Live Stoner Chat Live Stoner Chat - Jan-Mar '25

[Fermented_Fruitz]

What size tent is that?

4x4 gorilla tent! I used my headboard against the wall and it will definitely fit in my room no problemo with my bed and tv stand but i don’t cram the tent full anymore so my 2x4 should be plenty of space to run 2 plants! Plus using megacrop i can go ahead and bust the blumats back out and i will either use 2 of my 7 or 10gal grassroots pots in there! May order me 1 of them tray2grow things once i got cash and get my extraction fan and filter!

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

Root Beer Float March 1 last Sat.

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Today She’s getting big.

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All of them are stretching and refoliating.
Will need defol again soon.

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Whats the point of trimming all the leaves off? Seems like u should want the plant focused on making buds not regrowing leaves!

 

[Rick Dirte']

Whats the point of trimming all the leaves off? Seems like u should want the plant focused on making buds not regrowing leaves!

My opinion is it causes a defense response in a plant. Maybe they go into overdrive and take up more nutrients to refoliate. This uptick in nutrients available benefit the flowers?
It is a lot of fuck with Mark. There are definitely benefits though.
My grow space is a lot more manageable with the defoliation. I’ve never gone this hard at it before, we will see.

 

[Olderfart]

Yes my last grow was with autopots using salt based nutes. My EC was around 1.8 in the first week to a peak of about 2.7 in early/mid flower. No problems at all, plants were beautiful. I would never flush an autopot because all it does is push down the salt buildup on to the roots.

Wow, you did a lot better than I did with them. I know that a few other peeps here do well with them as well, but I just could not get rid of the salt problem. I have never been able to use anywhere near that high an EC in autopots, I can only get to ~1500 (1.5) even with top watering before the tips start clawing or burning. Perhaps my drobe is a lot drier than yours, that might explain the different tolerance to EC.

I always got decent yields, but after several grows that had to be flushed, I gave up on them with salt nutes. OTOH, perhaps the problems with my grows were not salt buildup, but I will never know, because I only use them with water and soil now, and only in the summer veggie garden, not for my weed. The weed lives in coco with automated top watering now, and will likely be staying that way.

I know about salt being moved into the root zone, but I used a large volume flush, and kept fluishing until the ec of runoff matched the input. It was a huge hassle due to the volume of flushing required. I went through many gallons of nute mix, not to mention my enthusiasm for autopots.

 

[Rick Dirte']

My plants are in this nutrient packed soil and are always healthy and growing good. I figured why not try. The plants 420autoflower
grow are amazing so I started incorporating some of his methods. I have more vertical space than horizontal so I don’t train.

 

[Rick Dirte']

I ain’t no physicist but I know what matters!

 

[JP1]

I've got a set of auto pots collecting dust. There's no problem growing vegetables or whatever in them outside? I haven't tried since I thought the water temp in the rez would be crazy high

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

My opinion is it causes a defense response in a plant. Maybe they go into overdrive and take up more nutrients to refoliate. This uptick in nutrients available benefit the flowers?
It is a lot of fuck with Mark. There are definitely benefits though.
My grow space is a lot more manageable with the defoliation. I’ve never gone this hard at it before, we will see.

 

[Rick Dirte']

Those autopot trays are cool. The bloom finisher I use doesn’t completely dissolve so it would clog. Would need a little wider for 7 gal bags also.

 

[Rick Dirte']

I've got a set of auto pots collecting dust. There's no problem growing vegetables or whatever in them outside? I haven't tried since I thought the water temp in the rez would be crazy high

Shady spot might work.