corn chopper, harvest. not the fuzz. Vermont is done with that program this year.
Printable View
corn chopper, harvest. not the fuzz. Vermont is done with that program this year.
That's a relief. Still waiting to see a post from Esteban. Ummmm.~~PEACE!~~
Still a couple of weeks to go, anyway.
Here's the NL#5 x Sk#1
Attachment 295232
Attachment 295233
Attachment 295234
Attachment 295235
Shit
Attachment 295236
Attachment 295237
Ummm. Second from the top looks good enough to eat. They're gorgeous. Looks like you're gonna have a lot of weight. I assume the others are as resionus as the second one, camera angle/ light angle has a lot to do with trichromes showing up in a pic. I was serious about eating it! I like getting resin between my front teeth & chewing & sucking on it. Yeah, I know its a waste, but I just like the taste & the waxy texture! Weird. ....LOL!
I do plan on juicing the fresh leaves and trim this time. Mrs. doesn't like me getting into the edibles since I passed on on them last time. (It was a great rush) But the uncooked cannabis has a lot of goodies without the psychoacivity.
Sounds like she looks out for you. When she comes home from her surgery its your turn. Give her a nice hot cup of chamomile tea (I like cream & sugar in mine) with what ever she will be using for pain (hopefully herb), especially at night. It helps you sleep through the pain. Best combination there ever was, cannabis & chamomile. I grow my own, organically of course. Its cheap, I get it at walmarts for .99 cents when I'm out of my own. Chamomile is a great thing to settle your stomach too, makes it especially helpful to thoes on chemo. I like to add a little spearmint to it for stomach issues. Skin tonic, neither oily or drying, great as an after shower rinse as it helps prevent body odor, & it makes your hair so shiny as a final rinse it looks like spun glass. It tastes great too, not at all nasty like some herbal teas. If you ever decide to grow your own, get the german chamomile, stronger medicinal properties than the english. Its a weed & easy as hell from seed.
--- Don't forget that any leafy material dulls the blades in your juicer a lot quicker than harder substances. If you don't already have a juicer, make sure the one you buy gives you the option of ordering new ones. :)
yut, good advice from the CatBud.
juicer has replaceable blades.
...and the cannabis is still there. Amazing, huh?
Attachment 295511
You lucky duck! The Gods must have been looking out for you! How soon till harvest? Looking pretty. I still say that corn field looks awfully familiar! ( they all look alike. LOL)!
well, there were lots of trucks going in and out by my plants so I took one of the Euros in. I brought in the Shit yesterday so I now have two plants harvested. I thought I'd take a chance with half a crop staying out. The plant I took in yesterday weighs a good 20 #. I put the other Euro plant lower to the ground, it's really not visible unless you go looking for it now.
definetly amazing. pretty damn cool, maybe they got thier own cash crop somewhere
Shovelhandle, Great post. As I am new (this my first year), I enjoyed reading your progression through the growing season with photos and strains included. Nice responses as well. Thanks!
tks, slinger
here's some photos of my successful outdoor stealth grow, again. :)
two plants left. both knocked down horizontal. NL x Sk.
Check it out. but, don't show up here and check it out...)
Attachment 295513
Attachment 295514
Attachment 295515
Again, photos of neighbors and from roadside view... Neighbors are great. We catch up on the news in one of our driveways once every year or two. Except the neighbors I've never met. :cool:
The sun is just on the Euro plant and it is still pretty stealth.
Attachment 295516
Attachment 295517
Attachment 295518
Attachment 295519
That's great, breaking up that tell-tale profile works wonders, eh? The lush green in the foreground helps, too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shovelhandle
What do you use to keep 'em down?
thank you
if the ground is wet just firmly step on the truck. if it's dry and you can't wet it put down a stake and tie it down a little at a time.
The weather forecast says cool weather for a few days and cool temps for the foreseeable future. So I took in the remaining Euro and NL x Sk. I have the Shit in jars and the other Euro is limbed and trimmed. The Euro is wicked sticky.
