Just Another Crappy Day in Paradise Maui Grow Log

At 9:30PM HST, wide one underwent traction and surgery. Injuries included 4 branches in the dirtitis and one major stem split. Dr oldhaole reports the patient responded well to treatment. The prognosis for her survival is good.

Dr oldhaole also reports big one came through the beating bent, but with no obvious injuries. Gulch girls are now all on the mend.

The day was not without losses though. One plant on the top is on the ground. Amputation and/or termination may be necessary. Another on the bottom will lose an arm. These were not featured much in this log. Accetable losses. Pics tomorow.

The weather droid now tells us it may rain tomorrow. Funny, the braintrust said nothing about todays pounding.

Tommorow Dr oldhaole and his nurse, wife of my youth, will be assisted by Dr portagee, as we attempt to prepare for the alledged upcoming rain.

The backgrounds and kids will now look different. Frames will be built. My girls will recover. The pasture will go green. The deer will return to the boonies. The coffee will flower. In short...life goes on.

Trying to get in touch via Yahoo... No joy...Hope you see this... mail is


Jay Jay OHNROSS Jay R at aoldotcom....Put the caps together drop small letters My e mail is all caps. drop me a line

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

At 9:30PM HST, wide one underwent traction and surgery. Injuries included 4 branches in the dirtitis and one major stem split. Dr oldhaole reports the patient responded well to treatment. The prognosis for her survival is good.

Dr oldhaole also reports big one came through the beating bent, but with no obvious injuries. Gulch girls are now all on the mend.

The day was not without losses though. One plant on the top is on the ground. Amputation and/or termination may be necessary. Another on the bottom will lose an arm. These were not featured much in this log. Accetable losses. Pics tomorow.

The weather droid now tells us it may rain tomorrow. Funny, the braintrust said nothing about todays pounding.

Tommorow Dr oldhaole and his nurse, wife of my youth, will be assisted by Dr portagee, as we attempt to prepare for the alledged upcoming rain.

The backgrounds and kids will now look different. Frames will be built. My girls will recover. The pasture will go green. The deer will return to the boonies. The coffee will flower. In short...life goes on.

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Sorry to hear about the wrecked plants :(. But my question was answered, it helps your coffee tree/bush? Looked like a tree, but not sure what ya called it.

Maybe it was getting to easy for ya and the Island thought it would toss ya a curve ball to mess with:wtf:. Il bet its been a long morning for ya!

I dont have AIM, so i cant IM you, i do have yahoo though. But if ya look at my contact info you will see my email there. I posted a pic, can ya see the 3 in there.

See Ya :rasta:

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

Trying to get in touch via Yahoo... No joy...Hope you see this... mail is


Jay Jay OHNROSS Jay R at aoldotcom....Put the caps together drop small letters My e mail is all caps. drop me a line

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You can get me on yahoo now, i just needed to open up the mail. And i tried to email you but not sure i got it right.



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I was in Hawaii...once...for about 45 minutes...just enough time for gas & cigarettes...then ...on to 'nam


It looked fucking great...:thumbsup:

Drop me an E mail.... not an IM...i type too fucking slow anyway for those...coffee is waiting...Later

I will give yahoo another shot. I will be comming to you as eatshitanddie

Dont ask

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

Drop me an E mail.... not an IM...i type too fucking slow anyway for those...coffee is waiting...Later

I will give yahoo another shot. I will be comming to you as eatshitanddie

Dont ask

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Well i just sent two emails trying to figure out your email. There is a . after com i am assume? Maybe check it out and see if i got ya, if not il try again. Thanks guy




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Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp

I was in Hawaii...once...for about 45 minutes...just enough time for gas & cigarettes...then ...on to 'nam


It looked fucking great...:thumbsup:

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Man they coulda gave ya time for a beer and a lay Dutch, after all you were going to war, dang man:wtf:


Every time i come to this thread there is something interesting to look at or he's got something going on. Never boring in here for sure.:thumbsup:



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Originally Posted by Dutch Pimp

I was in Hawaii...once...for about 45 minutes...just enough time for gas & cigarettes...then ...on to 'nam


It looked fucking great...:thumbsup:

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Dude... That is so ..... I'm trying to come up with a word.... Fucked Up. :(
What can I say?...That's all I came up with... If the shoe fits.

