New City Grower 2.0

[GardenFaerie]

Sometimes I read what I wrote and if it is technical writing I feel like it may appear pompous. I hope not. I just don't get to discuss this stuff with anyone. I remember years ago there used to be great Usenet newsgroups for gardening and forums I loved, but they slowly disbanded and went away. They're probably out there, but I found my gardening place!

I'm glad many of you also garden non-420. I am such a mental case that when I removed my journal links from my sig, I can't find my journals! hahaha. Such a head case I am.

But anyway, what I was going to suggest is that we have, in addition to the Virtual Couch, another OT thread for non-420 gardening subjects. Some of us who do a lot of gardening maybe can even write some primers. Of course we'll need permission to do this, but I think it's a nice idea. I'd like to hear about people in Australia and how they garden, etc.

 

[Tugafox]

Thanks for your warm welcome BAR & sorry to interrupt the conversation - it´s a very important topic for me too and good info shared already.
I am enjoying the 420 experience more than words can say! Most of what I´ve seen so far is all good. Sharing and learning is my thing too.
Leverne story kinda reminds me of my first grow ever, I threw a few bagseeds in pots a buum, they sprouted! Then I freaked out cause I just didn´t know what to do. Your Leverne story is much more funny as you just found her on the street, it´s like you adopted a homeless
When I love something, I put effort on it & learn really fast. True story for both of us, i see.

Hey Denise, been reading your journal too. The LEDs. Will visit U2 asap
Will chime in whenever I can BAR.

Sending growers love & respect to all here

 

[toker69]

I removed my journal links from my sig, I can't find my journals! hahaha.

Heres one of them.

Gardenfaerie Auto Fem - CFL to Greenhouse

 

[GardenFaerie]

Thanks, now I have to figure out how to get it back on my sig. I'll do it, I'm just really slow.

I just had to completely cover my pot plants outside. It is going to be in the MID FOURTIES tonight. Holy cow. I am floored. I used 8 layers of remay and covered everything again with huge containers and rocks to hold those down. Two plants came inside in their containers. Crazy, but the tomatoes are going to set some nice fruit with the cool nights.

 

[Charlie8Brown]

Let me know how you like growing with the LED compared to using HPS and MH.

 

[B A R]

Ok, I made a mix with the last of my MOMMY'S SPECIAL TOMATO SOIL & the VIGORO ORGANIC SOIL MIX. I've been flushing it since I got home; about 20 or so times. I'll let it dry overnight and then add Vermiculite & Growology: Step 1 in the morning before transplanting my 10 day old seedling Pepé Le Pew (Skunk).

Pepé Le Pew (Skunk) Day 10

 

[Light Addict]

Stopping in to holla and say thanks for your info on willow water etc. Also best of buds to you and yours my friend!

 

[B A R]

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[Dennise]

Pepe.....

 

[Lester Freeman]

So we know there are many many different types of repellant compounds that can be isolated from plants, some of those compounds have a better repellency protection percentage. It is not surprising that many terpenes found in other plants in nature are also found in cannabis. Limonene, and linalool for one. Both are terpenes synthesized by cannabis, actually those were the dominant terpenes in my recently harvested KC-45 because it tastes purely of lemon spice (lemon flavor from limonene and linalool is the spice flavor). So in essence, a plant that can synthesize higher concentrations of these terpenes and store them into the stems, and eventually through the glandular secretions in flower will have the higher success rate in nature. The land-race species that make up the Brazilian hybrid in KC-45 are a testament to that, since quite clearly terpene production begins even in the vegetation cycle. So different terpenes have different repellant properties and percentages... So by harnessing the terpene of another plant, and incorporating it into the system of our chosen plant, we can transfer some of those repellant properties. I think a lot of the modern-day hybrids that exist today are weakened in that sense, that they don't start true terpene synthesis until they are a little older. Perhaps that's another benefit of KC-45 and its known hardiness. Anyway here's the link, anybody can see how many different repellant compounds come from so many different plants, the list goes on, this link is a reference link in the paper that I previously posted, apparently rosemary was not part of their study. Plant-based insect repellents: a review of their efficacy, development and testing (See Table 1 in Essential Oils part!) But they did say in one of the charts that Rosemary repellant compounds are slightly more hazardous than some other plants, but over all nothing to be worried about since it's all relative. One might be inclined to ask, "Well they're only talking about mosquitos there" ... Well mosquitos are still part of the phylum arthropoda and so the receptors in their brains are all very similar. So these actual large organic compounds we call terpenes are extraordinarily useful to use in many many different ways. Some even reason specific terpenes to exist in the cannabis which synergistically works together with CBD, THC in very interesting mechanistic ways we are still trying to understand as a species, and how humans could have such a unique "lock-and key" for the acceptance of a CBD, or THC molecule in our brains. The brain produces synthetic analogs of CBD, and THC and bind to a very similar if not the same CB-1 or CB-2 receptor, so it really means this ancient plant and humans are ment to live together and co-exist. For instance, when the birds eat my Ghost Peppers, it's not hot at all for them! That's because they don't have a receptor in their brain for the compound capsaicin. The concept of terpene synthesis is one of the most fascinating concepts in all of plant biology, however the fact we have a plant producing some of the most intricate medicine known to man is something that shall not go unnoticed by man. There's still so many different things to be worked out, since we are constantly evolving side by side with the plants. When we start discussing the chirality of the terpenes, it gets really interesting. We can have a different geometric conformation of the molecule and have it produce a completely different therapeutic effect in the brain. For instance, all it takes is one methyl group (CH3) or hydroxy group (OH) to be in a different position, and that can be the difference between life and death. Literally. One isomer may kill a human, the other may work very well as a beneficial medicine, as plants evolve, I can imagine their terpenes may also evolve into different molecular analogs which will be tested by evolution, sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. Cannabis is on a good track, but I still think the outdoor land-race genetics are the ultimate place for the evolution that still needs to occur. I think there are some interesting issues involved in polyploidy that we are yet to explore, but we have definitely seen it occur in cannabis. The original amino acids that formed in the primordial soup eons ago were of a particular chirality, if it was not for the exact geometric structure of those acids, life would not exist. So I suppose it's sort of that cosmological evolution, trying each and every single possibility (brute force) until something works. Leads us to the "Biological Cosmological Evolutionary Theory" which contends thats solar systems, galaxies, and the Universe are actually alive - by all definitions they are! Things that are alive reproduce, they also have a set of instructions for that reproduction, and things that are alive also eventually go extinct. So it is fascinating to be on this nested little Blue planet apart of multi-verse of infinite possibilities. Since time will never end, and space will never end, that leaves us with infinite possibilities. Combine that with the multi-verse properties, we can conclude that exact copies of ourselves, and are plants exist somewhere else right now. Which could theoretically be connected through a worm hole!
I'll stop this little rant here, and leave this link about Rosemary. Larvicidal activity of essential ext... [J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI Time to Puff another bowl and reminisce about things. I figured the threads were a little slow right now so I figured on writing something, this will give someone else something to read later.

