The Mountain: Grow Support From The Over 50 Club

[gr865]

72 years, still going strong.
If it weren't for cannabis growing I would probably be spending my days in some slizzy bar drinking beer and smoking cheap cannabis.
Now, I spend my days looking after these ladies.
Current grow.

Other grows.
Spring 19' 24 plant Cheese SOG

Fall 18' Cheese vertical grow.

Spring 18' Five plant LSD vertical grow

Spring/Summer 18' LSD Monster Crop

The trunk of the above Monster Crop

I love my hobby!

 

[Bud]

Old guys rule, 67 in December and still growing stronger than ever. Now I grow for meds. CBCs Instead of the THC high witch I still enjoy occasionally at a lower rate.

 

[Bud]

I just got a AARP Bulletin in the snail mail today, called marijuana and your health. The article reads well, and for the most part pretty accurate. Check it out very informative for older heads like me.

 

[Runway420]

Hi Uptheholler

I have 2 questions for discussion.

Do you have any tips for home composting?

Does Cannabis have any companion plants that are useful in the grow room to keep bugs off, etc?

Sorry if I'm late...but marigolds will attract any pests away from your cannabis plant. I currently have a marigold in with my Skunk #1 it's doing just as well if not better than the skunk lol

 

[hawk4200]

 

[SOG001]

72 years, still going strong.
If it weren't for cannabis growing I would probably be spending my days in some slizzy bar drinking beer and smoking cheap cannabis.
Now, I spend my days looking after these ladies.
Current grow.

Other grows.
Spring 19' 24 plant Cheese SOG

Fall 18' Cheese vertical grow.

Spring 18' Five plant LSD vertical grow

Spring/Summer 18' LSD Monster Crop

The trunk of the above Monster Crop

I love my hobby!

I was wondering the other day if I would still be growing at 70+ years and if your story is any indication I will definitely be growing at 71 and beyond Here is my current grow at age 70 3 weeks in flower

 

[Dankman_420]

This is a really good thread for us old dude's. Mid 50's here. Only been growing five or so years. Just now learning organics with the help of folks in this community. Getting older and still learning. Here's my current water only grow 24k gold from DNA genetics at day 41

Same tent and environmental condition. Different light spectrums

 

[Billotto]

I was wondering the other day if I would still be growing at 70+ years and if your story is any indication I will definitely be growing at 71 and beyond Here is my current grow at age 70 3 weeks in flower

LOVEly pics Sog. Very robust looking crop

 

[Cannabinerd]

Sorry if I'm late...but marigolds will attract any pests away from your cannabis plant. I currently have a marigold in with my Skunk #1 it's doing just as well if not better than the skunk lol

I used marigolds this year to try to help in a battle against leaf hoppers.

The lesson I learned is to spray the marigolds at the same time you spray your plants. Without that I was just providing them a 4 star bed and breakfast rather than a 5 star. They moved right back in when they could. Once I started spraying the marigolds too, I saw sustained lower bug pressure. Ymmv.

 

[Bud]

If I understand correctly, the marigolds unsprayed provide a home for leafhoppers?
I know that marigolds repelle quite a few types of insects but not leafhoppers? Idk

 

[Cannabinerd]

If I understand correctly, the marigolds unsprayed provide a home for leafhoppers?
I know that marigolds repelle quite a few types of insects but not leafhoppers? Idk

As it turned out, yes. It was my initial belief that they would be repelled, but it became pretty apparent from the leaf damage on the marigolds that they had become the secondary food source. The pansies that I had for beneficial attraction were left alone by the leaf hoppers.

 

[dynamohum]

Corn is a great companion crop. pot will thrive with corn. But tomato's should be stayed away from. I grew with both . the corn was great. and hides the pot well. But tomato's will give the pot an acidic taste . Taste like your smoking the tomato plants. At least that's my experience. As for bugs, I use ladybugs. You can have 9000 delivered to you door for 42 dollars . When you buy at a store, you will get dead bugs. Get them delivered and they are all live. woops I just saw grow room. I was thinking of outdoors

 

[dynamohum]

It does grow quite well with corn. Put a few things is you have to do with the corn borers which bore into the stalk and hollow out limbs. but then you come home that one day and you look though there are you walk over there and they've harvested the corn. I guess it depends on what part of the country you live

 

[dynamohum]

72 years, still going strong.
If it weren't for cannabis growing I would probably be spending my days in some slizzy bar drinking beer and smoking cheap cannabis.
Now, I spend my days looking after these ladies.
Current grow.

Other grows.
Spring 19' 24 plant Cheese SOG

Fall 18' Cheese vertical grow.

Spring 18' Five plant LSD vertical grow

Spring/Summer 18' LSD Monster Crop

The trunk of the above Monster Crop

I love my hobby!

 

[dynamohum]

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen. You girls were beauts.

 

[dynamohum]

I used marigolds this year to try to help in a battle against leaf hoppers.

The lesson I learned is to spray the marigolds at the same time you spray your plants. Without that I was just providing them a 4 star bed and breakfast rather than a 5 star. They moved right back in when they could. Once I started spraying the marigolds too, I saw sustained lower bug pressure. Ymmv.

 

[dynamohum]

I mostly just use neem oil and a little safer soap. I even had nematodes of some type pulled all the plants out of the pot and sprayed the dirt and roots and it did save the crop.

 

[dynamohum]

Old guys rule, 67 in December and still growing stronger than ever. Now I grow for meds. CBCs Instead of the THC high witch I still enjoy occasionally at a lower rate.

Turned 65 in November.

 

[dynamohum]

Turned 65 in November.

I'm also lean ing more and more on the med part

 

[dynamohum]

72 years, still going strong.
If it weren't for cannabis growing I would probably be spending my days in some slizzy bar drinking beer and smoking cheap cannabis.
Now, I spend my days looking after these ladies.
Current grow.

Other grows.
Spring 19' 24 plant Cheese SOG

Fall 18' Cheese vertical grow.

Spring 18' Five plant LSD vertical grow

Spring/Summer 18' LSD Monster Crop

The trunk of the above Monster Crop

I love my hobby!