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rikdabrick

rikdabrick

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waterproof808 said:
yep, she did pretty well with the crazy rain we just had, only one tiny spot of rot. Buds are super dense.

Never been a fan of wet trimming. The difference in smell is night and day compared to dry trimming. plus I think the flowers look nicer when I hang dry the whole plant.
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Right on. I saw your pic on IG, it's looking good. South Fork Seeds looks like they got some nice stuff. I keep up with a handful of guys growing their gear on IG. Let us know how it goes. It seems like Maximus and South Fork Kush are their flagship strains at the moment.
 
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rikdabrick

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White boy in hawaii said:
If your on the big island you can sampo:confused: :bigjoint: haha
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I used to live in "Da Acres", but I'm on Maui now. I usetuhto drive by HOVE every month or two on my way to or from Costco depending on the route I took. From where I lived it took about the same amount of time to get to Costco no matter which way I went (Ka'u way, Waimea way or Saddle Road way) so I liked to change up the scenery.

I'll be posting up some pics pretty soon. Stuff is just starting to get interesting. I started flowering a bunch of plants on the New Year. And considering they all had leaf spot they are doing pretty well. Leaf spot is a horrible disease, just FYI. I hope none of you guys ever get it (unless you deserve some bad bachi, ha ha)
 
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mmjmon

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rikdabrick said:
I used to live in "Da Acres", but I'm on Maui now. I usetuhto drive by HOVE every month or two on my way to or from Costco depending on the route I took. From where I lived it took about the same amount of time to get to Costco no matter which way I went (Ka'u way, Waimea way or Saddle Road way) so I liked to change up the scenery.

I'll be posting up some pics pretty soon. Stuff is just starting to get interesting. I started flowering a bunch of plants on the New Year. And considering they all had leaf spot they are doing prettthe well. Leaf spot is a horrible disease, just FYI. I hope none of you guys ever get it (unless you deserve some bad bachi, ha ha)
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Saddle road is a breeze to drive now. I'm sure Maui wouldn't be the same to me now. Been about 18 years since I've been there.

I've been watchin all you guys grows.... very nice. I lost a lot of plants to Septoria. (yellow spots) I thought it was a nutrient thing. Anyway, started all new grows.... so I don't have much to share. @rikdabrick ,I thank you for your comment about growing by tomatoes which is basically where it came from.

Heres a couple I snapped today.
 

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mmjmon said:
Saddle road is a breeze to drive now. I'm sure Maui wouldn't be the same to me now. Been about 18 years since I've been there.

I've been watchin all you guys grows.... very nice. I lost a lot of plants to Septoria. (yellow spots) I thought it was a nutrient thing. Anyway, started all new grows.... so I don't have much to share. @rikdabrick ,I thank you for your comment about growing by tomatoes which is basically where it came from.

Heres a couple I snapped today.
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Right on! Looking good mmjmon! I'm glad I could help even though I don't remember what I said, ha ha. Do you still have some leaf spot? It's a pain to get rid of unless you switch out all your old dirt and keep your plants from getting rained on OR really get your soil dialed in which has been my approach because I can't get rid of the soil in my greenhouses. I'm having much better results now than I had during long season and I think it's going to get better each round. We'll see I guess.

And Maui hasn't changed that much in the last 18 years I don't think besides maybe more residents a day A LOT more tourists so the roads are more crowded, but not too bad. Thinking about it I guess there has been some development, but it's not as much as you might expect or it's just slid under my radar.

Let me know if you're ever thinking to visit.
 
mmjmon

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rikdabrick said:
Right on! Looking good mmjmon! I'm glad I could help even though I don't remember what I said, ha ha. Do you still have some leaf spot? It's a pain to get rid of unless you switch out all your old dirt and keep your plants from getting rained on OR really get your soil dialed in which has been my approach because I can't get rid of the soil in my greenhouses. I'm having much better results now than I had during long season and I think it's going to get better each round. We'll see I guess.

