In memory of Jack Herer!
sadly passed away on 15/04/2010
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Cannabis History & Time-Line
2010
04.08
04.08
History
The Cannabis plant, like with many other plants species, is being farmed by us the Homo Sapiens species, since the neo-lithic ages, throughout the hole world. Starting in Asia, China, Mesopotamia, also threw Africa, Egypt, and Europe, in Ancient Greece. The oldest finding of Cannabis cloth was found on Katal Houjouk, Mesopotamia, dated at 8.000 years B.C. , and in China 6.000 years B.C. Cannabis seeds were a dietary staple.
This means that our species right after the ice age, back 10.000 years ago, was all-ready formed by resourceful intelligent well organized society’s with the ability to domesticate and transform the use of many plant species, primarily the Cannabis plant crop, for survival. Because Cannabis is a single crop who could provide those emerging society’s with food, textiles, paper, medicine, energy, housing, animal livestock bedding and feed, etc… the perfect technology for the beginnings of any civilization.
It’s important to share with you some facts video clips that shows you a brief history of the domestication and use of Cannabis :
Weeds_History of Cannabis – part 1
Weeds_History of Cannabis – part 2
Terence Mckenna – Cannabis -part 1
Terence Mckenna – Cannabis – part 2
Yangshao culture (ca. 4800 BCE) amphora with hemp cord design
Má, the Mandarin word for hemp. In China, the use of hemp has been shown to go back at least 10,000 years.
Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, 512 A.D.
Hemp use dates back to the Stone Age, with hemp fibre imprints found in pottery shards in China and Taiwan over 7,000 years old. They were also later used to make clothes, shoes, ropes, and an early form of paper. Contrary to the traditional view that Cai Lun invented paper in around 105 AD, specimens of hemp paper were found in the Great Wall of China dating back 200 years earlier.
The classical Greek historian Herodotus (ca. 480 BC) reported that the inhabitants of Scythia would often inhale the vapours of hemp smoke, both as ritual and for their own pleasurable recreation (Hist. 4:73-75).
In late medieval Germany and Italy, hemp was employed in cooked dishes, as filling in pies and tortes, or boiled in a soup.
Hemp in later Europe was mainly cultivated for its fibers, and was used for ropes on many ships, including those of Christopher Columbus. The use of hemp as a cloth was centered largely in the countryside, with higher quality textiles being available in the towns.
The Spaniards brought hemp to the Western Hemisphere and cultivated it in Chile starting about 1545. However, in May 1607, “hempe” was among the crops Gabriel Archer observed being cultivated by the natives at the main Powhatan village, where Richmond, Virginia is now situated; and in 1613, Samuell Argall reported wild hemp “better than that in England” growing along the shores of the upper Potomac. As early as 1619, the first Virginia House of Burgesses passed an Act requiring all planters in Virginia to sow “both English and Indian” hemp on their plantations. The Puritans are first known to have cultivated hemp in New England in 1645 (…)
[End of Wikipedia Quotes]
Time-Line
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How to build a Drip/Hydro System
2010
03.26
03.26
This is my new Home-made Single Plant Drip/Hydro system:
Items needed:
1x Plastic Container Bin
1x Plastic Garbage Bin
4x Plastic Strap’s
1x T Tube connector
1x Plastic CD/DVD Lid
2x Plastic Tubes
1x Water pump
1x Air pump
1x Air pump tube
1x Aquarium Air Stone
10L of Leca/Clay pellets
Step-by-Step guide :
(Click on the images for details)
Filled with 10L of Leca/Clay pellets, plus 10L of Water
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Pest Control Data Sheets
2010
03.23
03.23
http://buzzorganics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page&id=8&chapter=2
A compilation of a number of datasheets which provide more information on several of the most common garden pests and products.
These will help you to identify the pest and symptoms as well as describe the biological and cultural controls available to help eradicate it.
