Grow Mediums Kindsoil Official Test Team Grow Battle

[Son of Hobbes]

And a few random bud shots from the other Blackberry pheno's:

 

[Pops]

Kind Soil Test # 2
I will be using 1.6 lbs of Kind Soil in bottom of 5 gal frabic Pot, With 4.5 Gal of Org 707 Soil.
seeds this round wil be
HBBSS, Sour Stomper, Grape Crinkle.
6ft Table
r/H 35 to 60%
temp 72 to 82
400 watt Led
400 watt HPS
2 19" fans

The pic here are from day1 to day 14
no issues at this time full speed ahead.
Pops

 

[Anthropolis]

Quickie ups, it's moving along as good as it's going to lol. I was feeling a bit blue about it, but decided not to let it get me down and just make the best of it. There's some unusual environmental factors at work too: something has shifted in the aquifer water supply, it's gotten very warm temperature wise and had a large pH shift from the typical 8.3 to 7.2. And the local farmers had mysteriously devastated crops this summer. So, something is seriously up, it's not just my plants. My veggies and fruit did horrible this summer too, and I've been working my damn ass off out there on the gardens!! Harder than I've ever worked, and the worst grows yet lol.

After this terrible round, I'll be scraping all my soil stock and sourcing different water for the canna. I might go back to collected rainwater or I might do the environmentally unfriendly thing lol of buying water and dragging it home. I'm leaning towards getting a few of those big 5gal jugs and filling them at those $0.97 cent / gallon "spring water" fill-it-yourself stations. At least that way I'll know it's clean and consistent.

So there's a plan at least hah! For now, it's looking rough... Seriously bad. I'm still just giving the KindSoil ladies pH'ed water. The ones in my side have gotten several strong feedings now and are almost stabilized.

KindSoil side:

The Cream Mandarine XL is the one in serious trouble lol. The lil Tombstones are so darn cute!
But the Blackberry Stone is looking halfway nice and almost performing okay, I think I see a hint of color too yay:

My soil side is fair, I think only the strong feedings are holding em together lol:

The Red Poison is beginning it's famed colorings:

That's what I got for now, it's been a less than stellar performance lol, but I maintain that this is absolutely no fault of the KindSoil and I still believe in it enough to buy more.

 

[Waira]

Yep, all is good in the hood! No onset of deficiencies(knock on wood) Yeah, I went below 6.5 a few times with the crystals and had to put a ml or 2 of silica to bring it back up, but everything so far is spot on in my tent. I also went with 3 lbs of Kindsoil in my 3 gallon grow bags, so we will see how full on flower looks! I know their website said to use 1-1.5lbs Kindsoil for autos, but they got all 3 lbs. for a 3 gallon container. Cheating? maybe, but I was not included in the test, just to oversee the test thread, but we now know autos can handle the regular proportions for photos! We will see how she finishes up! No tip curl or leaf deformaties. I have been right in range on feeds(6.46-6.5) every time and they are liking it, so I'm not going to change anything. Plants are praying, so life is good!

>> Thanks Brim :smoking:.... I'm down with you going full juice too! The two 2gal auto's I have going were potted with close to that 1:1 ratio, looked to be about 1/3 of the pot by itself... so far, so good,... on the photo girls though, The AG and FG are both getting new leaf curl from what I figure is sheer richness as they dig in deeply now...-- these are both Sati'-dom. so that may be part of why,... ***... just out of scientific curiosity, would you test with your A8 both layers on a pot or two? I'd like to see how others pots are holding in pH as they get bigger-

>> Step', I love those G-13's as an instant privacy hedge! daaamn, they beefed up nicely! How are they doing after the Siamese twin separation? ... I see the AZ green tea jug-- I drink that stuff by the gallon! Plus the jugs are perfect for all kinds of things,...
...gorgeous Sunset pic brudda...

