I hope you live in Washington or Colorado. Otherwise - pretty ballsy of you to announce your crop like that! 😉
I love me some good home-grown. Tomatoes, I mean. Yeah, tomatoes.

Are those both pure Sativa strains? Are they feminized? Also, what's the buzz difference between the two?

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I had planted my seeds; peas, peppers (hot, red and green) &, beans a few weeks ago. Saturday I planted and staked my tomato plants. I wanted to wait until the threat of frost is gone before I put those in. No cannabis here.

The peas are already sprouting.

I love gardening.

I hope you live in Washington or Colorado. Otherwise - pretty ballsy of you to announce your crop like that!

No balls at all. Apparently you're not aware that California is a medical marijuana state. And with my Doctor's recommendation, I can have up to six mature plants (I can start with twelve immature plants). This is a small crop for me, the last two years I had four or five.

Are those both pure Sativa strains? Are they feminized? Also, what's the buzz difference between the two?

Those are good questions. I've been told that all plants now are actually hybrids, but at a minimum they are Sativa dominant, as they were sold as Sativa. If it's a 50/50 blend, they will tell you that it's a hybrid. All the starter plants they sell are females. The buzz difference? How will I know the answer to that until October?

Saturday I planted and staked my tomato plants.

Lee: I've never grown tomatoes before. I assume they will do much better if I put in some kind of "stake" for them to cling to? Right now I have nothing.

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plants will get crowded. toms need a lot more space. good luck with your grow season.

I hope you live in Washington or Colorado. Otherwise - pretty ballsy of you to announce your crop like that!

No balls at all. Apparently you're not aware that California is a medical marijuana state. And with my Doctor's recommendation, I can have up to six mature plants (I can start with twelve immature plants). This is a small crop for me, the last two years I had four or five.

Good for you! I dream of a day when every person in this country truly has equal rights. All I'm sayin.

The original New York State Senate bill for medicinal marijuana was also going to allow for individuals, with a prescription from their doctor, to grow up to 6 mature plants continuously.

Sadly, our corrupt Governor, Andrew Cuomo, completely neutered the bill and not only took several diseases off the list that would allow treatment, but also limited the number of dispensaries to a grand total of 5 for the entire state of New York. Of course he also removed the stipulation that individuals could grow up to six mature plants. New York medicinal reform is basically a joke....

Regarding the buzz difference question, Rob, I thought maybe you'd grown and tried these strains before. Did these strains by any chance come with a description of what you could expect after proper harvest, drying, curing? I know some stores provide such information when buying seeds or actual immature plants.

Lee: I've never grown tomatoes before. I assume they will do much better if I put in some kind of "stake" for them to cling to? Right now I have nothing.

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They like to climb. I have some plastic clips that I use. Rubber bands work as well. Try to keep them off of the ground. They can get kind of mold-ish and yucky in the the dirt.

Tomatoes need to be staked, especially the type that produce large fruit.

Our plants typically produce fruit that weighs 1.5 lbs. EACH, or more.

Every year we have stakes that break due to the weight of the fruit.

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I had pulled these stakes out of the ground when I moved in here 9 years ago but fortunately saved them. Ready to climb now, babies!!

Last year I got about 6 dozen tomatoes from two plants. That is my best yield since moving to Virginia.

In Iowa I was donating about 40 pounds of squash, eggplant, and peppers a week to the food bank. Except for bread and cheese I was able to eat 3 or 4 nights a week from my backyard garden.

Chemdawg apparently - jeez...

Chemdawg apparently - jeez...

Holy Shit! Some serious Triches on those nuggets (the fuzz you can see for those less educated on the finer notes of marijuana...they contain most of the chemicals we enjoy so much). I wonder how potent and what the buzz is like. Come on Rob, there must be some info. you can provide?

Damn hippies.

I wonder how potent and what the buzz is like. Come on Rob, there must be some info. you can provide?

The dispensary gave me NOTHING regarding specific information about the plant, other than saying it's a Sativa dominant strain. I will say this: The "budtender" picked out the two Sativa plants for me. I said, "I want two Sativa plants. Tell me what's good." They had quite a few other Sativa strains, but chemdawg and white are what he picked for me. Now if they come out anything like what Heineken515 posted............I'm gonna be REAL happy come October!

I'm expecting my plants to do better this year. Not that they've done badly the last two years, but they've been small. The reason is that there are a lot of huge trees in my backyard or next to my backyard which block a lot of the sunlight. BUT...............a year ago the huge old maple was cut way back and as a result the sun is hitting them a full two or three hours earlier in the day. This year they're getting around 7 hours of sunlight a day, the last two years they only got 4, max 5 hours a day. Only four or five hours of sunlight stunts their growth a bit. I'm expecting bigger plants this year...........which hopefully means bigger, more potent buds.

Do you have to worry about thieves?

Do you have to worry about thieves?

Of the huge trees? 😉

Do you have to worry about thieves?

Of course I was concerned about that when I started growing two years ago. But it hasn't been a problem, and there is a gardening service in the backyard twice a month. Apparently those guys are honest. As long as no one else is back there other than close friends, it doesn't seem to be an issue, at least so far. And the place is private enough that you can't see them unless you're in the backyard. Don't ask for my address, though.

