2019 - The Farm

Orekoc · May 7, 2019

Thank you. I have 4 growing from seeds I bought from you. Woo-hoo!

TrentL said:
Tekne dolmasi did well for us. I have 500 of them growing in the greenhouse this year.

simp3204 · May 7, 2019

I’ve read about half of your Grow Log, Trent and the amount of work you’re putting in is astounding! This first time gardener is taking quite a few notes from everything you are doing this season and from what you did last season that worked and from what didn’t.

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podz · May 8, 2019

TrentL said:
The 3 gal pots are an interim step for most of these. Last year I had them get very badly root bound in 3 gal pots. They didn't produce much in the way of peppers, either, at least, the chinense didn't. Some of the annuums got pretty loaded up. Plan this year, since these are seed peppers, is to do chinense in 15 gal and annuums in 3 gal, but all take a stop in 3 gal first. Only so much room and I still have all of the peppers waiting to get sold or go in the dirt taking up room. As many pics as I posted above; keep in mind I'm only 1/6 of the way done potting up seed peppers. Got like 400 to do total

OK, so what size would you recommend as a final solution for chinense, pubescens and baccatums if/when using a coir-perlite-vermiculite mix?

Last summer I had two annuums (california wonder) growing in bagged garden soil in 6 or 8 inch pots and although they didn't grow large they did produce a constant supply of green peppers for our salads :-) Same with lemon drops and apache. I guess it just really really depends on the specific variety.

TrentL · May 8, 2019

podz said:
OK, so what size would you recommend as a final solution for chinense, pubescens and baccatums if/when using a coir-perlite-vermiculite mix?

Last summer I had two annuums (california wonder) growing in bagged garden soil in 6 or 8 inch pots and although they didn't grow large they did produce a constant supply of green peppers for our salads :-) Same with lemon drops and apache. I guess it just really really depends on the specific variety.

I've done 5 gallon cloth bags before and had decent sized plants. They didn't get enormous but at least the cloth kept them from getting root bound. I could also move them around to mow; at least, until the roots penetrated the bottom of the pots and anchored them to the lawn.

I've done all sorts of different pot sizes over the years (various crap bought from walmart, re-used pots from trees and bushes and roses, etc). I did a bunch of overwinters in ~10 gallon pots and they did very well.

I guess the bottom line is that anything will work; but the bigger the pot, the bigger the plant; the bigger the plant, the more and bigger peppers you'll get.

Dirt grow peppers on years I've had potted ones were consistently as much as 2-3x larger than potted ones. (Not the plants, the pods themselves)

TrentL · May 8, 2019

simp3204 said:
I’ve read about half of your Grow Log, Trent and the amount of work you’re putting in is astounding! This first time gardener is taking quite a few notes from everything you are doing this season and from what you did last season that worked and from what didn’t.

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Thanks, it's been an adventure for sure. Some mornings I just .. really don't want to spend another 15 hour shift working on plants. But I get out there and do it anyway.

Going to be busy this week, have to get all of the cannabis started (close to 20,000 seeds on the way) and get ready for our first market this weekend. All I really have to sell there is plants.. which is OK, gotta clear out room for greenhouse to make room for cannabis starts. And the ground is still too damn wet to work it up and get vegetables in the dirt, so I'll sell the plants I've been raising.

At this point I don't even *know* if I'll have much in the way of any additional organic vegetable plantings. The organic pasture is totally frigging saturated. Can reach down and grab a handful of mud and make a nice mud-ball to throw at people (my little brother stopped by and I pegged him with one), but that's about it.

The north (transitional) field is drying out slowly, but it'll still be a couple of weeks before I can get anything more in the ground, in the best case scenario. And that's if we don't get the 2+" of rain on the forecast this week.

Starting to wonder if I'll ever get peppers in the dirt this year?

