I think the biggest reason I don't have gnat problem in the outdoor EB is the abundance of life in there. I can throw the feeding slurry on top and a couple of hours the compost mites are on top eating away. I think I have a pretty good size nute bank built up on top. The nute top roots are
seemingly moving into that bank as the nutes are needed. I wanted to examine the root progress into the added compost before I add more. I just took one of my detail brushed and gradually brushed away the media in one small section. The fine search roots were down about an half inch. Gradually, the roots got thicker and more numerous. This tells me that she is taking the nutes as needed.
So far no nute deficiencies showing up in the leaves, just normal aging of the old fan leaves.
Today is top dressing day and will be her last. I'll check for the rez being dry at first light, didn't get to check last night. The last amendments will be mixed with the compost tea I'm brewing. The slurry will have some more compost added along with what I used to make the tea. The last 3 or 4 hours, I'll add Recharge to the brew. At the time of mixing, I'll add the
J, a tiny bit of Blue Gold for flower and the ground up and blended SST from some malted barley for the hormones. All the material used to make the tea will be added to the slurry and top dressed. My indoor girls finishing up will get their last compost tea with the remainder of tea.
This should take the big Haze to chop. I don't expect her to go past Oct1.
I'm excited to do the EB thing indoors with my new methods. I'm getting two strains from Super Sativa Club and I'm gonna do a supposed big growing THC/CBD girl named Elephant in a EB. She'll need heavy training. I'm just gonna plant at one end and lay her over. That worked well on my first EB run, despite the lockout problems from all the stupid dolomite. I the seeds don't come in until after the current chopped, I'll just do two EBs i my 4x4. That should be a full tent by chopp.
Looking forward to your chopp!
