1 day while out hiking in the summer I came across a waterfall. Waterfalls are not good places to plant near since waterfalls attract people. I got curious about what was above the watrefall.
The only way to get there was to climb up the side of a steep hill. A rough traverse on loose rocks & dirt on one's hands and knee's.
But I'm the kind of guy who's always curious about what's around the next bend or in this case above a waterfall.
I spent a good 10 minutes makinbg that steep climb and when I arrived I thought I had found Eden.
There was a lush flat area above the waterfall, and before the drop the stream split into 2 sections, and in the middle was this little "island", basicly like a sandbar.
Next spring I spent weeks hauling up sacks of soil to that area.
By May 1st I had 30 plants growing on this sandspit.
However, that year was a drought year in SoCal. We only got about 7" of rain that year (usually it's 19"/year). By Aug. the stream was a trickle, by Sept 1 it was dry.
There was no way I could haul up enough water for all those plants. I would have had to have hauled up at least 30 gal/week--that's 270 pounds.
I gave it my best shot, concentrating on a dozen, some Columbia Gold I despertly wanted.
But then we got a heat wave--weeks with temps over 100F everyday.
It just became physically impossible for me to continue.
I had to abandon them.
I lost the plants not to cops, not to rippers, not to deer, but the one thing farmers world-wide have battled since farming began--the weather.
Note: up here in The Triangle we've had 3 years of good growing conditions weather-wise, as a result there is a marijuana glut. I've seen damn good weed going for as little as $300/QP. 3 years ago that same QP would have fetched triple that.
The only way to get there was to climb up the side of a steep hill. A rough traverse on loose rocks & dirt on one's hands and knee's.
But I'm the kind of guy who's always curious about what's around the next bend or in this case above a waterfall.
I spent a good 10 minutes makinbg that steep climb and when I arrived I thought I had found Eden.
There was a lush flat area above the waterfall, and before the drop the stream split into 2 sections, and in the middle was this little "island", basicly like a sandbar.
Next spring I spent weeks hauling up sacks of soil to that area.
By May 1st I had 30 plants growing on this sandspit.
However, that year was a drought year in SoCal. We only got about 7" of rain that year (usually it's 19"/year). By Aug. the stream was a trickle, by Sept 1 it was dry.
There was no way I could haul up enough water for all those plants. I would have had to have hauled up at least 30 gal/week--that's 270 pounds.
I gave it my best shot, concentrating on a dozen, some Columbia Gold I despertly wanted.
But then we got a heat wave--weeks with temps over 100F everyday.
It just became physically impossible for me to continue.
I had to abandon them.
I lost the plants not to cops, not to rippers, not to deer, but the one thing farmers world-wide have battled since farming began--the weather.
Note: up here in The Triangle we've had 3 years of good growing conditions weather-wise, as a result there is a marijuana glut. I've seen damn good weed going for as little as $300/QP. 3 years ago that same QP would have fetched triple that.
