DB's organic gardens and DIY projects thread.

[DonBrennon]

DB! good to see you back at it man! Happy New Year to you! Loving what you have going on. Definitely stealing your worm bin design to see how it works. i have all the materials laying around to do it. Also, those sips look AMAZING. I may have to give one of those a try as well. I'm very impressed with how they look! Well that's the usual case around your garden. You always have amazing looking stuff Cheers man.

Cheers to your good self Brotha............and a rather belated Happy new year!!!

I can't take the credit for the wormbin design, it was stolen directly from @Grandpa GreenJeans. If I were to build mine again, I'd go for thicker timber and probably glue it together, rather than just using screws. The timber I used is warping badly, so the trays don't exactly sit together so flush anymore. It's fungus gnat heaven,lmao.

Both the sips are working great, although I did get a little carried away putting shit in the res of the white one. It ended up going very anaerobic, stinky and I'm sure it sent my ph put of whack causing lockouts. I do prefer the sip made from the airpots and think I'll be constructing another one to go in the other tent.

Hope ya studies are going well and your garden staying green

 

[Colanoscopy]

purple badlands Don. It's absolutely banging. Goji ain't too bad either

 

[DonBrennon]

Always a pleasure to catch up with you, my brethren

I missed this msg somehow, my bad, but good to see your new worm farm in action! How wide are the sides, bro, almost 30" of 2x6? I wonder how heavy those will be when full, either way, I love the sheer size!!

Also love how you're rocking a couple big girls these days in the wake of your ''hoeing''.. haha very smart to have mad tops but low count for the time being!!

As per the Psycho Liz, yeah!! It's the one I would run if I were you, too, apparently its doing really good in the pain relief department and also has a full sweeping relaxation effect on the ol body.. I hear its taste nicely pops too after a little curing action.. look forward to testing it for its possible CBD this year!!

As for the Fatties, you know, bud, only that one cat said he had herms and he never actually proved it I don't think, everyone else had a good time with them, BigDade from IG and BigBuddz from Rm3 (same cat) can really attest to his love for them, he did a really thorough journal and even made crosses of the the Dreamers and is sending them back to us, last week he said.. so I'll have my SK team pop some and see what comes about there!! If anything good comes about, I will send you some np!!

As for them tasty treats, the SSDD's F2's, good choice!! I enjoyed the bud a lot, mostly for its taste..actually crossed the SSDD there with some Shotta Berry Kush from our island homeboy Mr Shotta Island Genetics, and yeah, unfortunately I had to move across country right before they were done, but I was able to clip a mature branch and got a few viable seeds out of them, so looking forward to those, very much.

.....I noticed there was two packs of SSDD's, was there a No.2 Mom, and a No. 11 Mom, or were they both number "II" as in roman numeral 2 ahaha.. I have them seperate still just in case, been meaning to ask!!

But yeah brotha, keep on the good fight, its good to see all the progression as always!!

DT

That's awesome news about the FP crosses, I've got a really good feeling about that male. He had great mold resistance, vigorous growth, strong structure, massive purple/pink coloured nuts and he was frosty as fook!!! I've got 5 Deep dreams seedlings at around 2 weeks old, at least 1 of those is gonna get flowered next run along with some TG's Gorilla bubble, Greenpoint Cackleberry, MNS SSH and SS Jack Herer. All depends on what fem's I get really, but there's definitely gonna be some nut dusting going on, I only got 1 Jack Herer out of a pack of 10, but they were old stock!!! Shit......I think I'm starting to change my mind more than @giglewigle ,LOL, (no offense bro, you're a breath of fresh air to this forum!!!)

