jadenugs Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 All the best for 420 dudes and welcome to my 2019 guerrilla garden. Feel free to join me on my adventures and let's hope it's an exciting and successful experience. I'm not sure what's being planted yet as I'm always late to the show and my life is in turmoil, too much going on. let's change that to Terra turmoil One thing for sure is it will involve Dinafem and HSO. There maybe some Female seeds.nl I've been out to my usual plot 1 on the 10th and 11th April and prepped it up ready for 10 autos. I'm not a big fan of autos but anyone who follows my diaries will know I now only feel confident in growing autos at this plot due to past experiences of people shooting close to my plot in October while I'm cropping. So the plan is for the grow to be completed by late August, late September at the latest. This is when the shotguns usually start blasting. I do have another plot I used last year which didn't do very well. I'm not sure how much sunlight it gets throughout the day because of surrounding trees and the soil is very sandy. Pesky rabbits are in abundance too. I'm pretty certain it didn't do very well last year because of drought and it being awkward to get water there stealthily. I was thinking of prepping it in the next week or two and maybe throwing some photos in there but tbh I'm not sure it's worth the extra hassle and work getting water there on a regular basis. So this season I think I'm gonna risk all my eggs in one basket at plot 1 just for the fun and excitement of it. If it's successful that's a bonus The story so far I always used to turn the whole of plot 1 over to keep the weeds down and insects as far from my plants as possible but after a couple of year's break I returned and just dug holes. After my plants getting hammered with capsid bugs etc for the last two seasons I said I would go back to turning the whole plot over. Well I never did Instead I decided to scrape the top layer of weeds to keep the insects at bay, wishful thinking? We'll see A couple of months ago I visited the plot to make sure everything was in order, all my gear was still there and no signs of human activity. All was fine. Cages, canes, copper collars, spade and water containers still in their place buried under the brambles So on April 10th I returned and got to work. Here's the plot from my usual entrance. You can see a trail through the nettles made by foxes. I know it's foxes because I was crouched there tending my plants once and a cheeky fucker strolled past me within feet, along the same path between my plants. It's a great feeling when you're being that stealthy that wildlife comes within such close proximity and doesn't even bat an eyelid. As long as it's not deer or rabbits The plot with the top layer scraped. Grass, nettles and weeds in piles. The piles moved to the sides to aid marking the spacing of holes and avoid roots falling back into the holes. I like to have about a metre between plants. The plot measures about 4m x 3m. I'd only taken one bale of coco so I only dug 5 holes. I left the front left space free (That's where I do my initial trim when I harvest). The holes are 1.5' square and just less than 1.5' deep. I took a bale of coco that expands to 70L, broke it up and shared it between the 5 holes so that's about 14L per hole. In the past when I left coco on the surface for the rain to wet (at another plot), I left it too long and went back to find most of the coco blown away in the wind This time I decided to wet the coco with some ditch water I'd collected in a container and cover it up with the loose soil from the holes. Plus there was no rain due. The holes filled in and left to settle Covered back over with the weeds for stealth and mulch. This visit was 2 hours work. I returned the day after, April 11th armed with another 70L compressed bale of coco and 10 bags of feed, each containing: Organic potash pellets 40g Organic bone meal pellets 50g Seaweed meal 50g Calcified seaweed 70g Chicken shit pellets 120g No FBB yet. This will be added on plant out when the chicken shit has had time to metabolise, or at a later date and no more often than once a month at 50g. It might not even be needed, with autos having a short life. There might be enough feed in there to see them through. I then moved the weed mulch out of the way and dug another 5 holes in the right hand side of the plot. I'd found a decent sized container not far away and decided to wet the coco in the container this time and let it expand so that I wouldn't have to dig it up again when it's expanded, to mix it in. The coco was shared into the 5 holes just so I could see that it was shared equal(ish) between them. It was then removed and placed next to the backfill so it could be mixed in equally with the feed and soil. The holes were backfilled in layers. a layer of coco, then soil, then mixed feed. I mixed the 3 layers by hand before adding another 3 layers and mixing again, and so on until the holes were filled. I didn't get pics of the layers because my gloves were soaked through with ditch water and coco. It had soaked through to my hands and I didn't want to dirty my camera. You get the drift though. Next I uncovered the first 5 holes from the previous day