Rising Moon
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I like the use of straw...
Does that keep the heat down around the plants/pots?
Does that keep the heat down around the plants/pots?
kk42 2013
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kushking42
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ya the straw works as a fine mulch. of course a diverse decaying leaf pile would be better. ive heard straw has a lot of anti-fungal properties to it.
to help it out in the fungal dept. i like to buy enough for the following year too. so the bales can sit out in the elements and get rained on all winter. im going to wrap the sides of the containers with burlap to help with heat culling the roots as well
Rising Moon
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My beds have pea gravel around them now...
Im thinking straw will be a good idea. Mostly for heat reflection. Those stones can get hot!
Im thinking straw will be a good idea. Mostly for heat reflection. Those stones can get hot!
kushking42
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i do like walking on the straw as well. its softer and cooler than native, an added bonus to laying it down in the walkways. main reason i put it down there, is to keep the dust at bay. which it does a really good job of.
kushking42
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little update. my camera has crapped out on me here some phone pics:
maybe i can convince Budologist420 to come over and snap some pics for me sometime this summer
maybe i can convince Budologist420 to come over and snap some pics for me sometime this summer
Budologist420
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Just smoke me out and it's a deal lol!
Budologist420
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aRe you gonna do supplemental lighting till they flower?
kushking42
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im slowing matching the lighting to the longest day of the year, solstice june 21 i believe. so 9 more days.
The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star (sun) that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the sun is 23° 26'. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.
The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in either the northern or the southern hemisphere, is most inclined toward the star (sun) that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the sun is 23° 26'. This happens twice each year, at which times the sun reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south pole.
kushking42
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im piling up one more mound with 3 yards tomorrow. so 600 gallons. soil made completely from scratch. all locally sourced price $200 not bad for 600 gallons huh?
1 yard lava rock
1 yard diestel turkey compost
1 yard sphagnum peat moss
per cubic ft
4 cups rock dust (50/50 basalt/glacial rock dust)
1/2 cup kelp
1/2 cup neem
1/2 cup crab
1/2 cup gypsum
this is my new super soil recipe for in's and out's. impossible to burn your plants!
1 yard lava rock
1 yard diestel turkey compost
1 yard sphagnum peat moss
per cubic ft
4 cups rock dust (50/50 basalt/glacial rock dust)
1/2 cup kelp
1/2 cup neem
1/2 cup crab
1/2 cup gypsum
this is my new super soil recipe for in's and out's. impossible to burn your plants!
Budologist420
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Your gonna yield so much bro. Props to you. Your killing it this year. I wish I had that much space but then again I don't cus your gonna be trimming forever!!!
kushking42
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Thanks bro
ill cut it down. dry it. break it down. then it will go into contractor bags that are lining old pickle barrels. there it will sit til the trimmers get to it...
ill cut it down. dry it. break it down. then it will go into contractor bags that are lining old pickle barrels. there it will sit til the trimmers get to it...
kushking42
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what should i put in this last mound? i might double plant. i have the following extra plants:
10gal
707 headband
fire og
5gal
infinite euphoria
strawberry cough
2-3 gal
alien og
ssh
vortex
10gal
707 headband
fire og
5gal
infinite euphoria
strawberry cough
2-3 gal
alien og
ssh
vortex
Budologist420
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I vote for sure strawberry cough and vortex is really bomb and a quick finisher. Vortex is my favorite TGA strain besides jilly bean.
GreenSanta
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This recipe is giving you some of the best meds you have ever grown/smoke? with str8 water? THANKS I tried to rep you but couldnt.
Lava Rock in powder or small chunks?
kushking42
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lava rock is for aeration, a substitute for perlite. it doesnt pulverize over time. and contributes to the soils cec. with the above recipe i water with teas aloe, coconut, barley malt and fulvic acid and foliars with the same. if you want to learn more go here: http://forum.seeddepot.nl/showthread.php?4100-Recycled-Organic-Living-Soil-(ROLS)-and-No-Till-Thread the rest of the stickies are winners too!
kushking42
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im gonna double plant the strawberry cough. and bring the vortex inside to flower in the beds. dropping 5' diameter concrete re-mesh cages on the 14 blue dream and green cracks and mixing up those 3 yards. never no time to play, gotta keep workin everyday!
Bobotrank
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Sounds like fun work, though. 
My outdoor fell apart this year. Everybody was all game and ready to go, and then wussed out I guess. Thanks again for your advice leading up to all that, though. Mucho appreciated-o.
btw, I'm still workin' on that project I was talking about, so when you're ready, I sure as hell am, too. Lets keep that idea rocking at the forefront of our thinking caps.
Hope all is well man. Garden is looking great. You already knew that, though.
My outdoor fell apart this year. Everybody was all game and ready to go, and then wussed out I guess. Thanks again for your advice leading up to all that, though. Mucho appreciated-o.
btw, I'm still workin' on that project I was talking about, so when you're ready, I sure as hell am, too. Lets keep that idea rocking at the forefront of our thinking caps.
Hope all is well man. Garden is looking great. You already knew that, though.
kushking42
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to be continued...
