Outdoor Sativa Grown In The Ground First Outdoor Grow

[CCOiler]

Re: Outdoor Sativa grown in the ground (First outdoor grow)

Thanks for the info Insane Dude

 

[AfricanGrower]

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Hello friend. I've been reading along, and can't help but finally comment! I'm really digging the outdoor grow man, and it's the exact type of environment that I'm researching!

I am going out NOW to get me a ARMY of LB terror to deal with this problem, well i have mostly dealt with it but i still WANT them LB's...lol

Most definitely , An LB army is the best bio pest control to go with; predatory mites also do wonders as well. Here's my little army

Well, back to my spot, kick back and watch this lady grow, shaap

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Hi peeps,

Not all insect eggs are bad insect eggs. Many are very beneficial so be sure to properly identify the insect egg. If you can't identify it yourself, take the leaf with the eggs down to the best garden center you have in the area. Not the box stores, definitely NOT the box stores. Put it in a plastic bag to protect their garden center from being contaminated.

That said, take a look at this Google photo extravaganza and even do your own search for your locally native insects, their eggs and entire life cycle so you don't kill their larvae or their eggs.

 

[High yogi]

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Insane rooster, damn brother what a fine job! Plus I love your outdoor garden just cozy and sweet! Gee what I'd give for some pure Swazi sativa genetics, grew afropips's tribal vision years ago, loved it. Did a 17 foot chocolate Thai that I grew horizontally once- I used to take naps underneath it... But I had no clue what I was doing where as you seem to be on the path of glory my friend. Subbed, gleefully awaiting the end results but much enjoying the journey. Cheers!

 

[CCOiler]

Re: Outdoor Sativa grown in the ground (First outdoor grow)

Hi peeps,

Not all insect eggs are bad insect eggs. Many are very beneficial so be sure to properly identify the insect egg. If you can't identify it yourself, take the leaf with the eggs down to the best garden center you have in the area. Not the box stores, definitely NOT the box stores. Put it in a plastic bag to protect their garden center from being contaminated.

That said, take a look at this Google photo extravaganza and even do your own search for your locally native insects, their eggs and entire life cycle so you don't kill their larvae or their eggs.

Hey GardenFaerie, I would love to put Ladybugs in my future indoor grow but I'm afraid that I would kill them with lack of food or some other way that a non gardening person would (very bad luck to kill a ladybug), your thoughts please.
Same question to you my Insane Dude, loving your grow. (Hey you want to trade country's for a year)? I would love to be able to do that. (Sorry off subject).

 

[AfricanGrower]

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I use a.small army of LB's every other season as a preventative measure. I don't have many pest problems, so when food is scarce the army starts a long dormancy until food is available. My army tends to last until for 1-2 months without food, and they eventually perish by HPS or exhaust fan.

Then again I collect my LB's from the outdoors, so the cycle of life continues.

 

[Insanerooster]

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Thanks for the info Insane Dude

Always a pleasure be sure to keep coming for more....

Hello friend. I've been reading along, and can't help but finally comment! I'm really digging the outdoor grow man, and it's the exact type of environment that I'm researching!



Most definitely , An LB army is the best bio pest control to go with; predatory mites also do wonders as well. Here's my little army

Well, back to my spot, kick back and watch this lady grow, shaap

First off A VERRY warm welcome to AF... so nice to see another grower from my continent please take a front row seat i think Thrics can stand at the back for a bit ...lol

You know the funny thing is i have not been able to find a single spot where i can get me some of them LB's....all the garden centres look at me like i am some sort of Lekker fat idiot... hoping to find some soon!

Once again thanks for your input You are ALWAYS welcome my friend!!!

Hi peeps,

Not all insect eggs are bad insect eggs. Many are very beneficial so be sure to properly identify the insect egg. If you can't identify it yourself, take the leaf with the eggs down to the best garden center you have in the area. Not the box stores, definitely NOT the box stores. Put it in a plastic bag to protect their garden center from being contaminated.

