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[420Forever]

Gotta stay limber in case I have to fire up the snowblower

u knew this was comin.... ppp

 

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u knew this was comin.... ppp

 

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[Mañ'O'Green]

Correct but it isn't available to the plant for few weeks.

Fast initial access:
Once molasses is mixed into the soil, the sugars are readily available for microbes to utilize.
Microbial breakdown:
Bacteria in the soil will quickly break down the molasses sugars into simpler compounds that mycorrhizae can easily access.
Colonization time:
While the molasses is quickly available, the mycorrhizal fungi need time to establish a symbiotic relationship with the plant roots, which typically takes a few weeks.
That's all.

@MidIN2 This is true for the beginning of the grow but we are talking about the end of the grow (Bud Candy 2 weeks prior to harvest and molasses the last week) all of the Mycorrhizal relationships are well established and the plant's Micro-Biome is also well established. We are simply replacing the carbs the plant is no longer exuding through the roots because they are being directed to the flowers instead. Also there are some sugars that are directly available to the plant, this is why I use Bud Candy the last two weeks. There are some unique carbs in that product that the plant uptakes directly. The molasses is just feeding the biome so it does not go to sleep (dormant).

The best I ever did there was just over an oz for a weekend. Split tween us it wasn't much, they finally asked why I was giving them any when I would show up next time......I was never trying to make money, it was the Zen of it. Get going at in a creek, after a couple pans you just kinda zone out, the sounds of the water, the animals in the woods. Eventually you get to a place that when you have a particularly good pan come up you go" huh, nice" and continue on......no gold fever buzz or anything.

I have absolutely never gone prospecting with the intention of getting rich It is all about being in the wild with nature and fresh air, sharing some of the same ground as the 49ers. No matter how small your pickers are it is a thrill to get color in you pan or sluice, learning how to read a creek and digging where the gold may be hiding is just plain fun. Do I dream of finding that 4 ounce nugget - Of course but it is just like winning the lottery. I buy a ticket and dream about what I would do with the money, then I wake up and go buy another ticket


I really wish I had someone to go with I am too old to go alone safely! I would probably spend less time driving around on the backroads now with google maps. I have been lost for hours looking for claims I could work. It can be a really bad day if your caught claim jumping.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

@Bill.de.Cat This is from about 5 or 6 trips over a couple of years of solo trips. The top picker came from a tiny creek behind the Mariposa KOA RV camp. It was raining too hard to hit the backroads and I was camped there with my travel trailer in the off season. I was the only camper there. The camp owner/manager and I were drinking that night and he suggested I try the little creek behind the park. Still raining the next day I had nothing better to do so I went out, scouted the stream for a downfall off of the steepest hill and dug a bucket of classified dirt and started panning it off and got that nice picker. I cleaned out that whole area down to bedrock and got nothing else. I am sure it came off that hill and wanted to go out with my metal detector but was told it was private property and definitely a no go.......... The rest of that trip was a bust because most of the roads into the GPAA claims were impassable.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

Time to hit the hay, I will probably dream about going prospecting - or winning the lottery Good Morfnoevight All!