..........Yeah, the 2 packs ARE from different Mothers, #2 was what I called the 'Fat Calyx' pheno and #11(not Roman numerals,lol), was the 'Blueberry Muffin' pheno. Both were fantastic, loud/terpy plants, not massive yields, but the smoke experience was VERY pleasurable. #2 lean't more toward the appalachia male, still sweet, but with more chemmy notes. #11's pheno description speaks for itself and was 'the one' most people are after when hunting a pack of SSDD.
There should be some very special individual phenotypes to be opened up in them F2's

Gonna see what I can find on that BigDade over on IG

Stay cool

DB

 

[DonBrennon]

View attachment 4073118 purple badlands Don. It's absolutely banging. Goji ain't too bad either

................More awesome news, glad you're liking it Bro. Is it 'Basement Dank'? or from another location?, LOL

Hope you and the Fam had a good festive period

DB

 

[Colanoscopy]

................More awesome news, glad you're liking it Bro. Is it 'Basement Dank'? or from another location?, LOL

Hope you and the Fam had a good festive period

DB

Its another location. I have a couple of stakes in a couple of grows but no actual garden to tend myself. We're definitely keeping the PB going. Not too sure on the goji can have another run. It's a lovely smoke but time/space let it down In relation to yield. Me and the family are all well mate settled nicely in the new place. Got another build going on which is pretty cool but not bud related. That's eating my cash at the moment glad I keep getting free weed dropped off or I'd be destitute ha. How you're all well your end mate

 

[DonBrennon]

Holy 'Shit' eh, thats some quick bud formation, DB!! Another show is underway!

..............sadly, I also do 'Shit shows' Lmfao................Both tents were plain sailing at 4-5 weeks respectively, there were minor issues, but nothing I shouldn't have been able to control and get them nicely through to harvest. Then around 10 days ago, I noticed the temps were getting really high during lights on without a clue to what was causing it. Turns out that the thermostactic valve on my radiator, directly behind my tents had malfuctioned. Every time the house central heating came on, that radiator went to full power, even though it was set to zero.....FFS!!!

So.............the plants which look like they'd both should be quite close to finishing, now have brand new foxtailing growth which is totally immature compared to the rest of the bud

Shit @ week 7

A difficult to photograph Loungeroom Lizzard @ 6 Weeks

 

[ShLUbY]

..............sadly, I also do 'Shit shows' Lmfao................Both tents were plain sailing at 4-5 weeks respectively, there were minor issues, but nothing I shouldn't have been able to control and get them nicely through to harvest. Then around 10 days ago, I noticed the temps were getting really high during lights on without a clue to what was causing it. Turns out that the thermostactic valve on my radiator, directly behind my tents had malfuctioned. Every time the house central heating came on, that radiator went to full power, even though it was set to zero.....FFS!!!

So.............the plants which look like they'd both should be quite close to finishing, now have brand new foxtailing growth which is totally immature compared to the rest of the bud

Shit @ week 7
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A difficult to photograph Loungeroom Lizzard @ 6 Weeks
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daaaaaaaaaaaang. looking healthy AF!!!!! love how rounded those colas are on top.

 

[DonBrennon]

Its another location. I have a couple of stakes in a couple of grows but no actual garden to tend myself. We're definitely keeping the PB going. Not too sure on the goji can have another run. It's a lovely smoke but time/space let it down In relation to yield. Me and the family are all well mate settled nicely in the new place. Got another build going on which is pretty cool but not bud related. That's eating my cash at the moment glad I keep getting free weed dropped off or I'd be destitute ha. How you're all well your end mate

Yeah, I'm all good, too many seeds in my bank driving me to temptation tho.............well if it's not weed, I hope it's 'birds' that you're spending your time and money on lmao. Surprised that the Gogi was a poor yield, but then again, I know sweet FA about OG's.

Smokin the SpaceMonkey ATM, I wouldn't say it's my favourite tasting/smelling weed, but it sure packs a punch and I'm sure others would absolutely love the flavour. 'To me' it's got a floral, almost lavender taste, intriguing, but an acquired taste IMO.

 

[DonBrennon]

daaaaaaaaaaaang. looking healthy AF!!!!! love how rounded those colas are on top.

