AMunkFromCupertino Grows Outside 2025

[AMunkFromCupertino]

Pull up a chair and watch as a cement slab in the California foothills turns into a temporary oasis for all sorts of life to materialize. It’s a party and everyone’s invited. Local hummingbird named Asshole works the door so watch the attitude or you’ll get a stern squeaking to.

Mar - June

• run a mix of autofem seeds Mar-June for late season headstash

Main Event

• open pollination of a pack of Goji OG F1 (from @DietPeps)
• selected clones/females that I’d like Goji crosses of will be grown/pollinated and cuts made pre-flower for winter indoor work

[AMunkFromCupertino]

Saw these two at a local dispensary and figured it was meant to be.

[DougDawson]

Pulling up a chair, best of luck with your grow.

[blowdout2269]

Count me in!

Though you might not see me much.
Cuz I’ve got several hundred grows tracked atm. Hard to keep up.

[Wizdom]

All the best mate

[C_in_CT]

Bribed the bouncer with some top quality sugar water, going to follow along from the back. Hope it goes smoothly!

[DietPeps]

Oh YES so stoked for this!!

I’m the guy sitting over here on a lawn chair wearing a Cal hat with a giant trucker cup full of soda and a big glass bong to pass around.

[AMunkFromCupertino]

Still collecting and sifting from 2024’s harvest. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it

Wanna know a little secret? My absolute favorite from the 2024 harvest was a cut I got from a dispensary nearby of “Mango Lemon Haze”. Allegedly, (SoCal Lemons x Mango) x Original Haze. She didn’t say a peep all summer. Absolute wake and bake material Beats Folgers by a mile!

Got a couple two-three hundred artifacts from hitting her with a Blue Dream, and you bet a few will see the California sunshine in 2025.

[AMunkFromCupertino]

These two got pulled under the overhang last night as we get the last of the winter showers here in the Bay Area.

I can’t be the only person that chucks their early seeds and spent flower on the ground outside to see if there are any rugged genetic lottery winners.
Got a couple with my eye on em in this shot that are adapting well with larger leafs I’ll pick a winner by May. Kinda hoping the aborted Vietnamese x Lemon Skunk I put out there makes it because her sibling in the tent is certainly consuming my attention.

(Never mind the lime tree with issues)

[AMunkFromCupertino]

Still early yet.

We’ve managed to confuse the two ladies that we snagged a few weeks ago, but now they’re unavailable from the dispensary… so that was the right move. I will appreciate any growth stunting that occurs by them throwing hairs and then going back into veg. We got plenty of time.

Autos in various states of progress. The TRIKS (Triangle Kush autofem) are off to the races and the clear genetic winner in the first session. Maybe others will catch up, once the warm sun hits later this week. We’re overgrowing again this year, so we’re gonna have options.

Growing out seeds made last year from the peppers and tomatoes, and everyone is above soil already🤘

The lemon and lime plants that were in pots last year are in the ground and getting settled. New growth on both and the lemon tree has some leaves that catch the light …like hair in a Vidal Sassoon commercial

The mature lemon tree is spreading its branches and looks healthier than ever! Guess it really liked having the old potting soil from the cannabis plants fed to it over the winter, while the rain did the necessary work.

[DietPeps]

I’m curious about the germination time on peppers and tomatoes. Done them both in the past, but I can’t remember. Seems as though the tomatoes took forever, and then a raccoon or something ate them. Also interested to see what happens with those autos. I’ve never had much success with autos, except for the very first time I tried autos. I used a deep water culture hydroponic system made out of a Rubbermaid tub and a fish tank pump, and those freaking autos grew like crazy! I really liked the smoke too, especially of this Delicious Seeds Auto Dark Purple. It was very memorable, total knockout bud.

[AMunkFromCupertino]

I’m curious about the germination time on peppers and tomatoes

The peppers are usually the slow pokes, in my experience.

My tomato varieties were all up within 7-14 days. The peppers were roughly 3 weeks.

Same exact treatment for all of them… dome cover and a heated mat @ 75F underneath.

Also interested to see what happens with those autos

Same! I’ll be sure to post updates. I’ve gotten an array of results so far.

Last year, I started them in 1 gallon plastic pots, and those got to 12-18 inches before flower… roughly double the height of the container. That’s decent for a seed run, which was the goal.

I also did a Ruderalis female, in a 1 gallon pot, and it got to 3 ft. It was the only seed out of 23 that germinated… after much ado… so is that genetics showing? I took it as a sign exactly that and I’ve got a few hundred seeds from her to work.

