Hawaii Growers
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rikdabrick
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@808newb We had the copters flying on my side on the 18th. They were flying pretty hard, but didn't land to check cards or numbers or anything. I haven't heard of anybody on Maui getting checked on this year yet. I don't think they care as much here at least. They flew my garden really low, which is all legal and they flew my neighbor pretty hard, but didn't stop and he's not legal, but looks like he is because he only has a few out that are obvious. I have two other neighbors that grow (I don't know if they have medical cards or not) and I don't think they even flew by those guys. It looked like they were just wasting time and pleasure flying. They did check the gulches in my area too, which I guess they would've stopped if they found anything worth getting.
@Mohican What's the humidity like there? It was something around 96 and 90% humidity in Kahului on Saturday I think. This has been a really hot, wet and humid summer, basically just a hot winter, ha ha. At least the playing field is level for all the outdoor growers. I'm pretty sure everyone has had difficult growing weather this year on every side of the island. And now there's two more hurricanes headed this way to keep the weather all sorts of funky. Fortunately, most of my plants handle rain and humidity pretty well. And your backyard is cool as always
@Mohican What's the humidity like there? It was something around 96 and 90% humidity in Kahului on Saturday I think. This has been a really hot, wet and humid summer, basically just a hot winter, ha ha. At least the playing field is level for all the outdoor growers. I'm pretty sure everyone has had difficult growing weather this year on every side of the island. And now there's two more hurricanes headed this way to keep the weather all sorts of funky. Fortunately, most of my plants handle rain and humidity pretty well. And your backyard is cool as always
808newb
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Around here is always nerve-racking because our house lies in the flight path that the copters have to utilize to fly tourists to view lava. I would say 20-30 overflights daily and by the time u hear one that is lower in elevation it's too late.lol. I guess the difference this year is that my new "white" card came with an info sheet stating u have to have tags on each plant with ur registration # and expiration date of ur license. It clearly stated that if ur plants don't have this tag then leo can confiscate them even if u are legal. Wait ti they start using drones, then it's gonna be a pseudo-skeet shooting extravaganza hahA@808newb We had the copters flying on my side on the 18th. They were flying pretty hard, but didn't land to check cards or numbers or anything. I haven't heard of anybody on Maui getting checked on this year yet. I don't think they care as much here at least. They flew my garden really low, which is all legal and they flew my neighbor pretty hard, but didn't stop and he's not legal, but looks like he is because he only has a few out that are obvious. I have two other neighbors that grow (I don't know if they have medical cards or not) and I don't think they even flew by those guys. It looked like they were just wasting time and pleasure flying. They did check the gulches in my area too, which I guess they would've stopped if they found anything worth getting.
@Mohican What's the humidity like there? It was something around 96 and 90% humidity in Kahului on Saturday I think. This has been a really hot, wet and humid summer, basically just a hot winter, ha ha. At least the playing field is level for all the outdoor growers. I'm pretty sure everyone has had difficult growing weather this year on every side of the island. And now there's two more hurricanes headed this way to keep the weather all sorts of funky. Fortunately, most of my plants handle rain and humidity pretty well. And your backyard is cool as always
I did hear about a bust last week in fern Forrest or Hawaiian acres where they got over 300 plants, 68#s and 5 figures in cash. So as long as they make 1 bust like that a month, it'll keep 'em in business
Joedank
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fucking theives taking money right out the mouths of folks
yet we can rent reseacrch land in maui and do whatever with chems and PGR's on bannas and mangos in the name of "research" .... hope the collective is still going strong !
rikdabrick
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I know what you mean about the tour helicopters. I used to live in Fern Acres and would have plenty flying over head all the time and we get them and Mokulele all day where I live on Maui too. You just have to train your ear. Tour helicopters pretty much make a straight flight path and have the normal noise crescendo and decrescendo of a passing aircraft. GH guys either cruise in circles, grids or serpentine so you hear a crescendo, decrescendo, cresendo, decrescedo of engine/prop noise; it's not your normal tour helicopter sound. And the Fed helicopter has a unique sound altogether. It's quiet and eerie, that's the one that gets my heart going because by the time you hear it it's usually pretty close so one may not have much time to make appropriate adjustments if needed, (read: running around like crazy throwing plants in the bushes, ha ha)
I saw the thing about the tags from one of the guys I caretake for. Thanks for the heads-up though.
