity.

:circle-of-love:
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This so describes me at a party. :laughtwo: off on the edge getting quietly looped and watching the fun.

Impressed as hell with the ingenuity of the training Heirloom. They're gonna be monsters and give you a tremendous yield. :high-five: It'll be interesting to see the difference between the trained ones and the control. I'm assuming that's why you left one alone?

Had a good laugh over grandma. :laughtwo: Does she have any idea what that was all about? Lol!
 
It might be time to ask for your journal to be placed back into active status. You're obviously still growing and we're not likely to stay away. :kisstwo:
 
Yeah this fall I will bitch at you instead of GrizzWald for entering POTM :rofl:
 
Morning Heirloom and friends...looks like your on track Heir....good to see you up and around a lil more ...stoked to see that . Cheers to ya !:thumb::circle-of-love:
 
Just passing by to say high & see how you're feeling today mate?:high-five: Hope all is well & I'm happy to see you are back to growing again. Sweet!:thumb:
 
Thanks guys. My roll right now is more like cruise director....or drill instructor......or dictator, I'm not quite clear. I'm not allowed to do anything else. I have family who are not only willing, but eager to learn what I do, so they are happy to get dirty and do my bidding, lol. Otherwise all this would be left to the mercy of mother nature. Wonder when they'll get tired of me dreaming up new things to do in the gardens.

And I don't intend to enter any contests. Not really my cup of tea so to speak. This site and it's very generous members have already provided me enough. Besides, Cola Monster harvests more win worthy nugs every year than he has months left to live. And if James the Green comes back to growing, we're all screwed.

Missing you James.

:thanks:
 
SweetSue said:
This so describes me at a party. :laughtwo: off on the edge getting quietly looped and watching the fun.

Impressed as hell with the ingenuity of the training Heirloom. They're gonna be monsters and give you a tremendous yield. :high-five: It'll be interesting to see the difference between the trained ones and the control. I'm assuming that's why you left one alone?

Had a good laugh over grandma. :laughtwo: Does she have any idea what that was all about? Lol!
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No, I never said anything to her about it, lol.

The one left alone is not a control. Leaving it alone because in that particular location height is a good thing. It will get more light. So no fiddling with bending. Just let her go, trim up any low shaded branches and make sure the inside is not over crowded.

Prolly a good idea having it moved back. Hate to ask them.
 
If you don't have it moved use it as a teaching tool as to the importance of not only placement but in designing an element of flexibility into the process. Kinda like the dance of life.

You know me, always looking for that teachable moment. :laughtwo:
 
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