There was an Amnesia auto I grew from Equilibrium Genetics and that got put in a 3 gallon tall plastic pot and also got to 3ft or so and produced some fire bud (racy!) and seeds.

This year, I went with the 3 gallon tall cloth pots. It does seem like having 12-18 inches of depth helps them from being little runts. Let’s see. The colder weather isn’t helping, so far.

Have two from Equilibrium Genetics in the tent in square, deep, 3 gallon containers. One, Wedding Cake, started flowering before it hit the bottom of the container… so it didn’t like something… though it’s looking very healthy, just small.

Another, Cookie Dawg, given the exact same conditions and it was doing great… and then I didn’t see that it needed support quickly enough and it bent its stem at 90 degrees right where it comes out of the soil… causing flowering to initiate. There is a little twist where that damage happened and now it’s looking very healthy but just under 2ft. Gonna take them both to maturity.

Your adventure with hydroponic system sounds like an interesting experiment. Did you ever get a chance to compare those same seeds in soil or another growing mechanism? Haven’t had the pleasure of trying hydroponics yet but you make me wanna give it a go

Thanks for the tip on the killer auto strain… gonna try that! I actually have my eye on their Neville’s Rose auto too. It’s clear to me that Twenty20 does some solid work with autos.

Attendance for the spring session:

• NorthAtlanticSeedCompany - Lemon Skunk
• Royal - North Thunderfuck
• Royal - Amnesia Haze
• Royal - Northern Light
• Twenty20 - TRIKS
• Twenty20 - Whiskey Zulu
• Twenty20 - Tequila Sunrise
• Twenty20 - Early Frost
• Crockett - Strawnana
• Crockett - Guava Pie
• Barney’s - Critical Kush
• Equlibrium - Wedding Cake
• Equilibrium - Sour Pinot
• Humboldt Seed Co - Sour Apple

[NorthstarOG]

This is awesome the last time I even popped equilibrium I visited Hawaii and left some seeds with a local on Maui ( it was the purple mimosa)but if you need to borrow a bowl trimmer I’m sure I’m local

[DietPeps]

@AMunkFromCupertino

Did you ever get a chance to compare those same seeds in soil or another growing mechanism? Haven’t had the pleasure of trying hydroponics yet but you make me wanna give it a go

I’ve put a pack of those seeds in my cart many times since then, but I’ve never pulled the trigger and bought them again. So that was the only time I grew them and the only time I did autos in hydro. In the back of my head, I have this idea that I’d like to get another pack, back cross it to a regular male, and work the auto genes out, so I can introduce that plant as a regular line. The dark purple color and intense stone are real winners.

That’s the only time I grew autos in hydro, and the results were good. I think the roots like floating around in water. Personally, I am an all-natural type grower by choice, but I’m also a tinkerer, so I love the technology of hydroponics. I hadn’t done hydro in a while, but that garden I lucked my way into at work has made my head spin. I probably am headed to all-hydro, indoors and out.

I’m going to try a couple tomato plants at work this year in 5-gallon buckets, with a net-pot cut in the lid. DWC style. I got some solar aquarium pumps and 6 inch round air stones. I’m going to use the same nutrients from the hydro company. Honestly, it could be pretty epic. Never tried it before, but I don’t really know how it could go wrong! (I have nothing if not blind confidence lol)

ETA: Did you see the way the spinach grew in there? Imagine if those were autos. That thing can hold 144 autos at 50% density. Or 18 per week on an 8 week rotating harvest. I want one at home.

[AMunkFromCupertino]

The dark purple color and intense stone are real winners.

You said it. Was working with a gorgeous purple “Blackberry Wine 69 x Sweet 16” from CSI last year (below), but it had no bite. I’ve heard murmurs of similar experiences with purple beauties.

It’s funny that you’re thinking of working the auto out of it, as I have ideas of working my killer photos into autos… soon as I win the lottery and have the time/money/space Gonna have one of those vaulted rooms I turn into a grow room for haze too.

If you get around to that project, I imagine you’ll have plenty of folks here interested in observing something unique.

What you’re saying about the auto’s roots liking floating in water makes sense to me, and I also like the idea of a good hydro setup reducing pests. We’ll have to see where we’re at come October, but if the funds are there, I may give that a go in the tent.

