SpliffAndMyLady
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Plumeria's looking good!
Howzit Sun Farmer? If you put plants out now they will go through a quick vegetative phase (around 2 or 3 weeks) and go straight to flower. They will be finished long before next fall, more like December or January.I have a question for anybody that knows. It kind of relates to the subject except I live in southern Florida where it rarely freezes. If I started a regular photo flower plant, say white widow right now at what time would that plant flower? It wouldn't actually grow and not flower until next fall would it?
Looks like we should be loading up on 7 gallon smartpots and drip systems, ha ha ha. Thanks for sharing kalo.I was wrong it was actually a 7 gallon, granted the roots are guaranteed growing though the bottom of the pot its still pretty impressive.
Here's the pics from Instagram
and the caption: "I've seen some crazy things up here in the emerald triangle and this is another towards the top of the list... 7' tall extremely healthy extremely bushy plant in a 7 gallon pot hahaha and look close it's starting to bud fat!! He's got it on a constant flow drip.... Lol wtf right?"
Aloha everyone. It's great to see everyone still jammin'... I post here today in hopes of encountering someone with knowledge pertaining to building a layer of soil over rock/red cinder/pahoehoe rock (although I have SO many more questions concerning native Hawaiian habitat...). Soon I will have an acre in Puna to pursue my sustainable agriculture/soil building/plant feasting dreams and I wanted to seek out those whom may be familiar with this kind of thing so that I may learn more from them.
The property has a rough, rocky terrain and the front/back yard is covered in about a foot of red cinder (underneath which are more rocks/lava rocks). A good portion of the property has a pahoehoe flow covering it and everything surrounding the back/front yard is heavy vegetation (couple 20-40 ft Albizia, waiwi forests, few Ohia and overall dense vegetation).
My question is, where does one get started? I'll do most clearing myself (using everything for compost/mulch except native Hawaiian plants, which I plan on keeping) but the big Albizia pose problems. They are growing in a thin layer of soil and a D9 (or any vehicle, for that matter) won't be able to get to the trees from the road without either falling in a 6 foot ditch or climbing a 5 foot rock shelf.
Above all of that, I'm looking for ways to speed up the composting processes that are going to be taking place. From BIM solutions, chipping the wood, biochar burning, to consistent turning of piles- I'm trying to literally build my own soil and your help would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully one day I may share the fruits of my labor with everyone and may that fruit be delectable and nutritious...