West Coast Vaper

Things are shak'n up on the reservation. No pics for short while. The kid was playing ball with a river rock and my phone/camera/connection with the outside world got in the way. Hopefully sort that out come end November. Tyre patch looking good. Variety of auto and photoperiod seedlings up then some peppers and veg on the go. In the shade house a few autos on the go and 3 photoperiod that I'm really hoping will reveg. Still holding on for the big plant. Cold and misty in the mornings.

Chomping at the bit these little one's. I'm still prepping and these decided they happy in the compost/worm castings made by us. Went to a seed swop of a different kind today. Have loads of food to grow between the Mother Herbs in the tyre garden.

Somebody stop me. Prepping another unutilized part of the garden.

7 days later and 100% germination on the Anastasia 99 autoflower feminized. True to form it has rained like a futhermucker every day since I planted these ladies.

Anastasia 99 autoflower feminized pheno #4 courtesy of @Bay Seeds. Being the impatient git I am I've planted a few seeds in the shade house. 24 hours in the shot glass then less than 24 hours in paper towel and ready to rock and roll. 5 seeds in a 100l planter box. Soil in this box comes from a wholesale nursery up the road. Heard via the bush telegraph a few growers in the area are using it with good results. R25 for 40l trade price. Worth a try.

First 10m windbreak is up. Another 30m to go. Started collecting and prepping tyre's. Bottom tyre is like a little compost/worm bin then I'll be filling the next tyre up with amended soil. Gonna be putting 32 of these tyre raised beds in the 20m x 10m area.

All good advice and ideas . Composting and playing with soil is an ongoing thing on the reservation. Blue bins are cool but boy, they take a bit of time. I chuck kitchen scraps in my blue bin with some leaves raked up from a small yard. That then gets taken to one of 3 compost heaps. Then I have 3 very basic worm bins which I chuck in some compost and kitchen scraps and those wrigglers are multiplying at a rate leaving behind some nice castings. As for tyre's. Always going to be a tough one. I've decided to go that route though. Unfortunately they fall into the category 'free of charge laying around materials'. Started planting poles for the windbreak yesterday.

Whohoo, some more local autoflower [emoji91] in the building. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

Time to start prepping soil. Sitting at 200l I think I'm gonna need a heap or six more.

It's all a learning curve. Patience waiting for the correct time to plant outdoors is the name of the game. I make the mistake every year but then I'm an addict and impatient.

I'm in two minds about using tyre's now. Thinking environment.

Prep work in full swing. Worm bins coming along nicely and compost heap looking good. Spent the last few months clearing and leveling some ground next to the shade house then churning in some compost. 20m x 10m. Planting Fire Stick round the perimeter as part of a mole barrier. Will be using tyre's stacked two high as a raised bed with herbs and companion plants scattered around. Then a shade net sunk 500mm into ground as another mole barrier and 2m above ground as a wind break. Inside shade house I have 100l planter boxes that I'm almost done prepping. Mainly planting @Bay Seeds autoflower this season and then a variety of unknown photoperiod crosse's for my infusion projects.

Short notice but my wife is heading into town tomorrow (Sunday). Milnerton market area. I can send some autoflower seeds if you need. Or we can arrange something over the next week or two. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

I'm finding out the hard way about growing autoflower during winter. I was expecting a tough ride but WOW man the last time I experienced a rough ride was a crash landing in a C130 back in the parabat days. My outdoor during the day and under lights during the night are also battling. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

Yep. Those wires are there for support against a number of things. Mainly my heavy hand when it comes to watering. I only use the spray bottle for now and aim at the base of the seedling. One squeeze to many and the seedling falls over. And then for wind and to prevent High Stress Training by my kid. He understands not to touch the wire. Bucket story Little hot house. Every little bit helps. Secure it somehow to prevent it sliding across your plant. Anticipate everything.

Every now and again I Google that shit. Wouldn't know where to start and don't think it's cheap. Any consultants out there??

My plan is: Tyre's, maybe 2 high. Dig down about 600mm at each tyre position and start mixing in some of my compost that is full of red wrigglers. Then use those holes as mini compost bins for the next 3 months. Dead leaves from the nursery and kitchen scraps. The overall area I'm just going to turn in some compost that the landlady makes. She gives us a few wheelbarrows worth every month. Cannabis soil in tyre with cover crop planted a couple of weeks before I start the season. Then the damn wind. Scrounging materials for a wind break. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

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At day 9 this batch is off to a good start. Last batch of mixed autos before the Anastasia 99 fems.

Day 81 Chop day. Buds nice and dense, sticky with a nice sweet aroma. Mostly milky with amber starting to show. If you have the space I'd put money on growing in 3l pots if you want to steer clear of problems like over watering. My next lot are in 7l pots although I think I have growing in a 10l down to a T as well. Getting ready for those fems @Bay Seeds. Getting an outdoor area ready for in the ground planting. Gonna have to build some sort of enclosure for wind protection.

And very grateful, thank you for allowing me to grow some of your [emoji91] again. Thread on that starting soon. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

Day 77 for the 3l pots. Clear with some milky trichomes under the microscope. Dense buds. The one plant went kind of limp. Dense buds the one day then all very soft the next day. Like a clump of wet wool. Anyway that one is hanging now. Sorry @Bay Seeds already planted another batch. Outdoor prep coming along for this season. 150l soil for now. Not much but a start.

My outdoor lot really off to a slow start. Condition's not ideal but I wanted to see for myself. Will be updating that thread soon. As far as growing autoflower, this is what I've learnt planting close to 100 if not more seeds thanks to @Bay Seeds. Start with tried and tested soil. Plant 3 seeds per 10l pot. Humidity dome for the first week. Only spray for watering, no watering soil directly. Nurture those futhermuckers. Tried LST. All those plants ended up smaller than the ones left alone. Once the plant is strong enough I water maybe once a week. After a month or so I stick my finger in the soil every day to judge watering times. Occasional molasses. Male's aside I've harvested about a third of the plants. So that gives me about 30 plants that were flops. Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

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The old lady got the chop. New batch of @Bay Seeds mixed auto's in the overnight cabinet. 7l pots this time with 3-4 seeds per pot. Almost ready to give the Anastasia 99 regular auto's a go.