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eBooks – Cannabis and the Brain
2010
03.05
03.05
eBooks Pack Download – http://www.zshare.net/download/73310729816cb8cd/
Cannabinoids and the Brain – 2008
Marijuana and the Cannabinoids – 2007
Marijuana and Cannabinoid Research – 2006
Cannabis Dependence – Its Nature, Consequences, and Treatment – 2006
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How to make Compost Tea
2010
03.05
03.05
More of this article on : http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/recycle/tea/tea1.htm
Compost tea is easily made by soaking or steeping compost in water. The resulting compost tea is used for either a foliar application (sprayed on the leaves) or applied to the soil.
We all know that compost is a wonderful addition to soil and helps our gardens grow better. You and your garden plants can benefit even more by using compost tea.
By using compost tea to replace chemical-based fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides, you can garden safer and be more protective of the environment. Compost tea:
- Increases plant growth
- Provides nutrients to plants and soil
- Provides beneficial organisms
- Helps to suppress diseases
- Replaces toxic garden chemicals
Supplies needed:
- 1 10 Liters bucket
- 2.5 Liters mature compost
- 1 aquarium air pump
- 1 aquarium air ball stone
- 1 meter of aquarium hose
- 7.5 Liters of pure rain water (or water without chlorine)
- 1 table spoon of unsulfured molasses / 3 table spoons of brown sugar.
Turn on the aquarium pump and let the mixture brew for 2-3 days. Stir the brew occasionally to help mix the compost and separate the microorganisms from the solid compost particles.
After brewing the mixture, you need to strain the tea. Use cheesecloth and strain the tea/compost mixture into another bucket. (You can put the compost solids back into the compost pile or in the garden.)
The tea should smell sweet and earthy. If it smells bad, do not use it on your plants, but dump the mixture back into your compost pile.
Apply the compost tea to your flower and vegetable plants immediately. The beneficial microbes will begin to die shortly after the air source is removed.
You can sprinkle the compost tea onto the foliage and the soil around each plant. The tea will provide nutrients and an energy boost to your garden plants. You can apply compost tea every two weeks to your garden. 
More info on Compost Teas-Wikipedia
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Ph, EC and meters
2010
03.05
03.05
Ph and Ph meters 
Ph meters come in a lot different shapes and sizes but they all do the same they check the chemical balance of soil and water. There are two basic types,paperstrips for one time use and the Ph probe/meter,the probes/meters have a range from 0=acid to 10 or 14=alkaline with Ph7 as the perfect balance. If you plan on growing more than one crop my advice is go for the meter,it’s a little bit more expensive at first but will pay itself back soon enough. You use the meter by putting it’s probe in the soil or water and it will show the chemical balance imediatly,it should read 7. When your water is to alkaline it can be neutralized by using citric acid, vitamin C or vinegar, if your soil or water is to acidic it can be neutralized by using a solution of lime,bicarbonate of soda,or wood ashes. Be very carefull with
adding those things,a few drops to much will chemicly burn your plants or yourself !
Table of indications for using on Organic fertilized Soil:
| Normal cycle: | Extended cycle: | |
| Vegetative time (18 hrs.): | 7-14 days | 10-21 days |
| Ph of water in vegetative time (18 hrs.): | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) |
| Generative time (12 hrs.): | 8-10 weeks | 10-12 (even up to 14) weeks |
| Ph of water in generative time (12 hrs.): | Minus with citric acid to ph 5,8 from the second week untill harvest | |
| Ideal plantheight: | 70-80 cm | 90 cm up to real bushes |
| Ideal situation per m² or 600 W bulb | 80-100 Ltrs.of Organic Soil | 100-200 Ltrs. of Organic Soil |
EC and EC meters
Here you can find a nice Condutivity Converter Calculator
An EC meter measures the electrical conductivity of the water. Clean water has a low EC. When you add nutrients and pH adjusters, the EC will go up. You can use this for measuring how many nutrients can put in the water without causing overfertilization.
Adjusting the pH can be maddening sometimes, because the scale is exponential. In practical terms, this means that you have to lower the pH or raise the pH by adding very small amounts of adjusters. If your pH is too high, and you add too much pH Down, you have to add pH Up. This can go on for while, and then your EC might be too high.
Recalibrate the pH and EC meters about once a month. Some meters need a special storage solution for the sensor. Please be sure to buy this storage solution as well, it will make the difference between a well-working meter and a useless meter.
