Vancouver Island 2022 Organic Grow

[CaptainLucky]

Later started working on more soil, inoculated with bokashi and my teas, covered with tarp. Come back next week.

Getting ready for the main grow. Support local shops when I can.

Gave away 3 phenos to make space for 3 new cultivars.

For an Outdoors grow they are growing like crazy . You have some secret ingredients in your tea ? lol Looking good there my brother. CL

 

[Danishoes21]

For an Outdoors grow they are growing like crazy . You have some secret ingredients in your tea ? lol Looking good there my brother. CL

lol yeah gazillions of microbes in that soil lol, I'm guessing its the whole thing tea, soil, training ? they are growing pretty good I reckon.

 

[Danishoes21]

Found this last night, Its a quick more digestible information about Systemic Acquire Resistance (SAR) and Induced Acquire Resistance (ISR), its directly related to Salicylic Acid (SA); I know the subject is heavy on immunology terms and plant biology and so on, this lady breaks it down pretty good. Resistance can be activated on the genome level and there for passed on to a seedling. Its lots of science but as you can see the whole thing is pretty new. Even scientists dont know if SA is just responsible for singling the resistance or has a more direct connection with the plants immune system.
Agriculture is catching up to this method to obtain healthier crops, I feel cannabis industry hasn’t noticed too much otherwise there should be a line of products using SA.

Its just 9mins long, so for us with attention disorder its easy to watch.

 

[CaptainLucky]

Found this last night, Its a quick more digestible information about Systemic Acquire Resistance (SAR) and Induced Acquire Resistance (ISR), its directly related to Salicylic Acid (SA); I know the subject is heavy on immunology terms and plant biology and so on, this lady breaks it down pretty good. Resistance can be activated on the genome level and there for passed on to a seedling. Its lots of science but as you can see the whole thing is pretty new. Even scientists dont know if SA is just responsible for singling the resistance or has a more direct connection with the plants immune system.
Agriculture is catching up to this method to obtain healthier crops, I feel cannabis industry hasn’t noticed too much otherwise there should be a line of products using SA.

Its just 9mins long, so for us with attention disorder its easy to watch.

Interesting CL

 

[Danishoes21]

Favourite tree

I made sure to grab fresh and also from the ground with leaf mold. Making tea this afternoon.

 

[Danishoes21]

I'm working on a location for the summer grow, it’s a bit of a micro climate. I lay some mulch using decomposed logs of maple (lots of mycelium) and I am going to build some soil I think I will be putting the plants in the ground but with a different technique. Under the patch of mulch is a massive bedrock, I placed them on the slope facing south, the water from the rain should wash on the bedrock… hopefully keeping the roots wet or moist like a sub irrigated planter.

9x13 area I will put a deer fence around. And then drop wheelbarrows of composted soil, inoculated hay,
fermented seaweed. Should be an ouch space for 6 plants. These are plants that are gonna have a rather humid environment, partly shaded and I dropped the pots idea I want them in the ground.


I made some new fresh batches of tea, willow tree by itself and another with comfrey , horsetail, and plantain broadleaf.

the Auto in training has been watered and redirected, she doing good, smells great.

The Auto with the reservoir; well the tap root found water at the bottom; pretty stoked on that.

 

[Danishoes21]

I’m letting these go big, let them feel a little of that stress from the roots expanding too much and then transplant and let them go by themselves, they have been out day and night for 2 weeks now.

This is what I am left with as I gave 3 away ;

 

[Azimuth]

Why venture out into the woods, I thought you had plenty of room at the farm?

 

[CaptainLucky]

I'm working on a location for the summer grow, it’s a bit of a micro climate. I lay some mulch using decomposed logs of maple (lots of mycelium) and I am going to build some soil I think I will be putting the plants in the ground but with a different technique. Under the patch of mulch is a massive bedrock, I placed them on the slope facing south, the water from the rain should wash on the bedrock… hopefully keeping the roots wet or moist like a sub irrigated planter.

9x13 area I will put a deer fence around. And then drop wheelbarrows of composted soil, inoculated hay,
fermented seaweed. Should be an ouch space for 6 plants. These are plants that are gonna have a rather humid environment, partly shaded and I dropped the pots idea I want them in the ground.


I made some new fresh batches of tea, willow tree by itself and another with comfrey , horsetail, and plantain broadleaf.

the Auto in training has been watered and redirected, she doing good, smells great.

The Auto with the reservoir; well the tap root found water at the bottom; pretty stoked on that.

Sounds like a great plan, have you determined how many hours of sunlight you will get at that location? Are you going to be adding any more strains? CL

 

[Danishoes21]

Why venture out into the woods, I thought you had plenty of room at the farm?

