Hey good luck bud

Mr F

looking good mate. as for the red stem sometimes when its cold and the temps drop the stems turn red and even the leaves in extreme cases. could be in the genetics but more likely due to the cold. i have a few with red stems and they are really healthy.

Good luck Satta, These are exiting times mate

mungo

Hi guys thanks for all your kind words

weedindeed you may be right, thinking about it, the one with the red stem was the one which was in really wet soil, maybe in the evening the tempterature was colder than the drier soil so turned the stem red? Still looks healthy enough to me but gotta wait for the next week to see how it responds to being in the bigger pot.

Irie

~Satta

ive found when potting up couple mls biobizz rootjuice really helps things
jus my 2p

Nice photos of your babys first teeth.. opps i mean leaves....

Hope this lot come good for you.

Guys, this is pale in comparison to what happened to Magoos plants. But everything is dead again

They got eaten by birds I reckon. I got to the plot I was so excited basically running through nettles to get to them. Got there and all that was left was stems lying on the top of the soil!!!

All of the leaves had been stripped and even the roots had gone. I don't understand and it must've been birds because there's copper tape and no slug trails, also rabbits cant get to it and would eat the stems anyway.

The worst part is that the bag seed that I put out which hadn't germinated in 11 days had a bloody 1 inch stalk on the ground, and 2 more of the #33s had come up aswell.... I am so dissapointed and angry

But 'eh gotta get back on it though?! Got a load of mixed seeds, all free off friends, not completely sure of what's what but just gonna gem a few of each and see what happens. Will note down what the seeds looked like and germ them all seperately so can see what type of seed becomes what plant....

Peace guys.

~Satta

Gutted for ya mate! This is a bad day for guerrilas it seems! So somthing ate the leaves and roots but left the stems???? I rekon thats slugs more than birds but not 100% sure.

wake

Hey Wake. Don't reckon it could've been slugs. Must've been fast work to get every single plant all 9! without leaving any trails and avoiding the copper tape and slug pellets. I think it was a bird because the stalks had been pulled out the ground and moved as in they were all in the middle of pots to start with then after were scattered towards the edges?!

Just put some seeds in paper. Probably about 35 in total, gonna see what happens and head down to get some bird netting tomorrow.

Peace

~Satta

".... I got to the plot I was so excited basically running through nettles to get to them" sorry but I lolled at this, maybe cus its I'm stoned I dunno but that painted a very funny picture in my head of glee and then utter disappointment

We've still got 8 weeks of vegetation time so come on, chin up and crack some more seeds! I've got some spare if you want any

Shit man sorry to hear of your loss indeed it was black monday on the guerrilla front,still got time though as marcos says chin up.

gutted for you buddy exact same thing happened to me last year got there bird tured round with stem in mouth and flew off cocky lil bugger

Well boys thanks and what can I say but I just gotta get back on it I suppose. Hopefully some of the seeds will be cracked ready to go in on wednesday and also with some bird protection this time!

Thanks for the seed offer Marco it's really nice that there's such a strong community on here!

Peace!

~Satta

That is a good quility mate not bein put of by a fail you just gotta keep on trying ........
Its not that hard just a little luck and preparation and its

Good on ya
Mr F

Man I am having a shit day! I walked in the pissing rain for 20 mins to the headshop today and tried to buy a pipe to use at glastonbury and the guy (who has sold stuff to me before without ID) ID'd me so I gets out my ID and he says he doesn't accept a provisional driving liscence. Then I proceed to show him my student ID and a photocopy of my passport. Then he also ID's my girlfriend who is younger than me but has a full liscence and said we basically had to get out of the shop because we were underage WHICH IS BULL BECAUSE HE SAW BOTH OF OUR ID's! WHAT THE FUCK

Then got soaking wet on the walk home and my headphones got fried by the rain. King Tubby was not pleased. Walk via the pharmacy only to find out they dont have all the shit that I wanted even though they said they did on the phone and were really rude to me! Man and then to top it off I check on my seeds when I get home hoping to see some little roots but NOTHING!

I know it's only been 36 hours or so but thought at least 1 out of the 20 or so would've popped.

I am really freaking out that after £50 odd quid and lots of hours hauling my ass that I am not gonna pull off a crop this year. Even if the seeds pop in the next week, I know we still have 8 week or so veg time, but will my plants be midgits? Also, does growth continue during flowering?

Peace

~Satta

Shit day man it will all even out tho and you will get a crop
Ur plants should still make 4 ft ish they wont be midgets ... mine grew from 6inch to bout 3ft in 3wks in not ideal weather either... when ya see pistils on your plants they have alredy been flowering for two weeks ish.. They go mad in the first two weeks of flower but grow only a little after that...

Mr F

Man I'm gutted for ya, after all that I would feel like crawling under duvet and iggy the world and their dog..

I'm sure u will be rewarded with top smoke from these next seeds. . rooting for ya ..

Sorry to hear about the wanky day Satta.