>> EoF -- beats me upside the head, bruh! The typical weight loss is about 75%, and you've been getting significantly better you say? I wonder, if she was just extra juicy inside, and was holding plenty of water,.. do you let your plants dry out a couple days before harvest? .... --BTW, who's Mark?
... this next round of plants is looking stellar! ... the resin forming like that already on the GC-- fugeddaboutit! ... FEx is pouring on the stretch nicely too,...

>> Pop's, you're killing me! -the melon smell is coming on! Got some dry porn for us yet? I can't wait to see the GC dried and sparkly too,... she looks hot nekked- LOL!.... all chunky bud, no kibbles and bits BS,.. ditto for the Sky- -- how do they smell now? ... I love that plate man! -- and so nicely arranged too,... great finish Pops, I'm looking forward to hearing how the smoke is!

....ause:

 

[briman]

@Waira, yep, I'll hit em both with water tomorrow and Saturday afternoon, I hit em with the A8 on both pots, shallow and deep! I got to tell ya, at full ratio, 3 lbs in a 3 gallon pot is better than 1/2 a pot full of Kindsoil! I was worried a little at first, but my ladies are handling it just fine. But I will get you a reading Saturday for sure man!

 

[Eyes on Fire]

twaz tinkering in the tent and took a few pics. hey man I remember when DubV was mentioning this and he had done some simple testing over a few grows with dry weights in jars and he and I found we were getting a little better than the 75% water lose rate.and in my experience I have done plants that size and got slightly better returns is all. easily should have had 2 ounces or better is all Im saying. but i promise Im fine with this, its just not totally normal for me LOL thats why I mention it is all LOL

 

[Grim Reefer]

Looking lovely folks.

 

[Pops]

EOF What size pot are you using???

 

[Pops]

>> Thanks Brim :smoking:.... I'm down with you going full juice too! The two 2gal auto's I have going were potted with close to that 1:1 ratio, looked to be about 1/3 of the pot by itself... so far, so good,... on the photo girls though, The AG and FG are both getting new leaf curl from what I figure is sheer richness as they dig in deeply now...-- these are both Sati'-dom. so that may be part of why,... ***... just out of scientific curiosity, would you test with your A8 both layers on a pot or two? I'd like to see how others pots are holding in pH as they get bigger-

>> Step', I love those G-13's as an instant privacy hedge! daaamn, they beefed up nicely! How are they doing after the Siamese twin separation? ... I see the AZ green tea jug-- I drink that stuff by the gallon! Plus the jugs are perfect for all kinds of things,...
...gorgeous Sunset pic brudda...

>> EoF -- beats me upside the head, bruh! The typical weight loss is about 75%, and you've been getting significantly better you say? I wonder, if she was just extra juicy inside, and was holding plenty of water,.. do you let your plants dry out a couple days before harvest? .... --BTW, who's Mark?
... this next round of plants is looking stellar! ... the resin forming like that already on the GC-- fugeddaboutit! ... FEx is pouring on the stretch nicely too,...

>> Pop's, you're killing me! -the melon smell is coming on! Got some dry porn for us yet? I can't wait to see the GC dried and sparkly too,... she looks hot nekked- LOL!.... all chunky bud, no kibbles and bits BS,.. ditto for the Sky- -- how do they smell now? ... I love that plate man! -- and so nicely arranged too,... great finish Pops, I'm looking forward to hearing how the smoke is!

....ause:

Ya the more 3 bear drys the more melon smell. The r/h has been very high this lat 10 days or so.60% + Drying is taking longer then I'd like, but by sun I should be able to jar up the 3 bear and the Grape Crinkle. Tues on the skywalker.
I had some 3 bear last night all body buzz back arms legs great for my pain great med.. The buds are hard and dense.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Im using a [HASHTAG]#5[/HASHTAG] pot which are true true 3+ gallons. typically from 3.2 to 3.5 or 6 true nursery gallons. OUTSTANDING pot for living organics and autos. unless maybe if its a wee small strain, but sometimes that too can be manipulated. awesome pots.