That said, take a look at this Google photo extravaganza and even do your own search for your locally native insects, their eggs and entire life cycle so you don't kill their larvae or their eggs.

Hi GF, Hope all is good in your garden.

Thanks for the really great share, I have been looking into 2 types of "natural" ways to keep the "bad" buggers (get it...BUGgers...ok not that funny) off of my Weed,

1) is to get a bug army of sorts to keep most of the eggs at bay, finding it hard to find any bugs as for some dumb reason we don't get them for sale at any of our garden centres.

2) companion planting, i want to plant other things under and or close by the helps repel pests and also plants that pests will rather chow before it comes to my bud

I will do more research on all of this to see if i can eventually use NO sprays powders or any sort of pest control.

Thanks again for the share!!!!

Insane rooster, damn brother what a fine job! Plus I love your outdoor garden just cozy and sweet! Gee what I'd give for some pure Swazi sativa genetics, grew afropips's tribal vision years ago, loved it. Did a 17 foot chocolate Thai that I grew horizontally once- I used to take naps underneath it... But I had no clue what I was doing where as you seem to be on the path of glory my friend. Subbed, gleefully awaiting the end results but much enjoying the journey. Cheers!

High there High Yogi...

Thanks for the share and for the SUB you are most welcome here my friend pull up a chair!!!

Always nice to hear people mention African strains like Durban Poison and Swazi, You know the funny thing is over here in South Africa Swazi is seen as the lowest weed on the scale, known as the Poor man's Weed, this is not cuzz it is a bad strain but more because it gets grown all over ant in HUGE fields, the people that grow it normally don't know what they are doing so 99% of all the Swazi is REALLY shit to smoke now as a result non of the "GOOD" growers wants to grow Swazi because you will never sell it for good cash due to the damage that has been done to the Swazi name. BUT PLEASE LIKE I SAID it is a good strain it just needs to be grown Right.

All of the best and blessed vibes to you my friend!!

Hey GardenFaerie, I would love to put Ladybugs in my future indoor grow but I'm afraid that I would kill them with lack of food or some other way that a non gardening person would (very bad luck to kill a ladybug), your thoughts please.
Same question to you my Insane Dude, loving your grow. (Hey you want to trade country's for a year)? I would love to be able to do that. (Sorry off subject).

I am sure they will find a way to get food don't think this is any thing to worry about...

Thanks for the kind words... no problem noting is EVER off the subject here any thing goes. YESSSSS i will trade with you any day, just say the word!!!!

Blessings to you Fiya!!!!

I use a.small army of LB's every other season as a preventative measure. I don't have many pest problems, so when food is scarce the army starts a long dormancy until food is available. My army tends to last until for 1-2 months without food, and they eventually perish by HPS or exhaust fan.

Then again I collect my LB's from the outdoors, so the cycle of life continues.

AWE AF you just gave me what i am looking for....there are LOADS of open Fields and so on around me, maby i sould just go out and collect them!!!!

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!



A verry Best and BLESSED day to all..Update to follow!!

 

[progressive13]

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Badass grow!

 

[Insanerooster]

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Badass grow!

OH Snap SON....AWE to you my friend, It is so cool to see someone els from South Africa here PLEASE feel free to pull up a chair and watch this Sexy lady of mine grow.

I Hope you are planning on showing us what you are currently growing!!!! any chance on seeing a new Journal from you?

Have a VERY happy Befokte donnerse Grow and Smoke!!!

 

[Insanerooster]

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Ok so it's like this...

I bid a very warm welcome to all new comers I am so glad to see the new faces!!!

Well this week i did ALOT of PEST hunting killing and all the painstaking work the goes with it, at the moment all is under control and she is doing well.

Here is some random images for this morning .... Enjoy she is getting more sexy by the day!