Being ID'd is a pain, and these days shops and employees get fat fines and stuff for breaking the laws. Back in my day it was pretty easy to find somewhere willing to turn a blind eye, on the off chance somewhere ID'd you in the first place!

Have a good time at Glasto though. I've been the last few years, and it's such a great place, but being broke means me and the lads can't afford it this year

If you're going in a car, there will be signs up on the way to the site reminding you to put the parking sticker in the window. 2 years ago we saw those signs and about 100 yards after the next bend the police were pulling over festival goers to search cars (last year we arrived like 5AM, so the police hadn't opened their trap for the day). Put the sticker up as late as possible, so you may look like a local vehicle (if you've been before and know this, soz, but it is important )

e2a: we never got searched, thank fook (3 or 4 oz was in the car between 3 of us)! We decided not to put up the sticker to not draw attention to us, and it was lucky we did cos of the piggy trap.

Thanks guys. Feeling very happy today. First lot of seeds just about to go in. 2nd lot put in the paper last night to go out on tuesday as they're taking a long time to crack. WITH BIRD PROTECTION hahahaha. decided to order a pipe offline.

Oh and Internewt don't worry, I am working there so have a direct access route. No porkies.....

Good times!

~Satta

Yo guys.

Great news! Cannnot explain how much this made me smile! It was almost the complete opposite of me running through nettles excited to get taken down, but I was trudging through the nettles slowly carrying a big bag of compost. When I got to the plot and saw something AMAZING! One of the KC #33's is alive and well!!!!

It's about an inch tall, and I'm hoping for a girl.

I put in the seed that I germed. Didn't count them exactly. Think there was;

Approximately 6 stripy seeds from a friend (I heard that stripy seeds meant they were more Indica) which had all germed. Could possibly be Bubblegum. I put a label in the soil with an S (for stripy).

About 10 seeds from Malawi (which I'm assuming are an african landrace strain. probably more indica?!) not sure what will happen with these. The label for these is an M.

7 or 8 seeds from another friend. Only one germed. I know the guy well and he always has them in his bag whenever he's smoking. No wonder only 1 germed as they have probably been fried/frozen/are too old to work. Strangely though the one that had germed had a huge root about 1.5cm long. The label for these is A.

About another 6 seeds from the same mate who gave me the stripy ones and the Malawi (he's a good guy to know!) Which all germed. These could possibly be Bubblegum. The label for these is J.

I got pretty sketched today because both a plane and a helicopter flew over me today. But they are all in the soil now. I didn't have that many pots with copper tape on them already so a lot of the pots have 2 or more seeds in. Some of the ones I'm not very hopefull for had 5. I'm gonna go down on Sunday to see if any have sprouted and I'll seperate them then. Then the next visit will be on Tuesday to plant the next lot of seeds. Then off to Glasto!!!

Peace

~Satta

nice load of seeds there, you going to get a bumper crop

good luck

Quick little update.

Good news; 31 seedlings poking up above ground! KC#33 still going well.

Bad news; some of the seeds that I was germing were left for too long and were a bit fucked. Also, think may have snapped the tips off some roots when I was transplanting stuff. Can they recover?

Peace out guys

~Satta

Hey guys thought I would just add that one of the seedling was a mutant and had 3 leaves on each set. Very weird....

This is satta's silent partner here for an update while satta's at glasto.

Silent partner as I've been at uni but back now for growing season (and hopefully harvest), I'm the driver of the operation and a landrover comes in habdy fir big bags of compost.

Went down today for a check up and a water as it was quite hot today, took some photos as well.
The crop is growing nicely and counted 50ish sprouters which is very
Sketched me out as I was walking back through the nettles when I heard 2 loud bangs like a gun - stood dead still in my korean army jacket for what seemed like a lifetime. Didn't see anyone on the way out though.

Also I thought I could flesh out satta's last update as his room was so busy he did it standing up if I recall...
ran out of copper tape so I've eBay'd another 4m for 3quid . We also came across a big wooden fence thingy which we can use for something whether it be flattening nettles to sit on and have a spliff next to our grow (I'm turning myself on). And stashed it with our other equipment in a secret storage shed .



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Some more photos of the set-up as it was today. I like the last overhead one especially.

I also put about 20 seeds in paper to germinate yesterday - thinking about planting them on Saturday or Sunday so I hope they start sprouting. I was gonna put some photos of them up but all they are are pieces of paper with a few dots for seeds and a big letter on the front. They were some strippy ones that satta mentioned before, quite a few bag seeds from some african shit and a couple of other types which escape my mind at this time.

I'll give another update when I've set up the seedlings in pots on the weekend.

That's all for my very first post. Signing off...

Firefly

HEY! nice one firefly, good to see you keeping up the good work whilst Satta is no doubt spliffing it up in the fields of Glastonbury!
you're right those pics that have a bird's-eye view of the crop are SHWEET!
and the image of you in that korean army jacket FROZEN, is funny as fuck!

and i suppose carrying the compost is a lot easier in a fat ass landrover!!

Keep up the good work!

