As you can see the leaves were too dark for the first bit of the grow, i guess the dose of Gaia Green 4-4-4 was a bit much for it even though other strains seem to do ok!
Strain - Red Congo x Pineapple Fritter
Media - Sunshine Mix #4
Nutes - Gaia Green dry amendments 4-4-4 & power bloom pre-booked
Additives - Castings and compost
Water - 6.3pH
I would venture strain characteristics. She has been feeding well. Nice paint on the tips. Colors coming. Can see it in the leaves. Looking forward to seeing her flowers at the end. Good colors are very nice.
This documenting routine becomes more important as you grow and smoke better smoke.
Pictures and dates can help you manage your grow, or share pictures, too.
I’m still stunned I’ve even been able to achieve what I’ve achieved so far! soooooo much to improve and learn no doubt. Plus I’m trying to force hard water source onto cannabis plants while everyone else says to give it up and go with RO… So I’m really bucking the experts here
Thank you @DEEPDIVERDAVE , sincerely appreciate you my man
My region is quite literally some of the hardest in ALL of Canada, and we have a unique system of it being sourced from over 50 groundwater wells scattered throughout the region in addition to the grand river
Here is my composition in case you are interested! Tests today at a perfect 350ppm pretty much.
The only plus side to all of this, is I quite literally live in Mennonite country, and their crops are thriving on my same water supply in all directions although I have no doubt they had to adapt to it’s oddities!
If you spot anything right off the bat that needs fixing I’d love to hear it!
After much trial and error, just to follow up in case this helps anyone, I now phosphorous acid down to 6.6 pH or 6.3 pH depending on media, and add 0.25g of Absorbic Acid per 5gal bucket to kill the cholarmines.
ALSO my Alkalinity in this region is so extreme even Tad Hussey, creator of the KIS mix and who I’ve personally reached out to, was so familiar with Waterloo Region that he said I absolutely MUST pH my water down to 6.6 and it’s worked wonderfully ever since.
The water is simply too alkaline and stubborn to trust even living soil and it’s microbial life to buffer it as many people have the luxury of doing (saying ahhh forget pHing)
Confirmed from the source himself - my water is too extreme, needs pH downing
PLUS it drifts back up in literally 24h and needs readjusting
My local water is 7.3/50 and Jacks brings it down. I can hit 6.2/600PPM.
I do have PH Up and Down. I would guess that if local plants like the water, then shoot for 6.3 and 800.
USU Dr.Bruce Bugbee, explains why 6.2 works better for 6.5 Marijuana loving plants and their ability for mineral uptake. Different mediums will influence that number, I would guess.
I will tell you I lost a grow due to using dehumidifier created water.
Not from my old dehumidifier, just the new unit, for 6 months.
Lost outdoor plants using dehumid unit (confirming).
8-years use of first unit killed it.
PNW -Island is humid and house or lung room does 50 pints in under 12 hours.
Ahh, a guy who was on my tiny Discord server (but has since left) was a die hard Jack’s fan - I have no experience with the line but it’s supposedly fantastic stuff. I currently am rolling primarily with Black Swallow Living Soil which is pre-amended and then I have a big bag of Gaia Green All Purpose and Power Bloom dry amendments to feed from here on. Along with things like Castings & Compost teas, composts, aloe, coconut, kelp, fulvic acids, and so on
I’ve been rolling with 6.3 pH according to my Hannah pH pen BUT I’m not convinced it’s entirely all that accurate as the drift seems remarkable within 24h reading the same source
Funny you mentioned the dehumidifier as I JUST went through the questions on this as well - I was excited to re-use what my unit seems to pull 2 full reservoirs twice a day, and turn it into water for the plants. But I was quickly shot down and told absolutely to NEVER do this, as it will surely lead to some kind of diseases or molds?
Love it, and lovely looking! I wish my plants looked as problem free as this - I usually go through a whole ordeal and stages of trying to adjust things… It’s hard growing with native tap water, harder than I would have ever believed!
Organic. Almost no brainer growing. Ph range is huge. 5.5 to 7.5 easy. Even 8.5 adjusts in the soil. I water and feed soil life. Top dress once a month. Leave them alone and they go.
