My growing journey begins

[South of the Equator]

It's a premix soil with perlite, it's very light, doesn't feel that there is any real "dirt" in it. I think this harvest will top my first! I use the water from the dehumidifier for watering, ph it 6.5 to 7. Like I said, RH and Temp's always dead on!
Last harvest:
4:20 Green Poison

 

[Iriee Vibez]

From reading the 5 pages, seems to me that you used too much additives, I'm on my second grow. My first was three plants, harvested average of 265grams per plant of "green" trimmed buds (didn't weigh after drying). Didn't use nothing, just kept temperature and RH in right zone during each phase. It was a 600w HPS grow. I'm now on my second grow, Single plant P-450 Led, same thing, just water and temp's and RH in the range, keep it simple is the way to go!
Here is a picture of my 42 days old lady, so far so good!

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those look very healthy, man! I also can’t believe hats regular potting soil only. Must have some amendments to begin with. Whatever you are doing, it appears to be working, so keep it up!

 

[created2live4ever]

4 Auto BubbleGums:
two in the front at DAY#78 and the other two at DAY#59

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It's funny how only one plant has the dead spots that scared the shit out of me. I thought it was mold kind of thing and defoliated hard daily. But the plant is still growing strong so I decided to leave the leafs and now I'm thinking it is just some calcium defiiciency. We're talking about the bottom right plant (BGPP#2), the most mature one. The one to the left has the same age but it's maturity stays like 2 weeks behind already. I don't mind. It will be easier to harvest one plant a time. So BGPP#2 looks very close to harvest day. I'm already checking at least one a day for the first amber trichome to apper what will lead to instant harvest! I'm targeting more energetic high. Here are a few photos of the most ready plant:

@Iriee Vibez friend, how far into flowering are compost teas still a good idea? I have the dandelion (P, K and Ca for sure) tea and am wondering if it isn't too late to use on the plant that you can see just above. Is it in organics as well that you should use just plain water the last 2 weeks or so?

 

[Iriee Vibez]

4 Auto BubbleGums:
two in the front at DAY#78 and the other two at DAY#59

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It's funny how only one plant has the dead spots that scared the shit out of me. I thought it was mold kind of thing and defoliated hard daily. But the plant is still growing strong so I decided to leave the leafs and now I'm thinking it is just some calcium defiiciency. We're talking about the bottom right plant (BGPP#2), the most mature one. The one to the left has the same age but it's maturity stays like 2 weeks behind already. I don't mind. It will be easier to harvest one plant a time. So BGPP#2 looks very close to harvest day. I'm already checking at least one a day for the first amber trichome to apper what will lead to instant harvest! I'm targeting more energetic high. Here are a few photos of the most ready plant:

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@Iriee Vibez friend, how far into flowering are compost teas still a good idea? I have the dandelion (P, K and Ca for sure) tea and am wondering if it isn't too late to use on the plant that you can see just above. Is it in organics as well that you should use just plain water the last 2 weeks or so?

C2. Looking good, man. Many plants have a natural fade near the end of life where you are now. I keep my soil feeding schedule the same whether the pot has a seedling in it or a plant in late flowering. Shoot, I even give teas to empty pots of soil to keep the soil active and healthy. Using plan water is always fine with Organics, so no problem there also. Just no need to flush like folks with bottled nutes do.

 

[created2live4ever]

I keep my soil feeding schedule the same whether the pot has a seedling in it or a plant in late flowering. Shoot, I even give teas to empty pots of soil to keep the soil active and healthy. Using plan water is always fine with Organics, so no problem there also. Just no need to flush like folks with bottled nutes do.

So you say I can keep feeding the soil and the plant will take as much as it needs anyways... Interesting. So I think I will also mix some stinging nettle tea into it as well.


I found out that Stinging Nettle doesn't have as much N as they say. It seems like it's more a growth stimulant cause of a very high Titanium ratio comparing to other plants, 80 parts per million. Other plants more like 1 part per mln. So that would explain why everything grows better on stinging nettle compost tea. One guy made an experiment on tomato plants (picture below). For watering - every single watering - he used left to right: 1) plain water, 2) 1:10 tea:water, 3) 1:5, 4) 1:1, 5) pure tea and the last one is his own nutrient mix. It looks like the foliage doesn't really thrive from much N, apart from his own nutes mix that has it in. What's your thoughts on that?

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PS: comspost tea is something a little different to the thing used above and used by me as well. I can not find the English word for it. (German "Jauche", French "Purin") The closest translation would be "liquid manure" hmm... What it is is just covering a biological material with water and leaving it to decompose by it self, at least slightly open to fresh air. It takes like 2 weeks to decompose herbs this way. I use an air stone bubbler to speed the process up so I do it the compost tea way a little. But still, it's definitely different.

PS2: Here's the link to the video. It's in Polish but if you wanna take a look how he does it: the link

 

[Iriee Vibez]

So you say I can keep feeding the soil and the plant will take as much as it needs anyways... Interesting. So I think I will also mix some stinging nettle tea into it as well.


I found out that Stinging Nettle doesn't have as much N as they say. It seems like it's more a growth stimulant cause of a very high Titanium ratio comparing to other plants, 80 parts per million. Other plants more like 1 part per mln. So that would explain why everything grows better on stinging nettle compost tea. One guy made an experiment on tomato plants (picture below). For watering - every single watering - he used left to right: 1) plain water, 2) 1:10 tea:water, 3) 1:5, 4) 1:1, 5) pure tea and the last one is his own nutrient mix. It looks like the foliage doesn't really thrive from much N, apart from his own nutes mix that has it in. What's your thoughts on that?

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PS: comspost tea is something a little different to the thing used above and used by me as well. I can not find the English word for it. (German "Jauche", French "Purin") The closest translation would be "liquid manure" hmm... What it is is just covering a biological material with water and leaving it to decompose by it self, at least slightly open to fresh air. It takes like 2 weeks to decompose herbs this way. I use an air stone bubbler to speed the process up so I do it the compost tea way a little. But still, it's definitely different.

PS2: Here's the link to the video. It's in Polish but if you wanna take a look how he does it: the link

this Is good information, C2! Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I have found that, as long as everything is broken down in the tea, the soil is happy, and the plant won’t burn.