Peace out.

p.s that's really weird about the gun sounds :O

good luck just keep em' safe

looking good

fucking love the attitude .. go for it fellas .. them babes will end up .. jah watches over the real .. by the way i'm 51 and would love someone to ask me for proof of age

But you probably hate it if them you got refused still and kicked out

Gonna head down tomorrow with water and my personal babies (pictured below) as although I've planted about half of the stuff at the site I wasn't there for germination so I know these are gonna taste great! (Frosties style).

Frosties are the dogs bollocks!

A few of them have full on cracked and almost lost their shells so I gotta get em in fast and I'm sure the rest will follow suit soon. A;so if anybody knows what the red stuff is on the paper I'd like to know - I'm intrigued. Its not really where the seeds have been so I'm hoping its not colonies of bacteria.

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I think we now have to be careful about the size of the operation as we have 50ish plants (not including the 40 seeds I have just germinated) but as I say "Go big or go home!". And I Suppose that we can always pot ( - pun very much intended) how ever many we want to be full on trees and dare I say it kill the others!?!?!?! I think in that case I woujld just plant em wild in different places and check to see if people say anything about town.

Signing off...

Firefly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSc5g9m8ywI - the affore mentioned bollocks...

Sweet

nice batch of seeds

Update for Sunday's trip:

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Went down in that landrover and lost about a liter of water when the bottle fell on the floor and the lid came off - very annoying when trying to drive!

The nettles hiding the spot have grown loads so absolutely no-one will want to go through them (even me).
I planted the seeds and as you can see in the photo they were definitely ready to be planted (hope I haven't given my identity away by showing that I'm white?).

Babies are growing nicely with about 50 leafy ones and another 20 now planted. While I was there I heard some voices quite colse then it started to rain so they buggered off. The weather has been really good here for growing - lots of hot sun with bursts of rain to water them.

Had to have a cheeky spliff as well so sat for a couple of hours in the middle of the grow spot reading a book - good times.

Also the copper tape is here so we can tape the pots that haven't been done yet but i haven't seen any slugs apart from one that was in the compost so i made sure he wouldn't be any trouble and lobbed him well enough away.

Signing off...

Firefly

I am absolutely loving these photos! I'm going down today for the first time in a week and I'm well excited!!! I love you firefly!

~Satta

i have to agree really nice to see all those mini ladies... nice going .

Yeah your the only white UK guerrilla all the rest of us are Jamaican

Oh and slugs are mainly creatures of the night

Looking good.

Wake

Im defo jamaican as the ace of spades

Hey guys.

Is it normal for some of our plants to be around 4 or 5 inches high but only have one set of true leaves?! Other peoples seem to be a lot bushier than ours, what's going on?

~Satta

Dont worry mate its only down to light intensity , most start indoor under light .......... They will soon catch up give um a week just protect protect protect and you cant go wrong

All The Best

Mr F

Wicked mate, so it's because the light is not as intense as having a big grow lamp right next to it. I was worried that it was the glass surrounding it stopping wind getting to em so they would get really lanky as fuck.

Just got back from the site, there was a tractor doing some shit in the field that I need to go through so I bypassed a garden centre where i bought some general purpose insect repellant for fruit and vegetables and a roll of copper tape. So far we have used 16m of the shit!!!! Also picked up some plastic pots which they were throwing out.

I got to the site, expanded the little greenhouse bit with 2 more panes of glass. Re-potted about 6 or 7 babies. I had to split them apart because a lot had 2 or more plants in one pot, bad times!!!! Hopefully I didn't cause too much destruction but we will see in a few days. Then I sprayed the insect stuff on, put the netting back over and left. Need to buy another few bags of compost because I have used pretty much all the stuff I have so far.

The three leaf freak is just starting to grow it's second set of leaves I think, do you reckon it will always be a mutant or will it grow out!?

Time to chill with Gregory Isaacs!

~Satta

Oh yea counted the seedlings and there is over 55 of the little babies! Good times!

~Satta

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IRIE

hahaha

Hey guys been down to the plot today everything is looking nice and green and around 4 inches. Was some insect damage which has now cleared up after the spray which is a good sign!!!

The KC #33 is growing nicely the leaves are starting to form more fingers And today the whole place had a really nice smell of ganja....good times!

Still gotta split some apart and repot going this week for more compost.

Me and Firefly cleared a patch of land around 5x4m and will go back to mix it up with some compost and maybe topdress with some nutes after planting a few of the bigger seedlings in maybe next weekish...photo updates to follow!!!

~Satta

glad its workin out for ya

Nice one Satta,, looks like things are coming together nicely , hope the weather stays good for ya

Quick update,

4 now in the ground they are around 5-6 inches.

The ground has been dug over with 500 litres of compost and dressed with blood fish and bone.

Next lot of plants about to go in soon to the big plot.

All of the other plants are looking good average height 6" or so...

The three leafed freak looks well funny!!!!

Peace

~Satta

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Sorry for the really crap updates - just got 400 canisters of nos delivered.

Yea man! looks quality. Need to clear more vegetation around the last one though I reckon don't we?

~Satta