Thank ya Roasty, I for sure will again ..... In my new digs I first need some juice reran - I’m working with a 2 1/2 car wide garage ..... intend to set a 5x9 gorilla inside garage and condition inside tent and have one smaller tent inside for different climates depending on stage ..... going to run an Optic 4 and couple cobs and maybe an electric sky es300 or the es180 - with the electric Sky the plant can darn near grow into the light - the light has one of the best PAR coverages on the market - the ES 300 will handle a 3x5 area or end wall of the tent - optic 4 other end and a few cobs mixed in .....
I may even dedicate a corner for a larger living pot and put in blumat drip for like a group of gold glues or Nugs or some shorter plant, have to think out some more and get tent and set what I have ...... i should have ready by June .....
Meantime I’ll follow your grow and help where I can .....
Your going ace this, you already know 95% and LOS is easy .... your going be your best!
Peace,
OB
That sounds killer bro, lots of new space for monster training. That lighting sounds great, and having options with conditions always changing will be huge.
IDK if I'll ace it, had some issues with the seedlings already. Creme Stomper and Fugue seemed to stall out for a week, in fact, the new Ripley's has caught up and is a week younger. I transplanted last Sunday, and now things are starting to get going again.
Good job ...... with moisture meter get soil wet to field capacity and insert meter, get Reading, let soil dry out some and get that reading or somehow but you’ll find the larger the pot less you water ..... I still feel bottom of pots for dampness and will pour 3-4 oz in spot, rotate and repeat 3-5 times around pot and leave and then return 1-2 hours and repeat but maybe just two spots ..... meanwhile on both visits i sprayed mulch and let sprayer sit in 8%12 spots for a few seconds, lifting nozzle and putting in different locations .... Today Fold Glue took 1/2 gallon thru sprayer on 3-4 different visits and about cup direct in four spots ..... bottom of pot now felt damp in most areas and plant looked good before I started so I surmise she do fine agin with just 4-5 ounces a visit with some heavier - it’s like I’m a drip system .... I spray water more than pour water ..... very effective and gently works top dressings down into soil ..... touch soil under mulch a few times, you’ll get the feel ..... but I still lift sides of,pots and feel my rock area and outside of cloth ..... these pots are Flippin heavy, u ain’t going to pick up and feel if you,need water and if you do and pot is light, you’ve may of killed the worms / soil or severely retarded growth ..... I know I’m raging and going on but it’s vital Pot never dries out or gets too dry or too wet .... ok I’m done ....
Good on compost and with the worms, prepare bin asap before worms come, just like with soil and plants ..... use compost from outside for part of your new bedding, follow Steve from urban bin, he has great videos and info, helpful guy, he will reply to emails btw and personality guarantees his stuff, I know, had an issue, he sent new, even came with another frame, now I have scog frame layout .... malted barley, neem, kelp, Karanja, alpha (feed store get bale) and other goodies worms love .... along with composted horse poop, leaf mold and few other goodies will produce castings you want .... if worms eat tomatoes, lettuce and salad type wate, codmpost ok but better buy oily mountain for your weed ... bin needs sprinkles of kelp and others and you’ll have rich castings that plants will thrive and resist bugs and sickness ...
Peace,
OB
Thank you for that Mr. OB!!! A treasure trove of info!
My pots get super wet readings down at the bottom, and less than field capacity near the top right now. Of course there isn't much plant to use up that water down low, so I have just been misting the top twice a day for now.
The worm sack is awesome, I love it and so do the worms. They all seem really happy with the little bit I've fed them. I am going to add those amendments into my worm feed bucket, that also gets bokashi to speed up the bacterial breakdown.
I have been feeding the worms a little at a time, the directions said neglect won't kill your worms, but over feeding will kill them.
What kind of Soil you using bro? I hope your nematodes kick gnat ass. I am along for the ride. Peace, slow
Sorry to leave you hanging Slow,
This batch has a cornucopia of stuff, made this before I knew what to do.
the base is approximately 30% peat, 30% castings, 10%coco, drainage 30%(pumice, rice hulls, wood bark) and a few horse turds.
Then I put amendments at 1/2 recommended on most items.
Blood meal*
Bone meal*
Bat Guano 7-3-1*
Sea Bird Guano 0-11-0
Crab Shell Meal 4-3-0
Oyster Shell flour
Garden Lime*
Neem Seed Cake meal 4-3-1
Insect Frass 2-2-2
Alfalfa meal
Kelp Meal
Precharged Bio Char
Rock Dust
Mycobloom
Plant Probiotics
Have since acquired Neem Ninja (50% neem cake and 50% Karanja seed meal), and gypsum that will be added to mulchings.
* indicates items that will not be used going forward.
OF going with worms and mulch and think I’ve got a living soil grow going ...... live and learn ......
