Virginia Is For Lovers

Anybody going to the Mathews Seafood Festival 2022 today at Williams Warf?

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Oh man I wish! Enjoy :shrimp:

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Dang I didn’t know about it, we are about to head to Williamsburg.

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Lost the whole bunch to it. Grrrrrrrrr

Not too shabby… Cloudy only thrichomes… Cut all the bud rot I found and came out with 11.5oz still…

Getting ready to go in the hash machine…
GR

P.S. I am going to build a greenhouse next year to grow outdoors…Great advice from a friend.

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The Warwick River during my after dinner bowl:

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I have been thinking about this grow season and what I learned, and what I see others struggling with, PM etc… I am scheming about next summers grow.

Many of us, like myself live around the " 37th parallel north" in terms of latitude. So I wondered what landraces, or domesticated hybrids, are native to the zone? It would seem logical that these strains would yield the best results for us here in southern VA.

So I searched it out a bit. I was delighted to see places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Irag, Iran, and even Greece, China, and Japan. Now I cant help but wonder what strains are indigenous or acclimated to this climate zone.

Coming up with such a list could benefit many of us. Strains that are naturally resistant to the humid Autumns we see, and the photoperiod cycles we have.

Here is some info from wiki that was interesting.

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
37°0′N 0°0′E Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 6°15′E Algeria
37°0′N 6°34′E Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 7°15′E Algeria
37°0′N 7°33′E Mediterranean Sea
37°0′N 8°52′E Tunisia
37°0′N 10°11′E Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Tunis
37°0′N 10°53′E Tunisia Cap Bon
37°0′N 11°4′E Mediterranean Sea Strait of Sicily, passing just north of the island of Pantelleria, Italy
37°0′N 14°20′E Italy Island of Sicily
— Province of Ragusa
— Province of Siracusa
37°0′N 15°16′E Ionian Sea
37°0′N 21°39′E Greece Peloponnese (Messenia)
37°0′N 21°57′E Ionian Sea Messenian Gulf
37°0′N 22°09′E Greece Peloponnese
— Messenia
— Laconia
37°0′N 23°0′E Aegean Sea Myrtoan Sea
37°0′N 24°40′E Greece Island of Sifnos
37°0′N 24°44′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°1′E Greece Islands of Antiparos and Paros
37°0′N 25°13′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 25°23′E Greece Island of Naxos
37°0′N 25°34′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°26′E Greece Island of Levitha
37°0′N 26°30′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 26°55′E Greece Island of Kalymnos
37°0′N 27°3′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 27°15′E Turkey
37°0′N 27°47′E Aegean Sea
37°0′N 28°13′E Turkey Passing through Adana and Nizip
37°0′N 40°25′E Syria
37°0′N 42°18′E Iraq
37°0′N 44°16′E Turkey Şemdinli district (for about 7 km (4.3 mi))
37°0′N 44°20′E Iraq
37°0′N 44°54′E Iran
37°0′N 50°32′E Caspian Sea
37°0′N 54°0′E Iran
37°0′N 60°3′E Turkmenistan
37°0′N 64°47′E Afghanistan
37°0′N 67°56′E Tajikistan
37°0′N 68°10′E Afghanistan
37°0′N 71°28′E Tajikistan
37°0′N 72°28′E Afghanistan
37°0′N 74°34′E Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan - claimed by India
37°0′N 74°50′E People’s Republic of China Xinjiang - for about 14 km (8.7 mi)
37°0′N 75°0′E Pakistan Gilgit-Baltistan - for about 14 km (8.7 mi), claimed by India
37°0′N 75°9′E People’s Republic of China Xinjiang
Qinghai
Gansu
Ningxia
Gansu
Shaanxi
Shanxi
Hebei
Shandong
37°0′N 122°32′E Yellow Sea Asan Bay
37°0′N 126°20′E South Korea South Chungcheong Province
Gyeonggi Province
North Chungcheong Province
North Gyeongsang Province
37°0′N 129°25′E Sea of Japan
37°0′N 136°46′E Japan Island of Honshū:
— Ishikawa Prefecture
37°0′N 137°3′E Sea of Japan Toyama Bay
37°0′N 137°42′E Japan Island of Honshū:
— Niigata Prefecture
— Nagano Prefecture
— Niigata Prefecture
— Gunma Prefecture − for around 10 km (6.2 mi)
— Niigata Prefecture − for around 7 km (4.3 mi)
— Fukushima Prefecture
— Tochigi Prefecture
— Ibaraki Prefecture
— Fukushima Prefecture
37°0′N 140°59′E Pacific Ocean
37°0′N 122°11′W United States California - landfall at Bonny Doon Beach just north of Santa Cruz
Nevada
Utah / Arizona border
Colorado / New Mexico border
Colorado / Oklahoma border
Kansas / Oklahoma border
Missouri
Illinois (at its southernmost point)
Kentucky - passing through Bowling Green and just south of Paducah
Virginia - passing through Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (specifically, the bridge between the two tunnels)
37°0′N 76°18′W Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 25°10′W Portugal Santa Maria Island in the Azores
37°0′N 25°3′W Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 8°57′W Portugal Sagres Point
37°0′N 8°56′W Atlantic Ocean
37°0′N 7°59′W Portugal Cape Santa Maria
37°0′N 7°50′W Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Cádiz
37°0′N 5°56′W Spain Passing just north of Las Cabezas de San Juan
37°0′N 6°32′W Spain Passing just south of Antequera
37°0′N 1°53′W Mediterranean Sea
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Put up a green house… The best way I have found to defeat the PM. What I am doing next year.