Spent most of last night working and worrying. This AM was sunny and clear. Plants dried out and perked right up. These will be big problems when they are in bud. But for now all is fixed except one on the top garden. Framed up two more.

I'm tired so right to some pics.

Pic 1 Bottom garden
Pic 2 Last one harvested
Pic 3 Wide one
Pic 4 Big one

You Doctored em up well it looks like bro. Do the frames act as the plants grow into them? Its just that i see the frame, but not a branch is touching them so im assuming its a ''they will'' as they grow frame. I wonder if i need to do this.

I went out and took a few pic's and posted them to my log. Maybe you can take a peek:cool:

Im all outta the funk, that was a crazy feeling bro, but thanks for the ear:thumbsup:



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Originally Posted by LetsSeeYa

You Doctored em up well it looks like bro. Do the frames act as the plants grow into them? Its just that i see the frame, but not a branch is touching them so im assuming its a ''they will'' as they grow frame. I wonder if i need to do this.

I went out and took a few pic's and posted them to my log. Maybe you can take a peek:cool:

Im all outta the funk, that was a crazy feeling bro, but thanks for the ear:thumbsup:



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I took a look at your girls and gotta say, they look great. I know the feeling you describe. You just want to scream. Half of you is; Oh fuck, I DID THIS! and the other half is OH FUCK! I did this. It is good to see your log updated.

You're intitled to the funk, it is natural place to go. Just don't stay there too long. If I helped... Cool:thumbsup: Anytime.

The hard rain freaked me out. Wide one is the size of a small car. All run out of one stem. If that rain can put unbudded branches on the ground, think of what it could do to a fully budded girl.

The frame is the easiest way I can think of to counteract gravity. What you can't see is the 50 lb test line that holds each branch up. With the frame I can tie up any branch directly against the natural pull of gravity. With 2 lines to a branch I can take the wind out of play. By the time I'm done I expect to have her tied to the frame in ...maybe 50 places.

Let's go hypothetical... pick a plant. You got a lb off of her. But for her to do that, the stem had to carry 4lbs of water, leaf, bud, and stem. Now add another 10lbs of water weight due to rain, and a few more from the downforce of the falling water. Then throw some wind in. All that equals buds in the mud. :(

Pic 1 tools for tieing up the plant. Where the fishing line comes into contact with the stem I sheath the fishing line in a 1/4in drip line so it doesn't bite into the stem. And thank you to whoever invented zip ties.

Ok i get ya know, i didn't see the lines tied to the cage. My NL looks like each branch will be each a giant cola. There are so many bud sites up an down all the branches. I was going to post a couple close ups cuz if this dose happen im really going to need to rig something up that isn't very visible. I thought about putting a garden hose around the middle for support, but still not sure. I was thinking the green hose would blend in anyway. I am planning on posting them in the morning, its hotter then two snakes screwing in a wool sock her, so a hooter and blast the fan to cool off. When i get hot i dont sweat, so it gets my body temp way up. Sucks, cuz it makes ya feel like shit.

Thanks man, il see ya:rasta:

Man, alot has happened since I was last here. Sucks the rain came, hope u can keep them from molding. Atleast the wide one has a little less to keep up. I don't really remember everything I read so thats all I'm gonna say so yeah, happy growing.

-C

Busy week.

Monday it rained...Hard. Peeled some branches off the wide one and put some other branches on the ground. From Tuesday on, sunshine, like usual.

The girls bounced right back. Put together frames over 5 more regrows and fixed the wide girl....again. The rain motivated me to prepare for....more rain.
That never came. So back to the drought. If by some strange chance it pours again, the frames are built and ready to have branchs tied up to it.

Planted the substitutes. Got rid of the wastes of space. Substitute clones were taken from wide one.

Wensday was anti climatic. Green harvest flew. I saw just 2 choppers, one flew by the DEA and the other MPD. Flew all around the house but missed me totally.

