Grow Specs:
Breeder: Irie Genetics
Strain: SunKiss
Genetic heritage: Platinum Tangie (Platinum x Tangie) x Arise (Golden Goat x Daybreaker)
Germination rate: 6/6
Male:Female ratio: 3:3
Medium: Full no-till. Built my soil bed with an inexact amount of; Black Gold: Organic, FF Strawberry Fields, Mother Earth Coco-Peat, Roots Original, homemade super soil, pumice, hydroton, FF Light Warrior, Peat Moss.
Update schedule: I will try to send out the updates every Saturday or Sunday.
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Grow Schedule to Date:
Sprout: 4/27/18
Age: Day 28 as of 5/26/18
Updates/Observations:
- #2, 4, 5 have not shown male pre-flowers under inspection with loupe.
- Planted all the remaining plants into the 100 gallon bed! So glad I potted them in there and I am officially running full no-till.
- Sprinkled Mykos all over exposed roots and plant holes before transplanting.
- Chopped and dropped all pre-flower male plants and runts.
- Added lots of worms and worm castings from my compost bin.
- Mixed in neem and karanja cake as well as cricket frass.
- Planted a White Dutch Clover cover crop.
- Removed some of the lower foliage.
- Covered with a nice layer of straw and watered in with mykos and
- Straw helps with moisture retention, microbial home, carbon return, mulch layer, worm bedding layer, shade layer, and many other advantages.
- After topping I noticed all the stems were hollow. They started to show humidity stress so I looked and taped up the hole that refused to shut. They bounced back almost immediately.
Methodology Update: The Dank Pool is finally live after almost a year of planning and preparation. I am really happy to be growing in this style after the many hours I have spent researching organic farming principles and getting more in touch with nature. Pretty excited for this upcoming grow! Very happy to be running some elite genetic testers. Hope to confirm some females soon!
Thanks for stopping by!
G
I love both podcasts, I’ve heard Jeff shout out to you! Good luck on the grow. You’re transplanting them into a kiddie pool?? I gotta see this....
Give your mom a hug! ;)
@Scribble,
Good to see another person that listens! Thanks for the support!
Yep it’s not quite set in stone but that is the idea right now!
Stay tuned for next weeks’s updates!
-G
AWWWWWESOME 👏👏👏
It’s gonna be spectacular. All plants will respond to each other, their gonna make food for all where the strongest ones are gonna help the weakest ones.
@CaliGrown,
You are killing me man! Thank you! Wish you were here to try some of this hash! I’m starting to get the hang of things. Just need to crop this next puppy and fresh freeze it.
@GrimbolTheDruid
It sounds intuitive, and it concurs with nature, and I know you know your stuff. But I learned leaving clipped leaves on the dirt makes a home for the wrong kind of bugs. I have seen more bug activity when I allow leaves to collect. Please explain the benefit, and/or your experience with bugs when you mulch. Thanks
@growdoctordc,
You are definitely correct in that it offers a good food source for the micro-arthropods and their population will increase with an increase in food supply/home. I practice insect pest management (IPM) at all times regardless of if I see pests so I spray and use neem and karanja teas regularly throughout the grow cycle.
Returning all parts of the plant (and by extension nutrients) that are not used for production is sort of the backbone of no-till ideology. Without that, too much is removed from the system and imbalances arise. Everything is about balance from what I have found so far. Nothing in excess reduces the ability of pathogens or pests to infiltrate the environment. Sort of a 'no room left at the table' type of methodology.
All that being said, this is my bed's maiden voyage so all I know is what I read. I am all book smart and little street smarts. Now that summer has come, I would like to look into experimenting with beneficial insects as well because I think at that point it is really starting to emulate nature.
Thanks for stopping by!
G