PS Sorry for the hijack BAR.

 

[Mars Hydro]

 

[B A R]

PS Sorry for the hijack BAR.

Nothing to apologize for Lester. This is still an open thread. The more info the merrier.

 

[Jaga]

Hey GF thats a hell of a wonderful site I love your girls they are very strong looking yet with elegance,,I can see you have diamonds there

 

[Jaga]

High REG
I dropped my temp gage on a bud this morning thankfully didnt break nothing but I thought Ouch an then felt the pain you must have felt best days

 

[B A R]

PHOTO SHOOT​

May 15, 2014​

THE VEG TENT

FLUXY MOMMA (Power Flower, Flux style) Day 79




She just went to the beauty parlor yesterday.

NURSE BETTY (Royal Medic) Day 17




She been enjoying her new home since being transplanted & has an un-tameable taste for Willow Water.

Pepé Le Pew (Skunk) Day 11




She'll be transplanted once her new soil dries so I can finish mixing it.

KERALA X SKUNK #1 (Regular) Day6




From seed she's had nothing but Willow Water; was even germinated in it.

THE BLOOM TENT

QUEEN THAI (Wild Thailand) Day 111 / Day 65 under 12/12




There hasn't been any new yellowing leafs or curling tips & the trichs are starting to show a few cloudy.

I also smoked a little of a joint from the buds I had accidentally broke off the other day. 3 good hits & I was high as a kite. She just might finish as a One Hit Wonder. You can also see in the above pic where the leafs are damaged from the accident. Thank heavens it didn't break off that bud site too.

SLEESTACK X SKUNK (Regular) Day 73 / Day 63 under 12/12




She's recovered also but after defoling all those damaged leafs she's taking awhile to get back started.

STACK A DOLLAR (Cotton Candy, Re-veg) Day 55 / Day 43 under 12/12




Even though she went through the same issues this time around as the other two (SLEESTACK & QUEEN THAI) in the Bloom Tent, She's now looking better than she did the first time around minus those past deficient leafs.

KUMIKO IV (Honey Haze, the mutant, cris-cross style) Day 159 / Day 129 under 12/12




I've actually got to the point where she's just a test plant for anything new I want to try but mess around, our mercy grow might finish.

 

[GardenFaerie]

Holy buds! That's one beautiful sight! I love how your fluxy is all squiggly! I have to go out and haul my plants the frig back in again tonight. They say 51 and I'm not tempting fate.

I've been meaning to ask about those LED lights. I see on one they have the flower/veg switch, but does that flip automa...never mind. I just realized you would have it one or the other and wouldn't need to toggle back and forth from veg to flower. Neva myind *bklyn accent.

 

[B A R]

I was told to have both switched on during bloom Brooklyn.
And please, no-one tell me how nice my Bloom tent is looking. Just send me your best Karma to end up with some good smoke & have a better looking grow on the next run.

 

[GardenFaerie]

I won't jinx you!

 

[Christine Green]

They are all beautiful, but I couldn't take my eyes off of this one! Stunning!

 

[B A R]

There you go Pinky! They're not all beautiful but let's hope the smoke is.