My Outdoor Garden-2010

[veggiegardener]

Hi Veggie,
I have a similar situation as you. It looks like your using an outdoor shed to dry in.
This is my first time around with a large quantity to dry all at once and would like to use a shed I have outdoors but thought it would get to warm in there. I'm in bay area and temps are suppose to be 80 today but mid 70's the rest of the week. Do you think I would be OK?

I guess what I'm asking is do you have ventilation in that shed?

During the initial drying process temperatures aren't a big deal. My shed has some ventilation vents near the roof and air comes in around the door, farther down. If the shed gets full, I add a fan or two to help drying.

If I fall behind(inevitable) I might add moisture to the dried buds and put them in sealed containers. This encourages curing, which is mostly the break down of chlorophyll.

Your temperatures are lower, and humidity higher, so I'm guessing your buds will be pretty well cured when you remove them from your shed.

Space the buds so air can get between them. A fan is helpful but needn't blow directly on the buds, as long as air is moving.

Friends in Humboldt seal up their sheds and use dehumidifiers to draw out the moisture.

 

[cruzer101]

Thanks man. I figured it best to ask someone with experience.
You mentioned you hang dry and trim over a screen, sure like the screen idea.
I see you leave the fan leaf too, is that to help retain moisture until you can "catch up"

 

[veggiegardener]

Thanks man. I figured it best to ask someone with experience.
You mentioned you hang dry and trim over a screen, sure like the screen idea.
I see you leave the fan leaf too, is that to help retain moisture until you can "catch up"

I could remove fan leaves, but since we save all our trim for butter, there's just no point in half trimming, unless I decide to use some exceptionally good trim for bubble hash.

But yes, leaving the sun leaves extends the drying process a few extra days.

We trimmed wet for over a decade, but finally admitted we were unable to trim quickly enough to keep up with the load of ripening buds.

 

[Rtoke]

hey veg hows it ??

correct me if im wrong but,

1: your soil isnt Fox farms of none of that sht, its your own natural soil and your plants are thriving !!!, and it doesnt seem to have any perlite in it - for drainage ?? - I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!

2: how tall was your tallest plant in the cage ?? 2.5m ??

Cheers man, good luck with your grows and future ones to come !!

Peace
R

 

[veggiegardener]

hey veg hows it ??

correct me if im wrong but,

1: your soil isnt Fox farms of none of that sht, its your own natural soil and your plants are thriving !!!, and it doesnt seem to have any perlite in it - for drainage ?? - I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!

2: how tall was your tallest plant in the cage ?? 2.5m ??

Cheers man, good luck with your grows and future ones to come !!

Peace
R

My soils are a result of about 10% native soils mixed with manure, mushroom compost, home made compost, barn sweepings and forest humus. This has accumulated over 16 years. I even brought soil from my previous garden to make sure I had worms and microbes for my new garden.

Yeah, my caged plants were/are about eight feet tall with LST. Some were eleven feet but leaned over to minimize "exposure".

Thanks for the good wishes!

 

[Rtoke]

My soils are a result of about 10% native soils mixed with manure, mushroom compost, home made compost, barn sweepings and forest humus. This has accumulated over 16 years. I even brought soil from my previous garden to make sure I had worms and microbes for my new garden.

Yeah, my caged plants were/are about eight feet tall with LST. Some were eleven feet but leaned over to minimize "exposure".

Thanks for the good wishes!

yea man, thats sweet.

my next grow im going to do a carport greenhouse something like doublejj !!! and use pure topsoil, compost and manure !!

^^^^ looking forward to it lol

peace man

 

[veggiegardener]

yea man, thats sweet.

my next grow im going to do a carport greenhouse something like doublejj !!! and use pure topsoil, compost and manure !!

^^^^ looking forward to it lol

peace man

A word of advice, when putting together a soil mix.

Do it in the fall, add worms, and let it sit for a few months. A layer of compost or mulch on the surface will make it a happy place for worms and microbes.

The result will be an incredibly rich, yet non toxic medium for your plants.

Best of luck!

 

[doublejj]

I feel you bro!

peace
doublejj

 

[Rtoke]

sweet man will do, i allways use mulch ontop !!!!

do you use molasses ?? i herd if you make worm cast tea the molasses is like food for the bacteria and fungi and it helps plants and the soil ??

peace man

 

[Countryfarmer]

A word of advice, when putting together a soil mix.

Do it in the fall, add worms, and let it sit for a few months. A layer of compost or mulch on the surface will make it a happy place for worms and microbes.

The result will be an incredibly rich, yet non toxic medium for your plants.

Best of luck!

Huge fan of worms here. I need to tack together the worm bin I have designed in my mind.

 

[veggiegardener]

A few pix from the last day or two.

