Mountain Growing in Central America - Page 2

shiman51 · #11 07-03-2007, 10:59 AM

Well Pretty Girl had her first day of light change yesterday and looks really good. The growth seems to be starting to pick back up just a tad, even after such a full bodied pruning. Her sister also is looking good after her topping and fan leaf trimming, although her fan leaf trimming consisted of I believe 5 leaves....... I thought that from the growth pattern that the branches underneath would do better. The clones are looking good and I will be glad to get my little greenhouse finished, that is another entry though. anyone with suggestions?

shiman51 · #12 07-03-2007, 03:53 PM

Well I have been working hard at my next project as I prepare to come back to the States for a week, whew. I guess I should have put this off or planned better but I just wanted to try my hand at cloning or rooting some babies. I reckon I should explain that I am at about 6,000 ft and the climate is rainy season now and temps from 76 to 56 F. the winds can be chilly and always damp.
I started my clones 18 of them, some hard stem and some soft, the soft certainly did better. I feel that the temp has had lots of effect on my success, therefor the little greenhouse. I plan on using this to keep a good temp and it will be easy to shade the babies from direct sunlight. the doors are made now and one has plastic, the other will be ready first thing in the morning. Since I leave on Thursday morning I guess I just came in under the wire.
All of this prep work is for the fact that I just ordered my first seeds today. Wow, an old boy from the 60's who just had to go forward and try some of this stuff I have read so much about. I have stored and saved bag seed for years from good smoke and always grew a nice smoke, now I am anxious to try the real thing.
I also have laid the ground work for a greenhouse of growing size for my veggies and one or two girls. I am talking about 30 feet by 15 and 12 ft tall. Thanks to all that have read my journal, I am enjoying sharing my adventures.

shiman51 · #13 07-05-2007, 07:23 PM

Well I am back in the states, shit this sucks. Big day coming back to the States, I got up this morning and looked at the babies before I left and told them good bye. The girls the big ones that is are each 250cm by 150 cm for the big one and 250 by 140 for the small one. Mary is in her 16th day of flower and looking very good, sorry pic won't be available for another week. But they are both looking good, the babies meaning the small ones are coming along. Pretty girl is showing signs of going into flower. Stretch is recovering from the greenhouse door. i went to answer the phone and a gust of wind caught the door and took 4 branches off of one side, fuck me, but she is looking ok today. The next up date on these babies will be on the 14th when I return home to Central America. Thank you for all of you who have read my journal and those who have taken time to write. Great Growing to you ya'll.

shiman51 · #14 07-06-2007, 03:08 PM

Well, I guess after complaining yesterday about being in the States again, my wife gave me a present ( she let me order seeds online). I know this is not a big deal to lots of people these days but I am an old hippie type that just never did that, always just bag seeds or in years past some breeding.
Well I got the HawiiX Skunk, HawaiiX maui Wowie(sp), Norhtern Lights, Super Skunk, Kola Mist and Jamacian Pearl and hell trying to remember off hand Hindu Kush. These will be grown over a period of 2 or 3 years both greenhouse and outside in Central America.
I would really love to hear from ya'll about growing some of these in a greenhouse or outside.

MRbudsmoker · #15 07-06-2007, 03:11 PM

congrats so far. looking lovely. lucky to be livin out there man!

JonnyBlunt88 · #16 07-06-2007, 05:56 PM

You went all out with the seeds. It is addicting isnt it. You get one strain, then you see all the others and its over. I want to see the mowie wowie and the Northern lights, so whenever you get your op. up and running, keep us updated. You got a camera right? That would help too.

shiman51 · #17 07-06-2007, 06:17 PM

Yeah once you start buying you think, damn I want this and I read this was good........lol. I probably won't buy seeds again for a couple of years, well that is a lie right off there are 2 that I didn't order I really want still, Skunk #1 and the Thai. I will only be growing a couple of plants at a time, which will be outside. I also will grow one at a time in a greenhouse. I do have a camera and will keep everyone updated, if you look at my gallery you can see the present babies growing.

bigbudeddie · #18 07-06-2007, 06:32 PM

Those plants are nice man. Any chance of some 7ft pics?

shiman51 · #19 07-08-2007, 08:16 PM

Bigbudeddie........yeah man I have some older pics in my gallery of the girls at 7 and 1/2 feet. I am in the States now and I will be getting home Friday........you can count on new pics being posted on Saturday. I have only been gone for 4 days now and I am anxious to see them and talk to them. Today I got some SuperThrive which is impossible to find in the country in Central America I am at.
The best news so far this trip is that all the seed I ordered ar in the mail and should be here before I return. I have 70 seeds coming and I just grin everytime I think of it.
Once again all the people that have taken the time to read my journals and those that comment I really appreciate it makes me feel good.

Ralphie · #20 07-10-2007, 12:14 PM

Shiman what part of costa rica are you in? I was just in Nosara near nicoya