Photoperiod Slaters Garden...

[Trichome farmer]

Up Date from the Garden

Floganics Test

Time to get this test underway, this will be my first super soil / amendment soil grow... I used to grow in soil with organic nutes so I think I got the feel for this

Test out line -
I did think of doing this test with clones and really it should be but my garden timing determines the running order and what come next so we are growing from seed for this round.
So what am I going to test then, I did think about looking at how it performs against a coco grow but coco has so many advantages over soil (veg time being one of the biggest factors) so I don't think it would be a fair test on plant size or even yield. I'm not saying coco is better its just that coco growing is a form of hydroponics and we all know how hydro can grow monsters very quickly.
So the main focus of this test will be over the ease of floganics over my coco grow set up- Like How much time does it take up and how fussy is it to grow with. Is it the answer to just watering and walking away. Basically how much of a bother is it over my coco grow set up.
The other focus i would like to look at is its terps and taste at the end. I know its going to be flawed test from the start due to not using clones but I want to see if I can tell any difference between my slat grown plants and the floganics... its the one argument the organic lot like throw at us slat chuckers, that it tastes better... my personal opinion on that is its all perspective. In a true blind taste test I bet most couldn't tell the difference between a very well grown slat grow over and an organic grow... but if we was talking sun grown then we might have an argument but that's not what this is about.

So lets introduce the test subjects - Amnesia by Seed Stockers (my new no.01 for feminized seeds)... can't go wrong with these breeders, solid, stable and very potent with amazing yields. This is my 4th grow (3rd strain) with them. So you are in for a treat lady's and gentlemen if you have not had the pleasure of a seedstockers grow.

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So what has seed stockers got to say about this strain -

Seed Stockers Amnesia is a timeless classic, selected for extreme potency this is a variety you will want to grow again and again. This pure-bred Haze variety has a famously strong smoke (typically 23%-24% THC) and is not recommended for inexperienced smokers. The high is psychedelic and long lasting, for some it is also a devastatingly potent variety which creates genuine Amnesia (memory loss) for the smoker while they are high. Harvest quantities are above average, but most repeat growers choose Amnesia for the sheer strength of the smoke. The Seedstockers version of Amnesia was bred using the original Amnesia genetics from the south of Holland in a 3-way cross with Outlaw Amnesia and Super Silver Haze from Amsterdam. The result is a very commercially attractive original Haze strain.

Sounds good doesn't it... I do love the bit about genuine amnesia, that's why I got them.

Right back to the soil... I shall be using biobizz light to mix the floganics into and will be making up just enough for one 12ltr pot

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I have followed @TheMongol instructions to the letter on how to mix, here they are -



I used a liter jug to measure out my amounts into large container

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Mixed well by hand and added just shy of 500ml of RO water to each mix... I was very conservative here with the water, @TheMongol was very insistent on that part of the instructions.

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I then placed each mix into bags an used reusable cable ties to label them

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It has now been placed into the only space left in the garden for a couple of weeks.

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This test is going to take some time, we have a minimum of 4 weeks before they can go into the main tent so please hang around for the show...
But in the mean time to satisfy some bud porn addiction here are my Maple Sherbet x Pre 98 Skunk by seed stockers on there final few days... Think they will be coming down tomorrow.

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And just to prove I haven't given up on auto's here is a Girls Scout Cookie by fastbuds taking up space in my veg tent (don't ask me what week we are on, I like to use the force when growing auto's)... she is in 5ltr pot and has been stunted on purpose to fill that pot size and space she's in.
I'm loving growing auto's this way, no larf just bud till the cow's come home... I was just shy of 3oz on one plant growing this way.

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Thanks for stopping by, take care, be safe and

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dudes.

goodluck on your organic adventure

 

[Ryker604_BT]

Yeah, good luck with the organic growing . And you made me realize that I possibly fucked up as I watered the FLO mix with 15-20% of it's volume .

 

[TheMongol]

While writing on my guideline for flo i saw this alert and should be done this evening or next day, well done Slater.

For better understanding:

this 6 amnesia are already on flo or only lightmix?

Starting from seed directly is the best way for the plants, so they are affected to the superfood from beginning on, in other mediums pre-grown cuttings have to go the way through the hormones switch, which takes time.

Taste and smell will be definitely better, all my grobro´s that have visited my garden growing Flo where super impressed by the smell of it when i opened my groom and they first time smelled the canna cloud coming out.

Why only one 12 liter pot? 5 Liter of Flo should last for 2 pots....

Why for a couple of weeks? it should be one week....

 

[TheMongol]

Yeah, good luck with the organic growing . And you made me realize that I possibly fucked up as I watered the FLO mix with 15-20% of it's volume .

I´ll ask what to do....

 

[TheMongol]

Yeah, good luck with the organic growing . And you made me realize that I possibly fucked up as I watered the FLO mix with 15-20% of it's volume .

Ok, talked to him at phone and his advise is to open the bags and let dry moisture out till it's hand moist and then back into closed bags. I imagine the fastest way would be to spread it out from the bags on a foil and giving it a larger surface, maybe also letting a fan blowing over it, mixing it up a couple of hours and then you have to touch it and feel, look here a pic i did at the weekend for the the write up....

 

[Slater]

While writing on my guideline for flo i saw this alert and should be done this evening or next day, well done Slater.

For better understanding:

this 6 amnesia are already on flo or only lightmix?

Starting from seed directly is the best way for the plants, so they are affected to the superfood from beginning on, in other mediums pre-grown cuttings have to go the way through the hormones switch, which takes time.

Taste and smell will be definitely better, all my grobro´s that have visited my garden growing Flo where super impressed by the smell of it when i opened my groom and they first time smelled the canna cloud coming out.

Why only one 12 liter pot? 5 Liter of Flo should last for 2 pots....

Why for a couple of weeks? it should be one week....

Due to my set up its very difficult for me to start straight into the soil... I say 2 week because that's about the time I'm transplanting into the soil. This should be giving it a head start over the coco, to give it time as you say for the hormones switch (its all planned out on the calendar). Plus I got to make a space for it in the veg tent... some how

why only the one pot, well again that's due to my set up and tents. I plan to hand water and once those girls are locked into the tent the pot up front is the easyest to access for pot lifting and getting in there to water. I do want to do 2 but the automated irrigation system on the others makes it realy hard to water and lift that secound pot... plus no room to veg 2 pots in my mini veg tent... I know, I know I need a bigger veg space and this would not be an issue.

 

[TheMongol]

Ah, now i understand, go for it Slater!

 

[Slater]

Ah, now i understand, go for it Slater!

Again, big thank you to you Mongol for giving me the chance to have a go . Having loads of fun so far, it was good to get the hands back into soil again... its a different feel to grow already

 

[TheMongol]

Yeah, me like soil also, felling it in my hands make me earth bounded. Man, typing since 3 hours on this guideline of flo and translating all this science words is heavy shit, will still write on it a couple of hours tomorrow. Can´t wait the moment you reporting of the difference of smell from the Flo plant

 

[TheMongol]

Ok, talked to him at phone and his advise is to open the bags and let dry moisture out till it's hand moist and then back into closed bags. I imagine the fastest way would be to spread it out from the bags on a foil and giving it a larger surface, maybe also letting a fan blowing over it, mixing it up a couple of hours and then you have to touch it and feel, look here a pic i did at the weekend for the the write up....
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@Ryker604_BT
yep, got another reply, as i wrote spread it to the biggest surface you can do and let a fan over it and mix it with hand time by time and then its a feeling thing, if you say you watered 15-20% you should know best, when it lost 5-10% of moisture, after that back in the closed bags! good luck