RED DANSON
Well-Known Member
YO! — OK, SO HERE'S WHAT IS UP:
I'm keeping this grow journal for my own records as much as anything else, as this is my first grow. I've already gotten a TON of invaluable info from here, so I decided to participate. Although this is my first grow, I spent quite a bit of my youts with working at my grandma's nursery so I'm not totally green....ha pun not intended — in general I'm "pretty green". This grow is mostly outdoor [with some cloudy day and possible late season finishing w/ LED] and 100% organic. I'm growing vegetables the exact same way, and don't wanna smoke or eat any chemicals. The funny thing is, if I weren't growing the weed with my garden this summer, it wouldn't have been organic. Once I started getting deep into the grow info and learning about ferts — game changed.
WHAT WE'RE WORKIN WITH:
The plan is to do [1x] regular/fem plant [Swiss Cheese] and two seasons of [3x] auto/fems. I live in the PNW so I know two outdoor auto seasons is a little risky for a first grow here, but we were in the 80's for most of last October, so fingers crossed. I've got an decent [I think] LED grow light (goo.gl/oPZ4Vt) and a basement, so I can get a tent and finish the last guys indoor if needed.
R1:
R2:
*NOTE*
I had planned on growing two regular plants and two autos (hence the large pots on the biggest autos), but decided against it to try and keep my garden a little smaller for the sake of my neighbors. It will be legal here come July 1'st [about the time the first autos should be close to flower stage] and I know either way — especially the cheese — is gonna fuckin reek, but whatever. I want something I can play with a little bit, and hopefully build a manifold on.
I am also starting 4 plants from some mix seeds I got from a grower friend of mine for another friend of mine. He lives on quite a bit of land in the souther part of Oregon and will be planting them in the back of his property. The grower told me the couple of strains that were in there, but I cannot for the life of me recall. Anyway, remember being pretty excited so should be some good shit. Those have all sprouted [two of them popped one week ago, one popped five days ago and one popped yesterday] as well as the swiss cheese [popped her shell 2 days ago].
The four randos
Little swissy
THE SETUP:
I am growing in my driveway, which goes all the way to the back yard, so it'll be behind a 4' fence. Today, May 27th, we got direct sun on the garden from about 6am until 6:30pm, so pretty much ideal conditions. I am also growing a pretty good sized herb/vegetable garden along with. It will include: [2x]large tomato plants, [6x] pepper plants (padron, fireball, poblano x 2, sweet choc. bell, heirloom banana), cucumbers (lemon, sour mex gerk), 4 pots of greens (kale/chard/spinach), herbs (pineapple sage, sage, purple sage, french lavender, english lavender, thyme, lemon thyme, basil, cilantro,italian parsley, {not all pictured, some in window boxes}), and last but not least, a giant pumpkin. It will also have 4 pots of sunflowers, and a few pots of wildflowers. It's not really a "cover garden" as my grow will be totally legal before any of the weed plants will be too big or smelly, but I a] want the least amount of people walking by to smell/see it and b] to fuck with my neighbors the least. I know thats asking a lot from a kitchen garden, but I would prob plant most of it anyway, and at least its better than nothing.
As far as weed plants go, I am testing out a few different methods/theories with the autos, along with manifold training the swiss cheese. This is all a big experiment for me, and I'm just trying to have fun and see which methods work best for later seasons in m climate. I've not yet landed on the exact combinations of transplanting/not, tiered pots, amounts of super soil, using the super soil just as a top dress, etc. yet, but by any means, it will all be well documented here.
Driveway garden as a baby...it will have to spread out quite a bit once the plants all start to fill out.
THE SOIL:
I'm currently a couple weeks into cooking a 1/3-1/4 batch of subcools supersoil, although slightly modified. I am using 4 cub. feet of Black Gold Organic for this round, which now I regret using over Roots. Leaning process shit...maybe. It still ended up being cheaper in the long run [since I got more soil out of it than two bags of Roots] to get a bag of Mykos and some kelp to make up for the root bacteria and potassium. So if it works well, we'll see. So far I have added Mykos, blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal, dolomite lime, azomite, worm castings, rock phosphate, bat guano, and some extra pearlite. I'm gonna use Roots as the top 1/2 - 2/3 in the pots, so I'm thinking it will all work out okay in the long run.
Our mixing pool
Everything all mixed up except the kelp which showed up late...mixing that in this afternoon.
SECURITY:
Somebody needs to tell our guard dog to stop sleeping on the job....and maybe get larger and meaner.
Alright — thats where we're currently at. If anybody has advice, comments, and/or questions, just holler!