And Maui hasn't changed that much in the last 18 years I don't think besides maybe more residents a day A LOT more tourists so the roads are more crowded, but not too bad. Thinking about it I guess there has been some development, but it's not as much as you might expect or it's just slid under my radar.

Let me know if you're ever thinking to visit.
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The Septoria..not sure if I remember the spelling correctly...but it ended after I finally bought some fungicide. I sprayed everything with it around the plants, on the plants etc. Seems to have worked. You had said something about reading or talking to someone about not growing next to tomatoes. That triggered my brain into noticing my tomatoes were looking the same way... only worse. So searched the symptoms for tomatoes instead of cannabis which usually looks like a nutrient problem. That's how I figured it out anyway.
 
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White boy in hawaii said:
Update on my AK- 9 seedlings there coming along nicely, i started some regular Hawaiian skunk seeds 2 days ago a in a wet paper towel will give an update on them as soon as they sprout View attachment 3888022 View attachment 3888025
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Have you grown Hawaiian Skunk before? How's that? I don't think I've heard of that, but it sounds like something that has been around awhile. Some braddahs up the road from me have a mean skunk. I've never seen them or talk to them and I assume they don't know they stink up my road, ha ha. My friend's wife thought skunks lived here for years until her nephew told her it was weed, ha ha. Anyway, it's a pretty dead on skunk smell. I like sampo that one too, ha ha.
 
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rikdabrick

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mmjmon said:
The Septoria..not sure if I remember the spelling correctly...but it ended after I finally bought some fungicide. I sprayed everything with it around the plants, on the plants etc. Seems to have worked. You had said something about reading or talking to someone about not growing next to tomatoes. That triggered my brain into noticing my tomatoes were looking the same way... only worse. So searched the symptoms for tomatoes instead of cannabis which usually looks like a nutrient problem. That's how I figured it out anyway.
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Okay, that makes sense that I said that. Tomatoes get leaf spot (septoria) regularly. I know a lot of soil growers don't worry about the pH of their soil, but it does make a difference with resistance to bugs, fungus and bacteria and a big part of that is nutrient being widely available between a pH of 6.4-6.8 in soil (lower in peat, like 6.0). Also having a good base cation ratio (Ca, Mg, K, and Na) along with sufficient amounts of phosphorous, zinc, copper, manganese, silica and boron set the stage for really healthy plants that can fight off bugs and disease themselves. In my new greenhouse the soil started off with a pH of 7.3 which isn't horrible, but leaf spot still kicked my plants okoles. I got the pH down to 7.0 at the time of my last soil test and balanced the minerals better and I've been getting the pH lower still and my plants are doing a much better job at keeping the leaf spot at bay even with foliar feeding them. They're not perfect still, but leaf spot isn't winning the war this round.
 
Mohican

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Next time it rains, collect the water in a clean bowl and measure the pH. I would love to hear what results you get. Here in Orange County CA it was 5.7!
 
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Mohican said:
Next time it rains, collect the water in a clean bowl and measure the pH. I would love to hear what results you get. Here in Orange County CA it was 5.7!
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My 100g rain barrel usually reads about 7.1-7.2 with about 8ppm. The tap is about the same PH but TDS is slightly higher around 15-20ppm. Theres a couple companies shipping our tap water to the mainland for bottling. I think we have some of the best tasting tap water i've ever tried.
 
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rikdabrick

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Mohican said:
Next time it rains, collect the water in a clean bowl and measure the pH. I would love to hear what results you get. Here in Orange County CA it was 5.7!
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I've checked the rain before several times, but I don't remember exactly, it was definitely alkaline though. I just use the pH drops so it's not an exact reading either, but the pH has always been noticeably above 7, like 7.5 or 8 which is weird since rain that's formed is usually acidic and you would think it would be even more acidic with the vog from Kilauea. Our well water is right around 7.6-7.7. I've sent it off to be tested a couple times so that number I know is pretty exact.
 
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