New Grower Gratefully green husband

[Smowkabowl]

Do you have fans blowing the plants around some? It strengthens them. You could also bump up the silicon to strengthen the stems and leaves. Most cannabis nutrient lines offer it in one of their products.

Thanks @Mañ'O'Green Yeah I got 2 - 9" oscillators a AC Unit a dehumidifier and a air purifier, oh, and a light fixture (with 6 lil' fans) all blowing air around an 8 x 8 room. I think she stretched a little too far and I tried to str8ten her up by pushing on her base and pressing the soil. I moved the light a lil' closer to 'em and turned it up to the 400+ watt setting. Anyway, I think she'll be okay, while she was lying there she kept growing and turned all her leaves toward the light. I'm not sure about adding silicone or anything like that, no chemicals in this 1st round. I'm wholly organic and the other plant stems are thickening quite nicely, like they're getting ready to put on some serious weight, hopefully.

 

[Hypathetical Gardener]

Silica is an organic component. I use a little diatomaceous earth. Its like 85% silica. So a little goes a long way. The soil needs less than 5% silica. So a quarter handful in a pot is about right.

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[Smowkabowl]

Silica is an organic component. I use a little diatomaceous earth. Its like 85% silica. So a little goes a long way. The soil needs less than 5% silica. So a quarter handful in a pot is about right.

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, diatomaceous earth may have to be added to the mix.

 

[Smowkabowl]

AFN! Ya know this program really sucks sometimes! Especially when you are writing a post for a half hour or so and your just about to post, when you Backspace and lose everything Now I'm not going to repost because it will never be the same. Maybe another day AFN!

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

AFN! Ya know this program really sucks sometimes! Especially when you are writing a post for a half hour or so and your just about to post, when you Backspace and lose everything Now I'm not going to repost because it will never be the same. Maybe another day AFN!

@Smowkabowl I feel your pain I am a really bad/slow typist and I have had many data mishaps over the years. So when I want to type something I know will take a long time and be thought out, I do it in my word processor; it is set to auto-save constantly. Then I just copy and paste it into the post. Flaming AFN is not justified when your in control of your keyboard even if I understand how you feel.

 

[Need4Weed]

I'm sorry and also surprised you lost your info. Whenever I'm in the middle of posting and have to come back, it's usually there. It's even there if I type it on my laptop, close it up, open my tablet and there it is!
Most of the time my comment will still be there to post .... and vice versa! So no complaints on my end!

 

[Smowkabowl]

@Smowkabowl I feel your pain I am a really bad/slow typist and I have had many data mishaps over the years. So when I want to type something I know will take a long time and be thought out, I do it in my word processor; it is set to auto-save constantly. Then I just copy and paste it into the post. Flaming AFN is not justified when your in control of your keyboard even if I understand how you feel.

Your right, work smarter not harder, but, WHATEVER! THEY! NEED! TO! FIX! THIS! ISSUE! because it's not the first time. I'm sorry but a keyed backspace should not be changing the page and losing your post!

 

[Smowkabowl]

So, after a little rant, a big bowl and some gardening (to help the ptsd and chill out) we'll try this again.
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We'll call this segment.... WWYD Corner or What Would You Do? Corner.

Scenario:
You're a Farmer and you are trying to decide which water source to use in your organic garden. You have 2 sources of water to choose from, both wells.

Well1, is the primary source for the house and has a UV light and a salt/brine water softening system. It has a tertiary filtering system at the sink in the house, not the whole system.

Well2, is used for irrigation and does not have any filtering except a a screen to catch large debris.

Also, you have a Garden model RO filtering system your planning to use. The garden model adds calcium and magnesium back to the RO water before adding it to the reservoir.
You also know that with organic gardening the pH level of your H2O is best between 6.2 and 7.0, and ppm is important and Ca/Mg is needed but you don't want a bunch of other stuff in there that you don't know what it is, but, with organic it probably won't hurt to have a lil' bit of other minerals, etc..

You've tested the water from all sources and here are the results:

A) Well1 with UV and softener
Temperature: 72 F
ppm: 787
pH: 6.65

B) Well1 w/o UV&softener
Temp: 61 F
ppm: 777
pH: 6.55

C) Well1 w/ UV&Softener and RO filter
Temp: 74 F
ppm: 200
pH: 6.50

D) Well2
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 249
pH: 7.56

E) Well2 w/ RO filter
Temp: 68 F
ppm: 35 - 45 (Ca/Mg)
pH: 7.53

WWYD?
I am tempted to go with Well1 (C) w/UV/Soft and RO at 200 ppm and 6.5 pH, because the water has been zapped with UV (all the lil' buggies are killed) and I don't ever have to worry about adding pH decrease. The ppm is really not high enough to worry about it, 45 of it is Ca/Mg.

 

[MickJ]

C d or e are workable.

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[Hypathetical Gardener]

Option c. But thats just because its basically what i do without ro (brita filter) as my tap doesnt suck.


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