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Once a year I go buy fresh cow manure from a farmer. I spread the manure in my three flower beds in my front yard. I then pile some in a wheelbarrow and leave on side of house. I leave the rest in the trailer on the other side of the house. I also give some to the guy next door. Then each year I...

Actinovate SP (EPA Reg. No. 73314-1) is a soluble powder biological fungicide for the control of root rot and damping-off fungi. The active ingredient in Actinovate SP colonizes the root system and protects it from harmful fungi. Actinovate SP can also suppress foliar diseases such as Powdery...

I consider myself a self proclaimed expert on Harbor Freight Driveway Alert motion sensors. May be long post but will have solid info on how to keep your yard guarded without jumping up at every false alarm. Yes false alarms will happen lots with HF driveway alerts. How often? I run 12 alerts in...

I live in suburban area. I worry about the overwhelming smell from my plants. This is how I try to mask the smell. Only way I have found that works well. Fresh cow manure. Not composted manure. I get about 1.5 yards from local farmer. I will add the manure all over my front yard flower beds in...

well I tried to get early start this year. But my plants were put out to early and all flowered on me. I could not take the risk of stunted growth so I started over. I used a fence post auger to dig my holes this year. Trying some plants this year in all natural backyard soil with just perlite...

Seen people asking about mold and rot pics. So I came up with this. Pics below are from a type of stem rot I am dealing with. Not bud worms. I have notice the stem rot starts at the nodes. Bud worm rot can start from anyplace on the bud. Bud worm rot is more mushy with what looks like pepper...

Been slacking on posting my 2012 garden on all the sites I belong to. But I am here now. Here is what I got going on this year. I did start late trying to keep size down this year. Not able to get around as I could in past grows. So far I am liking the size. I am in full flower now. Strains...

People laugh at me all the time when I bring up the stoping mold with pen torch. I watched this TV show and tried it. The pen torch torches the mold and stops in right in it's tracks. Dead done no more. it does not burn the stem. Your just torching the mold not the stem. With a small torch it is...

Will be using molasses on these two White Widows from clones. Pretty much identical plants. I will start the molasses test this week. The plant on the left will get the molasses. The one in the middle will get no molasses. It will be the plants on the left and middle. The plant on the right...

Hello Friends, Back to pick your brains some more. I am needing some understanding whats going on with my plants and soil. In 2009 I grew some G-13 outdoors. During the flowering peroid I notice there never was any yellow leafs even up until harvest. This was from the plants in the ground...

I notice with my not watering until the plant droops method some plants will stick up there leafs the night before it needs water. I will water this plant tomorrow moring or afternoon. The same night it gets water they will sleep like the others next to it are. I think the roots know they are...

Hello Friends Been on MJ forums for about 9 years now. Every year about this time. I see threads on how the first wind storm of the year blew over whole plants or snapped branches. Just wanted to make a post to remind you guys to stake them or cage them soon. I seen half crops gone with the...

I have a plant I need you guys to look at. The branch next to the mold/fungus spot was broke about half way off. I tied it back up. while doing so i notice the stem was being attacked by some mold or? I was thinking a pen torch and torch it off. What can I do here? The plant is healthy. I...

You can buy Ladybugs at your nursary. I always buy a few bags every year. Spray the wings with soda and they cannot fly away for 2 days. The munch everything for two days. Then most fly off. But always see lots of ladybugs after that. Or let some out little at a time. Keep them in the fidge...

Every back yard grower should have one of these. They all called driveway wireless alert ststem. They are sold at HF for $18. They are small and simple to use. even if you have dogs you can tweek with them. I have 6 of these in my back yard. If anyone is in my back yard I will know. I can carry...

I read all the time when growers pluck leafs to get more sun to the bud sites. I do not agree with this. If you will listen I would like to change your mind. Or even have a debate if you care to do so. First off the #1 debate is food for the plant thats in the leafs. I agree with this. The...

Just wanted to blast in and say hello. Hello to my old friends. I am still alave and kicking. Hello to any new friends as well. Here is my grow this year. I still have about 30 days before the stretch and flower. Will not be epic like 2009. But it will be a good grow to sit back and watch...

Hello Friends, Did you think I would ride off in the sunset for good? For any that remember me I will be trying for another mega grow this year. I will growing 12 plants. 3 of them will be in the ground. 9 of them will be in plastic 55g barrels cut in half. Fox Farm Soil with 35% perlite. I am...

Well here we go again. Growing 4 great white shark, and 2 others. I talked last year about my soil having lots of worms. well here is some shovels fulls. Millions of small earth worms that will grow big. This year I am not planting along that other fence. I am planting down my yard using the...

Guess who came out of hidding. New grow tread to come. This year plans are 30 feet,6 plants,25lbs Had a great winter.