Javadog's Next Adventure

Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
Good morning all.

I took some shots of the garden yesterday.

(all apologies to those having hard weather :0)

OK, this just sucks....I am struggling to upload photos!

I give up....no shots of the mushroom fruiting chambers
or the new King Oysters popping....fuck!

Here is what I managed.

New starts for the year:
IMG_3068.jpg

Brassica Alley:
IMG_3070.jpg
(I am covering some asparagus in the blue bin too)

My new Bocking 14 Comfrey, already very strong:
IMG_3075.jpg

The Onions and Leeks:
IMG_3072.jpg

A long shot of the yard:
IMG_3071.jpg

The Lettuces:
IMG_3073.jpg

My spent mushroom block experiment:
IMG_3074.jpg

L8R!

JD
 
Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
Thnaks BB.

I wanted to report that putting the small clones into the tent
has stimulated the Jake's Dream to show sex, I think.

Recall the setup:
IMG_2981.jpg

Well, this morning the tops are beginning to look like buds...
....and when they get to this point, I really ought to be seeing
anthers too.

This is very likely a male:
IMG_3080.jpg

No worries....I have too many females going right now anyway! :0)

Onward and upward,

JD
 
Dr.D81

Dr.D81

Well-Known Member
cool java what region of the country you live? looks nice there:weed: they need to fix the smiley face button to i have no smileys to chose from just a bunch of crap:cry:like this:-?the hell is that anyway:-|
 
Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
LOL, yeah, the graemlin system at The Shroomery has so many
emoticons that I miss.

:homerdrool: is one that I missed enough to start using
<Homer Drool Noise> around here.

I am in Sunny So Cal. The weather is the only reason to stay.

JD
 
Dr.D81

Dr.D81

Well-Known Member
ok i kind of thought that. best weather in the country but some cray laws in cali not to mention every thing is known to cause cancer in that state;)
 
Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
Yeah, even if you do not want it to!

:0)

P.S. I am old fashioned and still think that they
are supposed to be ascii.
 
Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
Thanks TC. I appreciate the good word.

I wanted to post that I just had the first properly cured sample of
the Lemon Thai Kush. Just a small toke to check the Lemon.

I have to admit that the taste that I think that they are calling Lemon
is not very strong, with or without smoking it.

The buds were very pretty, as you saw, but they did not firm up much
as all and the result has no bag appeal.

This one is not a keeper.

WhereTF are my bubble bags! :0)

JD
 
Thundercat

Thundercat

Well-Known Member
Awe that makes me sad, I suppose I can only hope my LTK turns out different. Mines looking like it may not be very dense, but it has a nice smell at the moment.
 
Mad Hamish

Mad Hamish

Well-Known Member
Javadog said:
Hello all,

I wanted to report a finding. Bass, this is mostly for you,
as will be clear.

On the issue of cleaning up murky waters and the anaerobic
bacteria that cause this problem, I may have seen a dramatic
effect.

Historical note: I have noticed that in spite of all my efforts to
keep my O2 up, I am still occasionally getting small buildups
of the slime we want to avoid.

Here is what I noticed: that my Compost Tea barrel was making
an unusual amount of noise. I went over to it to find that the
waterfall was *much* more energetic than usual.

---> and the fluid in the tube taking the water up to fall was clear,
as in crystal clear.

It seems that I had killed the muck to such an extent that my
system is just running much, much better.

---> I added my Lactobacillus culture to the barrel the day earlier.

Not O2 alone, but O2 and a good slime eater.

Check this stuff out. I know that you can find the vid ("rice wash water")

Onward and upward,

JD
Click to expand...
I keep saying this, over and over: Add lacto B from the get go in your teas. IF it goes anaerobic, GREAT the lacto bacteria LOVE that. They will go about dominating all other bacteria, but leave your fungi and protozoa alone. In bacteria vs bacteria, you want your lactic acid bacteria to be boss. Best of both scenarios, aerobes and anaerobes in perfect harmony. I use a half-gallon culture per week, but it gets used in many places for many reasons. This is the killer thing about harvesting them from your home, you don't get more indigenous than THAT.

And JD, agitating your water when it comes to slime is a GREAT idea. Remember slime is a bunch of single cells stuck together. Agitating them breaks them up. The organisms are still there but they don't clog your system. My old man ran a few water purification plants... My reservoirs have strong sub pumps sitting in the bottom, just circulating water permanently.
 
bassman999

bassman999

Well-Known Member
Fill a plastic container (needs to have a lid) about half full with rice wash (solution left after washing rice with water). Make sure not to fill the container more than 50-75% with rice wash, you need the air gap in there. Loosely cover the container with the lid, and set somewhere quiet and out of direct sunlight for about a week. The rice will ferment and Lacto B will start to gather in the rice wash. You will get a thin film of rice bran floating on the top of the liquid. Strain this off and keep just the liquid. This liquid will have Lacto B as well as numerous other microbes. To get a pure Lacto B culture, combine this liquid with 10 parts milk in another container and let ferment for another 5-7 days. The carbs, proteins and fats will coagulate and float on top of a yellowish liquid. This yellowish liquid is your Lacto B culture, strain off the carbs, proteins and fats (these can be added to your compost). You need to dilute the culture with water at a ratio of 1 part culture to 20 parts un-chlorinated water. This is your dilute Lacto B serum. Use 2-4 tablespoons of the dilute Lacto B serum per gallon of un-chlorinated water and use a plant spray or in the soil. This will help fortify microbes in the soil and on the leaf surfaces. This spray is also a very good defense against PM, killing it virtually overnight!


Is this what you guys are talking about?

Can it be brown basmatti rice?

 
bassman999

bassman999

Well-Known Member
Javadog said:
That is just the thing!



I am sure that you can...you hippy!

:0)

Take care,

JD
Click to expand...
Haha
White rice brings my blood sugar up, and I just prefer brown now, and the basmatti is really good rice.
I eat Indian food sometimes, and decided to stick with it.
 
Javadog

Javadog

Well-Known Member
No, you are wise my friend.

I love basmati, and ginger, and a few others. Love wild too.

I just flashed on the old song "Junk Food Junkie"...you are old
enough to remember that too, I am thinking.

Ahh...there it is:
I got a John Keats autographed Grecian urn
Filled up with my brown rice
Yes, I do
Click to expand...
Confess!! LOL

I have a disease. :0)

JD
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top