Metasynth
Well-Known Member
Well folks, it's that time of the year again...The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and the stoners are toiling in their gardens digging holes, mixing soil, and constructing greenhouses. Yes, Spring is upon us and it's time to get ready to get things started for the outdoor season.
This year, true to the thread title, I will be posting a lot of videos of the garden. Mainly due to the fact that my digital camera eats batteries like nothing else, and the FlipCam seems to be able to squeeze 2 hours runtime out of a homemade lemon juice battery. But for the moment, pictures will suffice as there isn't a lot to cover in the beginning.
I suppose we'll start with the plants...I started my seeds in 16 oz. party cups with a mixture on Jiffy Seed Starting Mix and Kelloggs Patio Plus, and I also have clones that I rooted in rockwool, then transferred to Patio+ as well.
Strains in the mix:
4 x Nirvana's "Blue Mystic" reg
2 x TH Seeds "Heavy Duty Fruity"
2 x TH Seeds "Darkstar"
4 x Bagseed from a batch of outdoor grown in Humboldt last season, reg
1 x Barney's Farm "Dr. Grinspoon" fem
1 x TH Seeds "S.A.G.E." fem
1 x TH Seeds "Burmese Kush" fem
1 x Dinafem "White Widow" fem
2 x Clones from a female of the outdoor humboldt strain
1 x Bagseed from a dispensary in my area, top quality shit
1 x G13 Labs "NL Automatic" fem, and the only auto of the grow
I have 20 babies in pots outdoors at the moment, but I also have several "back-up" seedlings and clones in my indoor setup in case mother nature isnt so nurturing. Or to offset the "regular" seeds when I cull males. One of each of the following seedlings: THSeeds "Kushage" fem, BF "Dr.G" fem, Nirvana "BM" reg. Also like 15 clones from the female Humboldt plant (mother is currently flowering in my indoor DWC setup)
So here are some pics of the ground plot...I'll be growing both in-ground as well as in 30 and 45 gallon smartpots. I've started digging the holes, I have the depth I want, but just need to widen them out a little at the bottom. I have limited space in which to plant in-ground, and I'm squeezing 6 plants into this plot. Hard to scale size from the pictures, but the holes are about 2-2.5 feet deep, and about 2 feet wide. I've just begun the digging, but I'll try to widen them as much as I can.
And here is some of the soil that I'm going to mix to put in the bottom of my holes. True to "supersoil" form, this nutrient rich mix will only be going into the bottom half of the holes/pots, and I'll give it 2-3 weeks to "cook" once I fill the holes/pots before the plants go in, as well. The guano I'm using is 2-8-2, and also contains 6% Calcium, 1% Magnesium, 1% Sulfur, and 0.1% Iron. I chose the Kelloggs brand of soil cause I've had success with it in the past, and as you can see, the ingredients aren't too shabby.
Of course, this is only the beginning as I will need maybe triple this amount of soil in the end, if not more, but this will become the concentrated mix that needs to cook for a while anyway.
So that about sums it up for the time being. Hopefully I'll get the rest of my holes dug soon(I have to haul the dirt out in that blue 18 gallon tote by hand, wheelbarrow is just for show, haha), and I hope to get all that soil mixed up soon. But rest assured, there will be videos to come, and I welcome all friendly RIU members to stop by and share the fun!
This year, true to the thread title, I will be posting a lot of videos of the garden. Mainly due to the fact that my digital camera eats batteries like nothing else, and the FlipCam seems to be able to squeeze 2 hours runtime out of a homemade lemon juice battery. But for the moment, pictures will suffice as there isn't a lot to cover in the beginning.
I suppose we'll start with the plants...I started my seeds in 16 oz. party cups with a mixture on Jiffy Seed Starting Mix and Kelloggs Patio Plus, and I also have clones that I rooted in rockwool, then transferred to Patio+ as well.
Strains in the mix:
4 x Nirvana's "Blue Mystic" reg
2 x TH Seeds "Heavy Duty Fruity"
2 x TH Seeds "Darkstar"
4 x Bagseed from a batch of outdoor grown in Humboldt last season, reg
1 x Barney's Farm "Dr. Grinspoon" fem
1 x TH Seeds "S.A.G.E." fem
1 x TH Seeds "Burmese Kush" fem
1 x Dinafem "White Widow" fem
2 x Clones from a female of the outdoor humboldt strain
1 x Bagseed from a dispensary in my area, top quality shit
1 x G13 Labs "NL Automatic" fem, and the only auto of the grow
I have 20 babies in pots outdoors at the moment, but I also have several "back-up" seedlings and clones in my indoor setup in case mother nature isnt so nurturing. Or to offset the "regular" seeds when I cull males. One of each of the following seedlings: THSeeds "Kushage" fem, BF "Dr.G" fem, Nirvana "BM" reg. Also like 15 clones from the female Humboldt plant (mother is currently flowering in my indoor DWC setup)
So here are some pics of the ground plot...I'll be growing both in-ground as well as in 30 and 45 gallon smartpots. I've started digging the holes, I have the depth I want, but just need to widen them out a little at the bottom. I have limited space in which to plant in-ground, and I'm squeezing 6 plants into this plot. Hard to scale size from the pictures, but the holes are about 2-2.5 feet deep, and about 2 feet wide. I've just begun the digging, but I'll try to widen them as much as I can.
And here is some of the soil that I'm going to mix to put in the bottom of my holes. True to "supersoil" form, this nutrient rich mix will only be going into the bottom half of the holes/pots, and I'll give it 2-3 weeks to "cook" once I fill the holes/pots before the plants go in, as well. The guano I'm using is 2-8-2, and also contains 6% Calcium, 1% Magnesium, 1% Sulfur, and 0.1% Iron. I chose the Kelloggs brand of soil cause I've had success with it in the past, and as you can see, the ingredients aren't too shabby.
Of course, this is only the beginning as I will need maybe triple this amount of soil in the end, if not more, but this will become the concentrated mix that needs to cook for a while anyway.
So that about sums it up for the time being. Hopefully I'll get the rest of my holes dug soon(I have to haul the dirt out in that blue 18 gallon tote by hand, wheelbarrow is just for show, haha), and I hope to get all that soil mixed up soon. But rest assured, there will be videos to come, and I welcome all friendly RIU members to stop by and share the fun!
. Looking forward to the show brother!
It wouldn't be the same without ya...AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, THIS IS DR. GRINSPOON #2, DEDICATED TO MY MAIN MAN HOMER371 in a completely hetero way! 
