PioneerValleyOG
Well-Known Member
Well, it appears from all my MA friends reports, as well as some Michigan and upper Northeast that 2020, being the year of Suck, has led us to pray for an extended season. Our tops are far behind where they were last year at this time, and many of us are looking at 4-5 more weeks to go. Late season PM and bud worms are rearing their ugly heads, but fortunately bud rot doesn't seem to be a widespread issue yet. Fall cold, damp nights with damp and dewy mornings are headed our way, and only sun and breeze can help us, naturally, deal with this.
The trick bags are being busted out, and methods such as fans on our outdoor grows, heating tape around our pots to keep roots warm, certain preventative chemicals to combat late season issues, it's the time of year where we all get a little freaked out. We've been plant whisperers, watching our babies grow and caring for them throughout good times and bad, and as we near the end of the season we, I, I should say, become a little nervous. Nervous that rot will appear, nervous I'll be ripped off, nervous something random will cost me all my work and care. Especially since we have at least another whole month to go at least. And then, THEN, the damn cure has got to go just right, so, I probably speak for many of us when I say my nails are chewed to the quick and I'm on high alert. I'm probably in my backyard ten times a day, any noise I hear, annnnnnnd, "I just gotta check that real quick, babe." But she knows.
Today I finally started to notice some purple that the cooler weather brings out, but only on one plant. Last year this time, I had purple all over. But this year is this year, and, as usual, each year brings us new lessons, New experiences, New tragedies, and New victories. Tic-Toc goes the clock, and when all is said and done, it'll be over before we known it and we will be plotting next season's garden. I wanna say thank you, at this point to Warfox, Dunphy, Ganga Gurl, Moonman and so many others who have helped me out on this site, too many to list. So many inspire, don't judge, shine the light and give the gentle nudge. Enables me to go off and pretend I actually know what I'm doing and that I can help others, which a few years ago I couldn't have done without the guidance. You can learn new stuff almost every day here if you research, and this site has made me a better person, a better grower, and grateful for all of it.
So I'm gonna keep on keeping on, and say a prayer for our LA, AL, and brother s and sisters that are in the path of some serious storms, and fires that are wiping out and damaging grows across the nation, we should consider ourselves lucky. Could have been us. May your harvest be blessed, your curing trouble free, and your medicine be all it can be.
PVOG out.
The trick bags are being busted out, and methods such as fans on our outdoor grows, heating tape around our pots to keep roots warm, certain preventative chemicals to combat late season issues, it's the time of year where we all get a little freaked out. We've been plant whisperers, watching our babies grow and caring for them throughout good times and bad, and as we near the end of the season we, I, I should say, become a little nervous. Nervous that rot will appear, nervous I'll be ripped off, nervous something random will cost me all my work and care. Especially since we have at least another whole month to go at least. And then, THEN, the damn cure has got to go just right, so, I probably speak for many of us when I say my nails are chewed to the quick and I'm on high alert. I'm probably in my backyard ten times a day, any noise I hear, annnnnnnd, "I just gotta check that real quick, babe." But she knows.
Today I finally started to notice some purple that the cooler weather brings out, but only on one plant. Last year this time, I had purple all over. But this year is this year, and, as usual, each year brings us new lessons, New experiences, New tragedies, and New victories. Tic-Toc goes the clock, and when all is said and done, it'll be over before we known it and we will be plotting next season's garden. I wanna say thank you, at this point to Warfox, Dunphy, Ganga Gurl, Moonman and so many others who have helped me out on this site, too many to list. So many inspire, don't judge, shine the light and give the gentle nudge. Enables me to go off and pretend I actually know what I'm doing and that I can help others, which a few years ago I couldn't have done without the guidance. You can learn new stuff almost every day here if you research, and this site has made me a better person, a better grower, and grateful for all of it.
So I'm gonna keep on keeping on, and say a prayer for our LA, AL, and brother s and sisters that are in the path of some serious storms, and fires that are wiping out and damaging grows across the nation, we should consider ourselves lucky. Could have been us. May your harvest be blessed, your curing trouble free, and your medicine be all it can be.
PVOG out.
