West Coast Vaper

AntZilla going to sleep as the full moon rises on the West Coast.

This little one is surely testing the elements out here. 

High temperature.

Low to no humidity.

Strong hot winds.

Me forgetting to water.

Only the ants feeding the soil.

i have my meters outside my tent, and they have become an indicator as to weather the tent is on or not because i dont always want to open the tent to see whats up!!

This has saved me a few times already

It's the police distracting from the fact they stuffed up with the fire.
Police are in charge of security at national key points or should I say the lack of security.
That a homeless dude wandered into a fenced precinct, climbed through a window and took a stroll through a building that has security cameras on every corner.
No one in the security control room noticed this.
But our great police service caught the terrorist 3 hours later.



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Leaf miners? Just squish the miner's trail with both fingers. He is hiding simewhere in that brown trail. Will leave a dried hole in leaf but at least no miner

What I tend to do with my outdoors is give the plants a fairly good mist spray with the hose pipe once the plant is strong enough.
A good spray under the leaves really disturb any of the pests plans.
My main problem tends to be those miner things (forget correct name now) at the moment.

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Hey guys, want to know if anybody here has some advice for me. I have a @Light It Up 240W QB and lately it's been much dimmer than normal with random flicks of brightness every now and then.
Could it be the driver packing up? Maybe the dimmer is not functioning properly? Maybe the diodes?
I have the multimeter attached and the dimmer is on full yet it outputs less than 50% of what it normally did.
Anybody have a clue of where to start looking? After a week or 2 I should have a gap between runs to take the light out and troubleshoot.
 
 

No lime?

Arm twisted.

Bush Pub happy hour frosty.

Time to cool down.

My son and myself spent most of the day under the tree in a massive bin filled with water watching this plant getting nailed in the wind.

Was wondering if I should put up some sort of protection but decided against doing that.

If the ants wanted shade they would have chosen a shady spot.

Some burnt tips but marching on.

Science project mother nature continues.

Plant about 30 days old.

35° in the cabinet.

41° in the shade.

53° in the open.

Hot breeze blowing.

Neighbouring farms on fire.

Average day in the bush 

5 days in the drying cabinet and trim time.

Small, dense buds. Thumb size on average.

46g  thumb buds.

23g popcorn.

So on day 66 Tortoni clone got chopped.

Gave it a bud wash using 3 buckets (wash, rinse, rinse) then a gentle pressure spray, gave them a spin dry (standing in the garden spinning my arms slowly getting funny looks from the landlady) and hung to dry for a few moments.

Then into the drying cabinet.

I'm sold on this bud wash story.

Looks like I'll be getting a bit of smoke from this plant after all.

Was not the best clone but looking forward to the weighing.

Harvester ant, also known as harvesting ant, is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries.[1] They are also referred to as Agricultural ants. Seed harvesting by some desert ants is an adaptation to the lack of typical ant resources such as prey or honeydew from hemipterans. Harvester ants increase seed dispersal and protection, and provide nutrients that increase seedling survival of the desert plants. In addition, ants provide soil aeration through the creation of galleries and chambers, mix deep and upper layers of soil, and incorporate organic refuse into the soil.[2]

From what I can find so far on what I think is a Veromessor Pergandei  common name Harvester Ant.

the knife can really cut both ways here, but I guess you could predict the outcome a little by trying to find out what type of ants those are. 
ants that take plant matter underground usually do this to create mycelial networks for them to feed on, they're mushroom farmers, yet it's not unheard of ants munching on fine roots till the plant dies, the ants attraction to the root zones are the mycelium that is commonly found around plant roots. 
but then again we shouldn't forget that the cannabis growing there is also a plant be defenition and is the exact thing the ants are after to help them grow more mycelium.
some ant colonies like to build their farms under a plants so the plant and its roots provide structure and protection for their homes, they know this and try to not hinder the growth of the plant aswell as the extra aeration and mycelium at the root zone that helps the plant to grow. other ants go farming at the base of the plant and end up putting the plant through so much stress they become weak and start attracting pests, the ants know this and use this tactic so they get a plant to host their food, such as crex mentioned. 
either way, pretty cool to see this go down

Haha, this is quite cool - keen to see how it turns out.
 
Wondering if the ants will use the plant to farm some pests though, like aphids or scale?

Day 65.

Zoom in on pic #1 and you'll see the spider mite problem. Then on one of the bud shots.

So today is the day I'm thinking of switching off the lights.

You hear and read about a period of darkness before harvest.

Do you guys think it's worth me doing it as this plant is getting a bud wash and going towards edibles as people out here in the bush don't mind a bit of protein with their greens.

Time to give the cabinet a once over and decide on the next grow.

Braai time is update time.

Gets water when the garden gets water. Up to twice a day.

Now and again a bit of molasses when I mix for indoor.

Wind battering the FcUK out of it and the ants keep on dragging all sorts of things into their nest under it.

Day 59 22/12.

Small, sticky dense buds and a nice fruity aroma.

The spider mite problem is still affecting one part of the plant but doesn't seem to be getting any worse.

Came across this little one last week.

How the seed got there, dunno.

I usually scatter ungerminated seeds in one area of the garden.

Here's the thing. Nothing usually grows in this area of the garden and the plant is smack bang in the middle of an ant nest.

My wife thinks an ant brought it home.

The soil is not ideal so I'm wondering how the ant nest is going to affect the plant.

Ants are loving the molasses I think.

In the last pic to the left of the leca you will see an ant at work.

The plant will either be from @Totemic or @Bay Seedsas that's all I've been growing the last while.

Let's see if this survives and hopefully I can recognize it.

Hi Dave. You mention putting a 'dome' coke bottle to protect the young seedlings. This maybe handy for the odd rainstorm also. Do I need to make ' some' holes in the side of the bottle so the plants can breath or not bother as the dome won't stay on long.

Day 50 12/12

 
Not really, landraces are domesticated varieties. Just extremely isolated and inbred for generations to the point where they have adapted to the region they are grown in 
edit: I'm not botanist so my explanation is super simple
I'm trying to find a link I have about wild vs landrace vs cultivar but I can't seem to find it
2nd edit: I can't find the link but basically if we talking about a starting point in the breeding evolution or whatever it goes wild > landrace (domesticated/cultivated by humans) > cultivars (selective breeding for desired traits). I might be wrong extremely wrong !
 
 
 
 

If he hasn't got access to cannabis soil could he not try soil for tomatoes at the local nursery and work from there.

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