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Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 9 Entries.
Monday, January 19 View Page
Please join me for a mail haul!
Monday, January 19 View Page
Package 1: My magic white fabric. I know it looks more grey here but trust me its bright white once its out in sunlight. I loved this specific fabric and would never use any other. I couldn't find it on Amazon anymore so I tracked down the factory in China that makes it and bought some in bulk. The amount I got should last me for at least 2 years and probably 3 if I continue growing around 2400sqf of plant.
Monday, January 19 View Page
Package 2: Jim Ford's book. I really like Moby Mike's video with Jim ford and he seems like a funny guy and a good grower so I thought I'd get his book. I'll let you know what I think. Also, watching too much TikTok over the winter has melted my brain so I need to start reading again lol.
Monday, January 19 View Page
Package 3: A 2154 Sperry from the SNGPG auction. Last spring, Steve offered me a 2 pack of these and I declined because I had too many good seeds already (Including his 2465 and 2198). I think this is without a doubt the most slept on seed currently and I hope to see high level growers plant it this year.
Tuesday, January 20 View Page
Package 4: I traded some seeds for this cool paleolithic weapon with a guy on Facebook. I feel like this deals +10% extra damage to forest demons or something.
Sunday, February 8 View Page
Found this on the merch page. A great last minute valentines gift!
Thursday, February 12 View Page
In the game Pokemon X/Y there is a Pokemon named Pumpkaboo. It's a haunted jack-o-lantern/bat creature and it comes in a variety of sizes: small, medium, large and giant. Every time you encounter a Pumpkaboo there is a 1% chance it's giant. It looks like kid Nick liked giant pumpkins too because I caught 14 of them for some reason.
Thursday, February 19 View Page
I got to meet with some great growers last night like Jim Ford, Travis Gienger, Brandon Dawson, Russ Pugh, Dave chan and many others. Here are some of the conclusions I drew from our discussion: - In the early season, temperature is king. This includes both soil and air temperature so you must control both if you want an early pollination. In about 2 months I'll show you how I intend to do that. - Almost every high level grower waters multiple times a day and it seems like the more often you water the better. Last year I watered 1x-2x per day depending on rain and I'm going to try to increase that drastically. I'm not 100% sure how i'm going to do that but I have some ideas. - It seems like high level growers are very split on biology. Almost all the guys in this call were very pro biology but then you have guys like Matt D, Steve Geddes and others who don't really buy into the hype and they grow huge pumpkins. I think I'm going to take the middle road and only use Rootshield+ (Tons
Tuesday, February 24 View Page
I'll never doubt that f-ing groundhog again.

 

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