2019 - The Farm

PaulG · Jul 1, 2019

Glad to hear you dodged the bullet there, Trent. The
news about the bad weather in the midwest this year
seems to go on forever. Ya gotta catch a break some-
time :neutral:

BDASPNY · Jul 1, 2019

TrentL said:
I was in it watering plants when the plastic got sucked out, ears popped, ran to get the stables closed up, started eating pea sized gravel as the winds picked up to 80-90mph. Saw some rotation over head, got to the garage, worst was already passed us. Looked south and saw the funnel drop. Was pretty amazing, man.

Greenhouse plastic is stretched but didn't rip. That is some tough shit.

that sounds super scary. glad you got through it ok.

TrentL · Jul 1, 2019

PaulG said:
Glad to hear you dodged the bullet there, Trent. The
news about the bad weather in the midwest this year
seems to go on forever. Ya gotta catch a break some-
time

Yeah.. rain in the forecast for the next 6 days straight.

We planted a several acre cannabis field up the road today for another place. Brutal heat.

Forecast sucks.

PaulG · Jul 1, 2019

We just had a nice thunder storm with some quarter-inch
sized hail. I am not complaining! It was weird hail. Looked
more like crushed ice than hail stones.

BDASPNY · Jul 2, 2019

PaulG said:
We just had a nice thunder storm with some quarter-inch
sized hail. I am not complaining! It was weird hail. Looked
more like crushed ice than hail stones.

hail sure does cause damage to the larger leaf varieties.

PaulG · Jul 2, 2019

We suffered a few holes in the leaves, but nothing serious.

TrentL · Jul 2, 2019

Each time I've had hail damage (at least once a year it seem) they have always recovered fine. Bigger problem is if they get knocked over. Staking 3200 plants last year after a storm knocked the whole field down, was a chore that took us a month to complete, and $1500 in t-posts.

We've already had to stand up most of the plants again this year once, mudded around the stems, after that tornado that went over us flattened about half or more of them.

The roots are NOT setting deep because it's been wet - I am concerned that if/when they do take off, we're going to have to stake all of them like last year, when it wouldn't quit raining...

TrentL · Jul 3, 2019

All of the seed peppers finally potted up. Will get some pics of peppers (finally) once the damn cannabis gets out of my greenhouse.

BDASPNY · Jul 3, 2019

TrentL said:
All of the seed peppers finally potted up. Will get some pics of peppers (finally) once the damn cannabis gets out of my greenhouse.

im interested in what you'll have for seeds after the great results from the previous batch. im really happy with them.

TrentL · Jul 3, 2019

BDASPNY said:
im interested in what you'll have for seeds after the great results from the previous batch. im really happy with them.

Should have about 150+ varieties. We've already got some ripe in the greenhouse. Just gotta get the plants spaced out so I can manage them, prune them, get them set up on automatic drip waterers. As soon as the cannabis is out I'm pulling shade cloth over so the peppers have a better chance of pollinating, and spreading them out by types. Then will be going around with a little vibrator thing every couple days to shake the flowers, in the evening with the fans off. Self-pollinated plants work better with buzzing (tomatoes, peppers, etc). Will vibrate the stems to get pollen to drop on to the pistil. Top watering following that to douse any loose pollen to avoid cross contamination.

Should results in healthy self-pollinated pods with good isolation. Lots of manual work, but hey, it's what I signed on for.

BDASPNY · Jul 4, 2019

TrentL said:
Should have about 150+ varieties. We've already got some ripe in the greenhouse. Just gotta get the plants spaced out so I can manage them, prune them, get them set up on automatic drip waterers. As soon as the cannabis is out I'm pulling shade cloth over so the peppers have a better chance of pollinating, and spreading them out by types. Then will be going around with a little vibrator thing every couple days to shake the flowers, in the evening with the fans off. Self-pollinated plants work better with buzzing (tomatoes, peppers, etc). Will vibrate the stems to get pollen to drop on to the pistil. Top watering following that to douse any loose pollen to avoid cross contamination.

Should results in healthy self-pollinated pods with good isolation. Lots of manual work, but hey, it's what I signed on for.

you always amaze me with the different ways you do things.

with a 150 different types there should be all kinds to pick from.

Walchit · Jul 6, 2019

TrentL said:
Then will be going around with a little vibrator thing every couple days to shake the flowers, in the evening with the fans off. Will vibrate the stems to get pollen to drop on to the pistil.

Kinky!

DWB · Jul 6, 2019

Walchit said:
Kinky!

They say your wife's electric toothbrush work very well for assisting with pollination.

TrentL · Jul 8, 2019

Well, we now have 60 chickens. One was wounded in an argument with a mink.

Couldn't believe it, damn mink ran out in BROAD DAYLIGHT and attacked the chickens while my wife and I were standing right there, giving them their evening feed.

Hens ran off towards the stables, roosters all decided to attack the mink. Big furball, mink ran off once it realized it was outnumbered.

Well, I followed.

And put a 9mm round right through that little sonofabitch's noggin.

One chicken was lame - screwed up it's leg badly, couldn't walk today, and the other roosters were doing their level best to kill the weak link. I took it off, gave it it's last feeding - ate out of my hand - then I shot it in the head, plucked it, and dressed it. Brought it home for dinner.

The world looks different after you eat an animal that you raised from a baby hatchling, fed from your own hand, cared for.

It looks.. a little more blurry.

But sad news aside, peppers and tomatoes in the north field are growing again.

Ruid · Jul 8, 2019

Yeah you're tougher than I am on that. I could mercy kill something I raised but that'd be the limit.

I have an attitude about wastefulness so, like you, I'd have made sure it was eaten too.

Mr.joe · Jul 9, 2019

So.... how did the mink taste?

ShowMeDaSauce · Jul 9, 2019

Mr.joe said:
So.... how did the mink taste?

Tastes like chicken.

Mr.joe · Jul 9, 2019

ShowMeDaSauce said:
Tastes like chicken.

Lol. Of course it does.

TrentL · Jul 10, 2019

Had a moruga scorpion with tacos last night.

It occurred to me 2 tacos in that I might need to step myself back up towards the ultras.

DWB · Jul 10, 2019

TrentL said:
Had a moruga scorpion with tacos last night.

It occurred to me 2 tacos in that I might need to step myself back up towards the ultras.

Haha, I experience the same thing every time I hack up one of my 15-20 gram Douglah to eat on one of my bigass burritos.