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Started digging out some photos from a grow in Humboldt County California USA 2016. 1,000 plants, 5 greenhouses + outdoor smart pots. 42 strains from 6 breeders across the emerald triangle. 1/3 light dep (two grows that season), 2/3 full term.
Farm was way up in the mountains. One mountain peak from the ocean. Near Honeydew (relatively speaking), and the swimming hole close to the general store. Trip to town took you thru the giant redwoods, that was @#$%^& awesome!
We grew everything we could, plus a few things we probably shouldn't have 😜 Wax, Crumble, Shatter, Oil, Extract, Butter, Various Hash Recipes - Oh my! - By the end we were looking into making our own vape pens.
Anyways, I thought it would be cool to post a few photos.
This is round two of photos, but fair warning - major nug porn will be posted from this grow 😝
During this part of the grow - the problems were more of a four legged kind - groundhogs and moles borrowing under the plant's defenses, eating the roots.
soooo - we were attacked by minions today - the carnage...was insane - those little (!@#$%^&)'s are faster than you think and just as devious as advertised too! as you're stomping with one foot, they're crawling up your other leg. with arms flailing around in every direction, i managed to get in a few good hits. i'd smack one out of mid air and i swear i could hear it's tiny little scream fade away as it went flying off into the distance.
my buddies told me they were after the mushrooms i had eaten but i didn't believe them - i think they were coming for the batch of brownies i had just made.
my advice, when you make brownies, stay away from the mushrooms and watch out for those demon minions or deminions if you will👹
fair warning
major nug porn coming next
at this point, things were going very well, still having some issues with four legged borrowers
with them nipping at the roots, you can see a difference in the plant's canopy and color
( the plants getting eaten were lighter green and canopy density was far less )
okay - thought I'd show the weirdest problem we encountered
Ants
In one greenhouse we had 48 Tahoe plants, about half way thru flowering
We started finding lower branches on the ground
After a couple of weeks of really trying to determined what the hell was going on
We made a discovery early in the morning before sunrise
Ants were munching on the junction where the branches meets the stalk
They would munch until the branch fell
Then leave
They didn't go after anything else, just the lowest branch on the Tahoe plants
We were about half way done with the grow at this point
Took a break and went down the mountain to catch a Cheech and Chong show
I have litterally thousands of pictures from this grow
So it's not realistic to post them all
I'll make a few more nug porn posts and then close out with the harvest shots
This is the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Storm damage -
A really strong storm rolled over the mountain and straight through the farm.
For 36 hours it was a non-stop downpour.
We tried to cover what we could, save what we could - but you cannot fight mother nature.
It rained so much, the water table rose up and drowned plants from the bottom up.
This mountain, EATS vehicles -
Humboldt mountains are no joke. You better have a good vehicle or you will be walking back.
Cars with blown brakes, blown tires, left on the side of the road, are doomed when left unattended.
Locals run the roads at night, making sport of any vehicle left behind.
Standing Dead -
After nearly two weeks straight of rain and cold weather.
A plant that could not be saved stands whole and dead.
One of the saddest things I've seen.
8 months of work into that plant, for nothing but a few pictures.
So if you ever find yourself heading to Humboldt.
Have a plan, prepare and prepare well - do not go in blind.
There are many types of dangers.
The weather, the wildlife, marauders and greed, all have free reign.
If you ever get the chance to grow in Humboldt, take it.
Respect the locals, respect the land, respect the traditions and you'll be fine.
Most important thing, make sure you work with good people.
Greed changes some people.
420_observer