Hmmnnnn........that's the foxtailing, it's difficult to see from the photo's, but there's bud in the middle that is already mature..........bud rot is a serious worry for me now and the worst thing is, the mature bud underneath has a purple hue and against the fresh new green calyx's look exactly like it..........hope that makes sense, this space monkey's strong lol

Edit..............I'd also be amazed if I've not had a nanner or two out of either plant somewhere, it's impossible to fully inspect the bigger plant, I've not noticed anything yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if I got some immature seed around. I don't know how many nights it lasted(2-3) but they had some serious heat stress

 

[ShLUbY]

Hmmnnnn........that's the foxtailing, it's difficult to see from the photo's, but there's bud in the middle that is already mature..........bud rot is a serious worry for me now and the worst thing is, the mature bud underneath has a purple hue and against the fresh new green calyx's look exactly like it..........hope that makes sense, this space monkey's strong lol

Edit..............I'd also be amazed if I've not had a nanner or two out of either plant somewhere, it's impossible to fully inspect the bigger plant, I've not noticed anything yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if I got some immature seed around. I don't know how many nights it lasted(2-3) but they had some serious heat stress

haha upon closer inspection i do see the foxtailing. but no worries

why are you so worried about bud rot? you been having high humidity? It's dry as a bone here in the northern midwest US. a little too dry if you ask me LOL . but i just make sure they have plenty of water!

 

[giglewigle]

That's awesome news about the FP crosses, I've got a really good feeling about that male. He had great mold resistance, vigorous growth, strong structure, massive purple/pink coloured nuts and he was frosty as fook!!! I've got 5 Deep dreams seedlings at around 2 weeks old, at least 1 of those is gonna get flowered next run along with some TG's Gorilla bubble, Greenpoint Cackleberry, MNS SSH and SS Jack Herer. All depends on what fem's I get really, but there's definitely gonna be some nut dusting going on, I only got 1 Jack Herer out of a pack of 10, but they were old stock!!! Shit......I think I'm starting to change my mind more than @giglewigle ,LOL, (no offense bro, you're a breath of fresh air to this forum!!!)

..........Yeah, the 2 packs ARE from different Mothers, #2 was what I called the 'Fat Calyx' pheno and #11(not Roman numerals,lol), was the 'Blueberry Muffin' pheno. Both were fantastic, loud/terpy plants, not massive yields, but the smoke experience was VERY pleasurable. #2 lean't more toward the appalachia male, still sweet, but with more chemmy notes. #11's pheno description speaks for itself and was 'the one' most people are after when hunting a pack of SSDD.
There should be some very special individual phenotypes to be opened up in them F2's

Gonna see what I can find on that BigDade over on IG

Stay cool

DB

lol none taken bro adhd can be a mother fuker sometimes lol more like all the time ill be sweet once i find a good strain

 

[calliandra]

..............sadly, I also do 'Shit shows' Lmfao................Both tents were plain sailing at 4-5 weeks respectively, there were minor issues, but nothing I shouldn't have been able to control and get them nicely through to harvest. Then around 10 days ago, I noticed the temps were getting really high during lights on without a clue to what was causing it. Turns out that the thermostactic valve on my radiator, directly behind my tents had malfuctioned. Every time the house central heating came on, that radiator went to full power, even though it was set to zero.....FFS!!!

So.............the plants which look like they'd both should be quite close to finishing, now have brand new foxtailing growth which is totally immature compared to the rest of the bud

Shit @ week 7
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A difficult to photograph Loungeroom Lizzard @ 6 Weeks
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Ah lovely nonetheless. Amazing how the Lounge Lizard has developed!
Thanks for jinxing my closet btw, I've gone and grown a tree (unintentionally) and now don't know how to deal with it lol

 

[DonBrennon]

Ah lovely nonetheless. Amazing how the Lounge Lizard has developed!
Thanks for jinxing my closet btw, I've gone and grown a tree (unintentionally) and now don't know how to deal with it lol

............she's a real frost monster too, just gutted that I've not done her justice. I think it's pure luck with regards to the pollen chucking, but grown properly, I think she could have been very impressive.

Oooops, I do vaguely remember saying something about growing trees now, cos you've got loads of headroom. LOL..............................big trees grow plenty bud tho, just need to get plenty of light on em'

What've you got going? you need to get a thread going again so we can follow along

 

[DonBrennon]

haha upon closer inspection i do see the foxtailing. but no worries

why are you so worried about bud rot? you been having high humidity? It's dry as a bone here in the northern midwest US. a little too dry if you ask me LOL . but i just make sure they have plenty of water!