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Ahhh goochland everytime i ever drive thru
Or up around that area i always giggle. My gooch has gotten me through many a piss tests lol.

Happy growing
HG

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Hello! Hampton Roads here. Any sour diesel aficionados in the area? I have 1 specimen that I’m in love with. Have no comparisons yet but it’s driven me to focus on finding better, if possible.

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Sour Diesel is one of the strains going out in the Fall box this year, so there will be an abundance once boxes start getting distributed. Here is the link to the latest preservation work: (Closed) Sour Diesel Seed Run

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There is more PM in my Green house than outside. Unless you can control the humidity a greenhouse make a better breeding ground for PM

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I think I’m gonna try doing something clear overtop with no sides next year. Like a clear topped gazebo

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That’s better than an enclosed greenhouse for PM especially if you’ve got good airflow. Don’t get me wrong, greenhouses are great if you have low humidity, but that usually has to be controlled in most places this time of year.

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Yeah I’ve always wanted a greenhouse but being in RVA, I know it’s asking for a bad time because of the crazy humidity. Plus putting in 4 posts and a roof is way easier than a whole greenhouse and I’m lazy

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What about a hoop house? Before I moved to the burbs, I would garden all year (leafy greens in winter) long in my hoop-houses.

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FYI Here is a link to the clips I used to secure the plastic tarping to the 1/2 inch PVC. 1/2" Row Cover Snap Clamp - Grow Organic

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That’s an idea. But if it looks “janky” then the wife will complain.

I was just thinking about some cold type of lettuce or leafy greens, any recs?? I just chopped my floppy outdoor goji down today. The big pot that I got with the Take n Bake needs something in it now.

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And you’re a whole lot smaller than I pictured you.

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If you keep the plastic tarp tight, it almost looks like a solid structure. Plus if you are pumping out lettuce, leafy greens, and other assorted veggies, it’s hard to complain.

I’ve grown Black Seeded Simpson, Romaine, Butterhead and Spring Mix. It’s pretty amazing how warm it gets in the winter in a hoop house once the sun comes up. Great for starting vegetables before the last frost and keeps the critters from snacking on your baby seed starts also.

I get that a lot. I look young for 45! Ha!

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