It sucks having to sell off plants instead of putting them in the dirt. But I sink in halfway up my shin, if I step in to the field, and I can't get my boot unstuck if I try

Most of the vegetables I started in March / early April are way past due going out. They won't last in the greenhouse much longer so selling them at market is the best way to salvage anything right now.

Hurts long term though. Can only make a fraction of what they'd make as produce.

DWB · May 9, 2019

TrentL said:
Going to be busy this week, have to get all of the cannabis started (close to 20,000 seeds on the way

Trent, I know you have deep pockets but I'm guessing these 20k seeds aren't feminized hybrids designed to grow the ultra high-CBD medicinal bud.

Does the industrial hemp program encourage you to grow the medicine or do you need to stick with the food & fiber farming?

TrentL · May 9, 2019

DWB said:
Trent, I know you have deep pockets but I'm guessing these 20k seeds aren't feminized hybrids designed to grow the ultra high-CBD medicinal bud.

Does the industrial hemp program encourage you to grow the medicine or do you need to stick with the food & fiber farming?

Yes, the 20k seeds *are* feminized hybrids with 17%+ CBD. And yes, they cost $1 per seed.

We're allowed to sell trimmed flowers under our state hemp program.

I keep her around in case anyone wants to get stupid.

DWB · May 9, 2019

Damn, that's cheap. But then again, you did buy a bunch. Can I purchase a seed pack please?

What the hell is the thing on the chair?

saiias · May 9, 2019

TrentL said:
Yes, the 20k seeds *are* feminized hybrids with 17%+ CBD. And yes, they cost $1 per seed.

We're allowed to sell trimmed flowers under our state hemp program.

I keep her around in case anyone wants to get stupid.

Like the reaper thieves?

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Sinn · May 9, 2019

DWB said:
Damn, that's cheap. But then again, you did buy a bunch. Can I purchase a seed pack please?

What the hell is the thing on the chair?

Me too me too [emoji4]

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TrentL · May 10, 2019

DWB said:
Damn, that's cheap. But then again, you did buy a bunch. Can I purchase a seed pack please?

What the hell is the thing on the chair?

FN Herstal PS90. 5.7x28mm 50 round capacity. Shoots a 40 grain 223 hollowpoint at 1800 fps or a 28 grain armor piercing round at 2350 fps.

I also have a Glock 19 on me at all times, can't carry the rifle around when I'm running a flamethrower.

Unfortunately, I can only sell seed or transplants to people licensed by their respective state's industrial hemp / medical program.

....But later this year if you live in the United States, you are welcome to buy some primo trimmed buds off our website. I'll post a discount code here in the Glog. They won't get you stoned but it'll take your aches and pains away.

Right now I have Cherry Wine and Cherry Struck (Cherry x ACDC) in starter trays. I have Cherry Wulf and an Otto II x BaOx hybrid on the way.

I also have a line on some of Oregon's finest, trying to obtain 2k each for Lifter, Suver haze, Hawaiian Haze, Sour Space Candy, Elektra, and Special Sauce.

TrentL · May 10, 2019

saiias said:
Like the reaper thieves?

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Yeah when you are talking about stuff that sells for $90 oz + vs. $20 a lb, it changes the situation pretty radically.

"if it's worth owning it's worth stealing"

Something to always be mindful of.

We'll be running 24x7 armed security as we get closer to harvest.

DWB · May 10, 2019

The feds recently forced Alabammy to comply with the law when they required the AG to allow open up legal sales of CBD products. Before December, it was still officially a felony to possess CBD in this bassackwards state unless enrolled in one of the university research programs.

The Alabammy hemp law is fairly miserable rewrite of the law used by more reasonable states but it still may be worthwhile to get a grower license for 2020. I have until Nov 1 to apply for next year. Now there's a store in a nearby town selling CBD bud. I should go get a taste to see about it. Entourage effect be damned, I don't believe the 0.3% is enough to make it viable for pain without using 10 when 3 of something else with a 50/50 ratio will do just fine without a buzz.

