I still have the Royal Queen Seeds going and at times it's seems like my first! On my second years worth of autos and finally stopped changing too much besides soil and lights, and feeding but nothing major
I like a sativa up buzz, couch lock and me don't agree. Skylar white put my ass on the floor, literally. Had to lay down, daym it was good. I like a little amber, maybe 5 percent. My first grow was beautiful but in my haste I cut them early so it wasn't good at all.
I have started reading and being more serious about soil, one reason I really enjoy your thread! I have no background whatsoever in botany. Couldn't really grow a decent tomato until I started using canna feeds in the soil. This year I hope for much better results.
haha nothing major
You just made me realize that with this grow I have embarked upon my third year at it, whereby, I did have half a year's pause when I moved house.
But by then, I was getting deep into the microbiology side of things, experimenting in my veggie garden, making my first thermal compost and learning tons from that by its failing
Looking forward to making a few more this year!
I really do think that the quality of the compost we bring into our systems is of the essence, and then finding adequate practices for maintaining the biology.
And that's it!
lol
I'm actually studying to become a living soils consultant (and yes, thinking about how I can grow my weed more naturally got me on to it!! though to be fair, I was already into permaculture too), so I know the theory, have seen results in pictures and data too. But I will only truly believe it when I see it myself!
Thankfully, I've gotten a glimpse of the workings just recently when I fixed the NLH's initial nute balance issues with protozoa, not more nutes, as Tad from KIS organics was urging me to
And that while I was talking about microbial counts all the time so the biology kinda was in his face lol
He's a great guy, and most of what he says, his podcasts, are quite sound, but his advice showed me how his thinking is still chemical.
So now, at least I know the concept of having the whole spectrum of microfauna present for plant health to be true
I've also gotten to see the importance of maintenance when I checked on them last week and all populations were dwindling (above ground, the NLH was showing calmag-type distresss signals that I partly attributed to the proximity of the lights).
Where'd they all go?
For one, I had had tons of bacterial feeding nematodes in that soil, and now there were just barely normal numbers? But nematodes also wander, so I got thinking of how they could have wandered off to moister depths of the pot than the 10cm I had sampled from. I was giving that pot 2L of water daily, and the soil was lightly moist to the touch. Seems not moist enough, because when I decided to water to run off for a better feel of the situation, I had to pour 6L in to get the first tricklings going haha
So now I'm watering 4L every day, and lo, the spread of calmaggishness has stopped.Proper maintenance?
Looking forward to seeing how the populations look in a few days, possibly they'll be a little more cheerful haha
But who can - or even wants to! - do this sort of dance, with microscopy and all, on a regular basis, just to get some plants grown?!
I posit that I only have it because my initial compost wasn't what it should have been - well yes, besides the fact that I'm exploring and learning too!
LOL getting lost in the soil again.
Moving back above ground haha
What, there are other breeders beside Mephisto? lol
Yeah I really like the sativas too, I've thought of building reserves before growing out the CdlC so I don't run out of upbeat smoke haha
Though it IS also said indica doesn't necessarily mean couch lock - have you heard of that?
Maybe I should've harvested the Sylar White sooner, even while some of the trichs were still clear
Maybe the chop haste of your first grow would actually have been perfect for an indica
defo something to try out next chance I get!
cheers!