I do have space but I need to be selective. I followed your idea of a pheno hunt, I took it a little farther...

I want to test the preventive method against PM, mold and rot so the 3 plants I gave away actually went to my buddies greenhouse; yup the same greenhouse where he had his plants with PM last September. That makes environment 1.

I still have space in my greenhouse for 4, one is a CBD plant for the wife; I have the Haze/Malawi just started and PSf1 X FM and Durban X FM, they will be in pots. This is gonna be where most of my energy is going to. That makes environment 2.

and this new spot is walking distance from the farm, and I purely will use it to see the effect of the Willow tea and the foliar feed, I want to call it or bust it this whole thing of PM and rot and Willow. This makes environment 3. I'm tossing what ever is left after I select, I want them to be exposed to all the variables, all the spores, the humidity...

It should be fun and lots of work, hopefully everyone involve does their part and we dont have any set back; maybe just maybe I can have the canopy I want with the training.

 

[Danishoes21]

Sounds like a great plan, have you determined how many hours of sunlight you will get at that location? Are you going to be adding any more strains? CL

Great question, Its partly shaded so there isn’t an exact moment of direct sunlight. I am hoping that this can spark a flowering hormone build up on the Sativas as they like 11 hours of light and 12-13 hrs of dark.

For now the only new additions are Malawi/Haze and a CBD cultivar. Honduras doesn’t want to pop.

 

[Azimuth]

I want them to be exposed to all the variables, all the spores, the humidity..

You bastard!

 

[Danishoes21]

Ready for take off.

 

[KeithLemon]

Ready for take off.

Love it.

 

[Danishoes21]

I regrouped the young plants under the light of the greenhouse to have a look at the different traits;

PINK KUSH

I kept this one because I saw rapid growth, taller and less indica trait’s. This one is going to go outside in the woods.

SUPER LEMON HAZE

Another candidate for the outside in the woods.

DURBAN X FM

One of these 2 stays in the greenhouse, the other one outside in the woods. There is a slight difference one is better looking. These are supposed to be fast finisher like the Durban last year…

PSf1 X FM

Hard to choose here they both grown the same. One in the greenhouse, other one outside in the woods. These are lanky very late finisher, last year didn’t get halfway thru their flower it was mid October…

DUTERTES NIGHTMARE
(Filipino unknown)

This is a wild card, last year I got a male let’s see what brings. It’s a really funky Sativa, this one going outside as well. Late finisher.

Watered everything with tea and foliar spray with the same tea (all my garden actually veggies included).

 

[Danishoes21]

The Autos are pre flowering in one more week it will be more obvious. Lots of pistils at the top.

The Auto with the “SIP”

This one is a little behind the other one not pre flowerings.

 

[CaptainLucky]

Ready for take off.

Congratulations it’s a Girl ! CL

 

[Danishoes21]

Boot camp

Everyone got their stem pinched and bent at the 2nd node. With the Autos I’m still training, have a look at the plants now vs 2 weeks ago. One day they are standing up tall and strong next day bent and looking to widen up and not go up.
The question; can an Auto flow be trained? Trained hard!? We will have that answered in 2 months from now.

I love looking down the main stem and seeing all the nodes shooting apical dominant branches. Same height, same amount of energy, fairly well distribution of growth hormones.

1 minute later

At the 2nd node. Let them struggle, repair and find the light.

 

[Danishoes21]

@CaptainLucky
Bro I didn’t know if I could post pictures on your thread; but this is what a bent stem looks like for a Sativa dominant plant. I go with bending to a slight break, you don’t have to break your plant you can tie down the branch as low as possibly with out breaking the stem, trust me Sativa stems and branches are very woody and fibrous they are incredibly flexible. Follow your gut.

I can’t make this shit up, it’s right there in my journal dated November 6th 2022.

For height control a Sativa you gotta tie her down or breaking stems.

 

[CaptainLucky]

@CaptainLucky
Bro I didn’t know if I could post pictures on your thread; but this is what a bent stem looks like for a Sativa dominant plant. I go with bending to a slight break, you don’t have to break your plant you can tie down the branch as low as possibly with out breaking the stem, trust me Sativa stems and branches are very woody and fibrous they are incredibly flexible. Follow your gut.

I can’t make this shit up, it’s right there in my journal dated November 6th 2022.

For height control a Sativa you gotta tie her down or breaking stems.

I’m cool with what I’m doing but I know what you’re saying. I just don’t like hearing that S-N-A-P! Ugh! It hurts me to hear that. lol CL