Sitting on some organic fertilizer or, "my plants have my back"

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Fed the remaining plants some Bone meal and worm castings today, Jorge Cervantes style, pulled the straw mulch back, and sprinkled it all on top of the soil.
The 3rd photo to right is the branch I accedentally broke off the Bubble Gun Pro. I quickly pulled off extra leaves, quick dunk in compost tea, and cut at 45, scraped stem and planted. Seems like it will grow, did not take time to get rooting hormone out.

 

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Got after the aphids today, part of the reason I harvested the DOG, they have been getting out of hand in the veggy bed. Hit everyone with lots of Diatomacious earth today, and will alternate with bursts from the hose, and some Pyrythrine. Maybe the Neem, if I gotta. Yellow sticky traps up to, since they are sending out some winged aphids towards my pot plants now. A second generation of lady bugs has hatched out as well, from there pupating on my Pac choi seed crop.
Got to decimate the little fuckers every chance I get!
There chitin will feed my soil!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha!!

 

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I have lots of morning glories in my backyard and they attract all kinds of pests. That reminds me tomorrow I have to spray a soapy concoction around the house. Ounce of prevention...

 

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Well, I finally made it through another grueling day of work, made harder having to use a great deal of my laziest muscle, my brain, and finally was able to curl up with a beer and a bong and hang out with the plants. was sitting there on the worm bin, when I noticed this cool ass thing my plant was doing.
Think you can kinda see it in the pictures, her leaves pointing in different directions, a couple in the first pic are aimed towards the setting sun, different angles cause of where there at, both hitting the most light possible. The other big fan in the second pic is on the other side of the plant and aimed at the light reflecting off my neighbors house.
Anyway, thought it was cool, phototropism followed to the utmost. Usually don't see it cause the fan is on her disrupting things.

 

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The white diatomacious earth is on the underside of the leaves, so may make it easier to see.

 

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Tigarelle tomatoes, a variety from Baker creek Heirlooms, where I by most of my vegetable seeds. And some other stuff.

 

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Finally rained yesterday afternoon, made the air smell delicious, made me glad I got both my plants harvested. Bring on summer monsoon season, it can rain as much as it wants now, the colorado rockies need the moisture. Put some fires out, wash some air, grow some wildflowers. Let it rain.

 

[oldjarhead100]

I have wild morning glories in my veggie garden I ripped up mulched a shit load but theres still plenty, its evasive as hell

 

[oldjarhead100]

wow those tomato look amazing ,Ill have to look them up and give them a try next year,

Thats a great site thanks for sharing

 

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Thanks!
They are more cold hardy than most variety's, and supposed to have good disease resistance. I you are ever in Missouri, visiting the the Baker Creek gardens are well worth it, they also have a small restaurant where they serve lunch of whatever it is that they feel like cooking that day. The meal is built around vegetables from there garden. All Heirloom varieties, and super delicious. Forget the town, but is near the birth place of Laura Ingles Wilder.

 

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Coffee time, and just one hit from my Bong. The Green Crack Auto. Not a bad strain, but still looking for a better day time smoke. Really want to try Rassbery Cough from Nirvana for this, as it sounds like just my thing.
Contemplating the Bubble Gun Pro, she is vedging great, and has her crown set on a course for my roof, just 2 more feet. I think I might top her and try to train the four top colas back a foot from the plastic.

Two conversations are had. I see the mouse hanging out under the tomatoes again, and ask it what she is up to. Clear intent is given, that I don't really want to kill her, but eating my plants will just not do. I offer a play date, with my friends cat. They say within half an hour, that mouse would be dead if they brought this particular Mouser over.
Going out side to look at the outdoor vegetables, I am startled as always, to see gray kitty. A stealthy hunter, I never hear her, or sense her presence like i do with many animals, predator in the highest sense of the word, millions of years of predatory evolution, a mighty hunter. We hang out and I pet her, once again give permission to catch that mouse, offer to let her in my greenhouse, she does not take me up on it. Is intent on the small tunnel the mouse has to the outside world. I try to chase the mouse out to her, no luck.

Time for breakfast, and work, and the world of humans. Have a great day!

 

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Weekly up date.
Project Groot took place for the Bubble Gun Pro, CD-1, and Critical.

 

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The Bubble Gun Pro branch that I acidentally knocked of the plant a week or two ago, quickly dunked in compost tea, trimmed, roughed up the stem a bit, and planted straight in the ground without any rooting hormone, was the only clone from the latest ones that has survived, so decided to replicate conditions, but make it easier to transplant.
I think that particular method has been working for me the best, because moisture and oxygen supply in the root zone are more stable. The big mother plant helps drink up extra water, provide shade and humidity. The little microcosm of bacteria and earth worms probably helps. I also wonder about all the wheat seeds I get sprouting in the mulch, possible they have natural rooting hormones or such being released, especially when I pull them out and they break right back down into the very biologically active zone just bellow the mulch.

 

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Just about reached the line of FIM today, so I went ahead and did that. Real low, with a pair of scissors. I wanted to leave room for a second chance, incase I failed, and had to top her.
Got almost 2' to the plastic, but want to leave a minimum of 6", if not more. I have seem folks with some Very big plants, have them reach the plastic, get frost bit and bud rot from the condensation up there, end up throwing out top colas by the pound!
Got Super cropping on my mind to, for when those growth tips grow out a bit.

 

[oldjarhead100]

a buddy gave me his mother plant of pineapple chunk and I had to do the same thing I cut 2 feet from the top and used that to make clones then put the rest in bloom tent so far so good even with the catastrophe that went on in there

 

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Gave myself a day off time to smoke a bong, drink a beer, work on the garden, and play with my plants.

 

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The Crazy Re-veged Jungle plant ( CD-1) and the Critical and Jack Herrer try to catch up....

 

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A variety called "Apple", various aged plants, as they get older, the leaves totally change shape!

 

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Man that is a jungle plant, I like them alot.

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

GreenhouseEffect, those grapes, or muscadines, or scupernons look like they gonna be tasty. Nice job.