re: I work at the largest medical marijuana greenhouse in the country...

@CCTider
Wow, great questions. I'll answer in the order that you asked.

1. So I'm assuming you are doing an outdoor grow. The 1 gallon to 10 gallon idea is perfect, ONLY if you transplant your healthy 1 gallon into a 5 gallon pot for a month or so. The 1 gallon root ball being transplanted into a 10 gallon medium isn't ideal, because the root ball is still a little small. So overall, the 10 gallon felt pot is what you want, just give your ladies a home in a 5 gallon for a bit.

2. Your soil is a good soil. Over the the past 2 years, I've learned that people are over-complicating the "growing" of the cannabis plant. That being said, you can always benefit from a microbial solution to help sturdy root growth. Golden Tree has shown success in the past, Roots Excelurator is great, Floralicious is also very good. Pricey, but worth using it in conjunction with your 50/50 soil. A little secret you ask? EARTHWORMS. Trust me. Throw 10-15 of those suckers in your 10 gallon upon transplanting.

3. Watering. You'll come to know your plant and when it does and doesn't need water. If it's bone dry and the leaves droop, then yeah, water it. If the pot looks wet, and the leaves "eagle claw" (curling under at the tips), then it's over watered, chill. Get this in your head: When the soil is dry, the roots grow and search for water, in turn making their roots bigger and stronger. You're "manipulating and teasing" your plants in the moSt loving way possible haha. I water 1 liter per 1 gallon pot. So a 5 gallon pot would get 5 liters of water. This has shown countless times an adequate "run-off" of water draining out of the pot, which is what you want. Another big thing with water is make sure it's pH balanced. Depending on your strain, you want to keep the range of 5.8-6.5 pH balance.

People out here swear by collecting rain water and watering with that. Another way to stay as organic as possible.

4. If you are bringing your outdoor plants inside because of weather, and they are in their vegetative state (it's april), then bring them into a room that's fairly sterile and clean, that has fluorescent lighting. Ideally, you'd have fluorescent bulbs as close as possible to the plant for 18 hours on, 6 hours off. For instance, you bring your clones inside for a couple of days. Turn your lights on at 6am and leave them on until midnight. And have COMPLETE darkness during its sleeping hours, no light leaks.

5. Last but not least, pesticides. The most organic way is to make your own at home, which you can search on the internet for. It's basically garlic, water, vinegar, cinnamon and milk in an array of different combination. Those really do help with powdery mildew which you'll inevitably get lol. But if you are going to purchase a pesticide that's safe and effective, then go with Einstein Oil. It's neem oil, with garlic and peanut oil thrown in. How it works? It tricks your bugs/pests into thinking they are "full" and literally starve to death. Careful though, do not use it after your 3rd week of flower.

Shew, gat damn, I haven't typed that much shite in a long time. Hoped it helped. Wasn't exactly in the order you asked, haha. This Chocolate Kush is doing a great job

One of the biggest thing with growing is learning sensitivity to phototropoid period. Say you're giving your plants 18 hours of light inside per daycand then place then outside where they're only getting 12 hours, they will going into flowering. The closer to June 21 the longer the days. We're still 9 weeks out and still slowly ramping up the daily increases of light.

Dr earth is pretty reasonable stuff, but I wouldn't shy away from $150-250 a yard soil, especially premixed and only needing 1 lol. You could meet some invaluable contacts this way too, dudes with experience... in your area.

Phat job

Can you get me a job with you?

How much of your product gets used for concentrates?

Have you seen an increase,in demand for concentrates recently?

92% jellybean in Oregon was the shite, and no tax!

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Edit: frick the Vols

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tell me more...

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Edit: Meant to ask where you live CCTider, makes sense now. Yeah be careful not to confuse your babies with 18 on. Imitate the suns light cycle if you can.

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Yeah, I'll mirror it and keep whatever lights I can find on it. Two days shouldn't be the end of the world.

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But doesn't that beg the question: how has it been growing for thousands of years outdoor, where the moon and starlight are ever present?? Hmmmmm

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To be devil's advocate, mother nature didn't make it with 25%+ thc percentages.

There's growing it, and then growing it to where my picky arse will want to smoke it.



I'm not sure if y'all make it where you're working, but do you know anything about making rosin? It's a felony to make your item solvent extracted concentrates, but rosin seems like a good option for the home extractors

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We visited some friends in Colorado Springs then drove down to Durango

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Got a buddy there who was a ski instructor for twenty years ... now he owns a lodge there.

That whole area is one of the most beautiful areas in the country.

A few weeks ago I was at a reunion with some of my old military buddies up around lake Watuaga in eastern Tennessee and partook for the first time in decades ... they were these caramel chews.

Damn, I was stoned for 24 hours .... even the next day.

I do not know how young people can do the modern herb every day like they do and not go through life totally wasted.

Another of my old military buddies is a full time grower in California. He specializes in something called Bluberry ... or Bluberry Moon maybe? He's made a mint growing the stuff.

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I've heard Washington's black market is still strong from am absurdly high tax.

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The black market is still pretty strong but they've improved the tax from 25% at three levels(grower, store, consumer) to 37% once at the consumer level. I'm finally seeing $20 eighths at the rec store. The main issue, to me, is the fact that it has to be sealed before it comes to the store, so the buds are all dried out. Until they fix that, I'll continue buying medical or from a grower I know. I do buy my concentrates and edibles from the rec stores, though. It's nice to have all the lab test info printed on the packaging and not worrying about what's in it.