Brodman's Organic Ganja Farm

Discussion in 'Organic Grow Journals' started by BrodMan Organics, May 14, 2017.

  1. Hey all! :wave:

    Been so busy lately it’s a little unreal! The outdoor garden is in full swing, and it’s almost indoor harvest time!

    Day 54 of 12/12. 1/2 the room is going into the freezer for live resin and the other 1/2 will be dried and trimmed!
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    The autoflower seeds (from pride of the lion seeds) I put out are back to looking good. I got a shade cloth and it really made the environment much better for the ladies.
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
  2. Hey all, :wave:

    Day 57 of 12/12 in these pictures...
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    Eros seems to be looking like a winner. She has at least 10+ days left. She didn’t get any veg time and really stayed kinda small. I transplanted her in the bed as a tiny clone.
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    Her daughter is getting much more veg time and will get a bed all to herself next round. Really excited for next round to see what she can do!
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  3. Hey all, :wave:

    Just got back my soil test today. Which means harvest is less than a week away! 8B30D832-35E2-4AF3-825E-134BF1C6DFF2.png Got some really weird/different results in raised bed #2, which I’m baffled at. Following kis Organics recommendations...Planning on reamending the morning after harvest, and then will put plants in 36 hours later.

    Starting to get a little worried because a heat wave is coming starting tomorrow, which will make trying less than ideal. The last few days when it’s been hot it’s been getting to 77 in the afternoons where I dry. Might just throw everything in the freezer! Lol

    Spending the day today making up some seedling soil using this recipe...
    Riffing on GiMiKs Seed Starting mix
    Got a major part of my rain barrel structure set up yesterday! The mini farm is starting to come together!
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  4. Harvest time!!
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    I honesty should’ve let them go another 3 days, but the next round is ready and needs to be moved in!!

    I got the beds reamended and flipped yesterday. Was a really smooth transition this time and plants will be going in 36 hours later on Saturday right a few hours before lights out.

    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  5. Hey all, :wave:

    Just been in the waiting for things to dry harvest mode! I whole plant dried about 1/2, and the other 1/2 went into the freezer for hash rosin.

    Made my first compost tea for the veggie garden and the autoflowers.
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    I haven’t been caught up in weeding but oh well. It’s been a big learning experience. I started my first garden and it’s been doing well, but with a lot of new pest issues! My first round of pumpkins completely got destroyed by slugs, and then got a disease to finish them off...but things have started to really pick up lately...
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  6. Hey all! :wave:

    The weather really switched in my area the last week. I sure hope summer isn’t over! This made me realize I’ve really been focusing on the outdoor gardens and haven’t really been spending much time indoors. Mainly just to fill reservoirs...

    The beds got reset and reamended. And will get plants after sitting for 24-48 hours. The next round is ready!!
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    also got all the blumats cleaned and ready to be set up!!
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  7. Hey all, :wave:

    Got plants in about 5 hours before lights out.
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    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  8. Hey all, :wave:

    I got blumats set up and the 1st layer of trellis up! Should be in cruise control soon!
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    The ladies are still getting foliar sprays 3x a week and one night of MBP until the first week of flower.

    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  9. Hey Brodman, you've got quite the garden in here! Mind if I pull up a chair? :smoke:

    That's interesting that your soil tests came back with such a big difference between the beds. I assume the soil started out pretty similar?
     
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  10. Sorry for the late response, my area has gotten a serious heat wave the last few days and I’ve basically been in the lawn chair in the shade!

    Thank you very much!! Please do, lol, it’s been pretty quiet in here!

    It was all mixed in the same batch. I mixed up two separate 1/2 yard batches and then filled my raised beds with that.

    We treated all beds the same this round for reamending. I didn’t like how I took the sample from bed #2 and when I saw that result I decided to throw it out and reamend based on beds #1, and 3’s numbers...

    :thankyou: For stopping by!
     
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  11. When you took your samples what was your approach? Unless you really plan to manage each bed differently, it might work better to composite the samples together from all the beds then just treat them all the same. Then again, you would not have seen the big differences in testing results. Then again, maybe the results give you a better idea of expected variability in the testing procedures rather than actual differences in your soil--soil testing certainly isn't a perfect science.