Talk about class difference. The DEA chopper is a twin engine new Puma with a NOTAR tail. Whisper quiet. Guys spotting in back are sitting on plush seats. Nothing but the best for the Feds. :mad:

Contrast that to the MPD chopper. Older single engine Hughes 400, and the poor bastards are sitting on web fold out seats. Noisy as a freight train. Bummer for the Maui cops :D

Thursday at 1237 PM we had our second of two yearly Lahina Noons. This is when the sun is directly overhead. So a building casts no shadow Put simply, The sun can't get anymore direct than that. The word Lahina in Hawaiian means cruel sun.

Now some pics;

Pic 1) Cali girl, HB labeled, now a couple of week into flower. She has almost 8ft. on her. All the cali girls are starting to flower except one.

Pic 2) Bottom 3. notice the waste of space is gone and a clone is in that hole. Plant in foregroud is 7 ft tall. One in back has 5 ft. Both are framed up.

Pic 3) Bottom 2 gulch girl regrows. One just got a new frame last week. Regrow in front is 4 ft. Regrow in back is 7+

Pic 4) Wide one. After repair. Takes a lickin and keeps on tickin. She has just reached 6 ft tall. Eight by 10 ft around.

Pic 5) Big One. Now largest top is amost 10 ft tall. I will have to frame her out soon.

may you be richly rewarded for all your great work, haole! :S5:

I knew you could fix them up, but im sure it took a lot of work. They look incredible man. Id be sleeping out there now, just for the company. Ya sure know how to do it on that big ass rock your living on.

I called on Friday about another Dog, but haven't heard anything yet. I will call back in the morning, i feel like i forgot my watch or something everyday. If they wont let me have one il go to the pound.


Looks great my friend, like always:thumbsup:


SeeYa:rasta:

Those are some nice monsters you've got there. Looks like its going to be a good harvest.

A ro ha boys and girls,

Thank you Desert and Yoda. I too am looking foreward to the next few months. So far so good, but we are miles from the finish line. Stay tuned in and see what happens. One more month and the story will get good (I hope).

LSY...When I can smell them from the house I WILL be sleeping down there. Glad to hear you are about ready for another dog. I often curse (very often) my mob, but I feel naked without them following me around and causing trouble. When I go to the mainland, after a week or so I find myself looking for any random dog to scratch (sad huh?). You grow to expect them around and when they are not, you realize how much a part of your life they are.

For those of you following this seasons log, two of my holes were occupied by plants that did not live up to yield standards. These two did not grow big, they just budded. I call them my wastes of space, and it has been this seasons goal to get them out of my garden, and get something growing in their holes that might actualy give me a decent yield.

I had enough of them, and pulled them a week or so back (just before the one rain we had this year). One of them I seeded a bottom branch, so I broke out my trimming sciscors, and whacked that girl down.

Got 40 or so seeds (crossed with a same strain male) for short season. This strain does have potential, so I want to save it and mess with it in the future. Below is the life story of my smallest plant this year. Got about a ft and a half tall and yielded 52 gms dry.

Seeds from Cali and it is a skunk/thai cross. Buds were dense and heavy. I did have a bit of bud mold start on her, and that prompted me to take her. Perhaps I took her a bit early, but the buds just do not pack it on in summer here, like they do in fall.

Pic 1 & 2) plant taken was small one in foreground. Look closely, the regrow in back is about the size I wanted her to be. :(

Pic 3) closer up

Pic 4 & 5) is some of the finished product. For a July harvest, I give her an eight on a ten scale.

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

A ro ha boys and girls,

Thank you Desert and Yoda. I too am looking foreward to the next few months. So far so good, but we are miles from the finish line. Stay tuned in and see what happens. One more month and the story will get good (I hope).

LSY...When I can smell them from the house I WILL be sleeping down there. Glad to hear you are about ready for another dog. I often curse (very often) my mob, but I feel naked without them following me around and causing trouble. When I go to the mainland, after a week or so I find myself looking for any random dog to scratch (sad huh?). You grow to expect them around and when they are not, you realize how much a part of your life they are.

For those of you following this seasons log, two of my holes were occupied by plants that did not live up to yield standards. These two did not grow big, they just budded. I call them my wastes of space, and it has been this seasons goal to get them out of my garden, and get something growing in their holes that might actualy give me a decent yield.