A Happy Grow and Smoke to All

and

 

[Lester Freeman]

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Looking great my friend! Cheers on the garden work It feels good to get stuff done and be productive. I can tell your garden has a calming effect and must be a nice place to be in nature and hang out. Love the glory shots, keep them coming

Happy Thurweed day Rooster

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Always a pleasure be sure to keep coming for more....

Hi GF, Hope all is good in your garden.

Thanks for the really great share, I have been looking into 2 types of "natural" ways to keep the "bad" buggers (get it...BUGgers...ok not that funny) off of my Weed,

1) is to get a bug army of sorts to keep most of the eggs at bay, finding it hard to find any bugs as for some dumb reason we don't get them for sale at any of our garden centres.

2) companion planting, i want to plant other things under and or close by the helps repel pests and also plants that pests will rather chow before it comes to my bud

I will do more research on all of this to see if i can eventually use NO sprays powders or any sort of pest control.

Thanks again for the share!!!!



A verry Best and BLESSED day to all..Update to follow!!

1) The only garden center which will sell these beneficial insects are ones which cater to organic gardening or high end garden centers. LB's are kept in the cooler, and they need to be watered every day with some misting while they are in the bag. They are sold with some sawdust. If you do find them, check the bag for how many are dead. If more than 10% are dead, don't buy them.

2) Companion planting refers to a method of growing whereby you use specific plants which compliment the conditions of another plant next to it. Roses love garlic, for instance. It is not necessarily a good idea to plant things under your good plant which will attract pests because your plant will be right next to it. You want to plant a "catch" crop or plant somewhere away from your good plants, but not too far. Maybe within 6 or 7 meters. That's how that method works.

With any type of gardening at all, the most important thing is to have a live soil with a lot of microorganisms. The idea in organic method is to feed the soil, not the plant. One of the best and most useful tools we have in organics is compost and aerobic compost tea. It must be aerobic or it will put anaerobic organisms in the soil and they can harm roots and cause problems with aeration in the soil if used frequently. So, the way to make a home made brewer of compost tea is quite simple. You will need a few things:

1- quality finished compost.
2- small aquarium pump
3- 3' (1meter) clear aquarium tubing
4- 5 gallon bucket w/5 gallons of rainwater or equivalent with no chlorine or chloramine.
5- aquarium air stone to fit on the end of the tube

I've made more elaborate brewers, but this is a simple way to start. Before I go on, I'll say using compost tea has really become a staple in the health of plants. If used as a foliar spray can also help aid in fungal and mold problems as well as many insect pests do not like the organisms in the tea and avoid them.

After you put everything together by attaching the tube to the pump, air stone to the tube, put it in the water, dump in the compost, and plug it in and let it brew like that uncovered for about 24 hours or so. Five gallons is literally enough to inoculate approximately 1/4 acre! However, it does absolutely no damage if you use it as a soil drench when you water.

This brings me to watering. All of this is geared toward outdoor growing, but you can use compost tea in your grow rooms provided it is used immediately after you brew it when it will smell like fresh air. Let it sit overnight with no aeration and you will have carrion in a bucket. Okay, watering; it is always best to water plants in the ground with a shower nozzle, not the hose stream directly. You will disturb the roots and fungal mat you are working so hard to establish. The best way to water is using a watering can which is gentle enough to water seedlings, directly. This sounds ridiculous, but it is pretty important if you have a plant you are using mycos with. I have a watering wand with a gentle shower at the end so I put the water right onto the soil, not the plant. Any plant, not just pot.

These are a few cultural practices in organics which is part of the bigger arsenal. It begins with healthy, lively, dynamic soil. Those of you who know how to download stuff, take a gander at Private Life of Plants. It is a six hour, six part amazing series hosted by Sir David Attenborough and has some of the most gorgeous imagery of plant life I've seen, to date! And that says a lot. In this series, you won't learn how to garden, but you will learn so much about how plants work, their politics, movement, possible sentience (?), and how amazingly they survive under every condition. It is even more fabulous if you get yourself medicated first~

I'll shut up now. Geez, sorry for this huge post. I am writing a book with the working title: "When North Moves South: The Mistakes We All Made." It is geared toward people like me who moved to the south and thought I was a great gardener and would easily assimilate. HA! I killed more plants in my first five years gardening here in the heat than I have in all the years I was growing. Most of the book is directed toward soil preparation and maintenance. It's a lot of work.

