The Time Has Come, BT's 2016 Grow

[Brown Thumb]

Sounds like you have my syndrome.

The more I thin .the more I drink..and then accidents take place.
I've done a lot of thinning..but still ain't put a dent in what I got

Yep don't put your Beer on the tray your Thinning.
The more you drink the slower it Goes.

 

[Brown Thumb]

The Chita Pets are all Groomed
Time to start over

 

[Brown Thumb]

There all thinned, I have been top watering v/s the bottom.
I tried it on 4 Trays if you saw my last post that disappeared.
I swore in it, but that is what I said when I saw them.
Oh Yea!!

 

[Brown Thumb]

I got the air thingie on them. If it don't dry out the dirt and throw mold spores all over them, I'll be happy.

No time for any elaborate setups this yr.

 

[Chicken]

i got more bacca going than im gonna use... but with my schedule i can only thin on the weekend ,,i got some that are really bigger than id like to be in thier individual slots, but ill eventuallly get them thinned out,,,

i did some expanding to my greenhouse and am very impressed at the way it turned out, half of my trays are under the greenhouse and the other half are still under the lights,,,

i had a visit today by '' JITTERBUGDUDE'' hes in florida on business.... really a pretty cool guy.....

but i couldnt get him to drink a beer with me .. '' he had to drive '' which is good, because im sure that would have led to the busting out of the hard licquor...and then he'd have to had to spend the night... and im sure my dogs wouldnt have approved... they dont take kindlly to strangers.

but i did try some of his home-made wintergreen snuff..... which wasnt bad... i havent had no snuff in over 10 + years

 

[Brown Thumb]

Finally got my first tilling done.
I tilled between the old plants and will plant in between last yrs rows.
I will mow or till the stalks in under after putting down the plastic mulch.

 

[Knucklehead]

That's a hell of a thing to do to a perfectly good football field. Looks like another super duper sized grow this year. Best of luck.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Thanks Knucks, I wish you the BEST CROP Ever. I Hope you have one in the window sill
It is only going to be a Girls Field Hockey Field this yr.
I'm analyzing the growing property's of the field.
Then I will plant inside the patch.
I got them in the Greenhouse per say today.

 

[Brown Thumb]

My kids Skull Crusher knives are turning out pretty good.

 

[Chicken]

My luck got a lot better..in my travelings at work I go by what appears to be a out of business nursery...I put a note in the guys mailbox..he called..I went over there..had a few beers with him and acquired a crap load of weed prevention mat..so far I've only used it for my tomatoes and peppers row...and this stuff is awesome..and it's the type that lasts for years..I was amazed at the amount of misery equipment this guy has..thousands of seed starting trays..2" pots to the big ones..thousands of those..shade cloth..and anything else you can think of..over a period of time I will get a lot of stuff from him..and be set for years to come.

I asked him why don't he try to sell his stuff to a large nursery..you'd think a big nursery would jump all over..at what he's got..but he said he tried..and they would prefer to buy any equipment like that brand new???.

Which I guess is good luck for me..he's a retired truck driver..so we got something in common..and I hooked him up with some summer seasonal hauling.getting paid under the table..so I'm hoping he will return the favour and hook me up with all the materials I want..at a good price..or free.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

My kids Skull Crusher knives are turning out pretty good.
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Those are super cool. One of these days I'm going to try my hand at making a few.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Time for some haircuts.
This is a cranky bunch, but I got them in the chitty greenhouse without heat.
I still got starts growing out from down under.
I hope to plant in two weeks from now but the weather has not been cooperating.

 

[DGBAMA]

Looks familiar. My Orientals are all bolting, to the point I may "top" them and wait for regrowth.

 

[Knucklehead]

Looks familiar. My Orientals are all bolting, to the point I may "top" them and wait for regrowth.

In the cells or in the patch?

 

[Brown Thumb]

Finally, I got the the plastic down.
I tilled this patch 5 times to put the plastic down and it rained right when I got done tilling every time.
The dirt should be pretty dry for the mulch layer to work.

 

[DGBAMA]

Too straight.....looks great. I skipped the cover cloth this year.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I got a chance to plant one row or 73 harrow velvet.
I gave them a little love tho.
1 ml. Of macho per gallon of water after planting then I back filled these girls with Honduran Heartpine planer shavings to keep the bugs out and the leaves from getting fried from the black plastic.
It took 3 hours.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Picked up some meth. For the girls in case the sawdust wants to suck up the nitrogen.
Looks like a Havana Night.

 

[ProfessorPangloss]

View attachment 18043 Picked up some meth. For the girls in case the sawdust wants to suck up the nitrogen.
Looks like a Havana Night.
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That is the exact combo one of the organic farmers at my market recommended to me to lower pH and compensate with nitrogen. Nicely done.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I never use blood meal. If I do every critter in the area is in my garden digging it up.