Glorious rain came down upon us yesterday - about an inch. Boy did we need it. Our water tank was getting very low. All of the plants were happy to get rainwater out of the sky and a bit of a rest from the 100 degree temps.

Here's the two "big" ones today. Sorry about the bar - it's a support for the interior of the greenhouse and doesn't come out/off.


Here's a couple of the orphans, growing happily!


Here's another one of the orphans.


and last, but not least (if they turned out to be girls, that is!) - the two remaining in the Earthbox. Poor little stalks. I should probably take off that support and beef them up, but I'm still considering transplanting them to individual pots.

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Hi everyone - It's ok to comment in my journal. It makes me feel like I'm sharing rather than just logging info for my own use, so say somthing! Am I alone in here?

The plants are loving this weather - overcast, humid, 90 degrees. I swear they are growning so much every day. They are starting to smell, but no distinct signs of sex yet, at least not in my eyes.




Mmmmm, greeeeeeen leaves!


And my spider pal is still around. I love him for eating any bugs! Wish I could have a whole crew of spiders, trained, of course.

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damn, everything is so happy right now - my plants are going CRAZY.


even the little ones are growing a big measurable amount every day!


It might sound funny, but I think these plants really like to let their roots go wide instead of deep. I think this because I noticed that my plants root balls did that when they were smaller, even though they were in deep pots. Also thought it might be availability of water, but when I see the difference between plants in something WIDE vs. something DEEP, I gotta think for what I'm doing, wide is the way to go!

My husband got to work at Willie Nelson's 4th of July pic nic but I stayed home w/ the dog. He brought me the BEST souvenier, though!


And got another cool one - from our friend who is a friend of Willie's.

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Nice Pics Joebuck! Congrats on the female.

Good lord! Look at 'em today!

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crap - clicked post accidentaly.

You just can't believe how lucious these leaves are. They are almost blue they are SO green. I gave everyone nutes today - some organic fert that I love, John's Recipie by Lady Bug Brand, it's working great for me...it's almost like compost tea in a bottle.

Guaranteed Analysis
Total Nitrogen (N) 3.0%
Available Phosphate (P205) 1.5%
Soluble Potash (K20) 2.0%


and last, but not least, the two lightweights in the Earthbox...still haven't decided what to do with them.



I think between light getting shorter, they are starting to crank to flower.
They really like the 1nce a week nute/fert - but since mine are organic and kind of mellow, there's no scary nute suprises. I want it to be smooth sailing from here.

I also think that the big growth I have seen could be due to using the Penetrator product; I got it to use with Reverse (both by Dutch Master) but then was reading somewhere that Penetrator just allows the leaves to process everything they bring in with much more intensity and to the best benefit of the leaves. I think it works - the leaves are so healthy now that they seem to not be getting ANY pests (knock on wood) - including those damn leaf miners. Just a stoney theory. We've all had 'em, right?

Let me know anything - advice most certainly welcome - opinions too!

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I mean seriously - look at this photo from 6/27

and look at this one from today!

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nice grow!!! I will be watching....

Hey joebuck, those plants are kicking ass! Looks like they are taking well to the fertilizer. Have you done anything new to keep the heat down in the greenhouse?

Just tried an early sample of my purple plant and am pretty high. Can't wait to see what this stuff smokes like in a few weeks!

Hey Crackbaby Bulldog - To keep the heat down in the greenhouse but still keep the protection and containment it brings (seclusion, protection from deer/coons), I took some of the roof panels off - so now it's got big sky but 4 walls - the windows and doors are all screened, so it still gets nice breezes too. It's worked GREAT. So much better than building some new corral for the plants - and I'll just put the panels back this winter for my fall veggies and stuff.

I got some sort of purple goodness in a bag from a friend and it's totally COUCH LOCK...or wherever you are - it was desk lock for me the other day....enjoyed some at my desk and couldn't really do anything else for about an hour. Enjoy!

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