I know its Outdoor pictures, also no amazing strains, is last season outdoor i did with friends, dutch passion stuff, Durban poison, Hollands Hope
But like i said i will be coming up soon with harvest pictures of indoor Island Sweet Diesel
Later i have dead whabitts, snow thrower and Blue chem coming up.
Ah and the white Closet, is a climate chamber from my institute, just a peek into my work.
Kind regards
Léo
Ooo…whats in the grow chamber? 
Haha sadly nothing in your interest probably, I work in a agriculture research institute 
but I always imagine having them to grow would be amazing, with co2 control, new generation led 
what’s wrong with outdoor pics? looks really nice Bro
Also: fitotron starting at around 25k a unit? dang brother. Lemme know if they replace one with something new and fancier and forget the old unit in a storage cloiset or sth xD
Haha I would, actually some of them get replaced soon ^^ but sadly can’t grab them for you
Make one out of cardboard boxes like Cartman in Awesome-O, just paint all the right stuff on it. When they throw em out, replace one
Welcome to OG! Your plants look great, and I’m excited to follow along!
Oh, I’m still very interested.
Even if it’s not cannabis.
I grow lots of stuff. Many of us do!
First of all, nice plants! Second, you’d be surprised by the interest lots of us have in non cannabis related plants. Soiltech’s heirloom tomatoes have been a big hit around here. I’m a horticulturist, and do some vegetable production. I’m very interested in what you’re doing over there. What’s your background in and what kind of research do you do, if you don’t mind me asking?
Ok then I will definitely show some pictures of the climate chamber experiments, normally there is wheat, rice, soy or corn inside 
Great to hear that you are also a horticulturist 
where are you located? Which vegetables?
Made my education as a horticulturist also in the field of vegetables, but also orchards. After that I did a further education called Techniker in Germany, where you basically learn how to start a company in all production gardening fields (fruits, vegetables, trees, orchards).
After that I didn’t wanted to continue doing hard work in the fields and in the greenhouses and I applied for this job in the institute, where I’m managing the greenhouse and climate chamber space now, leading phds with their plant experiments.
The projects I have been working with the most, are experiments with silikate ( increases water uptake and stability of the cells of the plant against diseases or pests ), gas fluxes in the earth → mostly about this climate gases that are escaping the ground in different strengths, depending on the structure of the ground or bacterias ( actually a lot of things). Otherwise a lot of heat stress experiments, testing different agriculture crops for the upcoming temperature increase .
But in the whole institute there is so many topics, also about wolves or mosquitos, city planning.
Also the old greenhouse got chambered and some new valoya leds too, will show how it looks finished soon, I’m not working atm cause my knee is destroyed from judo.
That’s interesting! Take care of your knees !
I’m in the USA. We grow 30+ different kinds of vegetables. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, lettuce, brassicas, beans, zucchini, winter squash, etc. Its a market garden style farm. We do production in raised beds as well as hydroponics. About half of our production is in high tunnels. I’m actually about to transition out of vegetable production and into park management so I don’t have to continue destroying my body, doing hard field work.
I’m very interested in your research on silicate. That is something I have been doing a little bit of reading on. I’m interested in the possibilities of using it to make plants more drought and pest resistant. What are you learning from your research? Do you have any suggestions on what forms of silicate are the most bioavailable for plants?
Oh i love these type of gardening places, have been working in companies like this too. But yes like you said very hard work and physically very draining.
That’s what they are testing right now a lot, they are adding different types of silicate to the soil. I will ask the research leader about this, than I can give you a more detailed answer. I know that they extract it from rice or other plants that have a high content of silikate. And there is also a waste product in the Industrie where they get it from.
As far as I know the application problem is the biggest right now , in all the experiments I saw there was a clear positive result, about drought and pest resistance.
They also had one huge experiment in the field where they put a huge amount of silicate in the ground. It’s also not only the availability, also in these large scales in a field it’s the question how to applicate it.
Starting of the topic is that through the crops there is always a decrease of Silicat in the earth, I think optimally there is 1-3% of it in the soil, but through the decrease there is often nothing left in the acres around here.
About strengthening the cells, silicate strengthens the second cellwall of plants, and that makes it harder for a insect to bite. I think it’s interesting that a lot of these Gras types with sharp leaves have a high content of silicate, which gave them these type of leaves
That is very interesting. I would bet with heavy corn and soy production being the previous use of our farm there is probably not much in our soil at all. I have been looking at wollastonite as a source because it is readily available and relatively low cost. Wollastonite being calcium silicate would also add calcium into the soil which would also be beneficial for us.
Makes definitely sense! I can send you a picture of the bags of silicate we use when I get back to work. I think you could order this too. Do you want to applicate it into pots or in the field ? In pots it’s quite easy to mix the soil with the silicate before, in the field there is apparently often a problem of a very uneven spreading of the substance, it kind of builds up clumps. What i have seen the structure of the soil with added silicate is also quite different, it gets really hard, which is also partly a bad thing.
Also don’t take me as a expert, I’m the youngest employee there and before I mostly learned like you about the production process. And about physical work and suffering from it, maybe you can find a similar job in the us in state founded research, is definitely different work than for a private company ^^
I will initially start experimenting in pots but may eventually try to put some into the field once I’m familiar with working with it.
You don’t have to be an expert to have valuable input on the subject. I am definitely interested in a research type position in the future. I plan to go back to school to get a Master’s degree over the next few years. I’m thinking I’ll get a plant breeding, crop production, or soil science degree. Having a Master’s will hopefully open me up to the possibility of working for a university doing research and/or teaching.
You should definitely do that! And it’s great to hear these things from a other person, seems like we have similar experiences and goals. Actually I would love to work in plant breeding, not only about cannabis, could be nearly every plant.
Sad that you are in the us, otherwise we could get together and talk about that, don’t know much gardeners with the same interest in Germany
Yes, it seems like there are more people interested in that kind of stuff than ever with organic farming and cannabis gaining popularity but I find there’s only a small handful around me that are interested like me. I think you are definitely in the the right place here, if you want to talk plants with people. You’ll find all kinds of people with varying experiences and different niche interests within the plant world. Theres also a decent number of people from Germany here if you’re looking to meet some people from your part of the world. I hope you keep posting about all of your plant experiences, as I look forward to reading about them, especially any scientific research.
Looking perfect! I always thought the sweet island diesel was made by RedSkyWalker and then f2ed by Seedheaven.