I heard about that bust too. That sucks for those guys. Hopefully they don't have to serve much time.
rikdabrick
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AMEN JOEDANK!!!! PREACH IT BRUDDAH!!! Seriously some backwards stuff with the way our legislators run things around here.fucking theives taking money right out the mouths of folks
I think the collective is still going, but I saw a post on oldhaole's journal on icmag that said the collective got raided by "non-badge wearing thugs", so that's pretty lame.
808newb
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Anyone had to deal with the black twig borer?? They are fucking up my whole grow. The plant starts to die anywhere above the bore hole.
This species apparently is only endemic to Florida and Hawaii
https://www.rollitup.org/t/are-these-eggs-of-some-sort.883186/#post-11918024
This species apparently is only endemic to Florida and Hawaii
https://www.rollitup.org/t/are-these-eggs-of-some-sort.883186/#post-11918024
rikdabrick
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@808newb I can't make out the pic on my phone very well, but if it's what I have dealt with then yeah, there's no saving the part of the plant above the bore hole or at less I haven't found out how to yet. I just cut down to the next node or two as soon as I notice the branch start dying and get it away from the other plants. I've pretty much lost entire plants like that branch by branch. It's lame, but fortunately my borers only seem to pick on certain strains. Last round they only picked on my Kali Mists and left everything else alone. You might try a heavy neem oil soil drench. I've got rid of other pests like that before.
The Latent Image
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I have been using ground habaneros to stop the spider mites this year. seems to be working well
Joedank
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spinosad and BT bacteria provide some protection for borers . i dont reccomend them in flower although they are thought of as "safe"
OMRI says your allowed 2 sprays of each spaced 2 weeks apart ...
Frosteze
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Good to know so many Maui growers on this site. I guess I picked a good forum to join. Sunny Southside here. I'd be down for a potluck. Please PM me if anything going down.
I'm having a aphid problem right now on my outdoor. Just blasted them with canola oil and Dawn dish soap. I haven't seen any for a couple days now. Anyone have a concoction they'd recommend? Little bastards are vicious.
I'm having a aphid problem right now on my outdoor. Just blasted them with canola oil and Dawn dish soap. I haven't seen any for a couple days now. Anyone have a concoction they'd recommend? Little bastards are vicious.
Frosteze
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I'll pick some up tomorrow. Thanks.Yellow sticky strips and cards work great!
Cheers,
Mo
rikdabrick
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I haven't used those sticky strips yet, but I'm sure Mohican knows what he's talking about. I usually hit my plants 2-3x a week with neem and Dawn dish soap until they leave and it's worked well every time so far. I also spray the main stem and the dirt around the base real well too since mine are almost always brought in by ants farming them. The ants will usually pack up also if I spraying them with neem and dish soap enough.
Mohican
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Even a strong blast of water will make them leave. I just hate blasting off my frost. If you are in pre-frost stages, blast away!
Ladybugs and wasps absolutely love to eat aphids. Each spring when the aphids are all over my roses I just wait. A week later they are all gone. Wasps are hard workers.
The cards are yellow because bugs are attracted to dying yellow leaves. That is why I always pull off the yellow leaves and throw them in my burning bin.
Ladybugs and wasps absolutely love to eat aphids. Each spring when the aphids are all over my roses I just wait. A week later they are all gone. Wasps are hard workers.
The cards are yellow because bugs are attracted to dying yellow leaves. That is why I always pull off the yellow leaves and throw them in my burning bin.
808newb
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Heat hoses f--kers got my kali too, but what I salvaged off her is killer smoke.
3rd week of flower for my pure haze and come out this morning and main stalk dead overnite from these mutherfucks!
