"Mn Growers Unite" 2011

catmando

Well-Known Member
just figured id let you all know that i started my seed yesterday

3 ATA Tundra
3 ShortRyder
3 AK48

put them in tomato jiffy pellets (the larger ones)
looking forward to seeing some sprouts!
 

Himself

Member
Human hair works well to keep deer away. In my day we would tie a bunch to a post at the 4 corners of a 40 ft plot. The kids nowadays tie stuffed stockings to the same posts.

I have an AK48 shrub that I am attempting to Scrog. 65? days from germination to the present 30 days of flowering. I definately have a bud up my ass as I am now taking clones from the AK48, a bagseed shrub and a very dark green blue mystic that I can't seem to kill.

I have a half assed journal with pics here somewhere.
 

livinthadream

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sup MN growers! with spring right around the corner its going to bring another harvest in fall, which excites the fuck outta me...last year was the first year that i had a successfull outdoor grow...grew a couple different strains, trainwreck, white skunk, ak-48(non auto) super-haze, afghan kush, church, g-bomb, i had 21 plants to begin the summer with, ended up with like 12-14 cant remember, shit was some fucking bomb ass weed tho, i was very surprised...considering it had beans in some of it the potency was amazing, stanky stinky buds DAMN fuck yeah, N now this year i get to take all these beans and replant them and get MORE haha!!! couple questions for you MN growers, what do you go in? buckets? bags? straight earth? i found the 3 gal grow bags i had sitting around my crib worked great outdoors but my plants didnt produce more than a zip...would it be worth buyin some 30 gal grow bags??!?!
 

www.overgrow.com

Active Member
sup MN growers! with spring right around the corner its going to bring another harvest in fall, which excites the fuck outta me...last year was the first year that i had a successfull outdoor grow...grew a couple different strains, trainwreck, white skunk, ak-48(non auto) super-haze, afghan kush, church, g-bomb, i had 21 plants to begin the summer with, ended up with like 12-14 cant remember, shit was some fucking bomb ass weed tho, i was very surprised...considering it had beans in some of it the potency was amazing, stanky stinky buds DAMN fuck yeah, N now this year i get to take all these beans and replant them and get MORE haha!!! couple questions for you MN growers, what do you go in? buckets? bags? straight earth? i found the 3 gal grow bags i had sitting around my crib worked great outdoors but my plants didnt produce more than a zip...would it be worth buyin some 30 gal grow bags??!?!

Nahhh, don't waste your time. Forget the oz in the grow bag and aim for a lb. Pick a spot with as much sun as you feel safe with. Dig a good sized hole, the bigger the better (3 feet deep and wide). Mix up 50/50 sphagnum peat moss and the existing soil. Sprinkle in some osmocote three month vegetative time release fertilizer for good measure and fill the hole back in. You could spend more money and mix in better soiless mixes and use better ferts, but that's as simple as it gets for preparing the earth. Of course you will need to water regularly and give more fertilizer..... but that's another day.
 

sickleg

Member
Nahhh, don't waste your time. Forget the oz in the grow bag and aim for a lb. Pick a spot with as much sun as you feel safe with. Dig a good sized hole, the bigger the better (3 feet deep and wide). Mix up 50/50 sphagnum peat moss and the existing soil. Sprinkle in some osmocote three month vegetative time release fertilizer for good measure and fill the hole back in. You could spend more money and mix in better soiless mixes and use better ferts, but that's as simple as it gets for preparing the earth. Of course you will need to water regularly and give more fertilizer..... but that's another day.
IMO three feet is a little excessively deep and you're gonna just end up paying more for soil. I'd say about 16 inches is all the deeper you would ever need it. I do agree though, that in-the-ground beats in a pot/bucket any day of the week.
 

catmando

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3 feet deep is definitely not necessary, you could darn near make a fort in that hole! Roots grow more outward than downward 2 feet deep should definitely be sufficient
 

DuluthDankMaster

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bigger hole will allow u to better amend the area and soil to suit ur needs....plus will give the roots better area to grow and will produce MONSTER plants and buds with more space to grow in..

DDM
 

tafbang

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I'd suggest 3foot holes as the biggest yielders roll with that. Anybody on the west border of MN?
 

greenesthaze

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do you even live in the usa taf. you and your stack of books lmao.(don't know why anyone would listen to you) it's been awhile since i last posted... been busy with all the plants and school. I only pay $50 for dank, sometimes 40. over priced usually means no flush and a lot of chemicals still in it. i plan on having at least 15elbows +. roots do tend to grow more outward but then again i have heard that the roots can 3/4 as long as the plant is tall so who really knows. i have a bag seed plant that when i switched to 18/6 for 24 she showed female lol, she is getting out of hand too. I'm thinking she will be around 20ft tall come harvest. anyone else got things getting out of hand yet?
 

tafbang

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Secretsssss, and my rep is too sexy, lmao.

Overpriced just means people trying to make more money btw. and my lightbulb plant is tall as shit, broskie.
 

www.overgrow.com

Active Member
IMO three feet is a little excessively deep and you're gonna just end up paying more for soil. I'd say about 16 inches is all the deeper you would ever need it. I do agree though, that in-the-ground beats in a pot/bucket any day of the week.
Peat moss is cheap and you can simply mix it with half native soil anyways. Also, the roots will tend to go deeper if you let it it go dry between waterings in the early stages rather than water constantly on the surface. They need to go down deeper and seek out groundwater this way, and consequently, are more drough proof in the long run and actually require less watering overall. That being said, if you will be running 70 + plants, I wouldn't do a 3 by 3 and would drop down to 2 by 2. But 16 inches is pretty shallow my friend. I'm not right and your not wrong, it's merely a matter of preference I suppose. Best of luck this year people.
 

DuluthDankMaster

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how large do you suggest DDM?
i go no smaller than 2x2....4x4 at most but yea its all preference......general rule of thumb with most all plants is that the roots will grow at least 3 times as wide as the crown of the plant...bigger hole will mean more work and amending but u can control the soil a lil better IMO

hope everyones plants are growing well....lets see some pics yall!! the warm weather is coming fast hahaha!!!
 

DuluthDankMaster

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nugget.jpgveg1.jpg couple pics..one is of a northern lights plant i just harvested and the other is a couple of small clones and halfassed shot of my Bubba Kush mom. cell phone pics...ill get some better ones up shortly...the closet with the mom is now moved n got a different setup goin on.
Happy growing
DDM
 
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