Ringsixty
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Hawaii Growers
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too larry
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Last year was the most fucked year I have had in ages. Rained from June on. Until I chopped all my rotten plants early. Then when my fall/winter plants were getting going, it stopped raining. Did not rain a drop in September or October. But on average, it is pretty good growing here.
We have had 7-8 easy years as far as hurricanes go, until this one this past year. And it was played out by the time it got up to me. We did have one little middling one come through in 2016 and break both my two BST2 X BST1 females. Just big enough to name them for me. Hurricane Head. {. . . . . from Tough Guys Don't Dance}
too larry
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We have had some really cold weather for Florida. Lows down to 16F one night, and almost two weeks of nights in the 20's. We use a heatpump and our light bill was under $300 for last month. Pretty cheap. I think it's around 200-225 most of the time. {I haven't paid a bill in 29 years, so I don't really know}
waterproof808
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I pay about $150/month for 2 people. I veg outdoor with 5w LED bulbs that cost hardly anything to run.
Yeah thankgod we don't get hurricanes here. We did see a mini tornado 2 foot round and 20 foot tall. Haha that was entertaining for us. Last year it rained for 7 weeks during flowering killed 99 percent of my plants
rikdabrick
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We had a mini tornado here on Maui a couple weeks or so ago, which is rare enough I've never heard of one before. I've seen a couple water spouts though which are pretty rad. And we got snow on Haleakala today which is pretty rare. Not the best pic, but there it is way up there
rikdabrick
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And centipedes, jellyfish, man-o-war, cockroaches and some of the tourists take it down a notch, but it's not too bad, ha ha! At least it's not like where poor @bobqp is with all the biggest and/or deadliest everything, ha ha! Just kidding (kind of)
I'd probably be fine with most of the critters in Oz except the giant Huntsman spiders that like to hang out in your car and surprise you while you're driving. I don't mind spiders, but I wouldn't be down with fast giant ones wanting to cuddle with me while I'm on the highway, ha ha!Very nice pic. Police helicopters have been taking people patches here pretty hard. 30 plants 12ft tall got taken Monday ,they found a lot of patches Tuesday and are still out flying around looking for more. Most of the dangerous animals in Australia usually run or slither away. Very rarely do you hear about someone being bitten. Huntsman are just curious spiders. A lot of tourists kill them because of how big they are. The ones that sends a shiver down my spine is Sydney funnel web spiders.. They are aggressive and will attack. They will kill you or make your flesh rot away. Like really bad gangrene. There's so many different climates in Australia. At the top you can walk around in shorts in winter nice and warm. At the bottom you freeze your ass off. Going to do a lot more sativa dominant strains next season.
too larry
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We have all that, except the man of war. Plus mosquitoes. I live an hour from Panama City Beach. We are right up there in the top 10 of bad tourist towns. I try to never go down there in the summertime. The bad thing is, the little known beaches like Mexico Beach and Port Saint Joe are starting to tourist up too. All that is saving Alligator Point is the no see ums.And centipedes, jellyfish, man-o-war, cockroaches and some of the tourists take it down a notch, but it's not too bad, ha ha! At least it's not like where poor @bobqp is with all the biggest and/or deadliest everything, ha ha! Just kidding (kind of)
When anyone asks about moving to NW Florida, I tell them the rednecks bite and Gators are rude.
Mohican
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Christmas of 88 we got a big storm and Haleakala was covered in snow the next morning. The best part was that after the storm passed we got a big south swell. That was the last time I surfed good waves in Hawaii. I surfed one more big swell that hit Orange County in 89 and then I retired from surfing.
waterproof808
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You guys are lucky the Little Fire Ants havent established themselves there yet. They are hell and pretty much impossible to fully eradicate once established. Bad news for the ag and tourism industry.And centipedes, jellyfish, man-o-war, cockroaches and some of the tourists take it down a notch, but it's not too bad, ha ha! At least it's not like where poor @bobqp is with all the biggest and/or deadliest everything, ha ha! Just kidding (kind of)
rikdabrick
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I was mostly kidding about the creepy crawlers there. I've met plenty of people from Oz and from the sounds of it nobody is very worried about all the deadly critters you guys have.
I thought the funnel web spiders usually give you a dry warning bite first if they can. There's a spider on the mainland and some say that we have it here called a brown recluse that will rot away a bunch of flesh if you don't get it taken care of quick. There is some pretty nasty pictures on the web of people who got bit and by the time they went to the hospital there was already some large deep areas of flesh rotting away, ugh.
I hope you plants stay safe from the helicopters! Fortunately, the police helicopters don't fly this time of year here. It's nice to have a few months without worrying if they're going to swoop down on ya.
rikdabrick
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We have mosquitoes too, but they're not bad where I live and most of the rest of that stuff isn't that bad. I've been stung by a man-o-war once and bitten by centipedes twice and the tourists aren't too bad for the most part, just somewhat annoying and it's mostly their driving that annoys me the most. This ain't the mainland so no need to drive like it's the mainland, ha ha!
The real downsides, to Maui anyway, is the cost of living and finding a place to live if you have to. There's plenty people here and not enough houses otherwise there's not much to complain about
rikdabrick
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We are definitely blessed to not have fire ants. I think people have found them few times, but I've never heard of them getting established.
I did just hear the first coqui frog(s) from my house last week. I'm guessing something got them because I haven't heard them in about 5 days. Hopefully it stays that way
Ringsixty
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Weather kind of sucks right now. Outside growers I feel for you.
rikdabrick
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Do you have horizontal air flow fans running in your greenhouse? Good air movement helps.
Ringsixty
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Did anyone here go to the 2018 Hawaii Cannabis Expo besides me?
I thought is was So, So. But, was ok for the size of our population.
I give the brothers and sister credit, they did their best.
However some people were skating the rules. But, it happens.
Maybe, one day we will go recreational. But, I don't count on it for a long time.
Funny how Hawaii is very liberal state. But, for some reason. It is very different from the mainland usa on this matter. Go figure
Shit, we approved Medical marijuana in 2000 and we got our first dispensers, what 18 years later. Ha
Maybe one day Federal Law will change before Hawaii does.
I thought is was So, So. But, was ok for the size of our population.
I give the brothers and sister credit, they did their best.
However some people were skating the rules. But, it happens.
Maybe, one day we will go recreational. But, I don't count on it for a long time.
Funny how Hawaii is very liberal state. But, for some reason. It is very different from the mainland usa on this matter. Go figure
Shit, we approved Medical marijuana in 2000 and we got our first dispensers, what 18 years later. Ha
Maybe one day Federal Law will change before Hawaii does.