    Thanks for having me, I look forward to seeing your garden grow! Cheers :wave:
     
  12. I usually dig up my blumat sensor and just take the soil underneath that. My blumats were being a little touchy last round so I wanted to keep them in, so I took the samples from where ever wouldn’t disrupt roots or plants.

    This kind of made for some indifferent locations. For sample #2 I had to go to a somewhat dry location (around the border) so i felt like it wasn’t really a great sample.

    I think I might start doing that becasue of the cost of the soil test, but it’s hard becasue I treat every bed different even though one is connected. We’ll see how the plants respond after this round!
     
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  13. Hey all, :wave:

    In veg mode! Got the second layer of trellis up. Won’t put out netting up for a while but it’s nice to have done!
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    Been going good so far. Having the environment dialed in really has been the key. It’s fun to watch plants in the zone!
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    I definitely wasn’t thinking when I put the plants in. The section with 2 plants is going to get full quick!

    Here’s to the process!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  14. Hey all, :wave:

    Been a little bit behind but almost in real time now. Things are looking good, a heat wave came into my area a week ago, and I had to flip. It was about a week earlier than I wanted but oh well!

    Day 3 of 12/12 in the pictures...(I’ m on day 7)
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    Clones seem to be doing ok. The heat wave hit them and they have a little yellowing but still good 8 days later...no rooting hormones what so ever...
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    Had a really weird things happen, went out during my second to last spray and my moisture meter was at 223 in one bed. When i went back at lights on it was 49 :confused_2: plants look really good so I’ll just chaulk this up to my normal blumat experience... :lmafoe:

    Here’s to the process!!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  15. Hey all, :wave:

    The stretch is on!! Took these right before lights out when I turned on my dehumidifier.
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    The blumats are still confusing me, and I’m going to assume they’re not working in the one bed. The Mbar had fluctuated to 150, so safe to say something is off.

    The other two sections seem to be working and in the 50-70 range like I like, but not sure...going to just reset that bed in the next few days and go from there!

    The clones have roots! All of the Eros have roots and will be transplanted tonight. The afghani is just starting to show roots, it’s always been a little slower to root, and should get transplanted in a few days.

    Here’s to the process!
     
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  16. Hey all, :wave:

    Had a very busy 12 hours in the garden! It started last night when I gave the ladies one of there final hair cuts. I was hoping it was there last, but there was just so much and I need to do a little bit more tonight. Will get pics up tomorrow of it.

    The clones have roots!! :rave-girl:
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    Got veg cleaned up and all transplanted. Going with 3 gallon (usually veg in 1g) pots. Hoping for a little bigger lady and to really fill out the canopy next round!

    Before,
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    After.
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    Flower also got there last foliar on day 10 of flower, flowers are just starting to form and I wanted to get one last application in before trich’s start forming!


    Here’s to the process!

    :weed::weed::weed:
     
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  17. Looking good, Brodman! Idk why it's so quiet in this section of the forums.

    Sounds to me like your the pressure sensor in your Blumats sensor is on the fritz. Maybe try opening it up and swapping out the battery? That should hard reset it. There are some small screws on the underside to open it up.
     
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  18. Thank you dng! No kidding, maybe everyone is just outside!

    Thats a good idea! I’ll do that’s too, I called blumat today and they told me to resoak and recalculate it. So going to do that and get it figured out!
     
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  19. Ohh yeah that makes sense, any air bubbles or anything would definitely screw with the readings. I have one that I hadn't used in years and I just recently brushed the dust off of it to find it had a dead battery..doh! Hope you get it all figured out!

    How has the blumat irrigation system been working out so far? I want to set one up for myself I think.
     
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  20. I am a huge fan of blumats! That being said, I don’t feel like the drippers really work great for beds. Worked great in my pots. But the drippers just don’t cover the area.

    I’ve tried multiple times with blusoak but I just don’t have the psi in my tanks to make them work..they need a little more height in the tanks and I just don’t have any more head space.

    I kind of have a love hate relationship I guess you could say. :lmafoe:
     
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