Yeah, the humidity is a little higher than I'd normally be comfortable with, I have got a small de-huey running to help, but I've also found since switching to organics that I can get away with a little higher humidity, without having rot or mildew.......don't stop you worrying tho.

 

[ShLUbY]

Yeah, the humidity is a little higher than I'd normally be comfortable with, I have got a small de-huey running to help, but I've also found since switching to organics that I can get away with a little higher humidity, without having rot or mildew.......don't stop you worrying tho.

haha i hear you there. i've only had one strain that i had issue with humidity and bud rot. the colas were just enormous and dense. i had bought a tent from a friend, and without realizing how big of a mistake that was, i determined that that's where the mold spores came from cause i'd never had rot issues with that strain until i got the tent. after i ditched it, never had it happen again!

 

[calliandra]

............she's a real frost monster too, just gutted that I've not done her justice. I think it's pure luck with regards to the pollen chucking, but grown properly, I think she could have been very impressive.

Oooops, I do vaguely remember saying something about growing trees now, cos you've got loads of headroom. LOL..............................big trees grow plenty bud tho, just need to get plenty of light on em'

What've you got going? you need to get a thread going again so we can follow along

I have to remind myself that you're British, and thus prone to understatement

No way am I starting a thread haha
You don't want to know what's going on in there in such detail, believe me!

The photoperiod I've got going is a Northern Lights #5 x Haze - I think you've seen her, when she was small and suffering from my misguided actions lol

I ended up solving what looked like multiple nutrient imbalances (which persisted through 2 up-pottings) with a nice watering of hay infusion = handful of hay bubbled for 2 days - brings forth AWESOME aerobic flagellate populations and a crazy nice assortment of bacilli-leaning bacteria!

She got flipped on January 1st, heydiho I forgot she was going to stretch and gave her a 50W COB + 150W HPS (I need the other 3 cobs for the autos also growing in there) though I could've just as well used the MH... but I only thought of that like after 8 days?! haha
so she's stretched
took her out for a picture yesterday (she's horribly cramped in the closet)
3 months of veg, 14 days of 12/12
just 1m tall from the soil, but somehow she's so voluminous! She could easily take up the whole closet space, not just half!
But I really do love her and am happy she'll be around for another while
cheers!

 

[ShLUbY]

I have to remind myself that you're British, and thus prone to understatement

No way am I starting a thread haha
You don't want to know what's going on in there in such detail, believe me!

The photoperiod I've got going is a Northern Lights #5 x Haze - I think you've seen her, when she was small and suffering from my misguided actions lol
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I ended up solving what looked like multiple nutrient imbalances (which persisted through 2 up-pottings) with a nice watering of hay infusion = handful of hay bubbled for 2 days - brings forth AWESOME aerobic flagellate populations and a crazy nice assortment of bacilli-leaning bacteria!

She got flipped on January 1st, heydiho I forgot she was going to stretch and gave her a 50W COB + 150W HPS (I need the other 3 cobs for the autos also growing in there) though I could've just as well used the MH... but I only thought of that like after 8 days?! haha
so she's stretched
took her out for a picture yesterday (she's horribly cramped in the closet)
3 months of veg, 14 days of 12/12
View attachment 4073640 just 1m tall from the soil, but somehow she's so voluminous! She could easily take up the whole closet space, not just half!
But I really do love her and am happy she'll be around for another while
cheers!

She looks amazing!!! Nice recovery! so what was the issue? lack of the right organisms to fix nutrients?

 

[DonTesla]

lol none taken bro adhd can be a mother fuker sometimes lol more like all the time ill be sweet once i find a good strain

Hellooo, enter pink gravy aha .. which likes a bit lower npk and not too wet or cold of conditions, but lots of calcium and magnesium if you're having any issues.. less is more with that elite beauty..

I do prefer the sip made from the airpots and think I'll be constructing another one to go in the other tent.

Liking the air pot more than the tub hey! Any other tings a bruv done noticed since going with SIP. getting ready to make a couple more this week too!

That's awesome news about the FP crosses, I've got a really good feeling about that male. He had great mold resistance, vigorous growth, strong structure, massive purple/pink coloured nuts and he was frosty as fook!!!

