The Great Auto Showdown

[oldjarhead100]

the clerk at my coffee shop shows me a picture of a plant that was about 3 times as big as the green house it was in ,with the caption 273 days and still no tomatoes lol,

it was funny but got me to thinking how in the hell can they keep it in veg as daylight decreases , this plant was about 20 feet tall (Unless they used a mini GH ) so how would they get supplemental light to it
I mean at some point its going to want to go into bloom right ,maybe I should go smoke so I can figure it out lol

 

[oldjarhead100]

ah ha they can plant as soon as the days start getting longer (for me thats the 1st of June ) but for others it could be the day after winter solstice. thats a concept I don't think about lol

 

[Rwise]

I have had many 20 footers, one year a LEO pushed them to the side and walked through them without finding them,,, LMAO!

 

[oldjarhead100]

how long is your growing season?I would love to be able to do that

 

[oldjarhead100]

I'm afraid to say its official winter is here with snow on the ground we should be hard water fishing by the first of the year

 

[JohnEmad]

I grew 12 foot plants without trying several decades ago. Threw some seeds in the garden and 5 grew. Tallest near 12 ft before having to cut them down early due to a nosy neighbor calling the law in. The neighbors wife to be exact.. The husband warned me. Nice guy.

 

[Spidermite]

oldjarhead100 we have flood lights equivalent to street lights but stronger in the fields. We had to put them to make use of our extended growing season. We can plant as early march and grow through the end of November most years. Planting seeds starting them in sunlight works fine without the lights. However if we use clones, which we do, when you move then outside that early after being in an 18/6 schedule they immediately flower unless we use the lights until about may.

 

[Canuck147]

Buy online - buybudnow.ca

 

[JohnEmad]

Autos are heading into flowering stage. Shortest is the Cream Caramel at 15". Tallest is the untopped NLx at 2ft. The topped NLx would be well over 2 ft and is the biggest overall and starting to stretch at 17"s.

 

[Rwise]

oldjarhead100 Most years early/mid April to late October,,,

 

[Spidermite]

oldjarhead100 I just thought about something you said above. About wishing you could put the chickens in a pot. Well my kids all had to kill their dinner at least once so they knew what was involved in making meat. Only one chose to be a vegetarian and it lasted 3 days. She said it was a good plan but she'd rather eat meat.

But what I was thinking of is my nephews at the hemp farm. They had to put a rooster down because a smaller rooster decided it was taking over and it fatally injured it. Well my nephews buried it. On their way home they stopped and got Kentucky Fried Chicken. Smh

By the way that rooster then decided to attack the dog protecting the property. It was an 80 pound Pit Mix. That rooster lost too.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

Somebody needs a new rooster - LOL

 

[JohnEmad]

I had a 40 plus lb turkey gobbler that lost many battles with the little bantam roosters. The roosters were too quick. Same outcome with my dog and the rooster however. Dog won with one bite.

 

[oldjarhead100]

I have no problem killing meat but I've had these chickens for 3 plus years ,they come when I call ,they run up to say hi (I know I know I'm a big softie lol) I butcher my deer but I just cant kill these 3 chickens ,kinda like they made it though the war so now they get to relax

 

[Rwise]

I have light snow just north of me this morning,,, one of the weather folks is redoing his long range forecast, saying it may be a hard winter, Monday @ 5pm,,,,

 

[Rwise]

A few nights ago I heard a commotion in the hen house, let the bogs out and followed to find one of the roosters standing over a dead owl. They are now eating it,,,
Fir the first time in years I have no eggs, all of my girls are molting, or leading chicks around and molting.
Spidermite if you were closer I have a luvely splash Easter Egger roo that I could give you,,, I do like my coloured eggs!

 

[Rwise]

So far it has been enuf for my dogs to set the roo in his place and not kill him! Good dog!!

 

[RagWeedDWC]

My Grandparents raised Bantam roosters along with the laying hens and roosters. The bantams were raised just for the feathers, meanest damn two legged heathens that exist on this world, and probably a few others. Gathering eggs was a sprint to and from the barns. Hard as hell to catch and kill for their (Sold to guys for flys) feathers. We finally started feeding them the Mash from our stills and once they started flopping over we could catch and harvest..... Great Day for my younger brother and I!

 

[Retodd]

Here’s my official Saturday update. I’ve been a bit sporadic lately.
last night when I came home from the shop I gave her a good defol. I just went in to water and took the pic. Now time to head back to work. I’ve got these two pipes to finish and sent to Tennessee next week. If you guys are interested I’ll post pix of them finished. I’m also in the process of making a horn goblet stand for my friend in Nottingham, UK. I’ll ship it out next week too.
🙏🏼✌🏻

 

[OlderNOTwiser]

Love to see them.