Nomads Landing 2013 Season

ok so its that time of year...digging beds...converting our 6 big beds (5x24) into 18 individual planter boxes(4x4) to allow better root growth and discourage plants from growing into each other...finishing up mods to the little greenhouse (mother room)...at the same time rigging up an electrical system to run supplemental lighting to keep the full season ladies out of flower...were getting an early start on the season to allow us to have the crop in the ground april 15...hence the necessary supplemental lighting...popped seeds for the cover crops and the vegetable garden...transplanted the orchard into 5 gal pots...got cuts rooting...and im stoked on this years roster:

sour diesel
og kush (2 differant cuts)
cheesequake (exodus cheese x querkle)
uk cheese
blackberry kush ( [blackberry x white rhino] x bubba)
maui
sour tsunami (high cbd) (double diesel x ferrari) x sour diesel
blue dream (dj short blueberry f5 x santa cruz haze)
bubba o x romulan ak
american crippler (jolly rancher x og)
purps
grand daddy purple
ogre (master x bubba)
cherry ak47 (1 in 100 ak47 pheno)
sour cream (sour diesel x g13 haze)
true kind (unknown humboldt genetics...kush lineage)

we sprung the sour cream and true kind beans 2/15...the rest are cuts taken the same day...were still waiting on the arrival of 2 sensi star beans and a bubba kush cut...also the supersoil ingredients should be here any day...got a great deal on solar panals so in our downtime were piecing together the rest of the solar system...i should have pictures up in a day or two when the internet decides to cooperate...ahhh livin off the grid...sooooo...untill next time...remember this time
bottlekap

2/24/13 update

another week in the books...finished digging and building the beds (7 of em) on the north side of the greenhouse...

built the beds (5 of em) and began digging the south side...


got our sensi star beans germinating (one already popped)...80% of the clones rooted...


still waiting to grab the bubba cut...got our tin sheds which will store the stoves for the heating system...


started on the electrical system which will control the supplemental lighting, exhaust, and heating systems...


also got some hash spun up
Qrazy Train 100ui
Ace of Spades 100ui
so until next time...remember this time

This is going to be really nice what day are you shooting to get the plants in

thanks man...were trying to get everything in by april 15...last year we got off to a late start...not this time...

bottlekap said:

thanks man...were trying to get everything in by april 15...last year we got off to a late start...not this time...

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Nice nice ha yeah are you in Colorado? Just wondering cause the greenhouse? It's cool if you'd rather not say ha.

were in nor cal...high desert around mt shasta...4500 ft elevation makes for some harsh weather conditions...not the sunny california everyone thinks of but its home

bottlekap said:

were in nor cal...high desert around mt shasta...4500 ft elevation makes for some harsh weather conditions...not the sunny california everyone thinks of but its home

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Ooo yeah I bet you guys probley could still see some snow that high ha
well good luck man I'll be around checkin back to see how it goes.

haha...yea...it snowed today

amendments came in this week...woo hoo...
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soft rock phosphate
fishbone meal
alfalfa meal
greensand
blood meal
micro hume
micronized azomite
kelp meal
soluble kmag
soybean meal
hi P and hi N seabird guano
earthworm castings
epsom salt

this will be supplemented as needed with earth juice liquid nutes
so this weeks fun has been measuring and adding the amendments...

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we ran into a potential issue...the beds we built seem like they may be too short...about a foot above the path level...so we decided to add another row of 2x4s on
each bed to accommodate the nutrients and the prevent spilling when we double dig...

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the crop looks great so far...
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no signs of deficiencies or any other issues...all our clones rooted (except the american crippler...grrr) all our
popped beans are doing great...we did experience somewhat of a genetic anomaly...one of our
sensi star beans popped two...TWO!!!! plants...


has anyone heard of this happening before...none of us had and we were wondering if there was any cause for concern...
did some more work on the wiring and electrical system...

got the tin shed assembled...

lots to do...Grateful for the nice weather...makes it easier to get shit done

happy st paddys day...been busy out here at the Landing...double digging the amendments into the soil and hydrating...