So all your outdoor is harvested now, am I right? We still haven't had a frost yet. Having foggy nights a lot though. Nice high humidity. Perfect conditions for bud mould for thoes with late budding plants. Dont know why some of the guys around here keep insisting on growing those varities. There's so many nice earlier strains they could go with. I say leave those late varieties to those who live in zones 8-10 & quit stressing every time you hear the word FROST! I'm really curious about your outdoor european, especially now that you're telling us how sticky it is. My outdoor growing conditions are far from perfect. To hide my grow, it has to be out where its partially wooded, gets morning & evening shade with dappled sun mid afternoon. Most of the indicas I grow don't mind going sunless most of the day, as long as the light is bright & they get a little sun. How would the europeans do with that kind of light? Now that the the thieving brothers are in jail, I'm looking for something bigger & beefier than the short bushy indica hybrids I've been going with the last 15 yrs or so. The ones I keep in nursery pots (1-1 1/2gal pots), I can grow in full sun, just hidden among flowers (&spearmint) with similar leaves....but anything I grow big would have to be out under the trees. I think I posted that the brothers stole the last of my seed stock, so since I'll be starting over from scratch, thought I'd try new strains. Since I've already decided my winter indoor strains, now I'm thinking about next springs outdoor grow. Remember I posted I haven't changed my strains in around 25-30 years, so I could use your advice here. Hoping your european will do in partial shade, little sun. What do you think?~~~PEACE!~~~
This strain came to me with zero information other than it's probably from Skunk. Great, the other two strains I grew this year were 100% skunk and 50/50 skunk and they bear no resemblances to each other. This is the first Euro Outdoor grow for me and I did start them late. I put them in the ground as a couple of day old seedlings and they all made it to maturity (three males, two females). They did get maximum sunlight though. The other two strains got half days of direct sunlight. The Euro looks like they will outweigh the others by quite a bit.
Ok. The kickass one I bred back in the 80's I kept goin till the thieft I called Big Bertha. She did well even in the woods, bright shade, no direct sun. Here's her genetics.... #1 skunk X northern lights male to big bud. Then a male from that breeding that seemed the most northern lights (to keep it smaller & earlier) bred back to big bud clone. Then from this second generation, I chose a female most like big bud, & the male most like skunk & northern lights. Ok now, this third gen was the hardest to choose. Out of over 100 plants to choose from (yeah, UGH!), I was looking for these traits; the bud size of big bud, size & earliness & heavy trichrome of NL, & the skunkiness of skunk & of course the strong stem. From your own experience, you know I had about 50% throw backs more resembling one of the three, so I collected the pollen from the males that most resembled a more ballanced blend of the three, hand pollenated lower buds of females also of a ballanced blend. Three more gens, & I had a stabilized strain. This shit kicked ass. I got exactly what I was breeding for. A total of 6 yrs to breed, then stabilize, so you know how pissed I was when the thieves got the whole crop & me with NO SEEDS left of all this work. Most of the seeds I had moulded in storage, so I had planted all I had left & was counting on the resulting seeds of that crop. I'd started this in '83 or '84 & that's all I grew untill this summer when the thieves hit me. Damned this is longer than I intended, but the moral to this genetic story is.... maybe your outdoor euro would do well under my trees too? Or maybe you'd know a strain of similar genetics? Miss my big bertha. I could keep her as sm as I wanted (potted & started late) or grow her as big as she wanted (started early & planted in open ground under my trees). Great indoors or outdoors. Versatile as hell. I think I'm gonna cry. ~~~PEACE!~~~
Cat, the Euros did not grow under trees, the other two strains did and the yield was off a lot, especially the Shit. But they didn't get ripped, so that's something.
I started the trimming.
Euro plant
Attachment 295711
Attachment 295712
Shit
Attachment 295713
Attachment 295714
(2) three quart mason's of Euro (12 ounces) Two jars of Shit (2.5 ounces)
Attachment 295715
Holy Shit! Those pics remind me of my childhood, jumping in a fall leaf pile! That's a lot of herbage dude! What's the weight?
-- I've had strains that didn't produce so well under trees, mosty sativa dominate. Then I've had some sweet little short fat indicas that thrived in the woods. I used to call them mommas little wood nymphs! Haha! Really pissed that the thieves brought Big Bertha to an end. I could kick my own ass for not saving back a few seeds 'just incase'. I KNEW I had a theft problem here. I should be jack slapped for planting them all. It's my own damned fault. Now I'll be spending a lot of time asking questions & searching info from seed banks just to find a new strain that suits my needs (for outdoor). That's time I'd rather spend growing. The aurora indica I've decided on for indoors will probably fit the bill for the available light, but it sounds like it will be small even outdoors. I'm also thinking most labled for indoor grow can do without all day full sun & may work in my outdoor garden, but then again, they most likely won't have the genetic resistance to disease or stress from fluctuations either. I am SO pissed at myself. Not only about Big Bertha, but the fact I haven't keep up with the new strains in years so I'm as clueless as a noobe! I hate STUPID! Especially when it's me!