Yeah they pulled through real solid for BigDade, buddy did an extensive journal on the Rm3 forum too under his other handle, BigBudzzz.. lots of folk enjoyed the show.

..........Yeah, the 2 packs ARE from different Mothers, #2 was what I called the 'Fat Calyx' pheno and #11(not Roman numerals,lol), was the 'Blueberry Muffin' pheno. Both were fantastic, loud/terpy plants, not massive yields, but the smoke experience was VERY pleasurable. #2 lean't more toward the appalachia male, still sweet, but with more chemmy notes. #11's pheno description speaks for itself and was 'the one' most people are after when hunting a pack of SSDD.
There should be some very special individual phenotypes to be opened up in them F2's

Deadly! Good thing we kept em separate eh, phew! I ended up crossing the 'Fat Cal' pheno with the Shotta Berry Kush, in a sealed room, and the seeds were really viable and fat.. I painted it up carefully and then finished it outside actually, right before moving.. I had to leave much of the plant behind but I took a finished-enough-branch and got a small amount of purple-tinged, fat seeds, that came from pure purple calyxs that were, yep you guessed it, really fookin fat!! I wish I was able to harvest the whole plant!

Very tasty smoke, by the way, somewhat fruity and floral / coffee ish with a slight bit of soapy and lingering kushiness to it, yet the leaves were thinner and bit more sativa dom looking.. although I ran that pot lower on P and higher on rock dusts, and didnt re up the myco from what I recall, and also ran RO the whole time, as I was in the middle of selling tings and packing up for the big move .. looking forward to popping them and seeing what happens.. I will be sure to keep you involved! I should also send you some stickers of your babies, which we have a nice set for all made up, cause labels with pics and color is always nice to see over our own writing!! lol

Regarding your Lavendery Space Monkey, sounds like you got some Linalool terps on your hand, nothing wrong with that at all!

 

[giglewigle]

man i dont wanna be like 99 percent of members here and only show my succes i fuked up hard with this ping gravy keep in mind its been commen to have 48c in my tent and caravan so i left the tent doors ope so atleast it was getting fresh air but tje light atractedwhite flys and thay laid eggs on tje leaves i had no mony so i thought fuck it ill just puul of the leaves with eggs on em and keep tje doors closedd not realising it was a light feeder pulling all the leaves off was the fuken dumbest thing i could of done so now 99 percent of ot its burned and dead some new growth is comming thrue bit tbh i think i should jist pull pull it once summers over im gumma pop the last to and grow em in coco the nutes im using im 100 percent sire theres no pgrs like its not harmfull synth shit i need meds and o dont think i know enough about organics once i get this job ill be able 2 put to gether a proper don blend recipe ill be on tho the online store i do use to get dome frass thats fo sure im pretty upset with my self but fuck it we all started some where so far tho this coco is the best iv ever done im getting better at readi g tje plants n shit cant wait to pop tje rwst of tjese gravys im gunna clone em and keep em around for sure

 

[calliandra]

She looks amazing!!! Nice recovery! so what was the issue? lack of the right organisms to fix nutrients?

Haha thanks!
Yep, the balance is all wrong in all my soils and VC at the mo. The fungal side has been weak to nonexistent, and for nutrient cycling I mainly had tons of bacterial feeding / omnivorous nematodes, but hardly any flagellates. And while it's normal to see either the one or the other predominate, I had this hunch it shouldn't mean a complete absence of flagellates as I was seeing in the soil. I did check on populations a few weeks after (I've found taking samples always damages the roots, so I'm trying not to do that all too often), and things aren't sooo much better, but that bit of a shift has seemed to have done it for now
But what really got her started downhill - right at the beginning, in the second week of her life - was the VC- & DE-heavy seedling mix she sprouted in - its water-holding capacity was way too high whilst still being all fluffy, probably leading to anaerobic minisites that got the problems started in the first place
Well now I know it's a mistake to think of VC as being interchangeable with leaf mold, and not to try using DE powder as part of the aeration component (add in amendment-amounts instead)! The joys of learning by doing