I had enough of them, and pulled them a week or so back (just before the one rain we had this year). One of them I seeded a bottom branch, so I broke out my trimming sciscors, and whacked that girl down.

Got 40 or so seeds (crossed with a same strain male) for short season. This strain does have potential, so I want to save it and mess with it in the future. Below is the life story of my smallest plant this year. Got about a ft and a half tall and yielded 52 gms dry.

Seeds from Cali and it is a skunk/thai cross. Buds were dense and heavy. I did have a bit of bud mold start on her, and that prompted me to take her. Perhaps I took her a bit early, but the buds just do not pack it on in summer here, like they do in fall.

Pic 1 & 2) plant taken was small one in foreground. Look closely, the regrow in back is about the size I wanted her to be. :(

Pic 3) closer up

Pic 4 & 5) is some of the finished product. For a July harvest, I give her an eight on a ten scale.

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Sounds great bro, but aren't ya missing something, in less iv become visually impaired, lol.

Pics?

Forgot the pics.... Smoke another joint bonehead.... Who needs short term memory???... Memory is so overrated anyway.

Howzit world.

August first. One more month to gain some more height. Girls are doing well. Had a bit of White Powder Mold start in some of the thicker parts. Also found some catipillars starting to hatch, so last night I sprayed everything in an attempt to catch these problems early.

This begining of the month's post will show everything in the yard. I will start with the gulch girls. Then we head up the hill, then go down to the bottom garden. A few of the girls are just starting to flower, so my fertilizer schedule will have to change. The time release I have been using is just about used up, so now comes the bloom booster.

Pic 1) Big one.
Pic 2) Clone replacement taken from wide one.
Pic 3) Wide one.
Pic 4) Cali girl. Plant was too leafy so I cut about half of the leaves off.
Pic 5) Cali girl close up of bluish pink pistils. She is just begining to bud.

Very nice, the 4th picture is soo fat, that's ridiculous. Gonna be nice.

-C

Let me finish the gulch plants;

Pic 1) A replacement clone.
Pic 2) Smallest regrow I have.
Pic 3) Last plant in the gulch.
Pic 4) Gulch after clearing, but before plants were put in.
Pic 5) View looking up the gulch. Trees in a row.

The bottom garden used to be all kikui grass. When I moved into this house all this area was pasture. Since this land is on the side of a hill, I terraced the hillside and planted roses.

After a few years I gave up and let the area overgrow. Whe I got my blue card, I oppened it up again and put some girls there.

Pic 1) Cali girl. The only one I have that has not began budding. She needs to be kept low as not to be seen from neighbors pasture.
Pic 2) This was the last plant I took the top from. This is her while she had her top.
Pic 3) Same plant as seen in Pic 2. Top taken and now a few months into regrow.
Pic 4) Stem of regrow shown in pics 2 & 3
Pic 5) Another regrow.

Moving left we have some more.

Pic 5) is the cali HB plant. Mislabled seeds. Of 5 that grew 4 were males. This was the only female in the group. She is going off early. And she looks tasty.
Pic 1) is a shitty close up of the top.
Pic 2) is another regrow. She had a bit of White Powder Mold starting on her. I sprayed her yesterday.
Pic 3) another regrow. The last rain put her on the dirt. I fixed her as best I could.
Pic 4) is a replacement clone. The plant that was there was a Cali Skunk/Thai cross that only got to a foot and a half tall and went off. The smoke was quite good for summer weed. :D

Your girls are so beautiful. Kudos. :smokin:

Today was dog washing day. All ten are flea free and smelling good. :D


Last part of the tour heads uphill. Same plan as below. Terraces and roses. Let them overgrow, then cleaned them out earlier this year. Left lots of weeds behind to hide the girls.

Pic 1) Regrow, I put her right on the trail up the hill. Already harvested a couple of branches off her. Somehow a seed from a different bag got mixed up and she tastes like an old style Mango plant. We will see what she becomes with time
Pic 2) Another Cali girl. And this one has some size for a change. Almost has six ft on her. She is has potential.
Pic 3) Replacement clone. Had a Cali girl there, good weed, but no size. There is a giant hole under her, with lots of FF waiting for roots.
Pic 4 & 5) Not proud of this Cali girl. Caterpillars snuck into her and had dinner, then it rained on her, so it catterpillar damaged spots rotted also. The Cali girls have lots of leaves, so I trimmed off a bunch of them to get some air circulating but it didn't work. So I messed it up good. :(

Let's finish this puppy off.