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doing the same in the vegetable garden and the orchard...
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still building planter boxes...4 left...
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due to the time frame we intend on keeping we will need to add a compost buffer on top of the beds as the soil will still be too hot by april 15 when we
transplant...the ladies are getting big
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...about 18 inches already...we couldnt procure the bubba as we had hoped...oh well theres always next season...the cover crops are flourishing...
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we moved them outside today to make room in the middle section of the greenhouse for planter building...its still cold out here at night so an agrabond cover will be necessary for a few weeks...
had to build a woodshed this week...
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still managed to find time to spin some hash...not too shabby
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this week we got the last of the beds dug built amended and covered...finished revamping the pathways...woo...


built a new cloner...the one we had required too much power...its a flood and drain system instead of an
aeroponic system...it enables us to root our clones without the generator running...were soaking rockwool cubes
and pearlite in ph adjusted water in preparation for cutting the light dep crop tomorrow...



started assembling the barrel stoves...

laid about 150 ft of pipe from the well head toward the greenhouse...ran out of pipe
about 50 ft from where we plan on running it inside...

got a bunch of work done in the veggie garden...beds
dug and some planting done...

the full season crop is huge...the biggest (OG Kush, American Crippler, Sour
Diesel ect) are about 3 ft by 3 ft...everything else is looking great too...

got a few strains spun up in my
down time...hella stoked about the progress...everyones been killin it...also were gonna be at the Yonder
Mountain String band show on 4/21...if anyones out there the whole Nomads Landing crew will be ragin it...so
until next time..remember this time



Ace of Spades 100 Qrazy Train 73 ui Qrazy Train 100ui Sour Cream 100ui

down to our last huge project...the heating...we got one stove assembled and burning quite well...cut holes
and began assembly on the second stove...

the soil is cooking off in the beds...two weeks till we plant...

doing some greenhouse repairs...hole patching....vent fixing...door reimagining......shutter installation..


got all the trees planted in the orchard...had to put a scarecrow in the veggie garden...damn magpies...

the ganja crop is crowing steadily...took light dep clones this week...they will veg till june 15...at that point
they will go into a flower room that has yet to be built...

it was warm today...we got much accomplished...now...as the sun sets...the temperature drops

Heck yeah super busy, most of the irrigation got here, getting ready to frame up the exhaust fan. Wired up the speed control, and timer for the duct fan for the south furnace, ran wiring to the south shed, cut more cement board for the furnaces, rigged the steel floor framing that came with the shed as framing for the furnace cement boards, attached the collars to the upper barrel for the north stove, revamped the vents on the North East half of the greenhouse, more spring cleaning on the land, got water to the reservoirs, watered the orchard, planted a 100 sq ft. plot of buckwheat, started to build another bed in the veggie garden (1/3 greenhouse soil, 1/3 sand from the well digging, and 1/3 composted horse manure from Soba), washed and bleached inside of the mother house, foliar fed the ladies, cleaned pots and rotated everyone, get a compost brew going and finally I think BottleKap is going to spin up some more water extraction. Whew...

Im pumped to follow this grow. Good luck man

Imjustthatguy: Hey thanks for the comments brother. We r only 9 days from planting, and another update with pics is coming tomorrow. been jamming, burnt for the day, time to burn one down.

Awesome man, you are gonna get a killer yield according to my calculation. I envy your work-space and effort you have put into it. Subbed.

Air said:

Awesome man, you are gonna get a killer yield according to my calculation. I envy your work-space and effort you have put into it. Subbed.

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Thanks Air, we greatly appreciate the props... there have been lots of long days and nights, ie... last night cutting cement board till 7:00 Am, up at 1:00 Pm to get back to it... lol... folks rarely relate to the behind the scenes of a grow. But shoot, some of the ladies are already 3' tall and wide, 8 more days, then in the beds for em. It's definitely worth it...

Yes I agree, I hate it when my patients say something to the effect of "What do you mean time you put into the crop? What do you have to do? Just water them right?" ughh.