PLEASE, help me build a No-Till mix

Today is day 27 of CS application (day 26 of 12/12 photoperiod) for the the clone in the main tent. As expected, 3 gal of the soil mix weren't enough by itself... the N def that begun last week in this clone has progressed the more we get into flowering and the closer I got the light (stopped at 450 ppfd), and I forgot to water the plant this weekend :doh:. But i did do it as soon as i realized making sure to top dress with more of the soils mix and added some EWC lecheate to the water.
Buds are getting resinous and pistils keep popping up on the main tops and top buds barely have any male sacs. Still spraying it once a day with 49.5 ppm of colloidal silver. Most male sacs are on lower buds... and while some sacs have opened already, i think I'll wait a bit more to start collecting them and hope i might get some seeds from the upper buds from the sacs that have already opened.. don't see any pollen around there though. My idea is to collect and store the pollen and use it in a few of weeks once I have moved to my new place.
@Olderfart what do you think about these male sacs? should I keep spraying or stop? I'm tempted to keep spraying but seeing the buds getting resinous and filling up scares me that I might cause high humidity problems.

On the other tent, the mum is still nice green in the initial 3 gal mix with only sporadic only-water watering but she has vary very low DLI so it is also expected. The backup clone is still alive and will be headed to a new home soon.

Here are some pics from today.

The reversed clone in the main tent:
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The mum and backup clone in the extra tent:
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Project is going well! I don't know a thing about what you're up to however, I'd say those sacs are clear success.
 
Today is day 27 of CS application (day 26 of 12/12 photoperiod) for the the clone in the main tent. As expected, 3 gal of the soil mix weren't enough by itself... the N def that begun last week in this clone has progressed the more we get into flowering and the closer I got the light (stopped at 450 ppfd), and I forgot to water the plant this weekend :doh:. But i did do it as soon as i realized making sure to top dress with more of the soils mix and added some EWC lecheate to the water.
Buds are getting resinous and pistils keep popping up on the main tops and top buds barely have any male sacs. Still spraying it once a day with 49.5 ppm of colloidal silver. Most male sacs are on lower buds... and while some sacs have opened already, i think I'll wait a bit more to start collecting them and hope i might get some seeds from the upper buds from the sacs that have already opened.. don't see any pollen around there though. My idea is to collect and store the pollen and use it in a few of weeks once I have moved to my new place.
@Olderfart what do you think about these male sacs? should I keep spraying or stop? I'm tempted to keep spraying but seeing the buds getting resinous and filling up scares me that I might cause high humidity problems.

On the other tent, the mum is still nice green in the initial 3 gal mix with only sporadic only-water watering but she has vary very low DLI so it is also expected. The backup clone is still alive and will be headed to a new home soon.

Here are some pics from today.

The reversed clone in the main tent:
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The mum and backup clone in the extra tent:
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I’d leave the balls until some of them start to open. The ones that are already well developed will give you enough pollen to make lots of seeds, so you can stop spraying now.
Good luck. :pighug:
 
So... the reversed plant in the organic mix got her last CS spray last Wednesday for a total of 28 days of CS application. Today is day 34 of 12/12. Male sacs are getting bigger and a few are opening more but i think I will wait a bit more before I start plucking the sacs and sifting them to collect pollen... what do you think @RYCBAR ?

The watering with EWC leachate seems to have helped stopped the progression of yellowing on new leaves but the ones that were already yellow just died and fell off.

Here are some pics from today:
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Looks like you're getting what you want! Very nice.
 
Update... balls on the reversed clone are getting bigger and looking more mature with that purpleish cover skin developing. I'm hoping the top buds that never compeltely turned have been pollinated a bit by the already opened male sacs though i haven't seen any dust on leaves. In case they haven't gotten pollinated, I'll be putting the backup clone into the reversed clone tent next week and hope it gets pollinated eventually. Additional to this I hope to collect and store some pollen.

And about the mum and backup clone... nothing new with the mum expect some super cropping to manage canopy shape. On the other hand, the backup clone was transplanted yesterday into my "no-till" mix in a 3 gal fabric pot... it was very neglected, hope it perks up by the end of this week so I can put it soon to flower with the reversed clone and get it pollinated.

Here are some pics from today...
Mum and backup clone:
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Reversed clone:
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Some news... I should be getting a new light this weekend!!! an HLG 200 Diablo :devil: and a new exhaust fan for the spare tent where I keep the mum and extra clone under an8-9Watt LED. I've decided to use my remaining soil mix with two autos next run using this new light, and if one of them gets too big, I'd send it to a spare shower I have and use my Autocob for it. We haven't tried this soil with autos yet, so I'm quite excited to see what will turn out! I expect to use most of the remaining soil so, once I run out of this mix, I'll continue with the original plan and build a new soil mix for a no-till.

In the mean time, here are some pics of the reversed plant today and some updated info about it. Today is day 43 of 12/12 for this reversed plant which got a total of 28 days of CS application (40-50 ppm, once a day at lights-on) beginning the day before switching to 12/12.
Yesterday I gave it a watering with water mixed with a blended aloe leave... seems I didn't blend the aloe well enough and that left a layer of green aloe skin that today turned white an feels like really thin paper.



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Very tempted to start collecting pollen now but don't want to rush it... I think I see some little grains inside some of the bananas in the opened male sacs! Any input is welcomed!
 
Some news... I should be getting a new light this weekend!!! an HLG 200 Diablo :devil: and a new exhaust fan for the spare tent where I keep the mum and extra clone under an8-9Watt LED. I've decided to use my remaining soil mix with two autos next run using this new light, and if one of them gets too big, I'd send it to a spare shower I have and use my Autocob for it. We haven't tried this soil with autos yet, so I'm quite excited to see what will turn out! I expect to use most of the remaining soil so, once I run out of this mix, I'll continue with the original plan and build a new soil mix for a no-till.

In the mean time, here are some pics of the reversed plant today and some updated info about it. Today is day 43 of 12/12 for this reversed plant which got a total of 28 days of CS application (40-50 ppm, once a day at lights-on) beginning the day before switching to 12/12.
Yesterday I gave it a watering with water mixed with a blended aloe leave... seems I didn't blend the aloe well enough and that left a layer of green aloe skin that today turned white an feels like really thin paper.



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Very tempted to start collecting pollen now but don't want to rush it... I think I see some little grains inside some of the bananas in the opened male sacs! Any input is welcomed!
The ones that are yellow and separated go ahead and pull em. High heat and super low humidity kills pollen as well as high moisture.
Keep the pollen sacks between 60 and 78 degrees with a mild humidity. Let them dry a few days and than u can rub them on a screen to collect.
 
Thanks for the rep @hecno ! And @Heisenbeans , thanks for the input... yesterday I plucked the yellow mac sacs and the ones that were already opened with spread bananas (no sure if that is what you meant by "separated").

And well, here are some pics from yesterday. Also took the opportunity to cut the main stem of the the backup clone to reduce it's height to half, and put it into into the flowering tent next to the reversed clone which is in day 47-48 of 12/12.
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Looking good man. Pretty soon you can just tilt it over a piece of paper and start tapping the stems and shit will just pour out. :thumbsup: :shooty:
 
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