Pic 1) Another Cali girl. She is running about 2 weeks behind her ugly neighbor. This one I caught before the worms hatched. She is still not fattening up though.
Pics 2 & 3) Top row regrow. If you look closely you can see that I overfertilized her and burnt the leaves.
Pic 4) Another replacement clone. The rain we had aways back put the regrow in the dirt. There was no way to fix her, then the stem split, leaving the top in the mud. Salvage was not possible, so I took her and put this clone in her place.
Pic 5) Is a tray of green coffee.

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

Pic 5) Is a tray of green coffee.

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Mmmmmmm,.... Kona...... :hippy:




Thanks for the tour! :thumbsup: :rastasmoke:

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Originally Posted by canniwhatsis

Mmmmmmm,.... Kona...... :hippy:




Thanks for the tour! :thumbsup: :rastasmoke:

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No slam intended to my friends on the Big Island. But that there be Maui homegrown....as good as anything grown on the BI.... both the coffee and pakalolo :wtf: (look, I gotta stand by my shit...I would expect no less from any of you) Bring on the flames. :(


And the tour is open weekdays, 9 to 5. Weekends, 9 to 1. Glad I could take you along. One day I hope to be able to give away free samples. :D

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

No slam intended to my friends on the Big Island. But that there be Maui homegrown....as good as anything grown on the BI.... both the coffee and pakalolo :wtf: (look, I gotta stand by my shit...I would expect no less from any of you) Bring on the flames. :(


And the tour is open weekdays, 9 to 5. Weekends, 9 to 1. Glad I could take you along. One day I hope to be able to give away free samples. :D

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No slam perceived.:cool:
Kona coffee is superb, but I'm also very fond of Columbian blends.


Next time you renew, bring some Maui coffee and we'll have a li'l "sip-off".
I'm bettin' that there's almost no difference, depending on elevation of course.
Mostly 'cause I can see Maui from here.
If there is a discernable difference, dat make me a happy 'zard.:thumbsup:
Den we blend, yah?!:cool:

Beeg kudos on da ladies, O. H..:greenthumb:
You got mad skills brah, I have much to learn from you!

Most people think it's easy to grow outdoors here.
I know betta'.
My outdoor attempts have all failed miserably.:(

And my indoor girls are all looking quite sad lately as well.
Slow, to no, transpiration, and generally unhealthy looking.

Guess I betta go talk to dem some more.
Dey normally tell ya where it hurts.
But, my girls no get specific, anymore, dey jus' yell "He'p us!"
<sigh>
So it goes.
Alo Ha,
Weeze

I am moving to Hawaii with my boyfriend soon and we are looking to grow there ourselves. We are focusing on Maui at this time because we're hopeful that the more postings for jobs that are on Craigslist, the more jobs are available there.

What do you think of this? Do you think this is a bad idea?

Dude, I'm real sorry to hear about your kids.... Hope they get well soon. If there is anything I can do to help, drop me a line. Am happy to share if needed.

Love to get together for a sip off. With this years crop I think a blend would be best. This years cup is way strong. Almost too strong to stand alone. Must be the drought. Not much shade this year.

This year seems to be comming together nicely...so far. But we both know how fast that can change. Don't pat me on the back until the year is done. Way too much can still blow up yet. I have yet to see a perfect year.

Ask your girls to grow big. Hope they listen to you. Good Luck.

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Originally Posted by ChawabaBuds

I am moving to Hawaii with my boyfriend soon and we are looking to grow there ourselves. We are focusing on Maui at this time because we're hopeful that the more postings for jobs that are on Craigslist, the more jobs are available there.

What do you think of this? Do you think this is a bad idea?

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Maui is a beautiful tropical island. A green pearl in a sea of blue. That is the face we show he world. It is also a one season, slow, incestious, rock in the middle of nowhere.