I made a rule that I can’t buy anymore autos until I extinguish the bag in the fridge…not counting seeds I’ve made. One more season should do it.

hadn’t done hydro in a while, but that garden I lucked my way into at work has made my head spin.

Yeah, what’s up with that? Someone just had it lying around at work? The lettuce/spinach looks great, and it definitely gave me ideas.

I’m going to try a couple tomato plants… DWC style.

Please do… I’ll be eyeing them, if you post.

I’m an all-natural type grower by choice, but I’m also a tinkerer, so I love the technology of hydroponics

I know exactly what you mean. I like the low maintenance of a well prepared soil, but when things go sideways, the ability to correct them has a bit more latency than I’d prefer.

I have this memory, from twenty-five years ago. Pick my buddy up from work on a Friday night and he pulls out this baggy with a single bud in it. I’m thinking… what are we supposed to do for the rest of the weekend after we demolish this one nug??? And I’m thinking that, even though at the same time the other side of my brain is noticing how that bud looked like someone gave steroids to a cannabis plant. He said it was something called ‘hydro’ weed. We lit it up. I don’t recall much flavor, but it felt like someone had just lit a firecracker with a blowtorch in my head. Lasted us most of the weekend, if I recall.

Come to think of it, that might have been the night we got lost without getting lost. We’re baked, heading to the mall, and it’s dark out. Ya know how places you’ve been a million times look different in the dark? Well, I’m driving the back roads to avoid the cops out making their quota and come to a red light. I look over at him and I say, “do you know where we’re going?” … he looks back at me and immediately responds with, “I knew when we got in the car, but I don’t have any idea right now”. I pause and respond with, “neither do I, but we’ve got a bunch of gas, so we’ll figure it out”. We both start cracking up. Not a cell phone in sight

We made it the ten minutes to the mall on the back roads, but… yeah, lots of memories of not remembering things

I have nothing if not blind confidence lol

Almost required if you’re going to do anything interesting. Some of the most adventurous people I know have blind confidence. I’m usually the one packing replacements and calculating risks. You pair those two types of folks and it’s usually a fun dynamic with a lot of potential. I mean, one example I’m thinking of is Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert. Another is Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

I hope the “ETA” instead of “PS” at the end of your note means you’re high already. Either that, or it’s a sign that I need to hurry up and get high already

[AMunkFromCupertino]

music in the garden today

[DietPeps]

@AMunkFromCupertino

“I knew when we got in the car, but I don’t have any idea right now”.

This whole story reminds me of the time my buddies and I got stuck in a room in my grandma’s house after hot boxing. We were 19, there was no lock the door or window, but it was an old house by I80 in Richmond, and the door frames swelled up, maybe from the hotboxing. We eventually started freaking out and we all agreed that we were going to take a month off smoking pot. I actually did it. Swore that would be the last time I’d stop smoking, but I’ve had a couple other torturous stints over the years.

@AMunkFromCupertino

t had no bite. I’ve heard murmurs of similar experiences with purple beauties.

Yeah, they are so cool to watch grow, but generally not very satisfying to smoke. GDP, Auto Dark Purple, and now Grape Gas are the three standouts I’ve ever smoked. I recently had an excellent bag of Grape Gas from the 80 East company. I’m hoping we can preserve this Grandpa’s Breath because I’m pretty sure this is an excellent line. Otherwise, pretty much every purple has been a little lackluster for me.

@AMunkFromCupertino

He said it was something called ‘hydro’ weed. We lit it up. I don’t recall much flavor, but it felt like someone had just lit a firecracker with a blowtorch in my head

Yup. I had the same experience. Except I actually had to pay for that one nugget. Was skeptical the first time, but not after that. I believe most of the dispensary weed today is hydro. I definitely think soil is better quality and ecologically, but the explosive growth of hydro leads to more developed resins, which is the goal.

The other thing I have to mention with hydro is that I filter all my used solution. I feel like the dumping of solution is ruining our waterways. I grew up between the Valley and the Bay… And of course the Delta. Man, have you seen the plumes of green algae in the delta these days? I don’t know why nobody is saying it, but that’s all because of hydro solution. Sorry rant over lol

[DirtMeNot2]

Bummer. Hopefully, you can find a place that suits your needs and is at a good price soon. Good luck—sending good vibes your way!

[vinivv]

Tropicals do good in the bay area I’ve seen monster size succulents in Daly city my sister lives they had an enormous hen and chicks plant growing out of the side walk LOL monster size , the air is good pretty cool though and fog generally great weather what I like about it and the architecture thats it