Mohican's 2014 Season

mojos OG got a nice ring.

that is some crazy heat you guys are talking. i've been in that heat in the Sahara it's in no way fun. you guys must spend your time running from AC to AC

Nice tour mo! I lol at the last pic with the beer. Life is real good

Here's my little ki ki. He thinks he's a dog lol. he just showed up in my yard when he was a kitten and been with me ever since.

Mo looking great bro. i got a question. how do you do you clones? in cubes, in soil, or you got a machine?

DC-
Inside I use rapid rooters, rooting powder, gel, a dome, and 6500K T5 bulbs. I breath on them every day for CO2 and I keep an eye on the moisture levels. I try to keep the humidity high on the leaves and mist water/nutes on the inside of the dome. The bigger the cut the more quickly it seems to root. I am going to try aspirin in the water next time. When they get roots I put them in small pots just so the roots get familiar with the grow medium. xplant as they grow. This last time I had bad soil and went too big with the pots. I switched everything back to Promix and worm castings and they are doing there thing again

Outside I just stick them in dirt, water them and put them in the shade for a week and then move them into more and more light. No gel, no nothing! Promix and water.

Beuf - that is the coolest family picture ever! I want to lie with them and take a nap!

Don - It doesn't usually get that hot here. We are 10 miles from the ocean which moderates the temps. No freezing in the winter and no baking in the summer. As you head inland from the ocean it gets quite a bit hotter. 4 hour drive later you are in Vegas baby There is a nice set of mountains 100 miles or so from the beach and they are beautifully cool in the summer and can be snowy in the winter (if we get any rain). Palm springs is the opposite. Mid 70s in winter and 110 in the summer. Some of the wealthy people live in Palm springs playing golf in the winter and head to the mountains or beach in the summer.

I thought the beer pic was funny because it was definitely not Bud in the cozy


Cheers,
Mo

Mohican said:

DC-
Inside I use rapid rooters, rooting powder, gel, a dome, and 6500K T5 bulbs. I breath on them every day for CO2 and I keep an eye on the moisture levels. I try to keep the humidity high on the leaves and mist water/nutes on the inside of the dome. The bigger the cut the more quickly it seems to root. I am going to try aspirin in the water next time. When they get roots I put them in small pots just so the roots get familiar with the grow medium. xplant as they grow. This last time I had bad soil and went too big with the pots. I switched everything back to Promix and worm castings and they are doing there thing again

Outside I just stick them in dirt, water them and put them in the shade for a week and then move them into more and more light. No gel, no nothing! Promix and water.

Beuf - that is the coolest family picture ever! I want to lie with them and take a nap!

Don - It doesn't usually get that hot here. We are 10 miles from the ocean which moderates the temps. No freezing in the winter and no baking in the summer. As you head inland from the ocean it gets quite a bit hotter. 4 hour drive later you are in Vegas baby There is a nice set of mountains 100 miles or so from the beach and they are beautifully cool in the summer and can be snowy in the winter (if we get any rain). Palm springs is the opposite. Mid 70s in winter and 110 in the summer. Some of the wealthy people live in Palm springs playing golf in the winter and head to the mountains or beach in the summer.

I thought the beer pic was funny because it was definitely not Bud in the cozy


Cheers,
Mo

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Attention to detail. Love it Mo!

Your pics are beautiful as always. I'm sitting here looking at 3 feet of snow piled up on my deck. Checking in on your thread is like a 10 minute mental vacation at this point.

Excellent work, Mohican. The garden looks great!

I lived in CO for two years at the peak of my surfing career. I know how you feel and am glad the pics help

Eventually the snow melts and you guys have clean air and wide open spaces. While I am stuck on the freeway coughing and waiting to get somewhere with a million other people.

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Attention to detail. Love it Mo!

Your pics are beautiful as always. I'm sitting here looking at 3 feet of snow piled up on my deck. Checking in on your thread is like a 10 minute mental vacation at this point.

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LOL I do this to my big plants lol. I know that I don't do much when doing it but it makes me feel better. . .



MO - What was the bad soil?

You don't need the gel or the aspirin.

I heard that aspirin makes them root faster.

The store-bought bagged veggie compost is probably the culprit for the soil issues.

This stuff:





Cheers,
Mo

you just gave me a new experiment. I'll keep ya posted

I'm thinking about bringing dirt into my grow. I found some topsoil at the bottom of a hill and just inside where a thick patch of saplings grows and isn't something you want to be in during the summer but you can get in there now and the soil smells SOOOOOOO GOOOOOD !!!!

Aspirin, or salicylic acid, will help activate the plants immune system. It can be helpful when you run into problems, and need to help the plants recover. If you have healthy moms, and a good environment your clones should root in 6 - 14 days depending on the variety. The BD roots in rockwool in 7 - 10 days. I am generally at 90 - 100 % by 10 days.

If you NEED aspirin in your systems, something is wrong. Much like needing H2O2... it means you have something wrong.

But as an experiment it could be fun.

Mohican said:

I heard that aspirin makes them root faster.

The veggie compost is probably the culprit for the soil issues.

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FYI Mo, aloe contains a good amount of salicylic acid (which is what the aspirin brings to the table) which is why it is a very good rooting compound.

Nice - I didn't know that! I wonder if the plants feel pain? They can't run away so why would they need it?

Mohican said:

I lived in CO for two years at the peak of my surfing career. I know how you feel and am glad the pics help

Eventually the snow melts and you guys have clean air and wide open spaces. While I am stuck on the freeway coughing and waiting to get somewhere with a million other people.

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Mo, have you ever surfed with Kelly Slater. I have to ask because I grew up outside Cocoa Beech and new him from friends. I remember the first year I moved up north and the winter blues I felt. The reason I asked is by the contents of this I'm assuming you surfed pro. I do know where assuming normally takes me though.

Kelly Slater lives in Santa Barbara, CA these days.

Mo - What's your favorite break down there? I don't make it down past Santa Cruz much these days, but I'm due for a road trip to visit some surfing buddies down in SoCal.

just checking in on all the fun over here.

TWS! Have you seen the LA Con?





Cheers,
Mo