Stonecrusher's Backyard Bonanza - Bringing Out The Big Pots!

Azimuth said:
For outdoor plants I mulch with a nice thick layer of compost covered by grass clippings. The grass clippings will fade to a light tan and help reflect light and heat keeping the mulch layer cooler and protecting the microbes from UV radiation.

Just don't use clippings from a lawn that's been sprayed with weed killer, obviously. And you can use them even without the compost layer if you don't have any. Just be sure to wet the ground before applying since the mulch since it will tend to lock in whatever environment you have before applying as it'll take an awful lot of rain to penetrate the mulch layer.
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I like that idea. I normally mulch my lawn clippings right back into the lawn but I can bag a little for this purpose. This would probably be good for the big pots too. I have used straw in the past, but the straw I have around is degraded and can be really dusty/powdery.
 
Stonecrusher said:
The boneyard.
These girls are destined for the composter. I just have no place for them and they are strains I already have planted. They were backups and now have served their purpose.
But still...how do I say goodbye?
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Should leave them at a donation box so someone else can get excited too with love 🫶😇
 
Hi again. This one is mostly to @Justin Goody and @Grand Daddy Black since they have both chipped in on this plant. It was an auto runt that I attempted to scare into growing with some HST. I took it down today and it should give me a few good smokes. It was a nice experiment and I look forward to trying this technique with a better plant.
I chopped it today, put it in a paper bag and in the fridge. This will also be my first try curing in the fridge. I sure wish I had a cool shirt box.

I call it a "six pack" of mini budz.
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JiggiLotus said:
Should leave them at a donation box so someone else can get excited too with love 🫶😇
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Jiggi you are always thinking about others! So sweet!! Maybe I could stick it in the tiny library down the street.
 
That's a damn cute little plant, Crusher! I'd hit that! :ganjamon:
 
I'm a big believer in take a tree plant a tree! I try to always offer seeds back to the earth whenever I can also.
 
Ok guys. You have struck my sympathy chord. I dislike killing plants, even weeds simetimes. I mean who gets to decide who lives and dies, right? I may just have to sneak out one night and leave them around the neighborhood.
 
Although not recommended to anyone, I like to be a little risqué at times and drop a clone or two along the periphery of rural LOAs or similar places to be ironic. Inevitably, I will find that they do well and somebody has benefited by mini harvesting them without chopping and burning lol
 
I’d like to think I’m a big seed spreader. Most of the seeds I breed that don’t make the ‘A’ pile get tossed into a little stream that has a constant flow of runoff behind my house. The rest go to the wild birds so who knows where they might go.
I used to give hundreds of them to a local lady who liked to plant them in flowerbeds around town and she would give them away to various folks. I tend to give little stockpiles to the right folks and my seeds have somehow ended up halfway around the world.

Stonecrusher You’re doing good work here and it will get better!
 
Congrats on the mini harvest! And this? ↓↓
Stonecrusher said:
But still...how do I say goodbye?
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Here is my technique:

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I want to shout out to @North Atlantic Seed Co for making me a happy customer!
I purchased some Ethos Pineapple Runtz Autos and received not one, not two, but THREE bonus packs. Including:
Ethos - Jealousy x Banana Daddy Auto
Dirty Bird- Rainbow Unicorn Fem photos
North Atlantic Seed Co - Feminized Auto (not sure what it is but hey!)
I'm ready for a whole season of fun with this order.
Not to sound like and advertisement but they arrived early on a Friday rather than the Monday delivery I was expecting!
They are the bomb!
 
Justin Goody said:
I’d like to think I’m a big seed spreader. Most of the seeds I breed that don’t make the ‘A’ pile get tossed into a little stream that has a constant flow of runoff behind my house. The rest go to the wild birds so who knows where they might go.
I used to give hundreds of them to a local lady who liked to plant them in flowerbeds around town and she would give them away to various folks. I tend to give little stockpiles to the right folks and my seeds have somehow ended up halfway around the world.

Stonecrusher You’re doing good work here and it will get better!
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It's nice to know what kind of folks I'm hanging out with around here.
 
Sunday SIP update. The two plants in the sips are going great in my friends backyard. He has been filling the res on each one every day or two depending on temperatures. They are growing great. The Afghan Super Skunk is outpacing the random reg and if you look closely there are some preflowers on it.

So far I am really impressed with my outdoor SIPs. They have all hooked up and watering is as simple as filling the reservoirs until the drain overflows and waiting a day or two before repeating.
My big concern is still feeding later in the season when the soil is getting depleted. With my organicish style I feel the need to anticipate any nutrient needs. I'd rather not feed at all if I could get away with it.

SIP ing the summer away
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Nice stalk!
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Stonecrusher said:
My big concern is still feeding later in the season when the soil is getting depleted. With my organicish style I feel the need to anticipate any nutrient needs. I'd rather not feed at all if I could get away with it.
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The bigger the pot the better the chances you make it through. I flower in 2 gallons so I have no shot. Lol.
 
Azimuth said:
The bigger the pot the better the chances you make it through. I flower in 2 gallons so I have no shot. Lol.
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The sips I built out of recycling containers for this summer hold ~12 gallons with a 2.5 gal reservoir. I think they will make it pretty far, but my experience in normal pots is they need good top dressing each month starting about midway through flower. It is a long time from June until late October!
I haven't decided how to address it. So far the options are top dress then top water once a week or so to help move it into the soil, or figure out how to add nutrients thru the reservoir.
 
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