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The #1 Trainwreck is ready, but I'm out of room for drying, having harvested the bulk of eight plants, which are currently hanging. I may be forced to hang plants in the East Greenhouse under some black cloth I use to screen light.

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This plant's canopy took over half the space in this greenhouse.

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This Starburst smelled amazing while harvesting. The trichomes were cloudy and very large. Actually the best looking example, so far.

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One of my wife's favorites, Magic Carpet Ride is a pure Afghani, although in appearance doesn't look like an "indica". There has been some discussion of "Cannabis Afghanica" as distinguished from sativas, indicas, or ruderalis. Very potent, but not really sedative in effect. A very good pain reliever.

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There are four plants left to harvest in the cage. They've fared better than the greenhouses, which are both seriously infested with Spider Mites. This is the first time that I've had this problem. Probably due to the long cool Spring, which seemed to prevent the ladybugs' migration to the Central Valley.

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Still untouched, the West Greenhouse is showing signs of Spider Mites on some plants. These plants are about a week away from harvest.

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Cabbage and Broccoli plants will likely be planted in the cage, once harvest is complete. If you've never grown your own, or access otherwise, you don't know what they taste like, fresh. There's nothing like fresh veggies and fruit.

 

[veggiegardener]

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Fuzzy decided to do some posing withe the Magic Carpet Ride. In the fourth picture he realizes I've moved the ladder a bit, making climbing down pretty much impossible. I put the camera away and rescued him, although he's gotten out of far worse situations. One year, all the catnip was in the cage. So he learned to climb chain link. He can get in and out quicker than I can dig out a key to let him out.

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This is the first webs I've seen in the West greenhouse. Most of the plants are a week or two away. I'm hoping I can keep them knocked down a bit longer without bringing out chemicals.View attachment 1197780View attachment 1197782View attachment 1197783
Other pictures from the West greenhouse.

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There are eight plants hanging in my shed. I'll probably end up hanging a few more in the East greenhouse, after I harvest the last Trainwreck. There's a large box fan circulating the air in the shed, minimizing the chance of mold. No live worms, so far, but I've spotted a few more buds that have small dead spots. An indication I should have sprayed once more before harvest. Total loss will be less than an ounce.

 

[Rtoke]

hey man, nice harvest !!!!

Question for ya, you may no im only doing a small grow this year and dont have much money at the moment so ive got a soil mix: out of 60L - 40L is potting soil and 20L is compost, how much dolomite lime, blood and bone,sheep manure, and worm castings do i use in the mix ?? i was thinking a cup of each ?? - all organic by the way !!

^^^^^^^ will be putting 2-3 week old plants into the mix !

cheers man !

peace

 

[veggiegardener]

Yeah, a cup each will be OK, but be careful with blood meal and sheep manure. Both can be high enough in Nitrogen to burn.

I like using manure as a side dressing during the summer covered with mulch. Worms break it down and deliver it to the roots.

I used to garden organically but found that some chemical fertilizers save me a lot of lifting and carrying.(Think 30 five gallon buckets carried 200 feet to the garden, full of fresh manure.)

Thanks for stopping by!

How about pix when you get started?

 

[Rtoke]

yep will post pics !!, doing outdoor start to finish like weed should be grown !!

going to australia for 2.5 weeks so will get back start of november and will plant then !!

hey, how long can you sow a seed into the season and still get a big plant ?? like say longest day december 22, can you plant january ?

peace !!

 

[Rtoke]

just watched strain hunters video and the africans sow the seed in spring and leave it in the fields untill done, no ferts in soil just ash and coal of trees they burn in the field before planting, and they get 8 foot streached out plants but there is so many plants they get a good harvest out off it !!?

^^^^^ just little bitta info

peace

 

[veggiegardener]

yep will post pics !!, doing outdoor start to finish like weed should be grown !!

going to australia for 2.5 weeks so will get back start of november and will plant then !!

hey, how long can you sow a seed into the season and still get a big plant ?? like say longest day december 22, can you plant january ?

peace !!

If you plant after the solstice, you'll be pushing back sexual maturity into the beginning of flowering.

I wouldn't start seeds later than December 1st. November 1st would be better.

If conditions permit, you could start seeds now.

 

[Rtoke]

yea it hot as now !!! but im going to auz in less than a week. so yeah

 

[blower]

Let me know when you need help with tending or trimming peace.

 

[SACReDHeRB]

If you plant after the solstice, you'll be pushing back sexual maturity into the beginning of flowering.

I wouldn't start seeds later than December 1st. November 1st would be better.

If conditions permit, you could start seeds now.

What about the winter or is that to have a spring harvest? And i have/can grown kinda year round where i am at. Also arent you concerned about humidity in the drying area, especially since you also left all the leaves on?