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You should be able to find orchid bark at any gardening or “big box” store. It works great as a mulch.

Interesting… Does that stuff have any odor that could funk up the final product if used near harvest? How much of each product are you adding per gallon of water when you mix them? Thanks for the tip.

What’s up, guys. I’m battling the one-two punch of caterpillars and botrytus here in near-coastal Northern California. So far it’s been a loosing battle despite weekly sprays of BT and Doctor Zymes. I already had to scrap my indicas and my sativa-dom hybrids that were growing big/dense buds. I...

Well… Things have not been going well here in the garden. Between that unseasonably early rainstorm that hit CA and several weeks of damp/foggy/drizzly weather, I’ve already lost my two PCKs and my two PxBH to the dreaded one-two punch of caterpillars and botrytus. Despite weekly sprays of BT...

Time for another update. The bag seed is hanging up to dry. PCKs are nearly ripe, PxBH are frosting up nicely but still have a ways to go. Meanwhile, the GTs are just barely getting started.

It’s been a while, so here’s an update. They’re rolling along smoothly, for now. Hopefully this awkward California rainstorm won’t throw and wrenches in the spokes. The PCKs are starting to form some chunky nuggets. PxBH are solidly in early/mid bloom. Meanwhile, the Golden Tigers are barely...

Been a while, so here’s an update! The indicas have been flowering for a couple/few weeks now, and the sativas are just starting to form flower clusters. One of the PCKs is developing dark purple buds. Neat… The last pic is a bag seed plant that I started in our herb garden (I dubbed it...

Another good approach is to water VERY slowly. Like lightly wet down the whole top surface of the soil, then walk away for an hour or so, return to the garden, and do it again, etc. make sure you don't add enough water all at once to see run off. Repeat until your pots feel nice ‘n heavy as they...

Quick update. All’s well! I topped the sativas a while back, but decided to just let the indicas do their thing naturally. The plants with the super skinny sativa leaves are the Golden Tiger.

And they’re off! The little one-gal pots were drying out fast and the lower leaves were just starting to show a little yellow, so I went ahead and moved them to their 45-gallon “Forever Homes”. :) Panama x Bangi Haze in front, Golden Tiger in the middle, and Pakistani Chitral Kush in back.

I didn’t write down a “recipe” this time - just kinda went by feel using what I had around the house. The base mix is of Ocean Forest and Mendo Mix. Then I added alfalfa meal, kelp meal, fish bone meal, some of that Recipe 420 “Recharge” stuff, and a couple different premixed organic...

What’s up, guys? I figured I might as well start a grow log for this year’s outdoor garden. I’m running three different strains from Ace Seeds this year: two Golden Tiger in front (long flowering sativa), two Panama x Bangi Haze in the middle (shorter flowering sativa), and two Pakistani...

Looks like damping off (fungus) to me. A good way to prevent it is to avoid wetting the soil right around the seedling. Water from below (dunk the little pots into a tray of water and let it wick upward) or just water slowly AROUND the seedling instead of right at the base of the stalk.

What’s up, everyone? I’m growing 6 plants from feminized Ace seeds this outdoor season. They germinated about 3-4 weeks ago, and now they are all growing happily in their 1-gal pots. I’m hoping to skip any additional transplants and move them straight into their “forever homes”, which are...

What’s up, guys? Looking for some opinions…. I’m a guy who “religiously” amends and reuses my soil. But… I dealt with some late-season bud rot in my (small…) outdoor grow last year. What do you all think about amending, “cooking”, and reusing this same soil for 2022 outdoor? On one hand it’s...

My 60x jewelers loupe showed up in the mail today. It is mold, and it’s on just about every bud. Just barely starting, but it’s there… I guess harvesting 5 out of 6 plants ain’t the end of the world… Oh well!

Hey guys. I’m dealing with a new situation I haven’t really messed with yet… My makeshift rain shelter didn’t help much during this last big storm that rolled through California. My plants got soaked, and now I’m trying to decipher whether I have a mold issue or not. I have not seen ANY...

The ones labeled as Venom OG (left side) are getting close! Hoping to ride it out for another week or two, but it’s super rainy right now and not forcasted to stop any time soon. (My plants are sheltered from rain, but humidity is way high...) Zero signs of active pests, mold, or powdery mildew...

As these buds continue developing, I’m seeing three different distinct bud structures. One of the plants I’ve been calling a Purple Gas MAC is something else. Or hell, maybe they were all mislabeled? Either way, the third strain they had on hand was Ice Cream Cake, so I guess I’ve got some of...

Thanks! Here’s one more shot with a cameo appearance by the “guard dog”. (HA! Actually he’s a big baby…)