---- But back to your harvest man, you did great! I'd like to bury my face in that pile of buds!
~~~~PEACE!~~~~
Northern Lights #5 x Skunk #1
Attachment 295754
Attachment 295755
Attachment 295756
European Outdoor plant #2
Attachment 295757
Attachment 295758
Not getting ripped around here is the biggest thing. I'm really starting to belive the cops just don't bother cause they figure there's less work for them if they just leave it to the theives. (Maybe if they just followed the thieves around they'd learn how to find them better, heaven forbid)!
--- Dude! That's a lot of herbage, combining your last 2 harvest pics! If we start hearing less from you, or your spelling goes to hell in a hand basket, we'll know why!
--- Speaking of hearing less from someone....Since 'his' pics clearly showed his plants nearly against the back wall of his house, I had hoped he was in a area that allowed a patient their own medical grow. Apparently not... concerned. ( his last post was something like Sept 24th)
~~~~ PEACE! ~~~~
Nice....that should get ya through the winter.....we there yet?
Winter? Just around the corner. Frosty mornings this week. We've had an excellent grow season right into Autumn. It was wet in May-June but I put my plants out late and it worked out well. Four plants total of around 30 oz of dry, trimmed bud.
Congratulations on a great harvest Shov! For me, later is always better. Reason being, plant munching baby animals. Guess you've all seen I'd sooner chop off my arm than harm an animal, so I just use timing as a way to work around this. I've not seen mention of this on the forum, so I'm going to drop a few hints now for the 'younguns' who like to follow your threads, since I'm sure you already know what I'm talking about. When momma rabbit first brings out her bunnies to graze (& groundhogs), they're looking for the tenderest greens. If one sets out their grow as small tender seedlings, well, your just asking for it & they're fair game. So I grow mine under fluorescents in 1gal nursery pots untill the stems are tuffer & more fiberous & set them out around June 1st. This timing allows for the roots to establish themselves & the plants to be in rapid growth for the longer daylight period, summer equinox (longest day of the year) falling June 19th-21st. Combine this with the fact the little munchers will no longer find your plants appealing, it's a win win situation. Deer are another matter. They require repellants which can be found at farm supply stores & some nurseries. Sorry I'm sometimes so long winded, but it's hard for me to pass up an opportunity to protect Mother Earths tiny babbies & green growers too! Hope this tidbit helps us all get along! :) ~~~ PEACE! ~~~
I don't harm a fly. My visitor (yellowjacket) must have croaked as it's not around anymore. I killed a wolf spider last winter when it scared me and I didn't care for doing that. Even hornets and wasps I catch and turn loose outdoors. Snails have been my main outdoor pest the last few years.
Something to try... go to concentrates & click on the waxtractor thread, click on their facebook link. I really want one of these!-----The butane method is how my ex set the woods on fire, but we're not dumb enough to try to evaporate butane over an open fire! LOL! There's 2 ways I do it. Set pyrex on a soil heating mat, or use a regular heating pad set on low. :)
--- Hope Ranger sees this. I want to bring it to his attention when he comes back! I signed up to win a free one. If I win, I'll be doing my happy dance while sliding down my cane like a stripper on a pole!!! & LMAO the whole time! :) ~~~ PEACE! ~~~
no offense, Cat but I'd prefer that we go off topic on a thread in the Cannabis Lounge. I've always tried to keep my grow log threads on point. Please.
For information on extracts...Check out Graywolf. He is on many sites including this one. He's not so active here but he probably does answer to a message if you rep him. He is the man who designs, tests and builds all kinds of extractors for the MMJ industry. If you can't raise him here try looking out in the internet.
Good job on grow, buds looked tight, hope they smoke well. Mainly thanks for greywolf lead.
Thanks.
The products turned out OUTSTANDING. I've gotten more positive comments on these three strains than ever before. They smoke nice, taste nice and get you fuckeded up.
Still amazed that I see no rocks anywhere, must be nice!!!
Rocks where? ...in the jars, on the table? If you mean in the field then I gotta say that all the fields around here grow some real boulders! You'll see them in the fall after harvest, shit-spreading and tilling.
Hey, rocks are good. After erosion & time break them down into minerals & trace elements, our plants take them in as nutrients! :) :) :)
^^^ we'll never see this in our lifetime. :jointsmile:
Yeah, little bit slower than compost! :)