and dug them out again to retrieve the coco. It had expanded better than I thought so the water must have soaked in quite a bit before draining away. All I had to do was crumble the lumps in my hands and there weren't many dry spots left. I then repeated the layered backfill process and covered the whole plot back over with cammo. This was a 3 hour visit, so 5 hours work in total over the two days. The plot fully prepped and covered back over. There's brambles at the back end of the plot that you can't see in this picture. At the top right beyond this picture there is a low spot in the brambles which could pose a stealth problem. I rooted some willow clones and placed them in small pots of compost at the end of last season so I'll take these at some point and plant them in the low spot. Hopefully they'll take well to the soil, get some roots down and grow at the same rate as my plants or quicker. The water table is quite high here and I've never had to water my plants until the drought of last year and I learnt my lesson by not getting water to them. This year I hope we have enough rain to get the willow roots established. If not I'll water them each visit when I water my plants and hope for the best. I know willow grows better when close to a water source but I'm not sure how wet the soil needs to be if not close to a water source. That's all for now. I'll update when I know what strains I'm planting. I hope to be germinating by April 30th or a little sooner All the very best to all you other outdoor farmers, be that guerrilla, glass or garden. I hope you all have a great season and your gardens are green and healthy Happy gardening 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromedian Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 All the best Nugs Lovin the prep work, looks like a nice bit of soil there mate 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 @Andromedian Andro, I've worked it for 12-13 years (minus the couple of years fallow) so it's quite good. @beezee suggested adding coco to give me a better chance with autos so I've done that this year as the soil is a bit clayish My biggest hurdle now will be getting them planted out stress free 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromedian Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 minute ago, jadenugs said: @Andromedian Andro, I've worked it for 12-13 years Must be a really good plot.....some plots last for seasons, others, well some don't even make it to the end of their first 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipper420 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Good luck mate 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy tucker Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Glad your joining us this season . Best of luck to you sir. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flighty Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Nice bit of prep work there mate, them autos are gonna love it! Good to see you joining in again too 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 @jadenugs Already been hard at work, prepping his plots in preparation for the season ahead Good luck this year brother. As always I'll be along for the ride and watching with interest This should be a fun one All the best Mark.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 @Dinafem-Mark Cheers dude, did you get the order sent off ok? I've been waiting for a pm reply on your HSO account but I don't think you've been signed in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, jadenugs said: @Dinafem-Mark Cheers dude, did you get the order sent off ok? I've been waiting for a pm reply on your HSO account but I don't think you've been signed in I thought I had replied mate. Sorry. Yes, the HSO strains are on the way buddy All the best Mark.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, jadenugs said: I don't think you've been signed in Small break for Easter brother. Back to normal now All the best Mark.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 @Dinafem-Mark Great stuff bro, are the Dinafem on their way too? I know I'm an awkward twat, everything last minute as usual 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Just now, jadenugs said: @Dinafem-Mark Great stuff bro, are the Dinafem on their way too? I know I'm an awkward twat, everything last minute as usual Everything you asked for mate Let me finish up what I'm doing then I'll try find your order info Sorry about any delay mate you were a bit late getting your info over All the best Mark.. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinafem-Mark Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 @jadenugs Went to shipping on the 18th of April mate. I've not had confirmation yet that it has left our office. As soon as I do I'll pm you the order link Went in with the OrangeJuice growers info All the best Mark.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadenugs Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thanks very much mate, top man I really appreciate that you could fit me in at the last minute like this. Hope you enjoyed your Easter break 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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