Virginia outdoor growers come!

[downw/thesystem]

Hi, I am a virginia grower and welcoming any other growers in the Virginia area or any other areas near Virginia to join this thread. We can talk about related problems we have with outdoor grows (pests, diseases, etc) that are common in out areas. The most known problem is mold in Va....

anyways this will be my uhhh 3rd outdoor season grow *yay* and i have a pic of my first outdoor grow and these are some strains that i want to grow this year
NLxBig Bud
skunk
bubble gum
kiwi (if i can get my hands on it now that heavens stairway id gone )

well yea and this thread is also just to talk about general things that VA people do....well im out and btw I MISS OVEGROW *tear*

[TheColonel]

Welcome to GC!

The biggest problem in VA (aside from the piggies) IMHO is the soil. All that clay!!!! Its easily solved, but i wish we just had some good stuff to start w/.

Thats a beautiful plant you got there. How much did you get off of it?

[downw/thesystem]

thanks man wat area of VA are u at? i live in midlothian (south of richmond) and there are some places that are real bad wit clay but usually hill tops and stuff dont have as much clay as say the bottom of the hill top would

and i got a good pound and a half off that plant at the end of the year i grew it wit a friend and it was my first plant i didnt scale it because i dont sell it just personal use mostly but yea thats that

DWTS

[TheColonel]

Wow. pretty nice harvest.

I used to live right in richmond. I always wanted to drive out into the hills and find a nice grow spot but never got around to it. I'm up near dc now.

I've only had one outdoor grow make it all the way to harvest (others were found and pulled up, or died ...) so i'm pretty inexperienced, but i love growin anyways. Somethin about raising a plant...

anyways i'm lookin forward to seein what you cook up in the coming season.

[downw/thesystem]

yea good luck and hopefully they wont get pulled or die this year! wat was ur problem wit them diein? did u find out? well i hope we both have like the biggest harvests ever...keep growing!

later
DWTS

[canyouspellthis]

damn.. nice grow man

[TheColonel]

Originally Posted by downw/thesystem

yea good luck and hopefully they wont get pulled or die this year! wat was ur problem wit them diein? did u find out? well i hope we both have like the biggest harvests ever...keep growing!

later
DWTS

Either eaten or trampled by local wildlife... probly deer. They never got into flowering.

I second that motion for a big harvest.

[downw/thesystem]

tisk tisk colonel i got this thread that was on OG its all about ASH....its a friendly lil substance it has let me see if i can get it again!!!

canuspell... - thanxs

DWTS

[Litew8stoner]

Holy shit I've been searching for info on growing in VA forever. And have a few questions:

Will sativa's grow fine here (I'm using bagseed)? How do I avoid mold? And what do you use to combat pests?

Thanks

[PCro182]

sup downwiththesystem its me PCro.....from overgrow...how you doin man

[Litew8stoner]

BUMP. Somebody awnser my questions please!

[TheColonel]

Originally Posted by Litew8stoner

Holy shit I've been searching for info on growing in VA forever. And have a few questions:

Will sativa's grow fine here (I'm using bagseed)? How do I avoid mold? And what do you use to combat pests?

Thanks

Yes sativa's will grow fine here.

Dont overwater to avoid mold. if its going to be a rainy season, make sure you have soil that drains very well.

For pests, i've heard that boiling a head of garlic in water and misting w/ that will deter most animals.

anyone had experience w/ this?

[teledingo]

I am in Virginia too, but only til August or so!... starting an indoor grow since I will be out of town b4 any outdoor harvesting...

How are the cops in VA? The Virginia state laws are pretty damn draconian and scary, but I don't know much about how the enforcement is...

are y'all growing on your own land? Remote? Guerilla?

[TheColonel]

I agree about the laws here.

Its tough to say about the law enforcement anywhere because it inevitably comes down to the individual officer and what mood they're in at a given time. Theres not exactly a "statewide crackdown" on herb. Most law enforcement attention is focused on the hard stuff (and rightly so). In rural areas they have meth labs to worry about and in the more densly populated areas they are just taking what they can get.

Most police i've talked to here could give a fuck about weed though. Regardless of the govt propaganda, a lot of them know how harmless it is, so their focus is on drugs that cause real harm.

perhaps more experienced VA growers could shed some light on their methods.

[Supreme Allah]

Nice plant!

Originally Posted by teledingo

I am in Virginia too, but only til August or so!... starting an indoor grow since I will be out of town b4 any outdoor harvesting...

How are the cops in VA? The Virginia state laws are pretty damn draconian and scary, but I don't know much about how the enforcement is...

are y'all growing on your own land? Remote? Guerilla?

Yeah I'm up here in Ashburn (the suburbs surrounding Dulles Airport), and there are some nice outdoor areas, plenty of woods etc. But the laws are terrifying and the cops are huge douchebags for the most part. DC and MD cops are cool but VA cops are very unreasonable in my experience. I'd love to set up some stealth grows but won't even do it in my house (which I friggin OWN) because of how bad the law can come down in VA.

It's a nightmare location for paranoid wannabe growers