New Grower Welcome to the jungle (in progress)

[Captain Howdy]

Just a quick update, my dinner about ready so I need to go and stop it from burning, I've got a day off (finally) on Thursday so I'll do a real one then.

This beast is 32 inches high, 21 inches wide and still hasn't shown it's sex. It's gonna be huge, glad I topped it.












This is the main stem of the Super Silver having turned back towards the sun after pinching and bending it, all seems to be working fine so just gonna have to wait and see now. Unless the buds get stupidly heavy, and being a haze I'm not sure that'll happen, I don't see there being a problem.

 

[swampman]

Look at all those little flowers lol ...
Quick question ..
I love ur DYI green boxes ..
Have u had better pest prevention ...
See I want to start ma veggies outside as well like this m.
I'm not country enough to do it in my yard ..besides the overhead eyes ..

I've seen then in larger greenhouse and I see ya put em next to Maters ...
I've always heard this because it masks smells a lil better and same heat or summn ...
They feed at almost the same numbers I believe as well at times I've seen it Takes Alot of P/K To keep layers flowing red like I need em too

 

[Captain Howdy]

Yeah the all-seeing eyes really suck, and we have no fences between gardens where I am so I can see 5 yards in each direction, not good.

Tbh I haven't really thought about pest prevention out in this box, I would have tackled it if the problem arose but so far all I've had are a few bluebottle flies getting trapped in there. The tomatoes, peppers and chillies are just in there because as you say, they like similar environments. I also have a couple of melons seeds, from a store bought fruit, germinating which will go in there as well. They smell great when they're growing.
As far as ammending the ground here I also have no need to do that either, the soil where I live is out of this world, put anything in and it thrives better than anywhere I've seen. Sorry I can't help you with that bro but the man to ask is Mr Piggy, the man with the answers.

At work when I'm wandering about I notice Marigolds have, at first touch a very similar sweet, citrus smell which you get from growing, unfortunately they don't grow very high but if it's purely smell prevention your after I would suggest planting a few of these en route to the growbox. Lilac, Jasmine and Rosemary all stink but have a very different smell to growing pot... I'll scooby-doo my way round work and see what else I can find.

 

[swampman]

I just know Moms back in the early 80 and seeing it when I was younger ...she always had it next to them for cover ...
Whether it was its kool
Grats on the fertile soil ..it seems im in some rich dirt as well ...all I really need is greensand and summn to loosen it up

 

[Alaskan1]

That one pic with the giant leaves was awesome:thumbs:

 

[Captain Howdy]

Phase two has begun, and this time I'm not messing about.

My last grows all I had has been seeds, pots, compost and water. Now though I've been shopping.

The goodie shelf now has

Rhyzotonic
Myco Funghi
Epsom Salts
Bat Guano
Worm Humus Castings
PH Up & Down with an electronic tester
BioGrow/Bloom/TopMax
PK 13/14
Airstone bubbler
And 1L, 3L, 6L and 10L airpots.

I've put in 5 new seeds, all regular autos, four diesels and one pineapple chunk. Hoping for a male somewhere along the road. I'll post more info on the further on but for now I jujst wanted to get my shopping hoard up and see if there was anything I missed. I think though, should be about good to go.

All 5 seeds germinated 3 days ago and went into 1.5L pots while I wait for the airpots to be delivered, I'll post some pics when they show their faces.

I've also just started growing some Hawaiian Mushrooms.... yes, the good kind of mushroom so if your interested I'll throw some pictures up. Injected my spores a couple of hours ago so it's all systems go from now on, I've 1 plant harvested, 1 more in a weeks time.... another a few weeks after. A Think Different coming into flower, all the babies at different levels in the garden. 5 new seeds in the growbox and now a mushroom farm to top things off. Busy, busy.

I would like to point out, as it looks like I'm growing an enourmous amount. I grow for myself and one other medicinal patient. I don't grow for any form of profit or monetary gain, I would never charge money for weed or mushrooms, these are tools for the body, mind and soul which I believe everybody has the right to use and enjoy. I grow a lot because I consume a lot. The pleasure and mental healing I get from growing is the only form of payment I require.
(Just don't wanna be seen as a dealer or supplier, it worries me that that's what it looks like from the outside, I'm just a fiend really lol)

Anyways, rant over. Pics will be up in a few days, holler if I missed anything off my list.

 

[Captain Howdy]

Yo Swampman, btw, I glanced over an article saying growing tomatoes and pot together will help to combat the smell as the tomatoes do something to neutralise it... as I say, it was just a glance but it would seem there is some truth to the 'mater'.
I'll give you a shout when I've read a bit more. Good ol' Google.

 

[Captain Howdy]

And an hour later look who's eager to get started
The first of two Sour Diesel crosses I have in, I want both of these to be female so fingers crossed....

 

[Captain Howdy]

Howdy guys, been given an extra hour off before I start work today so used it checking in on the outdoor babies. First time I've had a chance to see them so early in the day... Just wondered, how much of a problem is morning dew gonna be? I noticed it when I went out and sod's law, it's only over the plant in bud (not the silver, one of the other ones). I gave it a little shake to get rid of the bigger droplets but I was just wondering how much this affects the buds, obviously can cause bud rot but what about the thc, is this just something you outdoor guys have to put up with or shouldn't it be tolerated??

 

[Captain Howdy]

Oh testicle snot. I'm so sorry, didn't mean to upload everything in that file, but hey-ho, have a tour through my garden.... There are some pot plants in there somewhere, can you find them all lol.

Some of the photo's may suck but the sun's so bright out there it's even sometimes difficult to see let alone taken photographs lol.

Enjoy folks.