//RED DANSON
I'm keeping this grow journal for my own records as much as anything else, as this is my first grow. I've already gotten a TON of invaluable info from here, so I decided to participate. Although this is my first grow, I spent quite a bit of my youts with working at my grandma's nursery so I'm not totally green....ha pun not intended — in general I'm "pretty green". This grow is mostly outdoor [with some cloudy day and possible late season finishing w/ LED] and 100% organic. I'm growing vegetables the exact same way, and don't wanna smoke or eat any chemicals. The funny thing is, if I weren't growing the weed with my garden this summer, it wouldn't have been organic. Once I started getting deep into the grow info and learning about ferts — game changed.
WHAT WE'RE WORKIN WITH:
The plan is to do [1x] regular/fem plant [Swiss Cheese] and two seasons of [3x] auto/fems. I live in the PNW so I know two outdoor auto seasons is a little risky for a first grow here, but we were in the 80's for most of last October, so fingers crossed. I've got an decent [I think] LED grow light (goo.gl/oPZ4Vt) and a basement, so I can get a tent and finish the last guys indoor if needed.
R1:
- Nirvana Swiss Cheese (15 gal. smart pot)
- FastBuds Green Crack (15 gal smart pot)
- FastBuds Fastberry (7 gal plastic)
- Mephisto Genetics Sour Bubbly (5 gal pulp)
R2:
- Nirvana Swiss Cheese cont. (15 gal smart pot)
- FastBuds Six-Shooter (15 gal smart pot)
- Royal Queen Northern Lights (7 gal plastic)
- Seedsman Sour Diesel Haze (5 gal pulp)
*NOTE*
I had planned on growing two regular plants and two autos (hence the large pots on the biggest autos), but decided against it to try and keep my garden a little smaller for the sake of my neighbors. It will be legal here come July 1'st [about the time the first autos should be close to flower stage] and I know either way — especially the cheese — is gonna fuckin reek, but whatever. I want something I can play with a little bit, and hopefully build a manifold on.
I am also starting 4 plants from some mix seeds I got from a grower friend of mine for another friend of mine. He lives on quite a bit of land in the souther part of Oregon and will be planting them in the back of his property. The grower told me the couple of strains that were in there, but I cannot for the life of me recall. Anyway, remember being pretty excited so should be some good shit. Those have all sprouted [two of them popped one week ago, one popped five days ago and one popped yesterday] as well as the swiss cheese [popped her shell 2 days ago].
The four randos
Little swissy
THE SETUP:
I am growing in my driveway, which goes all the way to the back yard, so it'll be behind a 4' fence. Today, May 27th, we got direct sun on the garden from about 6am until 6:30pm, so pretty much ideal conditions. I am also growing a pretty good sized herb/vegetable garden along with. It will include: [2x]large tomato plants, [6x] pepper plants (padron, fireball, poblano x 2, sweet choc. bell, heirloom banana), cucumbers (lemon, sour mex gerk), 4 pots of greens (kale/chard/spinach), herbs (pineapple sage, sage, purple sage, french lavender, english lavender, thyme, lemon thyme, basil, cilantro,italian parsley, {not all pictured, some in window boxes}), and last but not least, a giant pumpkin. It will also have 4 pots of sunflowers, and a few pots of wildflowers. It's not really a "cover garden" as my grow will be totally legal before any of the weed plants will be too big or smelly, but I a] want the least amount of people walking by to smell/see it and b] to fuck with my neighbors the least. I know thats asking a lot from a kitchen garden, but I would prob plant most of it anyway, and at least its better than nothing.
As far as weed plants go, I am testing out a few different methods/theories with the autos, along with manifold training the swiss cheese. This is all a big experiment for me, and I'm just trying to have fun and see which methods work best for later seasons in m climate. I've not yet landed on the exact combinations of transplanting/not, tiered pots, amounts of super soil, using the super soil just as a top dress, etc. yet, but by any means, it will all be well documented here.
Driveway garden as a baby...it will have to spread out quite a bit once the plants all start to fill out.
THE SOIL:
I'm currently a couple weeks into cooking a 1/3-1/4 batch of subcools supersoil, although slightly modified. I am using 4 cub. feet of Black Gold Organic for this round, which now I regret using over Roots. Leaning process shit...maybe. It still ended up being cheaper in the long run [since I got more soil out of it than two bags of Roots] to get a bag of Mykos and some kelp to make up for the root bacteria and potassium. So if it works well, we'll see. So far I have added Mykos, blood meal, bone meal, kelp meal, dolomite lime, azomite, worm castings, rock phosphate, bat guano, and some extra pearlite. I'm gonna use Roots as the top 1/2 - 2/3 in the pots, so I'm thinking it will all work out okay in the long run.
Our mixing pool
Everything all mixed up except the kelp which showed up late...mixing that in this afternoon.
SECURITY:
Somebody needs to tell our guard dog to stop sleeping on the job....and maybe get larger and meaner.
Alright — thats where we're currently at. If anybody has advice, comments, and/or questions, just holler!
//RED DANSON