I wonder how potent and what the buzz is like. Come on Rob, there must be some info. you can provide?

The dispensary gave me NOTHING regarding specific information about the plant, other than saying it's a Sativa dominant strain. I will say this: The "budtender" picked out the two Sativa plants for me. I said, "I want two Sativa plants. Tell me what's good." They had quite a few other Sativa strains, but chemdawg and white are what he picked for me. Now if they come out anything like what Heineken515 posted............I'm gonna be REAL happy come October!

I'm expecting my plants to do better this year. Not that they've done badly the last two years, but they've been small. The reason is that there are a lot of huge trees in my backyard or next to my backyard which block a lot of the sunlight. BUT...............a year ago the huge old maple was cut way back and as a result the sun is hitting them a full two or three hours earlier in the day. This year they're getting around 7 hours of sunlight a day, the last two years they only got 4, max 5 hours a day. Only four or five hours of sunlight stunts their growth a bit. I'm expecting bigger plants this year...........which hopefully means bigger, more potent buds.

Interesting info. Rob....I would expect that increased amount of sunlight will certainly improve many things with your plants. Potency, size, trich production, etc. Are you versed in the finer points of proper harvest, drying and curing processes? If not, all three are just as important as the actual growing process and can improve your final product immensely. But I suspect you're quite knowledgeable about such things....Thanks for sharing the info.

Interesting info. Rob....I would expect that increased amount of sunlight will certainly improve many things with your plants. Potency, size, trich production, etc. Are you versed in the finer points of proper harvest, drying and curing processes? If not, all three are just as important as the actual growing process and can improve your final product immensely. But I suspect you're quite knowledgeable about such things....Thanks for sharing the info.

Actually I'm not knowledgeable about "such things"........like harvest, drying and curing. I've done it the last two years but anything you can share might help me. It's been trial by fire the last two years, but they've come out pretty good. There's a private "dog run" on the side of the house but I don't have a dog so I've just laid them out there in the sun to let them dry.

I don't know anything about growing and drying out weed. However, I have a master's degree in forestry so I know a few things and there are only three things plants need: water, sunlight (photosynthesis) and natural nutrients from the ground. That's it to get a plant to grow of any kind. It doesn't matter if it is a weed or an oak tree. Same thing.

Here's a good example of what can occur (I'm guessing they're sativa) when you get the optimum amounts of light, water, and nutrients...

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Thanks for the tutorial, chain! I'm going to copy and paste that and print it out. You say you're an amateur.............that would make me an extremely low level amateur...............

im loving the garden talk, gardening is my art form..

I kind of envy hearing about growing vegies and just about anything forbidden , my fill, no matter how much good stuff I add, and our horrible water (I need rain barrels, I do ) make crops difficult at best. As for forbidden, Florida 🙁 do I need say more? am too old for jail 🙁

What I have learned to grow is a nice collection of Florida natives , trees, shrubs, wildflowers, wild herbs. I enjoy the butterflies and songbirds they attract.

Will try to get a few pix to share, took a few nice ones last month..

Good thread Rob!

Great Tips..... pot really is a finicky plant to grow well, many, many variables.... they do have it to a science now.... sticky weed is the norm.... to me the single most important thing is what you start it from, the strain...... had some recently that was as said, sleepy weed. hate that stuff..... good strain with an up high and a fruity taste is my choice....

I am waiting on WillieWeed.........

I took a few pix of the garden recently, mostly my Amaryllis in bloom, plus FL native Spring-blooming shrubs and wildflowers. Many of the pix include butterflies. If anyone wished to view, here is link-

http://s982.photobucket.com/user/FLAWildflower/library/Garden%202015

Great pics, Carol. Cool shot of the owls hiding in the palm. Amazed they're able to get in there without getting stuck! 😮
Nice variety of butterfly's.

Thanks for the tutorial, chain! I'm going to copy and paste that and print it out. You say you're an amateur.............that would make me an extremely low level amateur...............

You're welcome, Rob...Again, patience and a little effort combined with a little technique and you'll have good stuff that should last for a long, long time.

thank you

They r so tiny! even smaller than our Burrowing owls. The first time I saw the Screech Owls, I thought they were baby Great Horned Owls because unlike the burrowing owls , they have very conspicuous ear tufts.

They really blend in so nicely in those little palms, they sidle up against the reddish brownish grey of the trunks and all but disappear. Those extra long barbs on the fronds kind of close in around them, like a protective cage.

At night, they fly in and out of the garden till dawn, calling to each other and sharing whatever prey they catch.

Ive only seen them with the geckos, but I noticed the Ground Dove population dwindles then disappears when they are hanging around.

They have a really melodic call, no screech about it.

We kept a coconut palm snag (the head blew off in Hurricane Charley) and that attracts them as well. They did nest in it last Spring, it was so cool, but a raccoon got the eggs just before they hatched 🙁

Didn't even eat them, just threw them out of the nest, 8 tiny little owlets, all lost . That was a real drag.

We have a ton of butterflies this Spring, but many are too fast or too small to get a good pix of.

The trick is early morning, before they r fully animated, and the light is usually good.