Mephisto Genetics First run LOS, featuring Ripley's, Fugue, and Creme Stomper

[MrOldBoy]

Thanks guys, you are making this thread very informative. Much appreciated!

So yesterday I prepped the pots for transplant, gave em all a leaf mold, covered with straw, and threw down a cover crop.

Here are the kids, wonder what's in that 4th starter cup?

That’s the way Bro, you’ve dialed in first step .... And away we grow ..... Good pic showing empty start pot in soil, your transplant will slip right in, zero stress baby .... don’t forget the root biomicro stuff .....

This is going to be so cool, my grow days are limited now to the four Mephistos finishing up, Sam and Sisters but I’ll be able to watch yours grow ......

Super pumped, u r going to grow some Flippin wonderful tasting rock hard buds.

Peace,
OB

 

[Roasty McToasty]

That’s the way Bro, you’ve dialed in first step .... And away we grow ..... Good pic showing empty start pot in soil, your transplant will slip right in, zero stress baby .... don’t forget the root biomicro stuff .....

This is going to be so cool, my grow days are limited now to the four Mephistos finishing up, Sam and Sisters but I’ll be able to watch yours grow ......

Super pumped, u r going to grow some Flippin wonderful tasting rock hard buds.

Peace,
OB

Thank you Mr. OB!!! I sure hope you will grow again, you can't just grow a monster and then leave us hanging. Appreciate all your help!

 

[Roasty McToasty]

Urban worm sack is coming today, worms later on this week. And I also purchased some oly fish compost to get me by for a bit. Grabbed some 16" saucers to go under the pots which are 15" outside diameter. Hope they fit in there ok. Also grabbed a decent looking moisture meter, doesn't have a millibar reading though. It's a 0-10 scale so I'll have to figure out what works best. And I said eff it and bought five 10G fabric pots.

Hope to get OB's kind of results, have you seen his Sam's crack? Omfg its amazing.

 

[MrOldBoy]

Thank you Mr. OB!!! I sure hope you will grow again, you can't just grow a monster and then leave us hanging. Appreciate all your help!

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

 

[MrOldBoy]

Urban worm sack is coming today, worms later on this week. And I also purchased some oly fish compost to get me by for a bit. Grabbed some 16" saucers to go under the pots which are 15" outside diameter. Hope they fit in there ok. Also grabbed a decent looking moisture meter, doesn't have a millibar reading though. It's a 0-10 scale so I'll have to figure out what works best. And I said eff it and bought five 10G fabric pots.

Hope to get OB's kind of results, have you seen his Sam's crack? Omfg its amazing.

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

 

[MrOldBoy]

Urban worm sack is coming today, worms later on this week. And I also purchased some oly fish compost to get me by for a bit. Grabbed some 16" saucers to go under the pots which are 15" outside diameter. Hope they fit in there ok. Also grabbed a decent looking moisture meter, doesn't have a millibar reading though. It's a 0-10 scale so I'll have to figure out what works best. And I said eff it and bought five 10G fabric pots.

Hope to get OB's kind of results, have you seen his Sam's crack? Omfg its amazing.

Sam’s Crack, I’ve done some serious trimming, but slowly over last couple days and exposing all sites and opening space between buds ..... she how she responds over next 36-48 hours .... still drinking 1.5 gallons daily, unreal!

Peace and THANK YOU again for the always kind words,
OB

 

[slowandeasy]

Thanks guys, you are making this thread very informative. Much appreciated!

So yesterday I prepped the pots for transplant, gave em all a leaf mold, covered with straw, and threw down a cover crop.

Here are the kids, wonder what's in that 4th starter cup?
Front left Fugue, front right Creme Stomper, back is Ripley's.

Good work Roasty, you are going to have to have a good 1st attempt. You have some good helpers. Looking forward to seeing your grow progress. Peace, slow

 

[slowandeasy]

I would put the inch or 2 of perlite under the smart pot (instead of lava rock I'm guessing), not in it. The bark should be ok. I tried the adding a blanket of perlite in the bottom of a smart pot like you mention, it didn't drain right. Kept the bottom of the pot way to wet inside. It may work with your soil mix, but didn't with mine. It way have even started some root zone rot issues. It smelled bad when I broke the pot down right after that grow.

I personally think that top watering thru your mulch and other layers is key. You want to be able to get soil organic matter particles to travel down into the soil mix from the top. Getting bigger particles down into the soil mix, especially toward the bottom is what keeps the soil working in the long term. The top watering also assures that things are continuing to break down (dry stuff doesn't break down well).

Just my $.02
cheers
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Hey @Organic Sinse
I was wondering what you do for bug prevention? I started growing Hydro VERY long time ago and moved to Coco. Bugs are something I totally avoid. You guys use so much organic material, one would think it would just be a bug infestation waiting to happen. But I see your results. I see @MrOldBoy results. I know he uses NEEM at some point. I am just curious how you don't have gnats, root Aphids, or something with all of the various things you guys use that are exposed to bugs. I don't like the smell of NEEM, and I had a friend who sprayed his plants with it. The plants did well, but I could smell the NEEM. @Roasty McToasty , what you got cooked up to keep the critters away? I am really enjoying your thread. Peace, slow

 

[lunarman]

Hey @Organic Sinse
I was wondering what you do for bug prevention? I started growing Hydro VERY long time ago and moved to Coco. Bugs are something I totally avoid. You guys use so much organic material, one would think it would just be a bug infestation waiting to happen. But I see your results. I see @MrOldBoy results. I know he uses NEEM at some point. I am just curious how you don't have gnats, root Aphids, or something with all of the various things you guys use that are exposed to bugs. I don't like the smell of NEEM, and I had a friend who sprayed his plants with it. The plants did well, but I could smell the NEEM. @Roasty McToasty , what you got cooked up to keep the critters away? I am really enjoying your thread. Peace, slow

I know nobody asked me for my opinion! But mosquito dunks man. They are cert'd for organic gardening. Just take a small chunk of a dunk and put it in your mixing containers and reuse the chunk every time you mix and let it sit in the mix for a while. It lasts and is effective for 30 days. Then you water with it and in theory any bug that uses or has larvae for reproduction that is in your containers will be toast and therefore the lifecycle is dead. I do this for fungus gnat prevention and seems to work great. But not sure it will do anything about bugs that dont have larvae or for external bugs that get in the grow space and start attacking leaves or roots. And no idea how it works for LOS setups.

But lets see what the living soil guys say.

 

[slowandeasy]

I know nobody asked me for my opinion! But mosquito dunks man. They are cert'd for organic gardening. Just take a small chunk of a dunk and put it in your mixing containers and reuse the chunk every time you mix and let it sit in the mix for a while. It lasts and is effective for 30 days. Then you water with it and in theory any bug that uses or has larvae for reproduction that is in your containers will be toast and therefore the lifecycle is dead. I do this for fungus gnat prevention and seems to work great. But not sure it will do anything about bugs that dont have larvae or for external bugs that get in the grow space and start attacking leaves or roots. And no idea how it works for LOS setups.

But lets see what the living soil guys say.

I know @MrOldBoy doesn't use them, he uses NEEM and? But they do work. We will see what everyone says.