Hawaii Growers

howzit Gangy,

v I was a bit curious as to what everybody is using theses days for their plant medium & food. For instance, myself I'm growing organically. My medium is soil of course. I use 'Down to Earth' pre-mixed soil as my base. I like 'Down To Earth' because they are the only commercial soil I've found in Hilo with Green Sand already mixed in. From there I add all kinds of organic goodness to the mix, worm castings,bat guano, seabird guano, Humic, epson salt(small amount), Blood Meal, Bone Meal,granular Azomite,humic acid, lime, and last but not least Granulated or powdered Phospahate Rock. Plus, can't foret the Perlite. This mix is waaaaaaaaay better than any soil mix from Fox Farm, and that includes 'Ocean Forrest' too!!

I was feeding my girls a nice bubbly tea every week that I made at home with organic goodness. But have decided to take it one step even further in the path of organic perfection. I'm now using IMO(Indiginous Micro organisms) on my ladies. These are thousand of year old micro organism from here! So think how our plants benefit from that? Right now there is a sale here for the IMO. $15.00 for 50 pound bag of IMO. One bag shound last me for months if used just for feeding teas.

So what about you other Hawaii growers? I wanna hear from both indoor & outdoor growers what you use on plants. For indoor growers I'm curious about your setup. Is it organic, or hydroponic? Ebb & flow, or DWC, or whatever. Are you using Advance Nutrients, or General Hydroponics to feed your plants?

Why I wanna know is because on another web site they(growers) argued which setup was best and why. Myself, I'm just curious because almost daily something new is coming out to better the growing experience for all of us.

Here's my strategy.. this is for clones so it might not an effective technique for seed grows..
I'll put a picture summary at some point when I am not lazy

I start with Coco Coir as the base for my clones.. I use BCuz.. it is clean and neutral..
I take the cutting and put it into water that has Superthrive (or some other B1)..
I use Olivia's Cloning Gel...to treat the roots and stalk,, and into the humidity dome with it completely closed.. 25w cfl is sufficient for clones
4-7 days later.. we have roots.. After there are an abundant amount of roots on the bottom, it time to move out of the dome and transplant..

Soil Mixture
4 parts recycled soil (the mix described in this respective soil recipe) I add Seabird Guano, small bag of mexican and jamaican guano to a 30 gallon tub of soil, compost tea.. let the whole thing brew for a bit.
2 parts Happy Frog/Ocean Forest
2 parts regular store bought fine grade soil
1/2 part Perlite

Clones are first transplanted into 1 gallon containers using the soil mixture described above, I always use superthrive any time I transplant or change plant conditions. Once the plants are as tall as the container (about 6"), then I transplant into a 5 gallon container.... About 2 weeks after transplanting into the 5 gallon, I use a nutrient solution combining Grow Big (5 tbsp per gallon), Fish Emulsion, and Kelp Juice.
As soon as the plant starts getting a hairs I will hit them up with a nutrient solution consisting of Tiger Bloom (4 tbsp per gallon) and Cal-Mag (2 tbsp per gallon) one time..
Once there are a moderate amount of hairs, I use water with molasses ( 2-3 tbsp per gallon) every third feeding until I harvest..

So basically I only add nutrients 2 different times.. The plants do extremely well with limited nutrients..

Hi all, hope all is well.

I currently grow outdoor in pots after a cfl/outdoor veg, all natural. Currently still using FF soil, but will start making my own before too long. I have my own worm bin and a seperate manure compost(comprises of fresh rabbit, horse, cow manure and seaweed) that I use for fertilizer teas and such. I keep it pretty simple and only use alfalfa, EWC, guano, seaweed, and compost for me babies. I try not to use any animal by-product other than manure. Bugs are managed through neem and D. earth and my hands. I also use EM, but might have to look into indigenous microorganisms(can you make this yourself? I bet an old koa stand would have unreal indigenous microorganisms).

