Well I finally put my girls into flower. My first time using Uncle Ben's topping method. I cut my six papaya clones about three weeks ago. They truly don't miss a beat after their brief recovery period. I intend to flower under 12/12 for two weeks as usual. Then cut back to my 6-8 hrs of light that I picked up from Joe P. in skunk mag. I will let you all know how it works out. Keep smoking!!!
Uncle Ben's Topping Technique to Get 2 or 4 Main Colas
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dequelo
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cannot beat Jack's Classic, Scots really trashed Peters when they bought it
Nice to see you still kickin Uncle Ben
all the best and be safe
Dequilo
Dr. Who
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Again?AFAIK RIU moderators banned UB from this site. So you might need to look for him elsewhere
Your going to loose about 20% of your harvest yield with Joe P's low hrs lighting......Some of us here tried that already.....Not worth it ..
Doc
potroastV2
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AFAIK RIU moderators banned UB from this site. So you might need to look for him elsewhere
Uncle Ben has not been banned, and as you can see, when you spread false rumors several of the whiners pounce on the chance to chime in.
UncleBuck
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and my saturday was going so well.
Uncle Ben
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"Not banned", crippled account, shit going on.... the spin stops here.I have posted with Uncle Ben since the days of OverGrow he does have a way of getting under some folks skin
but he is a true grower for sure
I have been trying to find him to see how it is going for him but with no luck
peace and be safe
Dequelo
So this thread hit over 1 million hits, wow! Just another day in paradise.
Hi Dequelo, man it's been a long time. Howya been and where are you living? What are you up to?
I've been concentrating on many projects. For instance amateur winemakers just harvested a record for my small vineyard, 3,050 lbs. from 195 vines I allowed to yield. Unbelievable. Then there's tropical fruits I'm growing. Ate a mango this morning that came in at 26 brix!
You take care and unless my account is again crippled (for political reasons) feel free to PM me.
One of 8 varietals harvested, 425 lbs. of Merlot. Came in at 25 brix. Will be a fruit bomb.
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Uncle Ben
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dequelo
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so you are making wine very nice check out HomeBrewTalk they have a great wine making section
I post there as Brew_ny I have been brewing beer for the last 2 1/2 years had a neighbor from hell move in behind me so I stopped growing for three years
I just dropped some seeds in some soilless a couple of days ago to get started again, still here in New York
I put up a couple 12 foot by 24 foot greenhouses three years ago to do all my eggplants, peppers and tomatoes I am getting ready to put up another one next month
I am thinking of putting raised beds in it to do root crops, I was talking about you with Butcher Bob at Toke City two or three weeks ago
I am glad to see it is going good for you and your projects are working out for you
that is a huge harvest of grape from from a small vineyard
all the best my friend and I will drop you a PM for sure
Peace and be safe
Dequilo
Nice looking grape Uncle Ben
so you are making wine very nice check out HomeBrewTalk they have a great wine making sectionI post there as Brew_ny I have been brewing beer for the last 2 1/2 years had a neighbor from hell move in behind me so I stopped growing for three years
I just dropped some seeds in some soilless a couple of days ago to get started again, still here in New York
I put up a couple 12 foot by 24 foot greenhouses three years ago to do all my eggplants, peppers and tomatoes I am getting ready to put up another one next month
I am thinking of putting raised beds in it to do root crops, I was talking about you with Butcher Bob at Toke City two or three weeks ago
I am glad to see it is going good for you and your projects are working out for you
that is a huge harvest of grape from from a small vineyard
all the best my friend and I will drop you a PM for sure
Peace and be safe
Dequilo
Uncle Ben
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Hola Dequelo, been making wine since the 70's. Have about 12 gals. to bottle. Grape sales are to the best of the best - medical professionals, system analysts, engineers....classy folks. I charge by the pound and another 10 cents to crush/destem using a S/S 1 HP driven destemmer. What takes a couple 4 hours to process I get done in 45 seconds. Winemaker friends are winning awards. My 2011 Merlot is a fruit bomb of cherries and blackberries, made a fino sherry out of an Italian white grape last year.
Greenhouses, man we need to hook up at some kind of private account or forum. The first avocado only cost me $30,000. You wouldn't believe what I'm doing which includes grafting the best of the best budwood sourced out of California. Am growing mangos, avocados, pineapples, sugar apple, herbs, all kinds of citrus and the usual stuff like winter tomatoes.
Butcher Bob, gawd how in the hell is that guy? Tell him "hey" for me.
Peace brother........
Greenhouses, man we need to hook up at some kind of private account or forum. The first avocado only cost me $30,000.
You wouldn't believe what I'm doing which includes grafting the best of the best budwood sourced out of California. Am growing mangos, avocados, pineapples, sugar apple, herbs, all kinds of citrus and the usual stuff like winter tomatoes.Butcher Bob, gawd how in the hell is that guy? Tell him "hey" for me.
Peace brother........
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Uncle Ben
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Putting them in is easy. Getting them to produce well is a challenge. Pests alone kick my ass but I am getting a handle on it. I net and in 2012 I didn't tie together the netting fast enough thinking there would be no critter pressure yet. Raccoons stole 1,200 lbs. in a few days. I expected 2,000 that year.
questiondj42
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I lurked on Overgrow forever. I often wonder what happened to a lot those folks.I have posted with Uncle Ben since the days of OverGrow he does have a way of getting under some folks skin
but he is a true grower for sure
I have been trying to find him to see how it is going for him but with no luck
peace and be safe
Dequelo
Uncle Ben
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I'm sure many are still around and Cervante's Bible has a lot of our methods and techniques.
IOW, same old monkeys just hanging on different branches.
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