2014 Growers Challenge

I didn't plan on making a challenge thread this season, but it seems there is a need for one after all. The late start will save us from all the boring seedling pics and cut right to the good stuff anyway. THE BUDS!!! Anyone from any location is welcome in this thread as long as you like to grow, and have pics and knowledge to prove it. No drama, just growing like we came here for. This isn't FB...

I'm an organic gardener, prop 215 personal use. Raised beds. Super soil. My biggest plant this year is 10x10 ft. If any of you have something bigger and better, I'd love to see it. No hurt feelings in this thread.

My Sour Kush

 

My super soil recipes for small and large batches. I encourage you all to share your soil recipes too. We can help a lot of gardeners with the knowledge we have and keep a lot of chemicals out of people's meds.

I used per plant (approximately 6x8x3 of used previously amended soil)
1 bag bumper crop compost
1 bag worm castings
1/2 bag chicken manure
5 lbs kelp
5 lbs alfalfa
3 lbs guano
3 lbs rock phosphate
4 lbs bone meal
1 cup blood meal
10 cups rock dust
4 cups green sand
4 cups lime
3 cups oyster shell
2 cups azomite
1/2 cup humic acid


For Smaller Batches
2 cubic ft organic soil
5 lbs worm castings
5 lbs compost
1/2 lb kelp
1/2 lb alfalfa
1/2 lb steamed bone meal
1/4 lb blood meal
10 ounces high p bat guano
6 ounces rock phosphate
2 cups rock dust
1/2 lime
1/2 cup azomite
1/2 cup green sand
1/2 cup oyster shell
1 tablespoon humic acid

 

It's certainly an option. I hope everyone comes back and chills out here. I'd also like to see some fresh faces. Not fresh trolls but fresh talent.

Some bud shots. My 2 favorite plants are late finishers, but here we go with the others. My cookies got fried and is still budding up nice. The mystery plant is small but ooh so frosty. She looks like the prize plant. The little ones always are. Sorry the pics are shit. The flash blinds the shot.

Cookies



Mystery plant. This is either Cheese, C99, or 818 Headband.

 

That must have been when I wasn't online as much, or I was just too stoned to remember.

It's cool though. I always used to have the challenge threads. It's like old times. These threads are how most of us got to know each other.

 

I'm getting ready to brew a tea to feed the ladies. Been doing weekly feedings, trying to be more organized.

2 cups guano
2 cups bone meal
per 50 gallons water

OR

1/4 cup guano
1/4 cup bone
per 5 gallons water

You can go heavier or weaker based on how greedy your plants are and how strong your soil is. Always best to start low and work your way up.

 

That's so freakin awesome to be able to spread the plants out with so much space. That must really help with pest prevention. I can't wait to see what you can do with that space next season. Show em how it's done.