Anyhow, thats where I'm at right now, might be different later, still learning.

aloha all, aunty back on line, for just a shout out.
well, last week I killed all my mothers, dumb F---!! had 8 of them, but lucky i had taken clones just 2 days before. such a stupid newbie thing i did that i shame tell. oh well, at least all is not lost. of the 5 different lines i was able to clone 4 of them. hey, maybe it's time to set out some different seeds and try another strain.
on another note, AUWE, lost a family friend yesterday. that 11 yr. old brudda, Sammy Kasselbeers from waimanalo. stupid freak loss. such a great kid. huge, first time i saw him, he was only 4, thought he was 8. kid was huge, 6 ft. and 260 lbs. ready for football. my love and ALOHA goes out to the ohana in Nalo, mama julie, ming's ,big rob. buddy. love you guys.

happy he lived.

Love,

Howzit HI thought i would share my pics of what i got going on at the moment. i got 1 random strain 2 weeks into flowering female and another random strain that just began to flower and 2 clones 1 lavender and 1 widow and 1 little mini widow plant from seed. let me know what you think any tips/advice/comments are welcome. :: Mahalos!-2 weeks into flowering -just began to flower (female!) -lavender clone -widow clone.

been more than 20 days since i took these pics. gotta to take more pictures again. but i also have 1 more outside and a few seedlings and 1 clone from this plant. some kind of kush IDK i forget, i didnt order seeds they were given to me

hopefully i can get some decent meds from these ladies..

Punatic said:

Anybody growing 100% Sativa's
Gonna order a few different pure S strains, the stuff floating around puna is good but it's all cut with indica.
Maybe some african landrace's.
Should have no problems finishing a big girl with the weather down here.

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100% Sativa- Landrace from India (Ghoa region).

I call her "Ugly Indian Landrace"

Looking awesome Loaded... Great Job!
Looks like you live on a drier part of the island so that should mimic India's climate
That definitely looks like a pure sativa... What is to the right of that monster? Looks like a Sativa Dom hybrid!

on the right is "Chemo Cindy" crossed with Hi Jack.

Cali plants

Journals in the sig.

Page 10.. Keep this thread alive during the summer as it gets buried in the rest of the world

i love landrace strains. This girl got up to 13 ft before a winter storm brought her down

hey, how do I post pics here? Since I didn't start topic, I'm not sure how to enter pics?


help???

Okay, I don't know about you. But on Big Island today, Puna side it's raining quite a bit. So I first need to check on old 'Chunk Norris', make sure she's okay in these downpores?

I'm thinking a lot of you are like me inside because of weather. So why not watch a movie together, actually a documentary,..okay?

As growers the numero uno rule is never tell people about your grow unless they are family,or exceptionally close friends. Even then I don't suggest it. Watch this documentary today, and see if you don't agree with me. Had two groups kept the mexican element out. They'd be counting $$$, instead of licking their wounds. What do you think?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149015/the-green-rush

Puna Bud said:

Okay, I don't know about you. But on Big Island today, Puna side it's raining quite a bit. So I first need to check on old 'Chunk Norris', make sure she's okay in these downpores?

I'm thinking a lot of you are like me inside because of weather. So why not watch a movie together, actually a documentary,..okay?

As growers the numero uno rule is never tell people about your grow unless they are family,or exceptionally close friends. Even then I don't suggest it. Watch this documentary today, and see if you don't agree with me. Had two groups kept the mexican element out. They'd be counting $$$, instead of licking their wounds. What do you think?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/149015/the-green-rush

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i just watched the whole thing. just like watching TV...commercial breaks and that shit belongs on nat.GEO or discovery.. it sucks that thier shit got ripped but damm i would love to live in the mountains and grow the killaz. great documentry. you guys all should watch it

Lots of sub-climates in Puna, My 4 block area closer to kalapana is "allmost" allways dry.
I'd say wind is the biggest problem, but nothing a few windbreaks can't fix (they got some awesome colored stuff at home depot)
can even match your house...........

very nice plants huys! keep it up...grow BIG

Puna Bud said:

i love landrace strains. This girl got up to 13 ft before a winter storm brought her down

hey, how do I post pics here? Since I didn't start topic, I'm not sure how to enter pics?


help???

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Puna the best way to post pics is to upload them to your album first...
Go to My Profile... In the left column you should see My Albums
Upload your photos... Once you have done that..
Click on the photo you want to share.... Your photo should open on a full page... There will be two codes below your photo... HTML and BB...
Copy and paste the BB code into your post and it will go into your post..

Sheckster said:

Mmm.. Nice work Puna Bud!
sounds like we need to trade beans before next year

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i get beans for you man.

here's some i cut a few weeks ago.