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Hey GardenFaerie, I would love to put Ladybugs in my future indoor grow but I'm afraid that I would kill them with lack of food or some other way that a non gardening person would (very bad luck to kill a ladybug), your thoughts please.
Same question to you my Insane Dude, loving your grow. (Hey you want to trade country's for a year)? I would love to be able to do that. (Sorry off subject).

I love that your awareness is so acute to the insects. I do not kill insects if I can avoid it. The balance goes out of whack that way, but I have to say that, indoor growing is a horse of another color. I have no idea why anyone would bring ladybugs indoors. The adults do eat insects, but the real power is the ladybug larvae. Learn to identify what it looks like as it is completely different than the parent ladybug.

I don't know about luck, but it is inauspicious to kill anything.

 

[trichomes]

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You'll be needing to see trich's magnified like this before you rent a chainsaw, to take down that monster!! cheers!

 

[Conradino23]

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Ok, guys.
As far as repelling plants are concerned, in Italy you use laurel leaves for example. As I never tried it with cannabis, I'll pick some branches from my private tree and stick them in the ground around my plants this season. Another way that farners use to catch the attention of sweet taste loving insects is to hanf plastic bottles witg beer - it works for a lot of bugs, I saw it with my own eyes. Another way is vinegar water or grapefruit peel. Actually if you start researching what grapefruit essential oil does to insects I decided to give it a try this season. Basically, it contains a chemical called nookatone, which is non toxic, smells nicely, but kills bugs to death. I' ve been using tobacco juice outdoor till this point, but I was thinking about mixing both if grapefruit oil doesn't work by itself. Well, tobacco juice doesn't work well against the spiders unfortunately and I have plenty of them here, and hundred other insects.

 

[AfricanGrower]

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I love that your awareness is so acute to the insects. I do not kill insects if I can avoid it. The balance goes out of whack that way, but I have to say that, indoor growing is a horse of another color. I have no idea why anyone would bring ladybugs indoors. The adults do eat insects, but the real power is the ladybug larvae. Learn to identify what it looks like as it is completely different than the parent ladybug.

I don't know about luck, but it is inauspicious to kill anything.

Heed this woman's advice, she definitely is a merit of a gardener! Beneficial bacteria, companion planting, etc! You are in good hands!

Larvae is the way to go if you are facing an aphid infestation (I've seen them at work, and good lord, they make a meal out of 'em and bulk up fast. The adults however are more versatile with their diets.

Here's one of my nice looking LB grubs that were conceived in my tent!

>>>I have no idea why anyone would bring ladybugs indoors.

Just to comment, sometimes it is necessary to bring this types of bio controls into the indoor environment for preventative measure as well as current pest control. Yes, it may not be the best suited environment for most insects meant for the task, BUT resorting to chemical agents is just not in my agenda. Don't get me wrong, I am a strong believer in 'permaculture', which is why I only collect LB's every other grow season; just when winter is approaching, I have the fortune to attract 20-50 LB's just by leaving my window open. Funny thing is, the past winter they found there own way into my tent through the passive intakes.

Gardenfaerie, I'll be sure to check out your journal. I have enormous amounts of horticulture theory to learn from you. Hopefully I can take that knowledge and apply it to my greenhouse internship!

 

[GardenFaerie]

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Heed this woman's advice, she definitely is a merit of a gardener! Beneficial bacteria, companion planting, etc! You are in good hands!

