2011: A Late Start...

veggiegardener

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I'm going to post a bunch of pix in this first post.

I was trimming into January, 2011. I was exhausted and didn't dig out my seeds until January 18th.

The late start kept many of my plants from going into flower in March, causing some to be substantially larger than expected.

At the same time, several clones I purchased didn't do much.

Why?

Because the effing dispensary owners were holding them under a 24/0 schedule, causing the clones to begin flowering a week after I'd transplanted them. Both strains are iffy clone stock, if in bloom. Ended up tossing all but one.

Anyway, that is why four of my plants are still very small. The new clones were taken from my two favorites from last season.

Pineapple Thai and Bubbleberry x White Widow. The PT is among the best tasting strains I've tried. The BB x WW is very potent, and very pleasant to smoke.

Pix.

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I've moved my "work" station under the fig tree. Peaches and Sylvester were hanging out when I took these pix. I spend my days outside, reading and weeding.

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Random garden shots. Some things are doing very well. I had a large tree removed. A 13 year old volunteer Ornamental Pear tree. A bird apparently dropped a seed. When I noticed it, less than a foot from my back(south) fence, I thought it would be nice to have the shade, so I let it grow. Ten years later, it had shaded my garden to the point that most of my veggies were doing poorly. I had an Arborist come in one day, and his crew turned the tree into half a cord of fire wood in February.

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The denizens of the cage. All are growing vigorously. If the weather continues as it has, some of these will get very large.

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The West Greenhouse is really kicking ass. I need to raise the ceiling, or more likely, I'll LST the entire thing.

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Residents of the East Greenhouse. Some replaced some poorly cared for clones that bloomed, and refused to reveg. I'm hoping to get some shoots large enough to clone on the E32 Trainwreck. The Pineapple Thai is an extremely vigorous strain, and should fill the space easily, by the middle of August. The BB x WW is a big producer, as well. Ya gotta love Hybrid Vigor.

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The San Pedros have been growing like crazy. They grow in the desert, but given the choice, I think they prefer my garden.

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Another cactus and some roses.
 

veggiegardener

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WARNING!

IF YOU DON"T LIKE "KITTY PICTURES" SKIP THIS POST!

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The Lord of the Back Yard! Occasionally he prefers petting to pix(resulting in a picture of his nose).

Following is a series of pictures of Peaches, a ten year old calico who, in her prime, was the best jumper I'd ever seen. Bluejays and Laser Pointers were in jeopardy any time she was interested.
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She was awfully proud of herself. She's about five pounds heavier than she was when two years old.
 

UncleBuck

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plants and cats. that is how it goes around here :)

can't wait to see how it comes along. best of luck!
 

doublejj

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OK, that's more like it.

All is right now, that's a VG post!:clap:

Things are looking sweet

peace
doublejj
 

roundplanet

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Amen, keep the post coming Veggiegardener. Funny about the cat, I climbed a few trees this season, topping some pine trees but fell out of one, jammed my arm pretty good, all is good though.
 

veggiegardener

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These photos were taken today..

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The East Greenhouse. The good, bad, and ugly.

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The cage is doing amazing stuff. Some of these plants could get massive.

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Always watching. He's good company. Always knows when I need to pet him.

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The West greenhouse is really doing well.

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I really try to encourage the good guys to live in my greenhouses. They make a huge difference. This little garden spider was born inside, along with praying mantises. I also add ladybugs each year.

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A good place for watching.

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Some of these get BIG. Beefmaster.

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Still watching.
 

dirrtyd

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VG all is well I see. The vegggies are looking good this year as usual. You will probably be trimming into January again this year also especially if we have a real dry October. Keepem green dirrtyd
 

chronic coinoisseur

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Im jealous of your tomatos dude some of my plants just set flowers last week. Oh well they'll come soon enough. Your mj plants are obviously boss nothing else needs to be said about that. But your san pedros are sexy as shit, i have some Trichocereus bridgesii seeds right now im hoping to germ soon. Mind sharing your cactus soil recipe? Once again beautiful garden
 

veggiegardener

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Im jealous of your tomatos dude some of my plants just set flowers last week. Oh well they'll come soon enough. Your mj plants are obviously boss nothing else needs to be said about that. But your san pedros are sexy as shit, i have some Trichocereus bridgesii seeds right now im hoping to germ soon. Mind sharing your cactus soil recipe? Once again beautiful garden
Some of my cacti are planted in potting soil. The same cheap stuff I use for everything else.

Other are planted directly into my native, slightly amended, adobe clay. Water, and an occasional feeding makes them very happy.

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angryblackman

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It's about time that you got in here man! Glad to see you are growing again this season. I will second that on the Pineapple Thai. I did one in my CFL grow and it was amazing. I had planned on revegging it but it wasn't doing anything and it was taking a spot. :)

I will be watching and learning. :)
 

veggiegardener

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It's about time that you got in here man! Glad to see you are growing again this season. I will second that on the Pineapple Thai. I did one in my CFL grow and it was amazing. I had planned on revegging it but it wasn't doing anything and it was taking a spot. :)

I will be watching and learning. :)
The PT is, IMO, in a class with Trainwreck. I was fortunate to get a clone this year. My source had a disaster involving high temperatures in his veg room. I brought home a nearly dead mother. She yielded about a dozen nearly dead cuttings, and the lower branches revived after removing the top half of the plant. She is now about four feet tall. Two of the clones are beginning to kick ass as well.
 

veggiegardener

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Because I planted later than normal, I decided to hold the males through the summer for pollinating individual branches in August. They're as far away as possible and downwind of the girls. I need fresh seeds of most of the strains I'm growing this year, and will also attempt to get some new crosses to try.

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These plants have been trimmed back 3 times. This allows me to maintain small, but healthy plants until they flower.

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Trimmed for the fourth time, I'll probably not need to trim again.
 

Hodgegrown

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Garden is great as usual, love those cacti flowers simply beautiful.
Sorry we didn't hook-up with some seeds, maybe this year?
 
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