Popped 65 seeds April 8,put under a Spider Farmer LED w/heat mats,really good germ rate,wanted to plant outside today but this week weather not inspiring me.also just saw the MFKN ground hog eating sunflower seeds for my feathered friends,delayed planting for next weekend as i'll get better growth under the light also have my habanero spray just made in case that ground hog gets interested,I love dogs/cats,most animals in general but hate FKN rodents they are destructive across the board and this ground hog seems to show up earlier ev. year,usually planted by now but these seedlings will be the biggest I've transplanted and I'm becoming a fan of starting things later as experience tells me what good is having plants out in cloudy/cold/shitty weather.We are almost there,good luck everybody.
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True story - about a year after I got this bitch sent over from Germany as a 9 week old pup, I was over at the neighbors having a beer. Guy says hey have you met the woodchucks? I said nope. Guy says they come right up on the lawn within ten feet of our elderly Portuguese Water Dog, no fear at all. I said yeah I dunno if they’d get the same reception in my yard…
A few days later my male German Shepherd starting barking his head off by the back door. Went to see what the commotion was.
It was then I met one of the woodchucks - she was eating it.
She’d stripped the skin off of the ribs, gobbled down the kidneys, liver and all the meat on one rack of ribs. She had blood dripping down her muzzle and was snarling at my male because she didn’t want to share. Fought me like a tiger when I tried to take it from her, too.
A week later I looked out the window and did a double-take when I saw her prancing with the second woodchuck hanging limply from her mouth.
Damn that bitch could hunt. Three time proven manstopper too. Lasted until she was 13 1/2, when her esophagus stopped working. Survived twice as long as the diagnosis said she would. Bitch hadn’t been able to keep any food down for ten days when I made the call to the vet. Tough as nails right to the end, walked a mile in the forest the day before she got the needles. In this pic she was 11, it was 93 out and we’d been playing ball for about a half hour -
A few days later my male German Shepherd starting barking his head off by the back door. Went to see what the commotion was.
It was then I met one of the woodchucks - she was eating it.
She’d stripped the skin off of the ribs, gobbled down the kidneys, liver and all the meat on one rack of ribs. She had blood dripping down her muzzle and was snarling at my male because she didn’t want to share. Fought me like a tiger when I tried to take it from her, too.
A week later I looked out the window and did a double-take when I saw her prancing with the second woodchuck hanging limply from her mouth.
Damn that bitch could hunt. Three time proven manstopper too. Lasted until she was 13 1/2, when her esophagus stopped working. Survived twice as long as the diagnosis said she would. Bitch hadn’t been able to keep any food down for ten days when I made the call to the vet. Tough as nails right to the end, walked a mile in the forest the day before she got the needles. In this pic she was 11, it was 93 out and we’d been playing ball for about a half hour -
stealthfader508
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@p59teitel @CCGNZ ... That's a beautiful dog, I'd hate to have her locked onto my forearm... but the way a loyal dog will protect a backyard always makes me proud. My two labs are all bark no bite so I employ a swifter way of dealing with thieving garden pests ... it arrives at about 1200 feet per second, and lands right behind the ear.
Had a big day today in the greenhouse, it was moving day... Everything got potted up into 3 gal bags. I used a mix of 70% compost/recycled soil, 15% fresh peat moss, 15% aged pine bark and a big scoop each wheel barrow of ground stone dust and plant-tone.
Tonight is their first night under the stars.... after a few hours of lights on. I rigged up painter lights to extend daylight to 10:40pm, to match the light schedule they've been on indoors (17on/7off). I'll dial this back over the next few weeks to land at 8:24pm which is sunset on 6/21 (summer solstice)... by 6/1 all will be in their final spots and I'll lose the lights.
I've identified 3 certain males so far, and left them in 1 gals for now. There's one super vigorous one that I really like so far (JW13) ... so I'll keep a close eye on how that one flowers indoors, but so far that's my keeper.
Indoors I moved all the clones up to the top shelf under the COBs. I stuck them on 4/12 and most look like they're ready to begin putting on new growth, and most likely have roots. I'll leave them under 17/7 for a few more days and flip them to flower on Wednesday (5/1).
Had a big day today in the greenhouse, it was moving day... Everything got potted up into 3 gal bags. I used a mix of 70% compost/recycled soil, 15% fresh peat moss, 15% aged pine bark and a big scoop each wheel barrow of ground stone dust and plant-tone.
Tonight is their first night under the stars.... after a few hours of lights on. I rigged up painter lights to extend daylight to 10:40pm, to match the light schedule they've been on indoors (17on/7off). I'll dial this back over the next few weeks to land at 8:24pm which is sunset on 6/21 (summer solstice)... by 6/1 all will be in their final spots and I'll lose the lights.
I've identified 3 certain males so far, and left them in 1 gals for now. There's one super vigorous one that I really like so far (JW13) ... so I'll keep a close eye on how that one flowers indoors, but so far that's my keeper.
Indoors I moved all the clones up to the top shelf under the COBs. I stuck them on 4/12 and most look like they're ready to begin putting on new growth, and most likely have roots. I'll leave them under 17/7 for a few more days and flip them to flower on Wednesday (5/1).
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It's been six nights outside and the plants have responded much better than I expected. I figured they would take some time to bounce back from being transplanted and going outside on the same day.... but they all took off right away. So much so that I pulled each one up onto the workbench and pruned them back hard, taking 3-6" off the top of each and removed any unnecessary growing shoots. The next few weeks are really important to build a good strong lower stem structure with good balance. I also super crop the lower limbs extensively, but i don't typically bend the limbs over... I'm just creating callouses up and down the limb... it really helps them to support themselves later with minimal trellising, if any at all.
The gas lantern technique is working as expected so far. I haven't seen any indications of premature flowering on any of them. The lights come on at 7pm and go off at 10:40 (natural sunset is about 7:45 right now)... tomorrow it'll be a week so I'll begin shutting the lights off at 10pm and then back them off by 30 mins every 7 days for the next couple weeks. After next week the supplemental lighting is probably unnecessary but I'll stick to the plan to avoid any shock from a big change in night hours they receive.
I also finally set up the drip irrigation zone to the vegetable beds. I've never used drip in the past and can't believe what a complete game changer this is going to be, why didn't I do this years ago? I'm using a wifi water controller so once it's dialed in it just runs and I can control it from anywhere... technology is just fkn incredible, I'm running drip everywhere on my property.
The gas lantern technique is working as expected so far. I haven't seen any indications of premature flowering on any of them. The lights come on at 7pm and go off at 10:40 (natural sunset is about 7:45 right now)... tomorrow it'll be a week so I'll begin shutting the lights off at 10pm and then back them off by 30 mins every 7 days for the next couple weeks. After next week the supplemental lighting is probably unnecessary but I'll stick to the plan to avoid any shock from a big change in night hours they receive.
I also finally set up the drip irrigation zone to the vegetable beds. I've never used drip in the past and can't believe what a complete game changer this is going to be, why didn't I do this years ago? I'm using a wifi water controller so once it's dialed in it just runs and I can control it from anywhere... technology is just fkn incredible, I'm running drip everywhere on my property.