Larvae is the way to go if you are facing an aphid infestation (I've seen them at work, and good lord, they make a meal out of 'em and bulk up fast. The adults however are more versatile with their diets.

Here's one of my nice looking LB grubs that were conceived in my tent!

>>>I have no idea why anyone would bring ladybugs indoors.

Just to comment, sometimes it is necessary to bring this types of bio controls into the indoor environment for preventative measure as well as current pest control. Yes, it may not be the best suited environment for most insects meant for the task, BUT resorting to chemical agents is just not in my agenda. Don't get me wrong, I am a strong believer in 'permaculture', which is why I only collect LB's every other grow season; just when winter is approaching, I have the fortune to attract 20-50 LB's just by leaving my window open. Funny thing is, the past winter they found there own way into my tent through the passive intakes.

Gardenfaerie, I'll be sure to check out your journal. I have enormous amounts of horticulture theory to learn from you. Hopefully I can take that knowledge and apply it to my greenhouse internship!

I am not the greatest cannabis grower...YET! I may never be the best, but I really excel at growing outside, not in a closet. Though, I definitely want to learn to grow indoors, as well. I never know when our living situation will change. We may sell this big house. Who needs it any more? I can't take care of a half acre like I once could. And I have maybe 200 sq ft of turfgrass and it takes three minutes to mow using a reel mower! But the beds are extensive.

I truly have forgotten a lot of the scientific jargon of horticulture, and even some of the science itself. Whatever I do know is certainly offered to anyone who wants it. I'm more of a common gardener now. I do know how to garden and only use organic methods. The world is changing and we have so many more options now.

 

[AfricanGrower]

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>>>I am not the greatest cannabis grower...YET!

I love this statement. Some of the best cannabis growers I know have a background in hort! Eh scientific jargon isn't necessary, more of the methods and techniques that have been proven to work. I will be doing some outdoor work in the next 2 years, from research I can already tell it is a completely different ballgame than an indoor grow

Don't be modest...your poise and experience in your posts shows that there is much to be gained.

InsaneRooster, are you concerned with crosswinds bringing in unwanted cannabis pollen from nearby growers?

 

[GardenFaerie]

Re: Outdoor Sativa grown in the ground (First outdoor grow)

Ok, guys.
As far as repelling plants are concerned, in Italy you use laurel leaves for example. As I never tried it with cannabis, I'll pick some branches from my private tree and stick them in the ground around my plants this season. Another way that farners use to catch the attention of sweet taste loving insects is to hanf plastic bottles witg beer - it works for a lot of bugs, I saw it with my own eyes. Another way is vinegar water or grapefruit peel. Actually if you start researching what grapefruit essential oil does to insects I decided to give it a try this season. Basically, it contains a chemical called nookatone, which is non toxic, smells nicely, but kills bugs to death. I' ve been using tobacco juice outdoor till this point, but I was thinking about mixing both if grapefruit oil doesn't work by itself. Well, tobacco juice doesn't work well against the spiders unfortunately and I have plenty of them here, and hundred other insects.

Orange oil is another organically accepted material. The active ingredient in orange oil is d-limonine. It is very poisonous and can burn skin! It can burn plants, too. I never heard of nookatoone. Nicotine is systemic, so if you want to smoke nicotine with your pot, use nicotine, but it is no longer acceptable as a pesticide in organic certification here in the US and was upgraded to one of the most toxic poisons. I am not trying to be a stickler or a pain in the ass, but it would be irresponsible of me to not present current information. I care about the future. I have no kids thank goodness, but I do have nieces and one of them is entering the Peace Corp in Manilla in July! And I CARE about the future of the earth for her.

 

[Conradino23]

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Yeah, I don't want to smoke nicotine either, that's why I've been spraying only during vegetative stage. Hope that grapefruit oil will work for me as an alternative, so I can switch to something much nicer and non-toxic. Actually during flowering stage mould is my real concern as I never got bud worms, so I spray to prevent it if a strain finishes in late October or early November.