@Tylersays You growing cat tails also?
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Just the one this go!
She, however, wasnāt happy with that ratio and went out and got preggers!!
I knew she was intact, I just didnāt know she was āin the moodā and well, apparently, Bodhi, my tuxedo kitty, DID! LOL!
By the womans estimate she should be due in the next 2 weeks. LOL!
Sheās a sweet kitty and will be a great mom, I think.
And when the last one is weaned, she will be fixed!! LOL!
I do that now but mostly to give to friends.
Like the microscope stand.
Canāt do hydro to much time and to unforgiving. Iām home around 8 hours a day between work and travel time. It goes like this 15 minutes with plants 15 minutes bath half hour to eat half to 1 hour wife time 5 and a half hours sleep start cycle again. I have 2 main reasons for soil. 1 very forgiving 2 wife prefers taste over hydro.
As for the forgiving part. Have a grow right now 2 grandaddy purple 2 orange skunk they did n ot like happy frog at all ran a 2 weeks Xtra veg looked like crap switched to flower started giving above recipe of nutes and they look really nice after only 2 feedings. With hydro I would have had to address the issue right away instead of waiting and still come out OK.
Still having trouble processing 1 hour mix time for nutes.
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Iām in Mother Earth coco/peat, Iām not in hydro either.
I use Jacks 321 with supplements. I have to measure out varying amounts of each part and completely dissolve it before adding the next. Then have to adjust Ph of mix, then add other supplements.
I use triple beam scales for dry and syringes for measuring liquids. Precision takes time!
I could probably shave a few minutes off the time if I really tried, but Iām in no hurry. Iād rather be right the first time than to screw it up.
I also donāt have to flush every 4 weeks like FF REQUIRES since Iām firing a rifle shot at my girls and not a shotgun blast!
I donāt take many pictures but but hereās a couple of the nugs off my Is alcopoco gold at weeks 6 or 7 ran 10 weeks. Pull 12 ounces dry from my 2x3x54 I think thatās OK. On flushing I never have not saying I wouldnāt just never have.
Here is grandaddy bruce from my 28x55x80 I donāt think I did as good as I could have but it was my first time in it. 24 ounces dry.
On both of those only nice buds I donāt wiegh Larfy buds or trimmings.
Time to work. OK time to go in Iām sure somebody will do some work though.
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Ok so now confusion sets in. Arenāt all those ingredients soiless. If a person is soiless isnāt that some sort of hydro.
This is a question not a statement. Itās just that Iām pretty sure Iāve read that on here so so many times.
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Oh I should mention on my nute solution I do ph after adding nutes to 6.5 to 6.8. Also donāt feed every day. It depends on what the say when I open tent.
Iām good thank you go to bed.
I would like just a drink of water please.
Hey you think you could take a few minutes today and feed me.
Always ph nutes or not.
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My first inclination and the thoughts I found around the net, which are few honestly, said to treat it as hydro.
I emailed the company and they said to treat it as soil.
Itās 35% each coco and peat, with the rest being aggregate and earthworm castings. Thereās a few other amendments that make up the difference.
I water every third or fourth day to about 20% run off.
At first I was only giving Jacks every other watering but general consensus was i could feed every watering so I have since a couple of weeks into the grow.
Iāve also never check ro ppms or had a need to so far and Iām at the end now so why worry! LOL!
They say it has about a two week charge of nutes then you should start feeding, but I started with a half dose at transplant. Iāve had a good run in it. This is the first time Iāve used it. My first run was in Happy Frog and nothing but problems.
Hereās a few choice close-ups!
FF has a history of salt build ups. Iād keep a bottle of Sledehammer at the ready and follow the schedule to the T!
If it says flush, you should definitely flush!
Itāll give you awesome results but it can be temperamental too.
Best of Luck!!
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I know. Donāt know why I donāt have to. Knock wood.
Plants look nice. Keep doing what your doing. I think everyone should do what works for them.
Good for two weeks thatās something to think about with my sog because I donāt think Iām going to want the 4 to 6 weeks fox farms provides with no real veg time.
Donāt know if thatās what I will use but gives me an option. I will stay with fox farm trio because I have just under a gallon of each and I know my frugal side wonāt let me change right now.
I have 1 plant in natureās organics from menards right now just to see how it goes.
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Thatās what I thought, right up until it locked out and cut my grow short of maturity and max potency and yield.
And yes - Iāll be knocking for you! LOL!
When you see red, run for the Sledgehammer! LOL!
But your ro numbers should warn you in advance, so pay attention to them.
BoL!!
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Please explain this better. Iāve seen purple but never red.
Remember what you said about ro numbers a couple post back. Ya thatās me. Heck I aināt even there when the pump shuts off.
As far as soil I sometimes ask myself why do you buy soil your property is in one of the richest soil belts in the USA. Then there I am standing in line with a cart full. Saying to myself Dumb a$$. I talk to myself a lot and anyone that thinks thatās crazy well there just crazy. LOL
With the sog I think the hardest battle is going to be bugs. Was thinking Jackās for preventive. Also thought about putting on a paint suit (the paper ones like coveralls that also cover shoes). Then I think how am I going to maintain 15 minutes doing that. Also think if I donāt and carry bugs in from outside how much time is that going to consume. I havenāt had problem yet but I do see them outside and if they strike it would be like a nuclear bomb. Probably going to do it because I donāt want nuked.
What do you do for bug prevention. You know what they say an ounce of prevention
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Flying skull nuke em. Mostly put that there to remember name. Anyone use this as a prevention for bugs or mold. Will do research later.
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Coco and peat tend to buffer nutrient solutions differently than hydro. Other than providing everything for the plant (unlike soil) it is a different animal than hydro.
One example: coco sequesters C and Mg so additional cal mag is recommended over hydro.
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@Myfriendis410
Iāve been curious for a while is growing in pro-mix Hydro? When I looked to see how pro-mix was spelled found several different kinds. So I guess I need to know what kind to get an answer. Letās see is there a type of pro-mix that is hydro. Or is that a different animal?
OMG Iām glad this came up I started add coco to my soil about one forth of it. If coco sequesteres cal and mag. That could explain why I have fought those deficiencies. Some others on here that are fighting cal mag have also spoken of adding coco to there soil. If I remember correctly quite a few of them are using fox farm soil including me. If this is the case itās not the soils fault itās ours.
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Is that sequestration over the full span of use or merely at the beginning? Do you stop needing additional once the coco is āfullā and all the bonding sites are taken?
Promix does soil and soilless mixes. I typically use Promix HP (high porosity) and is PHād to halfway between hydro (or coco) and soil.
There is a reason itās labeled āsoillessā as it and other methods are NOT hydro.
My understanding is; coco sequesters C and Mg up until it becomes saturated then releases it. A good soilless mix would incorporate some C and Mg to offset that.
Excess cal mag (within reason) wonāt affect plants and due to high intensity lights, plants tend to be C and Mg-hungry anyway.
Iāve posted this video before: itās fairly long but one of THE best tutorials you will see. His C.V.: President of Apogee Instruments (Quantum Sensors) and Professor of plant science at Utah State.
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Thatās about the most Iāve ever produced, donāt see going much past that point with current tech/strains.
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