Weekly Chat Post - 12/24/2023

Bizzle@lemmy.worldmod to Trees@lemmy.world – 10 points –

🌿 c/Trees Weekly Update - December 24th 🌿

What up, pot heads!

As we approach the end of the year, let's reflect on the highs and lows of our cannabis journey together. Here's what's buzzing in our community this week:

**1. Holiday Highs: Share Your Festive Strains! πŸŽ„ 'Tis the season to be jolly- and that means baked! What strains are lighting up your holidays? Share your favorite festive strains, edibles, or any cannabis-infused holiday traditions.

**2. Grower's Corner: Winter Cultivation Tips ❄️ For our green thumbs battling the winter chill, let's discuss tips and tricks for successfully cultivating cannabis during the colder months. How do you keep your plants thriving in the winter?

**3. Year in Review: Memorable Cannabis Moments of 2023 🌟 What were your standout cannabis moments this year? From discovering new strains to memorable sessions, let's reminisce and celebrate our collective cannabis journey in 2023.

**4. Cannabis and Creativity: Share Your Art! 🎨 Calling all artists in our community! Whether it's painting, writing, or any form of creative expression, showcase your cannabis-inspired art. Let's create a space to appreciate the intersection of cannabis and creativity.

Remember to keep the discussions friendly, respectful, and in line with our community guidelines. Cheers to a green and joyful week ahead! πŸŒΏπŸ’š

Feel free to spark up conversations and share your thoughts in the comments below. Happy holidays, Trees!

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**2. Grower's Corner: Winter Cultivation Tips ❄️ For our green thumbs battling the winter chill, let's discuss tips and tricks for successfully cultivating cannabis during the colder months. How do you keep your plants thriving in the winter?

I've got a tip for those living in climates that see below freezing temperatures. Make sure you test your water multiple times a year if not every time you feed. As it turns out the cold weather impacts the effectiveness of my local waste water treatment plant, and their answer is to use additional treatments at the plant that result in terrible water conditions at the tap for me.

I very nearly lost a pair of plants to it, but thankfully everything worked out ok with some quick reactions.

Our ppm can vary 200 this years at the one plant is 100 apparantly, ph is a 6.9-8.0 range though, between summer and winter from snowmelt.

The city I live in also has pretty decent resources on random stuff like this example.

All we get is an annual drinking water report and even that is the bare minimum information with only 5 reported criteria and most of those are additives like fluoride and chlorine, etc. Any meaningful information about water chemistry is absent.

Dang, yeah a lot on the one I linked seems superfluous, but atleast it shows they aren’t hopefully hiding anything?

I also love the tree map our city has provides a bunch of information including the cost to replace it if you damage it or cut down.