Agriculture is almost dead, construction is dead, and we rely on tourists to keep the lights on. Many must work two jobs to make ends meet. Kinda hard to enjoy the island if all you do on your days off is sleep.

Our unemploymet rate is 8+%. It is an Island. Getting a decent job is often a question of who you know, not what you know. And can you live on an island in the first place? Some can, some can't. Some need the seasons, some don't.

If the economy recovers we should be fine. If it doesn't we are screwed.

If you have a six month financial cushion try it for a month. Look for a job, shop at the local markets, and live for a while as a resident. See if it works for you. Then decide if you want to give it a shot.

Some come here on vacation and never leave. Others come for a lifetime and leave after a few months. As a rule if you can last here for three years, you're home.

As for growing, the big money was made long ago. Sure, you can grow all you can smoke if you set yourself up right. But it is now mostly legal and the risk premium is gone.

Only you can answer the question of good or bad idea.

Whatever you decide, Good Luck.

Well, I could MAYBE swing 6 or 7 months. Maybe. This depends on if I can find someone there who can tell me if there's a decent room for rent, or if I pick a place if it would be really stupid to rent in that area. I'm not sure how this works, the only time I've ever moved state I had an arrangement with a friend to rent the couch for $175 a month but now I have my boyfriend with me and need a whole room.

In any case, I wanted to share a little; I have 9 foot plants in California. I have a few pictures I'm putting up in a few minutes on my profile if possible. I used a special blend of fertalizers and the only small one is the one that should be small :-)

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Originally Posted by oldhaole

Dude, I'm real sorry to hear about your kids.... Hope they get well soon. If there is anything I can do to help, drop me a line. Am happy to share if needed.

Mighty kind of ya brah, but I'm good!
Got enough meds from my beginner's luck to keep me goin' as I sort this out.
I use as much technology as I can to counter my naturally black thumb.
So I guess it's time to pry my wallet open and spring for a new PH meter.

Love to get together for a sip off. With this years crop I think a blend would be best. This years cup is way strong. Almost too strong to stand alone. Must be the drought. Not much shade this year.

No problem, just roast to first crack.
I find that a lighter roast preserves the flavor and character of of the Kona beans.
Try it, I'll bet a farthing that you'll like it.:)

This year seems to be comming together nicely...so far. But we both know how fast that can change. Don't pat me on the back until the year is done. Way too much can still blow up yet. I have yet to see a perfect year.

WORD!

Ask your girls to grow big. Hope they listen to you. Good Luck.

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Mahalo!
I'll get a new PH meter an' check 'em for acid-eats feet.:D

Weeze

Another week in the trashcan of history.

Friday we had a nice rain. A nice soft rain. The kind I want. A slow soaker. Proud to report the frames did their jobs and everything is up and happy. Saw a few places that needed touching up, but nothing hit the ground. :thumbsup:

Since the plants were going to get wet anyway, I filled the backpack sprayer up with the stuff I use to kill the worms and WPM and nuked the whole garden. Another case of good luck. I made it real strong, and the rain washed it off for me. :thumbsup:

And the cherry on the top? While I wasn't looking the three lower regrows are starting to bud. :thumbsup:

Shit... that's three thumbs up. Too easy. Here are some young bud pics from today.

that's it for now

man your plants are beauttifulll. i've been watching your whole grow and you get those nice and fat before they are outside. im tryin my first grow outside and its going well. wish i had that hawaii heat though :thumbsup: keep it up bro!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

My friend i think i could hang with you all day chillin, drinking great home brew coffee and watching your babe's do there thing for many many days. Just reading your log i pick up a great personality in ya. Man thats something i could only think about, but still feels good. Your plants are something out of a High Times mag and to have a coffee tree. And il bet i could grow some killer bonsai too. But i would be one to miss the seasons as your description of living there was perfect. I guess i might get used to it as i cant even go out in winter here, but the humidity and i dont get along. Is it high there?

I cant believe you have those little stems keeping up that monster plant, that takes tons of knowledge to grow there, but you have made a great guide for someone who might try it.

Im in a rush, but have a lot more questions and comments so il be back later to blab. Thanks for the awesome show my friend, its amazing:thumbsup:


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