outdoor

Spring Is Here! Seed Time!

Spring Is Here! Seed Time!

Aloha friends and greenthumbs! A friendly reminder to get your seeds sprouted for some spring and summer seasons. Those looking to catch the best Springtime growth get those babies out in it! And for those trying to get your heavy summer yielders, THIS THE TIME! Two months of good veg and ready to catch the island summer sun for the [...]

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Patient Workshops Are Back!

Patient Workshops Are Back!

Aloha friends and thumbs! Back this August 4th with my workshops and blog. Contact me and I will provide location and time. Patient workshops will be held on the 4th and the 20th of every month as for now, I hope to be holding workshops in different locations to help patients in their own areas as I understand transportation issues [...]

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How to make your own EM-1™ inoculant and Bokashi

How to make your own EM-1™ inoculant and Bokashi

Aloha thumbs and friends. I am back to give one of my biggest secrets away, it is my own homemade root inoculate or EM™/BAM(beneficial active microorganism) made with rice water, milk and sugar. There are many shelf bought version for ridiculous pricing, for those with the little know how to make ones own. House & Garden makes Root Accelerator,Hygrozyme, Sensizyme, [...]

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New Hawaiian Hybrid: Asylum

Indoor/outdoor Genetics: Blue Hawaiian Hashplant X Blue Mystic Flowering: flowers in 14 1/2 hrs light and finishes in 10 weeks of flowering.

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Reverend Summit’s Shopping list for Tea

Aloha friends and thumbs! I am back with my shopping list for mixing compost teas for my students, this should help most of my students to get the correct products to mix your own. Digital Ph meters- eBay or any hydro store in Hawaii but on Oahu Kahala Hydroponics has they cheapest at around $50 with a warranty and is [...]

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Ohana Greenhouse Discount Cards

Aloha friends and thumbs I am back again letting you know that the folks down at Ohana Greenhouse are now offering us growers some new things. Not only are they now carrying a much more affordable organic ingredient line Dr. Earth which now includes alfalfa meal and they got 25lb bags Finally. This will be a big help when building [...]

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Rev. Summit’s 808 Quick Mix for Recycling

Aloha friends and thumbs! Back to give my recipe for how I recycle my soil in what I call the 808 Quick mix. This should be slightly adjusted if you are in other parts of the world as I am making a tropical mix for a quick dry in moist or tropical environments.( key tip: keep soil light- add more [...]

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Easy & Cheap Greenhouses For Summer

Easy & Cheap Greenhouses For Summer

Aloha friends and thumbs back with a little info for you outdoor farmers. Lowes and Home Depot are now stocking and selling easy erectable greenhouses. Price ranges from $89 for a 4×4 flowerhouse to a 6×8 ranging at $200. If you go to the garden section and they are sold out order one if you got the space. This is [...]

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Mobile Sunrise Sunset Calendar

Mobile Sunrise Sunset Calendar

Aloha friends and thumbs I am back with a little review on a helpful tool offered for iPhone in the App store. Sunrise Sunset lite(free) or pro($0.99)- a free gps based sunrise & sunset calendar to help all you thumbs track the Sun-moon and your day length. A helpful little tool for all you outside growers, this will help one [...]

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Catapiller Time In The Islands!

Catapiller Time In The Islands!

Aloha friends and thumbs! Just my spring time warning that the Moths and Hawaiian Monarch Butterflies are out in full force. I personally use Safer Caterpillar spray on my outdoor ladies( 10 ml per gallon water), cause if not they would get ravaged. You can spot those little devils by the damage they do. Foliage or leafs will start to [...]

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