Jeffrey Hickey Writes Blogs

Category: cannabis

  • The Source

    Sometimes, in the first light of morning, I have to stop whatever I’m doing and simply gaze at the beauty of what is growing around me. Above, you see the young Royal Kush we planted six weeks after we started all the other seeds. She’s a late bloomer and we’ve…

  • Everything on time

    The beauty of automation in my garden is that I can have a couple of days where I’m unavailable, and the plants still get what they need. Having my outdoor lights on timers makes me happy. I love knowing that the lights are already on and the girls are waking…

  • Simple Pleasures

    A couple of blogs ago, I alluded to now being a good time to add a little something extra in my tea, to goose my plants a bit, and I then explained how I back off giving them anything heavy during July. A basic tea is all my plants need…

  • Working Through a heatwave and Lousy news

    ACDC fan leaf Below, we have Hindu Kush in the classic training position that Bee and I favor. This plant was topped once, and after each new branch got to a certain length, Bee tied them apart, which allows the growth beneath the tops to get the same amount of…

  • Vegging Out

    Ok, the longest days of the year have just passed. Everything you’re growing is now on the receding side of the summer sun. However, the perfect conditions that exist on both sides of Solstice linger for several more weeks. Days become shorter slowly. Depending on where you live, it starts…

  • Summer Solstice Special

    This blog is meant for those who long to linger in the loam on the 21st of June. The longest day of the year is rife with possibilities. There are barbecues, hikes, ball games, parties, gatherings, and rituals. It tends to be a social day. But for this home grower,…

  • The Menu is Set

    The above sight was unimaginable until only a couple of weeks ago. I am now using outdoor lights in both my growing beds and in the aviary, where we’ve put two plants. They are attached to timers and they go on from 5:30-7:30 every morning. This little bit of extra…

  • Planting Time

    May 27 This is what it looks like the very first day our beds got a little over 12 hours of sun. What extends our light to cannabis growing time are the ways the sun peeks between branches from far off trees and still touches my plants. The beds are…

  • How To Plan a Grow

    The sun is beginning to move into place for our grow. I look back on previous years, when I planted as early as late April, and was rewarded by having eight plants attempt to flower in early May. I see the sun peeking through the trees, and I must resist…

  • One Month Before Planting

    I just finished transplanting most of my sprouts to 3-gallon pots, where they will stay for the next month. Planting day is June 1. The next significant day will be in ten days, when sexing begins. While doing the delicate transplanting, I lament over the waste of good soil, only…