Do not use the EC meter without also measuring and adjusting the pH. If you use the EC meter only, you almost certainly kill your plants by over fertilization. You can, however, use a pH meter without an EC meter as long as you don’t add more nutrients than recommended on the label of the nutrients bottle.
Growing in soil
The pH should be 6.4 when you sprout the seeds or plant the clones. As the weeks go by, slowly lower the pH until it is 6.0 during the last month of flowering. This will allow the plants to take up fewer nutrients when they are little and more nutrients when they are growing and flowering.
Similarly, the EC should be 1.0 when you sprout the seeds or plant the clones. Slowly raise the EC to 2.0 for the last four weeks of flowering.
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How to Water on Organic fertilized Soils
2010
03.05
03.05
First thing to learn is how and when to water the soil and plants. Sampling is done by pressing a finger on the soil and feel how moist it is, if almost dry, that means its time to water again. This is done by pouring fresh water slowly around the stem base, on the top layer of your pots soil.
The water consumption and evaporation rate varies with the climate and with the environment, and plant size, etc… So it is highly recommend to regularly monitor the soil moisture and the plants!
During the Vegetative cycle, one can also spray water on the leaves once or twice a week. But on the Flowering cycle one should not spray water on the leaves, flowers or fruits, to avoid mold formation!
All-ways use Fresh water from seed to harvest on organic fertilized soils! In exception for some conditions like deficiency’s, pests, and molds; On those cases is recommended to use special liquid concentrated formulas for the specific kind of problem.
Table of indications for using on Organic fertilized Soil:
| Normal cycle: | Extended cycle: | |
| Vegetative time (18 hrs.): | 7-14 days | 10-21 days |
| Ph of water in vegetative time (18 hrs.): | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) |
| Generative time (12 hrs.): | 8-10 weeks | 10-12 (even up to 14) weeks |
| Ph of water in generative time (12 hrs.): | Minus with citric acid to ph 5,8 from the second week untill harvest | |
| Ideal plantheight: | 70-80 cm | 90 cm up to real bushes |
| Ideal situation per m² or 600 W bulb | 80-100 Ltrs.of Organic Soil | 100-200 Ltrs. of Organic Soil |
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How to make and use organic fertilized Soil mix
2010
03.05
03.05
For farming with organic Soil, these example of soil mixes will lead to high yields, for Indoors and Outdoors :
Example: 25 x 11L pots (25L Clay pellets + 220L Soil mix )
- 25L Clay Pellets / LECA (first placed on the bottom of the pots, before adding the final soil mix, to facilitate water drainage);
- 180L of Universal Soil: 4x 45L (40% Humus + 50% Peat Moss + 10% cured Horse Manure);
- Mixed* with 20L Sand, 10L Home/Garden Wastes Compost, 9L Lava Rocks, and 1Kg powder sugarcane.
*Mix (point 2+3) these ingredients very well and add water during mixing. Leave it for at least 3 days before putting your plants in.
Reusing your organic potting soil Indoors :
- 5L Home/Garden Wastes Compost
- 10L bio worm-humus
- 10L cured horse manure + humus mix
- 0,5Kg powder sugarcane
Should be enough to upgrade 220L of used Soil, but we recommend to do this only twice. After that reuse the soil for Outdoors adding the same mix and adding 45L of Universal Soil.
Table of indications for using Organic fertilized Soil:
| Normal cycle: | Extended cycle: | |
| Vegetative time (18 hrs.): | 7-14 days | 10-21 days |
| Ph of water in vegetative time (18 hrs.): | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) | Maintain as it is (ph 6.5) |
| Generative time (12 hrs.): | 8-10 weeks | 10-12 (even up to 14) weeks |
| Ph of water in generative time (12 hrs.): | Minus with citric acid to ph 5,8 from the second week untill harvest | |
| Ideal plantheight: | 70-80 cm | 90 cm up to real bushes |
| Ideal situation per m² or 600 W bulb | 80-100 Ltrs.of Organic Soil | 100-200 Ltrs. of Organic Soil |
