dunphy
Well-Known Member
Personal note entry:
Added about 250 - 500 worms per pot today(bigger ones), took half of a worm bin/tub and divided it between the 6. Then took another 200 or so and spread among the smaller pots. Harvested roughly 100 lbs (2 wheel barrows full sifted worm castings from other bins/tubs and worm rows, and top dressed everything with those. (I took the straw cover/mulch off last week to let it dry out during all the rain we got this week in Mass.... spread out on a tarp and covered in diatomaceous earth (D.E.) and when not raining I just let it air out. flipping every so often.
I also added the 2nd set of vertical cages on 3 of the gorilla glues, the tallest 2 and the one all the way to the far right just to avoid having to put it on late. Also got one pot diameter size cage up for the cornbread and got one pot diameter size cage made and ready for the next plant that needs it.
Sprayed an entire bottle of neem oil on everything tonight, as well as refilled the bottle with a diluted mixture at the end to spray down the plants on the perimeter of the yard. Turned fan off, expected chance of rain tomorrow morning, possible tonight, already light drizzle. Should be dry by now.
Dug hole in ground, mixed in about 30 lbs worm castings and about 150+ worms and placed the brown round planter with the white widow into the ground about 6-8 inches... The roots had already coated almost the entire bottom of the outside of the pot, and I only hadnt moved it in about a week, so theyre growing quick... Although my lawn is heavy clay I may be able to loosen and amend around it late before it grows out wide. Was planning to finish it small in this pot but might as well give it the room to grow, the plan was to move it around the yard a lot but thats not likely to happen alot anymore so, just decided to do it.
I may put my OG kush or the other white widow or both into 2 old hugelkulture beds I made like 3-4 years ago that are great soil now... The R19 is in one of those, I havent amended it at all and is keeping pace with some of the others on about half the amount of sun. the only thing Ive done is empty out a bucket of worm tub lechate when it rains, it fills a bucket I have on one of my worm bins near this bed, and instead of dumping it anywhere Ive been dumping it on the hugelkulture bed that R19 is in. Since the 2nd white widow is growing like shit in the green tote bin I might just try tossing it in one of those beds.
Speaking of R19....
---R19 confirmed female with many clearly visible preflowers, no sign of any male preflowers anywhere.
Added horizontal cage onto R19, bumped into main stalk and bent 90° 3 tops were wilted, after cage/trellis was installed, stalk was supported back standing straight instead of keeping at 90° like a typical supercrop because the outer layer of bark was pretty mangled and it was decently sunny and hot mid day today. Will check back tomorrow, may just cut and let the bottom 3 branches even out as well as new tops from the below the bend.
Considering putting rain protection up early due to the size of my pots and the fact they take so long to dry out after a rain.
Will probably need to get another roll of welded wire fencing,
need to order another 60x8ft shade cloth fence to close in the front (maybe 6x80ft?)
need to get least 20+ more 1x2x8's for outer cage poles
need to order more trellis nets and put up the ones I have before they grow into the space.
possibly need more 10 ft 1/2" rebar or T-posts / U-posts to hang trellis nets.
Check new cages for stability - possibly install guy wires to secure cages. (some only one row deep into soil--4 inches--)
The towns annual water quality report was supposed to be released on 6/21 and still has yet to be posted... Curious to see results.
Try to get more pictures this week.
Added about 250 - 500 worms per pot today(bigger ones), took half of a worm bin/tub and divided it between the 6. Then took another 200 or so and spread among the smaller pots. Harvested roughly 100 lbs (2 wheel barrows full sifted worm castings from other bins/tubs and worm rows, and top dressed everything with those. (I took the straw cover/mulch off last week to let it dry out during all the rain we got this week in Mass.... spread out on a tarp and covered in diatomaceous earth (D.E.) and when not raining I just let it air out. flipping every so often.
I also added the 2nd set of vertical cages on 3 of the gorilla glues, the tallest 2 and the one all the way to the far right just to avoid having to put it on late. Also got one pot diameter size cage up for the cornbread and got one pot diameter size cage made and ready for the next plant that needs it.
Sprayed an entire bottle of neem oil on everything tonight, as well as refilled the bottle with a diluted mixture at the end to spray down the plants on the perimeter of the yard. Turned fan off, expected chance of rain tomorrow morning, possible tonight, already light drizzle. Should be dry by now.
Dug hole in ground, mixed in about 30 lbs worm castings and about 150+ worms and placed the brown round planter with the white widow into the ground about 6-8 inches... The roots had already coated almost the entire bottom of the outside of the pot, and I only hadnt moved it in about a week, so theyre growing quick... Although my lawn is heavy clay I may be able to loosen and amend around it late before it grows out wide. Was planning to finish it small in this pot but might as well give it the room to grow, the plan was to move it around the yard a lot but thats not likely to happen alot anymore so, just decided to do it.
I may put my OG kush or the other white widow or both into 2 old hugelkulture beds I made like 3-4 years ago that are great soil now... The R19 is in one of those, I havent amended it at all and is keeping pace with some of the others on about half the amount of sun. the only thing Ive done is empty out a bucket of worm tub lechate when it rains, it fills a bucket I have on one of my worm bins near this bed, and instead of dumping it anywhere Ive been dumping it on the hugelkulture bed that R19 is in. Since the 2nd white widow is growing like shit in the green tote bin I might just try tossing it in one of those beds.
Speaking of R19....
---R19 confirmed female with many clearly visible preflowers, no sign of any male preflowers anywhere.
Added horizontal cage onto R19, bumped into main stalk and bent 90° 3 tops were wilted, after cage/trellis was installed, stalk was supported back standing straight instead of keeping at 90° like a typical supercrop because the outer layer of bark was pretty mangled and it was decently sunny and hot mid day today. Will check back tomorrow, may just cut and let the bottom 3 branches even out as well as new tops from the below the bend.
Considering putting rain protection up early due to the size of my pots and the fact they take so long to dry out after a rain.
Will probably need to get another roll of welded wire fencing,
need to order another 60x8ft shade cloth fence to close in the front (maybe 6x80ft?)
need to get least 20+ more 1x2x8's for outer cage poles
need to order more trellis nets and put up the ones I have before they grow into the space.
possibly need more 10 ft 1/2" rebar or T-posts / U-posts to hang trellis nets.
Check new cages for stability - possibly install guy wires to secure cages. (some only one row deep into soil--4 inches--)
The towns annual water quality report was supposed to be released on 6/21 and still has yet to be posted... Curious to see results.
Try to get more pictures this week.