Surprisingly, our holy roller senate passed a MM bill yesterday which goes to the house next week. I didn't think that would ever happen until it became legal on a federal level and they were forced into this too. Haha, now they're even trying to make a law for a legal state lottery. The almighty dollar rules.

Interesting rifle. I've never seen one like that before. I still like my stainless mini-14 and the other one I won't name on here.

Walchit · May 10, 2019

Let me know if you need to fly me out to help trim!

TrentL · May 10, 2019

DWB said:
The feds recently forced Alabammy to comply with the law when they required the AG to allow open up legal sales of CBD products. Before December, it was still officially a felony to possess CBD in this bassackwards state unless enrolled in one of the university research programs.

The Alabammy hemp law is fairly miserable rewrite of the law used by more reasonable states but it still may be worthwhile to get a grower license for 2020. I have until Nov 1 to apply for next year. Now there's a store in a nearby town selling CBD bud. I should go get a taste to see about it. Entourage effect be damned, I don't believe the 0.3% is enough to make it viable for pain without using 10 when 3 of something else with a 50/50 ratio will do just fine without a buzz.

Surprisingly, our holy roller senate passed a MM bill yesterday which goes to the house next week. I didn't think that would ever happen until it became legal on a federal level and they were forced into this too. Haha, now they're even trying to make a law for a legal state lottery. The almighty dollar rules.

Interesting rifle. I've never seen one like that before. I still like my stainless mini-14 and the other one I won't name on here.

Yeah possession of floral material was still a felony here until the 2018 federal farm bill passed and removed CBD, and delta 9 < 0.3% as a schedule 1 drug. The law actually went in to effect as I had stuff en-route for osteoarthritis. I'd been taking oil for a while under the tongue, but after the federal farm bill passed switched to smoking because it A - works faster and B - works better.

CBD isn't going to kill any pain, whatsoever. It doesn't have any components with capability to knock out pain. But is is a VERY powerful anti-inflammatory. It works better than Meloxicam, which was previously the only prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory which even made a dent in my arthritis. Cannabis (CBD) 100% eliminates pain from my osteoarthritis, even on the lower back sacroilical joint, which the potent pharmaceutical meloxicam wasn't very good at controlling. It also knocked down swelling (and subsequent pain) from chronic tendonitis in my elbows.

Plus, makes music sound a lot better. And food tastes a lot better. And sleep is very, very restful.

Hostess products are at severe risk of consumption when the wife brings them in from grocery shopping.

CBD isn't a silver bullet for everything, but it really helps loosen up old joints and works wonders as an anti-inflammatory. I don't snap-crackle-and-pop in the morning when I get out of bed anymore.

Also helps level out the mood, kind of throws a blanket on stress, which helps you focus on whatever you are working on at any given time. I'm able to crank out logistics details, complicated plumbing, do electrical diagrams, etc. much faster than I could before, as I don't have a hundred other worries and distractions bothering me. Just able to solve one problem at a time and knock stuff off of my long list without being consumed by the 99 things that also need to get done right now.

wrinklenuts · May 10, 2019

Im taking cbd oil now and love it. Im more chill now and less anxiety for sure.

TrentL · May 10, 2019

First farmers market tomorrow, got about $3,000 in plants loaded up and ready to go.

If we sold even half of them I'd be pretty stoked. This year has really sucked so far. (Rain, flooding, no plants in the ground, selling plants instead of growing them out.. etc.. etc.)

PtMD989 · May 10, 2019

Good luck at the farmers market [emoji106]

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PtMD989 · May 10, 2019

Do you have to put up any kind of privacy fence around your CBD crop? In MI you used to have your outdoor plants concealed by a tall ( i forget the height requirements) privacy fence. It was kinda funny, you could drive around and see who was growing medical marijuana, by seeing the tall black ,fenced in ,yards.

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Wermland · May 11, 2019

Good luck at the market!